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Robotic Process Automation (RPA) – Automating repetitive, monotonous work, shifting people from low value work to high value work, faster cycle times with lower costs. AI assisted Intelligent Automation and human augmentation. This is the second workshop in our AI in government series.
Speakers:
Steven Sanford,
Director, Center for Strategic Foresight Government,
US Government Accountability Office
Ed Burrows
Robotic Process Automation Program Manager(RPA)
GSA-USDA Financial Management Liaison
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (BG)
General Services Administration
Donna Roy
Executive Director
Information Sharing and Services Office
Office of the CIO
Department of Homeland Security
Reza Rashidi
Executive Lead for RPA
Executive Officer
Solutions Engineering
Enterprise Services
Internal Revenue Service
Sukumar R. Iyer
President & CEO
Brillient Corporation
Anand Paul, PhD
Director, Intelligent Solutions
Brillient Corporation
James (Jim) Walker
Federal Chief Technology Officer
UiPath
Metro Center (Red, Orange, Blue Lines). Use the exit marked “12th & F Sts” to exit onto F St., then continue straight two blocks and cross 14th St.
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has the potential to automate entire processes or part of processes that are repetitive, monotonous and occur in high volumes. In a shrinking budget environment, RPA is a tool to “do more with less”. While RPA automates “hand work”, AI assisted Intelligent Automation also automated “head work”.
RPA, IA and AI has spread rapidly in the private sector and many federal and state agencies are currently using these tools in production or as pilots to speed up cycle times reducing the time it takes to perform certain processes, augment the efforts of human workers and provide better outcomes for the business of government.
- What RPA is not
- What is RPA
- What is IA and AI
- What are some use cases for government
- How to assess the suitability of a process to be automated
- How to make it happen
- What are impacts and pitfalls to watch out for
- These intelligent technologies are disrupting how government can work better
- Don’t get left out and watch the wave of innovation pass you by
- The PMA, OMB and Congress are pushing for these types of technologies
- Federal Government program executives and managers charged with accomplishing the mission
- Leaders working on IT modernization and digital government
- Acquisitions professionals
- CXOs
- IGs and Staff
- State and local Government Executives, Managers and staff
- Industry Partners who support the government
Instructor Presentations, Classroom Discussions, and Guest Speakers
Agenda Subject to Change
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7:30 AM |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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8:30 |
Welcome |
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8:45 |
Keynote: IA and AI in Government – The Big Picture Steven Sanford, Director, Center for Strategic Foresight Government, US Government Accountability Office |
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9:30 |
Applying RPA, IA and AI in government
Sukumar Iyer, CEO, Brillient Corporation |
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10:30 |
Refreshment Break |
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10:45 |
RPA in government – Successful Implementations at GSA Lessons learned from GSA’s implementation
Ed Burrows, Robotic Process Automation Program Manager(RPA), GSA-USDA Financial Management Liaison, Office of the Chief Financial Officer (BG), General Services Administration |
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12:00 PM |
Hosted Working Luncheon |
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1:00 |
Government Panel – agency leaders discuss their opportunities, implementations and plans for RPA, IA and AI
Moderator: James (Jim) Walker, Federal Chief Technology Officer, UiPath
Donna Roy, Executive Director, Information Sharing and Services Office, Office of the CIO, Department of Homeland Security
Christine L. Gex, Army Innovation and Robotics Process Automation Lead, Financial Information Management, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Army Reza Rashidi, Executive Lead for Robotics Process and Intelligent Automation, Internal Revenue Service |
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2:15 |
Refreshment Break |
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2:30 |
Getting started – Evaluating Opportunities for RPA, IA and AI in government
Anand Paul, PhD, Director Intelligent Solutions, Brillient Corporation |
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3:45 |
The impacts of disruptive technologies
Sukumar Iyer, CEO, Brillient Corporation |
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4:45 |
Wrap-up and Q&A |
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5:00 |
Workshop Adjourns |
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5:00 |
Post Workshop Discussions with Instructors on Specific Individual Topics |
| Early Bird Registration Fee | Registering after August 1 | |
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Government Employees: (Federal, State or Local Government Issued ID) |
$695 Special Reduced Rates in Support of Government Budget Reductions |
$795 |
| Team Rate for Government: Send a government team to learn together. Register two government employees from the same office at the same time and the third person registers at $200 discount of the current government rate. | ||
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Industry and Contractors: (Including contractors on-site and in direct support of government agencies). |
$795 |
$895 |
Registration Includes: Presentations, Workshop Notebook, Continental Breakfast, All Day Refreshments and Hosted Luncheon
Director, Center for Strategic Foresight
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Stephen Sanford is a strategy and technology professional with more than two decades of service in the government and corporate sectors in the United States and Europe.
Stephen is currently responsible for strategic planning and foresight programs at the U.S. Government Accountability Office in Washington and serves as Director of GAO's Center for Strategic Foresight. He led GAO's technology assessment on artificial intelligence for the U.S. Congress and oversees development of GAO's quadrennial strategic plan for serving Congress.
