8:45AM - 9:00AM  w  Main Auditorium

Welcome Remarks:    Dr. Peter Alterman, Deputy Associate Administrator for Technology Strategy, U.S. General Services Administration

Dr. Peter Alterman is Deputy Associate Administrator for Technology Strategy at the U.S. General Services Administration.  His prior position was Assistant Chief Information Officer for Electronic Authentication at the National Institutes of Health and Chair of the U.S. Federal PKI Policy Authority.  In 2001, he was Acting Director of the Federal Bridge CA and he served as Senior Advisor to the Chair of the Federal PKI Steering Committee until 2003.  Dr. Alterman serves on numerous government and industry electronic identity management committees and workgroups.

He has been actively involved in Internet technology since serving on the Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee in 1989.  In 1997, he received the NIH Director's Award for "providing innovative leadership to NIH Executives and Managers by identifying and addressing critical issues in managing the information technologies of NIH."  In 2002, he received the E-Gov Pioneer Award and the Potomac Forum Leadership Best Practice Award for the NIH-Educause PKI Interoperability Project.  In 2003 he received Special Recognition Awards from the Federal Bridge Certification Authority and the Federal PKI Steering Committee.  In 2005 he received a special recognition award from the E-Authentication Partnership for his work on Levels of Assurance determination.  In 2008 he received both the NIH Merit Award and the NIH Director’s Award for pioneering work on interfederated identity authentication.  He received his Ph.D. in 1974 from the University of Denver.

9:00AM - 9:30AM  w  Main Auditorium

Opening Keynote

Lesley Field, Acting Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Executive Office of the President

Lesley Anne Field is the Deputy Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Executive Office of the President.  The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) is responsible for developing and implementing acquisition policies to support over $400 billion in federal procurements each year.  Prior to joining the OFPP staff, Lesley worked at the U.S. Department of Transportation as a contracting officer, program analyst, and procurement policy analyst in the Office of the Secretary. 

Lesley received her Bachelor of Science in Commerce from the University of Virginia, and her Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Virginia Tech.  She completed the Senior Executive Fellows Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2007, and is a 2008 winner of the Federal 100 Award. 

9:30AM - 5:00PM  w  Main Auditorium and Lobby

Exhibits and Networking 

Session 1:  10:30AM - 11:30AM  w  Room B3018

Title: Acquisitions and Section 508

Panelists:

Helen Chamberlain, Moderator - Program Director, Section 508 Agency Coordination

Joyce Miller - Section 508/504 IT Coordinator, USPTO

Mark Rew - Team Leader for Blind and Low Vision, DoD

Jeffrey Dallos - Team Leader for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Communication Team, DoD 

Session Information:

· Focus on how DOD is implementing Section 508 acquisition practices.

· Acquisition training including small purchases.

· Section 501 participation, through CAP with Section 508 coordinators.

· DOD wide policies and documents.

Session 2: 10:30AM - 11:30AM  w  Hove Auditorium 

Title:  508 Tools for Web Content Management

Panelists:

Quentis Scott, Moderator

Billy Tolar - Web Content Manager, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Health and Human Services

Jaime Robinson - Office of the Secretary, Health and Human Services

Session Information:

Health and Human Services introduces two Web Content Management tools to help content owners meet 508 compliance.  The first tool can be used to reference error codes from Section 508 evaluation tools, explain the error in plain language, and then present specific steps which can be used to remediate the error.  The second tool allows content owners to quickly review their online content and make content management decisions.

Session 3:  10:30AM - 11:30AM  w  Main Auditorium

Title:  508 Policy Update

Panelists:

Terry Weaver, Moderator - Director IT Accessibility and Workforce, GSA

Timothy Creagan - Senior Accessibility Specialist, Access Board

Session Information:

During this session, Section 508 leaders from GSA, SSA and the Access Board will lead a session that

provides a policy update on Section 508.  Topics to be discussed include the upcoming DOJ survey,

working group accomplishments in 2008, and look ahead to FY09 activities.

Panelists:  

Quentis Scott, Moderator

Mark Urban - Contractor 508 Project Manager, HHS

Pat Sheehan - Section 508 Coordinator, VA

Session 9:  1:45PM - 2:45PM  w  Hove Auditorium

Title:  Section 508 In the Development Life Cycle

Panelists:

TJ Cannady, Moderator - Program Manager, Information Resources Accessibility Program (IRAP), IRS