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FASTforward Summit
Government 2.0
Breakfast Meeting
Date: April 9, 2008
Time: 7:00 – 11:00 AM
Location: Washington DC

*Seating is limited to 30; don't wait to register!

Government agencies have always embraced powerful search technologies to enable mission-critical applications to protect borders, find terrorists, and to save lives. Government missions have not changed, but today’s technology provides new ways to solve old problems and save tax payer money.

Join us for the FASTforward Summit Breakfast Meeting to find out how search-driven innovation continues to help government agencies develop intelligence from information stored in numerous data silos and enables key decision makers to take rapid and definitive action. You’ll hear from industry experts with real-world examples of how search can help instill insight from overwhelming, multi-source masses of information. You’ll also have the opportunity to network with your peers from other government agencies.

Crystal Gateway Marriott
Washington, DC

FASTforward Summit - Government 2.0 Agenda:
7:00 - 8:00	Breakfast & Registration
8:00 - 8:15	Welcome and Introduction, Dan Stroman, Regional Vice President, FAST
8:15 - 9:00	Government 2.0, Dan Herman, Program Director - Government 2.0, New Paradigm

Find out how Web 2.0 technologies are changing the face of government agencies, providing new ways of collaboration, sharing, and transparency. In recent years, governments have embraced “citizen-centric” approaches to service delivery and emphasized interagency collaboration. Some governments have even extended new roles to citizens, community-based organizations, and private businesses in a bid to lower costs, harness new competencies, and leverage untapped sources of innovation. In this session, we discuss the necessity of harnessing new models of collaboration and innovation — the immediacy of which is affecting governments everywhere.

9:00 - 9:45

Implementing Content-Based Collaboration Applications – Empowering Collaborative Work Environments Through the Effective Application of Enterprise Search, Gregory Lloyd, President & Co-founder, Traction Software, Inc.

This two-part presentation takes an in-depth look at the value of enterprise search and Enterprise 2.0 in content-based collaboration applications.