He speaks frequently with U.S. and international audiences on how new technology and emerging trends will transform government, business, and society.
Stephen holds a BA in English from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA with distinction from INSEAD.
Vice President of Intelligent Solutions
Brillient Corporation
Former Robotic Process Automation Program Manager(RPA)
General Services Administration
Edward Burrows is a former Senior Advisor at GSA leading Robotics Process Automation (RPA) for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer. He is also the liaison to the U.S. Department of Agriculture as the financial management shared service provider to GSA, leads GSA's 's implementation of Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) and led the migration of GSA's child care subsidy administration programs to a commercial provider and the Department of Agriculture.
Prior to joining GSA in 2015 Ed led financial operations and programs in the telecommunications industry, including senior leadership positions at MCI, Concert Communications, BT Group, and Telarix.
Ed holds a B.A. degree in Economics from The Pennsylvania State University and a M.A. in Economics from University of Virginia.
Executive Lead for RPA
Executive Officer
Solutions Engineering
Enterprise Services
Internal Revenue Service
Reza Rashidi is the Executive Lead for Robotics Process and Intelligent Automation at the IRS. Reza has had this responsibility since December 2018. Prior to that Reza has worked as the Senior Technology Advisor to the Deputy Commissioner of IRS, Initiative Director with the Office of Compliance Analytics, and Director in Applications Development, IT. Prior to the IRS, Reza worked in Finance, Telecommunications, Research and Education domains in the non-profit and private sector. Reza holds an Executive MBA from Georgetown University and PhD in Computer Science & Mathematics from Western Michigan University. Since 2003, he has also worked part time as an adjunct faculty in the Executive MBA and Masters of Information Technology programs at the Virginia Tech.
Executive Director, Information Sharing and Services Office
Office of the CIO
Department of Homeland Security
Donna Roy is a national leader in information sharing, data management and enterprise IT service delivery. She leads the delivery of applications, platforms, services and data infrastructure for mission facing and business management customers at DHS. Deploying high-visibility capabilities, her office is focused on high-quality delivery of innovative solutions for identity management, national scale collaboration and trust platforms, and scalable data infrastructure solutions to customers within a dynamic environment.
Highly focused on data and passionately committed to innovation utilizing modern approaches (cloud, agile, dev/ops) to drive positive change across Federal, State, local and international partners and is always ready to face new challenges!
A proud New Englander and former United States Marine, Donna is honored to serve at the Department and lead a team of innovative, dedicated, IT service professionals.
President & CEO
Brillient Corporation
Mr. Sukumar Iyer is the founder and President/CEO of Brillient Corporation. He has more than 26 years’ experience in management consulting, information technology and software at Brillient, companies such as Accenture and with Fortune 100 clients in different industry sectors. He has provided assistance and supported numerous Agencies and government customers.
His areas of expertise include business / organizational strategy, data science driven applications and AI driven solutions to deliver client value. Sukumar’s passion lies in understanding a client’s problems or challenges and then crafting and delivering an innovative, cost effective solution. His current focus is on Robotics Process Automation (RPA) and Intelligent Automation and how the tools can be implemented to meet the business needs of government.
Sukumar is active with federal government associations and bodies including the Emerging Technologies COI of the ACT-IAC and is the industry chair of the Intelligent Automation Working Group. He was till recently the Chair of the AFCEA Small Business Committee and is an active member of the National Contracts Management Association (NCMA).
Sukumar graduated with a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Akron. He is taking flying lessons towards a private pilot’s license and has a variety of hobbies he indulges in when he is not spending time with his children.
Director, Intelligent Solutions
Brillient Corporation
Dr. Anand J. Paul is currently Director, Intelligent Solutions at Brillient Corporation. In this role he is focused on developing solutions by leveraging next generation technologies like machine learning and artificial intelligence to help federal agency clients meet their mandates and execute their mission in a budget constrained environment.
Prior to this, Anand spent 20 years in IBM’s Research Division as the Global Government Research Industry Specialist and Senior Technical Staff Member helping develop joint strategies, providing linkages between IBM Research worldwide and the Government Industry, and developing First-Of-A-Kind solutions. In addition, he played a key role in helping clients and partners understand IBM Research’s Education Transformation roadmap and strategy through the development of cognitive technology-based solutions.
Anand has served as an adjunct faculty member at West Virginia University. He holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, PA and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, PA. He has authored 55 technical papers, edited three books, organized three international conferences and chaired numerous sessions in various national and international conferences.
Federal Chief Technology Officer
UiPath
Jim, a former Army Artillery Officer and federal employee is currently UiPath Federal CTO and Director of Public Sector Marketing. He served as the Deputy CIO and Services Portfolio Manager at NASA’s Shared Services Center (NSSC), and had key IT positions at DISA, the US Missile Defense Agency and counter-drug taskforce in Key West. Jim is a Federal Computer Weekly “Federal 100” alumni and runner up in Government Computer News “DigIT 2017” award for Robotics, Automation and Unmanned Systems. He holds a Chief Information Officer certification from the National Defense University and a Graduate degree in Telecommunications.
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