Session 1 - GenAI and the Path Forward in Government

Session 1: The Problem - Challenges in Realizing the Power of AI in Gov

Government Keynote 1: 3 Ways to Bring AI to Your Agency
- Keegan Mills, Engineering IT & Cyber Tech Lead, Marine Corps Systems Command

There are a myriad of challenges agencies face when they look to onboard a new technology like GenAI. In this lightning keynote, a government expert will highlight those barriers and share creative ways agencies have overcome them.

Lightning Keynote 1: How AI Can Unlock Insights from Documents, Video and Other Content
- Murtaza Masood, Managing Director, State & Local Government, Box

In state and local government, some of the most valuable data is not found in traditional databases. It's found in the wide variety of content generated in employees’ day-to-day work: case notes, court filings, Word documents, Excel files, drone footage and PDF forms. These are examples of unstructured data — information that doesn’t fit into the rows and columns of a traditional database. In this lightning keynote, you'll learn from an industry expert how AI and related technology can help agencies get more value from unstructured content.

Lightning Keynote 2: How to Move Ahead on Your AI Journey
- Stephen Tuomey, Data Center Account Executive, Dell Technologies

As agencies explore a growing range of use cases for artificial intelligence (AI), they face a looming challenge: Their existing IT operations, while perhaps sufficient for traditional applications, are not ready to meet the demands of full-fledged AI initiatives. Replacing a horse-and-buggy with a sports car won't pay off if you're still driving on a dirt trail. In this lightning keynote, you'll hear from an industry expert who will explain how the task begins with understanding where you're trying to go, that is, how you see AI augmenting your workforce. Once you've defined the use case, you need to build an AI model and feed it with the necessary data. And then it all comes down to the infrastructure.