2005 Forum Annual Meeting
The Forum's 19th Annual Meeting was held on Friday, September 9, 2005 from 11:00 am - 3:30 pm at The Desmond Hotel & Conference Center, Albany Shaker Road, Albany, NY.
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Agenda and Presentations:
Welcome - Gregory M. Benson, Executive Director, NYS Forum
Business Meeting
Executive Committee Election Results
Joanne Riddett, Director, Department of Information Technology, NYS Thruway Authority and Chair, NYS Forum Executive Committee
Where have we been? The year in review
Joanne Riddett
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Where are we going? Initiatives for 2005 - 2006
Cecelia Hamblin, CIO, NYS Department of Labor and Vice Chair, NYS Forum Executive Committee
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Keynote - Carolyn Purcell, State and Local Government Director, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco Systems
Carolyn Purcell is a director in the State and Local Government (SLG) sub-vertical consulting practice within a global Public Sector industry vertical. The SLG team works with the top thought leaders in state and local government to develop business solutions that improve service delivery to constituents and employees. Prior to her current position, Ms. Purcell served nine years as Texas' Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Executive Officer of the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR), the IT "corporate headquarters" for Texas state government.
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IT Corporate Roundtable Update - Stephen Frank, Vice President, North America Sales, Cúram Software and Co-chair, NYS Forum IT Corporate Roundtable
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325 KB)
Lunch (provided)
Award Presentations
Award for Excellence in Government IS
Cecelia Hamblin, Presenter
Best Practices Awards
Joanne Riddett, Cecelia Hamblin and Leigh Favitta, Presenters
Best of the Web Awards
Paul Maguire, Project Manager, Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Services and Co-chair, NYS Forum Webmasters' Guild, Presenter
IT Corporate Roundtable Award for Excellence
Stephen Frank, Presenter

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