Monday, May 23, 2011

NASA Announces Keynote Speakers For 2011 It Summit

May 23, 2011

Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-3749
katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov


RELEASE: 11-153

NASA ANNOUNCES KEYNOTE SPEAKERS FOR 2011 IT SUMMIT

WASHINGTON -- NASA has announced plans for the agency's second annual
IT Summit, a gathering of industry leaders who will explore the outer
reaches of information technology. NASA's Office of the Chief
Information Officer is organizing the summit scheduled for Aug. 15-17
at the Marriot Marquis hotel in San Francisco. Speakers include:

-- Tim Campos, head of information technology, Facebook, Palo Alto,
Calif.
-- Andy Jassy, senior vice president for Web services, Amazon.com,
Seattle
-- LaVerne Council, corporate vice president and chief information
officer, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N.J.
-- Lynn Tilton, CEO, Patriarch Partners LLC, New York
-- Kaplan Mobray, author, motivational speaker, career and life coach

The event will feature discussions on various issues including
infrastructure, innovation, roles of CIOs, IT security,
organizational communication, open government, and future workforce
and technology.

Approximately 200 middle school and high school students will attend
the summit to participate in a session on innovative uses of
technology in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
classroom instruction. The students also will be able to try out the
latest technology in that field and speak directly with IT and
education experts.

For more information about the summit, contact Karen Harper at
202-358-1807 or karen.l.harper@nasa.gov. To register, visit:

http://www.regonline.com/itsummit2011


For more information about NASA's OCIO, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ocio


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