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For over 30 years The Forum has been bringing together public and private sector IT Professionals to share knowledge and best practices in a vendor neutral, collaborative environment.

The Forum serves New York’s state and local government employees who develop, deploy, maintain, or use Information Technology; and the private sector organizations that work to meet the needs of the constantly changing public sector IT landscape.

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The Benefits of Membership

Public Sector

  • Build relationships with peers in state and city government as well as the private sector
  • Learn about new products, enhancements and technologies
  • Collaborate with colleagues to implement technologies and solve problems
  • Stay up-to-date on trends, opportunities and best practices

Private Sector

  • Learn about State and City IT needs and plans for the future
  • Gain feedback from some of the largest government IT organizations in the U.S.
  • Establish and nurture relationships with State and City IT professionals
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Who Can Participate

The NYS Forum encourages everyone who is interested in Information Technology in the public sector to join with their colleagues and participate in our workgroups, trainings and special events.  If you are a New York State employee or an employee in most New York City agencies, you are already a member and just have to create a Member Profile to begin taking advantage of the Forum's activities. 

If you work for another unit of government, or for a technology company, you can check to see if your organization is already a member.  If not, it is simple to join

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In the News...

The NYS Forum Welcomes More Than 300 Attendees at the 37th Annual Meeting

(November 1, 2023) The NYS Forum held its 37th annual meeting on October 24th with over 300 government and corporate members attending. Executive Director Fran Reiter kicked off the meeting by providing an overview of the Forum’s accomplishments and successes for the 2022-2023 program year. High on Fran’s list were the continuing relationships between government and corporate membership, the development of paid training opportunities, and the additions to the NYS Forum Board of Directors. Fran also highlighted the substantial increase of member participation within Forum programming and the opportunities to collaborate over the next (cont.)...

 

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The Forum Welcomes Chief Information Officer for SUNY Brian Digman and Chief Information Officer of NYSERDA Glen Kaatz to the Board of Directors

(October 24, 2023) The Forum is happy to announce two additions to its Board of Directors:  Brian Digman, Chief Information Officer for the State of New York University Administration (SUNY) and Glen Kaatz, Chief Information Officer, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

Brian Digman, Chief Information Officer for the State of New York University Administration (SUNY) is responsible for system-wide technology development and support. His portfolio includes SUNY’s transformational Online initiative, which will use technology to scale SUNY’s high-quality programs through a system-wide...(cont.)

Glen Kaatz, Chief Information Officer, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is responsible for all facets of Information Technology operations including the data center, desktop hardware and software support and enterprise software development...(cont.)

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