Public Sector Innovation Show Saskatchewan

Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Regina |
Delta Hotels by Marriott Regina

Event Overview

Innovation for Successful Citizen-Focused Outcomes

We are living in an era of unprecedented change, and evolving citizen expectations with rapidly advancing technology, complex policies, and socioeconomic factors that are not responsive to traditional approaches to stimulating growth. This is the right time to take action, work together, and build a culture for the future by beginning and continuing your transformation journey!

Cross-agency collaboration drives common outcomes when leaders from various organizations and departments work together and share their visions for driving innovation. These partnerships can be used to leverage and turn ideas into real solutions and, in turn, create better services available for all citizens. This will result in improved outcomes for citizens with the integrity, innovation, and enthusiasm of a world-class public service.

Join us to address current public sector challenges and discover solutions offered, best practices and strategies. This summit will bring public sector leaders, innovators, and policymakers, all under one roof, to explore the potential of technology in mitigating the challenges.

Benefits of Attending

Hear how innovative digital experience strategies and processes are transforming government services to deliver positive outcomes to citizens

Learn how to seize opportunities to enhance integration across departments and agencies to deliver shared outcomes

Explore ways to create an autonomous and trusting environment to promote innovative thinking within an organization

Discuss how to employ emerging technologies to enable fast, progressive, safe, and efficient operations

Our Expert Speakers Include:


Sharon Pratchler Ombudsman and Public Interest Disclosure Commissioner Government of Saskatchewan

Sharon Pratchler
Ombudsman and Public Interest Disclosure Commissioner
Saskatchewan

Theresa Finn, Executive Director, Provincial Operational Services, Ministry of Highways, Government of Saskatchewan

Laurier Donais
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Government Relations 

Kelly Tunison
HR Transformation Lead, EBMP Project, Public Service Commission
Government of Saskatchewan

Louise Michaud Assistant Deputy Minister, Disability Programs and Housing, Ministry of Social Services, Government of Saskatchewan, and President and CEO, Saskatchewan Housing Corporation

Louise Michaud
Assistant Deputy Minister, Disability Programs and Housing, Ministry of Social Services, Government of Saskatchewan, and President and CEO, Saskatchewan Housing Corporation

PAUL MAINDONALD Vice President of Programs & Technology (Interim), Executive Director – eHealth Programs, eHealth Saskatchewan

Paul Maindonald
Vice President of
Programs & Technology
eHealth Saskatchewan

JENNIFER JOHNSON Assistant Deputy Minister Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport

Jennifer Johnson
Assistant Deputy Minister
Ministry of Parks, Culture
and Sport

Rory Jensen Assistant Deputy Minister Ministry of Education Government of Saskatchewan

Rory Jensen
Assistant Deputy Minister
Ministry of Education
Government of
Saskatchewan

Kanaris Paraskevopoulos EVP & Chief Digital & Information Officer, Digital & Information Services Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI)

Kanaris Paraskevopoulos
EVP & Chief Digital &
Information Officer,
Digital & Information
Services
Saskatchewan
Government Insurance
(SGI)

Kris Pennete
Executive Director, Information Technology
Water Security Agency 

Theresa Finn Executive Director, Provincial Operational Services Ministry of Highways, Government of Saskatchewan 

Theresa Finn
Executive Director, Provincial Operational Services
Ministry of Highways, Government of Saskatchewan 

Kelley Moore
Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations and Service Delivery

Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement, Government of Saskatchewan

Natasha Flory Director, Digital Citizen Services Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement  

Natasha Flory
Director, Digital Citizen Services
Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement  

Mark Van Engelen
Vice President,
Emerging Technologies
CGI

Mike Cook
Vice President,
Consulting Services
CGI

Mike Switzer
Senior Vice President,
Consulting Services, Saskatchewan
CGI

Scott Harron
Executive
Director, Research
and Implementation
Branch
Ministry of Integrated
Justice Services

Carole Tink
Director, Technology
City of Regina

Clint Repski
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Education

Ali Deheshi
Manager, Information Security
Government of Saskatchewan

Carey O’Reilly
Solution Sales – Security Operations
ServiceNow

Jamie Duncalf
Canada National Lead, ServiceNow Business Group
Accenture

Michael Cardy
Chief Technology Strategist & Director Solution Architecture – Canada
Red Hat

Wesley Toman
Public Sector Leader – Canada Systems Engineering
Cisco

Sujatha Kamma
Industry Executive Advisor Canada – Public Sector, Healthcare & Higher
SAP

Stu Nash
Sr Client Executive
Veeam

Craig Seidler
Sr Systems Engineer
Veeam

James Rathwell
Account Executive
Compugen

Rick Santing
Director, Western Canada
Red Hat

Rod Donison
Director, Partnerships
Dasro

Key Sessions

The Public Sector Innovation Series features the latest initiatives throughout Canada and shares insights via keynote presentations, case studies, panel discussions, and fireside chats. To provide additional perspective – topic-based tracks will address more specific ideas and challenges in the worlds of digital & CX, and technology faced by public sector leaders today.

