2023 Conference Schedule - IT Starts with You
Sunday - September 10th
| Time | Description | Location - Sessions |
| 1-4 p.m. |
Vendor Check-in & Setup |
Matterhorn |
| 3-7 p.m. | Conference Check-in (Members) | Boyne Mountain Grand Lodge Lobby |
| 6-7:30 p.m. | Reception and Mi-GMIS Awards |
Vienna Room and Patio |
| 7:30 - 9 p.m. | Welcome Session |
Vienna Room |
| 9-11 p.m. | Bonfire | Patio |
Monday - September 11th
| Time | Description | Location - Sessions | ||
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| 8-4 | Conference Check-in | Matterhorn Lobby | ||
| 8-9 a.m. | Breakfast | Matterhorn | ||
| 9-9:30 a.m. | President's Welcome & Vendor Intros | Matterhorn | ||
| 9:30-10:30 | Monday Keynote Address |
Matterhorn Eddie Doyle Cybersecurity & Flat Earth Theory |
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| 10:30-11 a.m. | Platinum Session 1 |
Matterhorn AI vs Digital Humans vs Humans Gary Phillips - Senior Enterprise System Consultant and Engineer |
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| 11-11:30 a.m. | Vendor Visits | Matterhorn | ||
| 11:30-12:15 p.m. | Sessions 1 & 2 |
Arlberg 1 & 2 State of Michigan IT Laura Clark, SoM CIO |
Aurora / Victor
1001 Tweaks, Genesee County's Mike Dawisha, CIO Genesee County James Terry, CISO Genesee County |
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| 12:15-1:15 p.m. | Lunch | Matterhorn | ||
| 12:45-1:15 p.m. | Platinum Session 2 |
Matterhorn Unlocking the Power of Artificial Intelligence: Transforming Local Government for a Smarter FutureJayson Dunn |
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| 1:15-1:30 p.m. | Vendor Visits | Matterhorn | ||
| 1:30-2:15 p.m. | Sessions 3 & 4 |
Arlberg 1 & 2 Cartesian Decision Making, Part 1 Eddie Doyle |
Aurora / Victor Immutable Backups DewPoint, IT Partners +, Nomic Networks, People Driven Technology, ThinkGard, VMWare Moderator - David King |
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| 2:15-2:45 p.m. | Vendor Visits | Matterhorn | ||
| 2:45-3:30 p.m. | Sessions 5 & 6 |
Arlberg 1 & 2 Cartesian Decision Making, Part 2 Eddie Doyle |
Aurora / Victor Smart Cities CheckPoint Software, Comcast Business, Extreme Networks, Logicalis, Palo Alto, Presidio, WWT Moderator - Jason Rottman |
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| 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. | Birds of a Feather | Arlberg 1 & 2 | ||
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Dinner on your own |
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Tuesday - September 12th
| Time | Description | Location - Sessions | ||
| 8-4 | Registration | Matterhorn Lobby | ||
| 8-9 a.m. | Breakfast | Matterhorn | ||
| 9-10 a.m. | Second Keynote |
Matterhorn Law of Empowerment Anupama B. Kinatukara |
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| 10-10:30 a.m. | Vendor Visits | Matterhorn | ||
| 10:30-11:15 a.m. | Sessions 7, 8 & 9 |
Arlberg 1 CJIS Update Mitzi Goldstein, MSP |
Arlberg 2 Procurement, RFPs, Contracts & You Heather Calahan, Calahan Consulting |
Aurora / Victor Improving your CyberSecurity Posture with MiSECURE Self Audit (pre-work=do an assessment) Andy Brush, SoM |
| 11:15-11:30 a.m. | Vendor Visits | Matterhorn | ||
| 11:30-12:15 p.m. | Sessions 10, 11 & 12 |
Arlberg 1 Retention, Recruitment, Burnout, Retirement, Institutional Knowledge Panel Andrew McKinnon, Macomb County |
Arlberg 2 Generative AI Paul Groll, SoM |
Aurora / Victor MS-ISAC/CIS Offerings Jeff Sparks, MS-ISAC |
| 12:15-1:15 p.m. | Lunch | Matterhorn | ||
| 12:45-1:15 p.m. | Platinum 3 |
Matterhorn Merit Security Operations Center: Monitoring your Network for Threats Kevin Hayes, CISO |
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| 1:15-2:15 p.m. | Vendor Visits | Matterhorn | ||
| 2:15-3 p.m. | Sessions 13, 14 & 15 |
Arlberg 1 Courts Update Cody Gross |
Arlberg 2 Organizational Change Management Lynn Herrick & Jeff Small, Great Lakes Water Authority |
Aurora / Victor Incident Response Technical (Threat Hunting) Part 1 - Post "Notification" Andy Brush, DTMB Cyber Partners |
| 3-3:30 p.m. | Vendor Visits | Matterhorn | ||
| 3:30-4:15 p.m. | Sessions 16, 17 & 18 |
Arlberg 1 Fiber for the Community Kris Tobbe, Livingston County |
Arlberg 2 Book Club Deb Fett, Ingham County |
Aurora / Victor Incident Response Technical (Threat Hunting) Part 2 - Post "Notification" Andy Brush, DTMB Cyber Partners |
| 4:15-4:30 p.m. | Vendor Visits | Matterhorn | ||
| 4:30-6 p.m. | Networking Event | SkyBridge Walk Eagles' Nest |
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| 6:30-9 p.m. | Dinner & Vendor Drawings | Vienna Room & Patio | ||
| 9-11 p.m. | Bonfire | Patio | ||
Wednesday - September 13th
| Time | Description | Location - Sessions | ||
| 8-11 a.m. |
Conference Check-in |
Matterhorn Lobby | ||
| 8-9 a.m. | Breakfast | Matterhorn | ||
| 8:30-9 a.m. | Platinum Session 4 |
Matterhorn IT Infrastructure with Built-in Security for Government and Education Greg White |
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| 9-9:30 a.m. | Break |
Matterhorn |
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| 9:30-10:15 a.m. | Sessions 19, 20, & 21 |
Arlberg 1 CyberSecurity Grant Michelle McClish, SoM |
Arlberg 2 Getting IT Done - Execution of Plans, Dreams, etc. Lynn Herrick / Liz Phillips, Great Lakes Water Authority |
Aurora/Victor Identity Management David King, Macomb County |
| 10:15-10:45 a.m. | Break | Matterhorn | ||
| 10:45-11:30 p.m. | Sessions 22, 23, & 24 |
Arlberg 1 Microsoft 365 Experience Panel David King |
Arlberg 2 Election Lab (Security/Identifying Security Features) Andy Brush, Dave Tarrant, Carol Pierce SoM |
Aurora/Victor Automation Tools Anthony Rodgers, SoM |
| 11:30-Noon |
General Meeting & Prizes |
Arlberg 1 & 2 | ||
| 11:30-12:30 p.m. | Lunch | Arlberg Lobby | ||