Provider Leadership Council & 3PAO Advisory Council Meeting (Combined)
4:00 – 5:30 PM CT
This meeting is open to ONLY GovRAMP Basic, Prime, Premier & Champion members.
Member Only Happy Hour
5:30 – 6:30 PM CT
Registration & Continental Breakfast
7:45 – 8:45 AM CT
Day 1 Exhibit Hall Hours
8:45 AM – 6:00 PM CT
Introduction and Welcome Remarks
8:45 – 9:00 AM CT
Panel 1: Tales from the Cyber Frontline
9:00 – 9:45 AM CT
Networking Break
9:45 – 10:05 AM CT
Keynote: Silos of Excellence – Bridging the Gaps between IT, Leadership, Procurement & Industry
10:10 – 11:40 AM CT
Founders Award Presentation
11:40 – 11:50 AM CT
Luncheon
11:50 AM – 12:50 PM CT
Industry Learning Lab
Become a Valued Partner: Embracing your role in Cyber Risk Management from RFP through Contract Delivery and Threat Mitigation
12:50 – 1:50 PM CT
Understand how to leverage your GovRAMP participation throughout your engagement with public sector customers. Increase your value as a partner in protecting citizen data and critical infrastructure.
Government Procurement Learning Lab
Enhancing Cyber Resilience through Strong Contracting and Operational Readiness
12:50 – 1:50 PM CT
Learn from Case Studies of how GovRAMP is being incorporated into Ts & Cs and best practices for cloud procurement. Take home sample language and practical applications.
Government IT/Security Learning Lab
Operationalizing Threat Intelligence
12:50 – 1:50 PM CT
Explore how state and local security leaders are working to accelerate security threat identification and information sharing, and discuss how industry can best support these efforts.
Networking Break
1:50 – 2:10 PM CT
Crisis Simulation: Practice the Possible
2:10 – 3:25 PM CT
How should it work when a crisis occurs? Explore the roles of public sector leaders and their private sector partners when something goes wrong. Experience a tabletop exercise that you can take back to your leadership and teams. Role play during this interactive tabletop exercise.
Networking Break
3:25 – 3:45 PM CT
Panel 2: All Security is Local
3:50 – 4:40 PM CT
This panel features a candid conversation about how industry and state and local governments can work together to develop more localized security strategies in the midst of changes to federal funding and priorities. We will revisit concepts like ‘whole of state’ security and practical solutions that the public sector has developed to better collaborate and move security forward.
Closing Remarks
4:40 – 4:45 PM CT
All Attendee Reception
4:45 – 6:00 PM CT
Networking & Continental Breakfast
7:30 – 8:30 AM CT
Day 2 Exhibit Hall Hours
7:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
Keynote Remarks: Federal Update
8:30 – 8:45 AM CT
Keynote Discussion: The Federal Frontier, Framework Harmonization & Emerging Opportunities
8:45 – 9:45 AM CT
Looking to the future, this session will explore emerging topics impacting cybersecurity, with a focus on how government leaders and industry are exploring strategies to adapt.
Networking Break
9:45 – 10:05 AM CT
Industry Learning Lab
GovRAMP in Action: Timelines and Tools for Industry
10:05 – 11:05 AM CT
This session equips industry vendors with a real-world timeline and toolkit for moving from a secure offering to a state-level contract — with the UT Cloud procurement process as a practical example. You’ll hear how GovRAMP authorization, public-private collaboration, and cooperative purchasing (via NASPO ValuePoint) combined to create a scalable, secure cloud solution for the public sector.
Government Procurement Learning Lab
Securely Leveraging AI/ML in Cloud Products
10:05 – 11:05 AM CT
Learn about shared resources for the public sector leveraging AI/ML in Cloud Products. Engage in an interactive discussion with top State Leaders on how they are approaching AI/ML and considerations for procurement and ongoing risk management.
Short Break
11:05 – 11:10 AM CT
Co-Creators Workshop: Filling in the Gaps
11:15 – 11:55 AM CT
Building off the discussions throughout the Summit, this collaborative, active session will feature attendees sharing additional ideas and brainstorming on how state and local government leaders can fill in gaps around security, and how industry can serve as an active partner to meet that need.