LITTLE ROCK AGENDA
Strategic Partners
The IT Summit
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Roby Brock
8:00 AM – 8:10 AM
"Welcome"
Senator Shane Broadway
State of Arkansas
8:10 AM – 8:20 AM
"Society for Information Management"
Dr. Rolf T. Wigand
Maulden-Entergy Chair and Distinguished Professor
of Information Science and Management
UALR Department of Information Science Founder
Society for Information Management Arkansas
8:20 AM – 8:40 AM
Doug Elkins
Executive CIO
State of Arkansas
9:00 AM – 9:40 AM
"IT Works! Growing Small Businesses
by Applying Information Technology"

Timothy Lee
Computer Training Specialist
UALR Arkansas Small Business
Development Center
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Statehouse Conference Room
CIO Executive Program
Society for Information Management
Arkansas Chapter
10:00 AM – 10:10 AM
"Welcome"
Mayor Jim Dailey
City of Little Rock
10:10 AM – Noon
"Education Arkansas"
Economic Development & Education Panel Discussion
Panel Members:
John L. Davidson
Deputy Director for Career and Technical Education
Arkansas Department of Workforce Education
Dr. Ed Franklin
Executive Director
Arkansas Association of Two-Year Colleges
Dr. Mary L. Good
Founding Dean
UALR Donaghey College of Information Science
and Systems Engineering
Dr. T. Kenneth James
Commissioner
Arkansas Department of Education
Dr. Rolf T. Wigand
Maulden-Entergy Chair and Distinguished Professor
of Information Science and Management
UALR Department of Information Science
Founder
Society for Information Management Arkansas
Noon – 2:00 PM
"Secure Arkansas"
IT Security Panel Discussion
Panel Members:

The Honorable Robert C. Cresanti
Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology
Chief Privacy Officer for the
United States Department of Commerce

Claire Bailey
Director
Arkansas Department of Information Systems
L. Elizabeth Bowles, JD
President
Aristotle.net
Kym Patterson
Chief Security Officer
State of Arkansas
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
"Institute for Economic Advancement
Community Economic Development: A Hypothetical Case"
Economic Development Panel Discussion
Panel Members:
Atherton Hiett
Web Services Administrator
UALR Institute for Economic Advancement
Mark McManus
Research Specialist / Survey Research Coordinator
UALR Institute for Economic Advancement

Ronald J. Swager, Ph.D., CEcD, FM
Director of Economic Development Education
Research Professor
UALR Institute for Economic Advancement

Mark S. Goodman
Director
Economic Development Administration’s
Center at the
UALR Institute for Economic Advancement
3:00 PM – 3:40 PM
"FBI Cyber Investigations"
Will Blevins
Supervisory Special Agent
FBI
3:40 PM – 5:00 PM
Canadian Consulate General Dallas
Welcome
Rod Johnson
Senior Trade Commissioner
Canadian Consulate General Dallas
3:45 PM to 4:20 PM
Woody Jackson
Municipal Software
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