Challenges & Opportunities at VA: 2020 Roadmap

Hate going to events and learning nothing new? Now’s your chance to kick-off the new FISCAL YEAR in a proactive way!

G2Xchange and FedHealthIT will hold several action-packed sessions, with an eye on bringing together and supporting the growth-minded leaders who support the important mission of the Department of Veterans Affairs today.

From emerging technologies and acquisition challenges to budget priorities and key contract opportunities on the horizon, this event will bring together top technology executives, subject matter experts and business leaders from across the Department of Veterans Affairs community to have candid, open discussions that will identify real solutions and opportunities to drive results and better support the important set of missions driven by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the contractor community.

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ACQUISITION TRENDS & CONTRACT VEHICLE TRENDS: What decisions have been made at the Department of Veterans Affairs and elsewhere that will impact business in 2020.

TOP INITIATIVES in 2020: Where to Focus? Budget/Policy/Leadership Priorities and Impacts on where the $$ is moving.

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES: What technologies the Department of Veterans Affairs will embrace in 2020 as they try to keep up with and utilize to drive better results.

WHAT DOES Department of Veterans Affairs Look Like in 2025: This futuristic session will focus on broad issues, technology and policy that will change how the Department of Veterans Affairs operates.

Keynote Panelists:

• Jerry Ambrosh, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer, Halfaker and Associates (Confirmed)
• Roger Baker, Consultant, Roger Baker Consulting, former Chief Information Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs (Confirmed)
• Young Bang, Chief Growth Officer, Atlas Research (Confirmed)
• Scott Blackburn, Partner, McKinsey and Company, former Chief Information Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs (Confirmed)
• Horace Blackman, Vice President, Government Healthcare, Cognizant (Confirmed)
• Karen Brazell, Chief Acquisition Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs (Awaiting Final Confirmation)
• Joe Grace, President and CEO, Grace and Associates, former, Chief Information Officer, Navy Medicine (Confirmed)
• Allison Hickey, President, All In Solutions, former Undersecretary for Benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs (Confirmed)
• Luwanda Jones, Deputy Chief Information Officer for IT Strategic Sourcing, Department of Veterans Affairs (Confirmed)
• Charles Onstott, Chief Technology Officer, SAIC (Confirmed)
• Brad Palmer, Managing Principal, B3 Group (Confirmed)
• Steve Schliesman, Vice President and General Manager, Cognosante, former Deputy Director, DoD Interagency Program Office (Confirmed)
• Secretary David Shulkin, President, Shulkin Solutions, former Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs (Confirmed)
• Himanshu Singh, Medical Informatics Director, DSS, Inc., former Chief Operations Director, Department of Veterans Affairs (Confirmed)
• Andy Stein, Senior Technical Architect, Liberty IT Systems (Confirmed)
• Paul Tibbits, MD, Executive Director, Office of Technical Integration, Department of Veterans Affairs (Confirmed)
• Larry Weldon, Vice President of Health Strategy, LongView, former Director, Health Delivery Systems, Department of Veterans Affairs (Confirmed)

We are honored to have Secretary David Shulkin join us as a Keynote Panelist. He will be participating in a Book Signing following the panel discussion featuring his new book, “It Shouldn’t Be This Hard to Serve Your Country.”