Azure Gov Meetup: Emerging tech in government

Blockchain, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and augmented reality continues to create buzz throughout many industries and government is no exception. The US federal government budget for fiscal year 2020 calls on agencies to adopt emerging technologies to better empower their workforce, and accelerate and innovate public services.

Key to moving forward is the ability for agencies to define emerging tech use cases and get started with piloting new ideas. Roadblocks can include limitations with budget, procurement process, and skills required to deploy these technologies.

RSVP and join us to hear from innovators at the leading edge of emerging tech in government at the next Microsoft Azure Government DC meetup on Wednesday, June 26 from 6 – 8:30 p.m. at 1776 in Crystal City, Virginia.

During this event, which is free and open to the public, you’ll gain insights about:
• Strategies for how to get ahead of the emerging tech curve
• Top blockers and challenges, and ways to overcome them
• Use cases in government
• Plus, live demos

AGENDA (*subject to change)

6:00 PM – 6:35 PM Networking & refreshments

6:35 PM – 6:45 PM Welcome & announcements
Karina Homme, senior director, Microsoft Azure Government
Vishwas Lele, CTO, AIS

6:45 PM – 7:10 PM Demo: Build a data driven application in under 10 minutes using Serverless on Azure Government
Yujin Hong, Program Manager, Microsoft Azure Government

7:10 PM – 7:30 PM Robotic Process Automation in Gov
Uma Natarajan, Regional Customer Success Director, UiPath
Bheeshma Tumati, VP of Technology Solutions, Anika
Systems

7:30 PM – 8:00 PM Panel: How emerging tech is shaping the future of government
Dominic Sale, Assistant Commissioner of Operations, FAS Technology Transformation Services (TTS), GSA
Jeremy Walsh, Senior Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton
Susie Adams, CTO, Microsoft Federal
Karina Homme, Senior Director, Microsoft Azure Government
(moderator)
Additional panel speakers to be announced shortly

8:00 PM – 8:30 PM Wrap-up & networking

As always, there will be great networking opportunities and refreshments during our Meetup, which is FREE and open to the public. We also invite you to check out and join our Microsoft Azure Gov DC user community on Meetup (www.meetup.com/DCAzureGov/). This dynamic community of over 2,400 members hosts monthly Meetups to share best practices in driving cloud innovation in government.

GETTING THERE

1776 Crystal City
2231 Crystal Drive, #1000 (10th Floor)
Arlington, VA 22203

Metro
The closest metro stop is Crystal City (yellow & blue lines). 1776 is about a 7 minute walk from the station (you can also walk through the Crystal City Shops “Underground” and make most of the trip indoors - follow signs to “23rd Street”).

Parking
The 1776 building has an underground parking deck on 23rd Street S and Crystal Drive, right at the intersection. When you enter the parking lot, turn left following signs to the restaurant “Ruth’s Chris". Make sure to park in the green zone to access our building directly (if you’re not sure, the pillars have the building address on them as well).