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Justice of the Peace and Pre-Conference Training

Conducted by the Texas Justice Training Center

Information Technology Managers Pre-Conference Training

Conducted by the Texas Association of Governmental Information Technology Managers

Municipal Courts Training - Ballroom B - Austin Convention Center, developed by the Texas Municipal Courts Education Center.

Technology Conference - General Pre-Conference Training

Austin Convention Center - Ballroom C

Conducted by the Texas Association of Counties

Agenda Below

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Information Security and Data Recovery

This session will address what set-up is required for basic data and network security and suggestions on how to recover when things go really wrong

Speaker: Dave Plzak, Tarrant County Chief Security Officer

E-Filing for the Appellate Recovery

Find out where Texas Courts are now with electronic filing of court documents, and tells how OCA plans to extend e-filing so that a case can go from filing in trial court to appeal to the Supreme Court of Texas, without sending paper documents

Speaker: Bruce Hermes, Information Services Director, Office of Court Administration

Enhancing Criminal Case flow through Direct Electronic Filing

In July 2006, a study was released documenting the impacts of electronic information systems on criminal case filing in three Texas counties.  Results found that, while more comprehensive integrated information systems are better, significant efficiencies can be gained from relatively simple systems expediting communication between law enforcement, prosecutors, and court clerks around the time of arrest.  The study found that where this technology is in place, as many as 19% of criminal cases may be reviewed and cleared before book-in at jail, and up to 25 percent of cases can be disposed within three days of arrest.

Speakers: Jim Bethke, Director, Task Force on Fair Defense & Dottie Carmichael, Research Scientist, Public Policy Research Institute Texas A&M University, College Station

Requesting Funding for Technology in the Courts

Counties are increasingly seeking ways to meet court obligations with technology. The presentation will examine strategies to secure funding and basic grant writing. Also, strategies for successful implementation of technology projects will be covered. The program will also review some of the technology projects that have been funded by the Task Force on Indigent Defense.

Speaker: Bryan Wilson, Grants Administrator, Task Force on Indigent Defense, Office of Court Administratio

Interim Court Management Software - County Automated Software Systems (CASS)

Hear from the people that use it about this alternative software for data management

Speakers: Jimmy Mynar – Burleson County Auditor-confirmed & Jim Chandler, President, Chandler Information Systems

Hacking 101

How safe is your data?  Even if they can’t get on your computers, can they still get to your data?  Find out from these 2 wise guys how easy it is to mess with your data from outside the courthouse.

Speakers:

Dave Keene, Chief Security Officer, Texas Association of Counties & Morgan Holkesvik, Help-Desk Technician, Texas Association of Counties

Welcome Reception

Courtyard/Residence Inn

Leading Geeks: How to Manage and Lead People Who Deliver Technology

Today every manager must learn to lead geeks.  Dot.com or dot.bomb, it doesn’t matter.  Geeks deliver and support the technology that drives efficiency, effectiveness, and competitiveness of real businesses.  In fact, companies have become so dependent on geeks that 92% of technology professionals work for traditional, non-technical corporations and only 8% work in high-tech firms.  Yet, most managers and executives find that geeks are difficult to fathom and even harder to lead.

Keynote Speaker: Paul Glen, award winning author, Computerworld columnist and professional speaker  

How Not to be Sold a Lemon

Learn those tricks to help you navigate through the process of dealing with technology and the contracts that go with them.

Speaker: Peter Vogel, Partner and Technology Attorney, Gardere, Wynne, Sewell, LLP

New Trends on the Internet

Current tools, how they can help you and how they can hurt you.

Speaker: Stan Reid, Chief Information Officer, Texas Association of Counties

Effective use of Collaboration in Technology

Speaker:  Frank Summers – Milam Co. Judge

Getting the Most out of Your County Website

Learn how counties are using websites to provide information and services

to their citizens.

Moderator: Gayle Latham, Director, County Information Resources Agency

Speakers:

Ray Sanchez, Senior Web Developer, County of El Paso & Sherman L. Harness, Webmaster, Fort Bend County & Karen Raney, Deputy Clerk, Bowie County District Clerk's Office

Odyssey: Integrated Justice System Project Demo

Speakers: Charles Gray- CUC   cgray@cuc.org & Caren Skipworth, CIO, Collin County

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IT Solutions from the Trenches

Practical application –What is actually working, partnering, affordable, public access, security-Best practices

Speakers: Caren Skipworth, CIO, Collin County & Peter Cooper, CIO, El Paso County & Steve Smith, CIO, Tarrant County & Joe Harlow- Chief Technology Officer, Travis County

Balancing Protecting and Sharing of Government Information

Speaker:  Mr. Matt Yarborough, Attorney, Fish & Richardson, Dallas

A Look into Technology's Crystal Ball: Local Government & Court Applications.

Learn first-hand what to expect by way of new technologies and applications that will change the way you live and work. This will be a quick but helpful guide to the good the bad and the ugly!  Included in this discussion will be new forms of video services, conferencing and surveillance, ID authentication, broadband applications (and why all the fuss?), CRM, 311, the growing need for regional approaches, local homeland security, and document management.

Closing Keynote Speaker: Dr. Alan R. Shark is the executive Director of the Public Technology Institute (PTI) in Washington, DC. He has become one of the leading advocates for better use of technology for local governments and will both inform and entertain you – and excellent opportunity to ask those questions on technology but were afraid to ask!