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Keynote SessionsPanel SessionsDigital and CX TrackInnovation and Technology TrackCo-Hosted Roundtable Discussions

Government Keynote:

Inclusion and Accessibility for Better Citizen Experience

Sharon Pratchler
Ombudsman and Public Interest Disclosure Commissioner, Saskatchewan

Leap into the Future – Modern, Innovative, and Outcome-Focused Public Service for Saskatchewan

Scott Harron
Executive Director, Research and Implementation Branch, Ministry of Integrated Justice Services

Clint Repski
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education

Moderator: Mike Cook
Vice President, Consulting Services, CGI

Overcoming Obstacles and Boosting the Appetite for Province-Wide Innovation

Louise Michaud
Assistant Deputy Minister, Disability Programs and Housing, Ministry of Social Services, Government of Saskatchewan & President and CEO, Saskatchewan Housing Corporation

Jennifer Johnson
Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport

Rory Jensen
Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education, Government of Saskatchewan

Moderator: Mike Switzer
Senior Vice-President Consulting Services, Saskatchewan, CGI

Welcome from Track Chair

Bridging the Divide Between Digital and Customer Experience

Rod Donison
Director, Partnerships, Dasro

Government Keynote

Designing Service Delivery Models with Citizen-Centric Approach

Kelley Moore
Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations and Service Delivery, Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement, Government of Saskatchewan

Government Keynote

Designing Your End-to-End Service Around User Needs

Kelly Tunison
HR Transformation Lead, EBMP Project, Public Service Commission

Panel Discussion

Driving Saskatchewan Citizen Experience and Satisfaction with Improved Digital Government Services

Paul Maindonald
Vice President of Programs & Technology (Interim), Executive Director – eHealth Programs, eHealth Saskatchewan

Kris Pennete
Executive Director, Information Technology, Water Security Agency 

Natasha Flory
Director, Digital Citizen Services, Ministry of SaskBuilds and Procurement

Welcome from Track Chair

Maximizing the Benefits of a Cloud-Based Infrastructure

Michael Cardy
Chief Technology Strategist & Director Solution Architecture – Canada, Red Hat

Government Keynote

Transforming Service Delivery for Technical Safety Authority of Saskatchewan (TSASK)

  • The Ministry of Government Relations established and expanded the Technical Safety Authority of Saskatchewan, fostering a single source point of contact for delivering technical safety services
  • The objectives, challenges, outcomes and benefit of a delegated operating authority
  • Maintaining citizen and industry-focused outcomes

Laurier Donais
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Government Relations

Government Keynote

How to Successfully Position Your Organization to Lead Innovation and Business Transformation

Kanaris Paraskevopoulos
EVP & Chief Digital & Information Officer, Digital & Information Services, Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI)

Panel Discussion

Crystal Ball Gazing: Innovation and the Future of Public Sector Service Delivery

Theresa Finn
Executive Director, Provincial Operational Services, Ministry of Highways, Government of Saskatchewan

Carole Tink
Director, Technology, City of Regina

Simon Weng
Senior. Mobile Transformation Consultant, Samsung

Moderator: Michael Cardy
Chief Technology Strategist & Director Solution Architecture – Canada, Red Hat

 

Co-Hosted Roundtable Discussions

  • What can Cloud do for You: Leveraging Cloud to Meet your Innovation Needs! – Hosted by CGI
  • Evolving IT Architectures for Seamless Service Delivery: Embracing Digital Transformation – Hosted by Red Hat
  • Developing a Blueprint for Public and Private Sector Collaboration – Hosted by Red Hat
  • Creating security engagement across Public Sector – Hosted by Accenture/ServiceNow
  • Revolutionizing Public Sector Services: Capturing Value of the Digital Foundation – Hosted by SAP ISBN
  • Next-Gen Engagement: Leveraging Technology, Processes and Driving Collaboration – Hosted by Compugen
  • Modernizing IT Architectures for Seamless Service Delivery – Hosted by Samsung
  • Revolutionizing Pub Sector Services: Capturing Value of the Digital Foundation – Hosted by Cisco
  • Ways to Automate CX Processes and Enable Self Service – Hosted by Veeam


Your Registration


Live Presentations

Hear from public sector leaders about the latest trends and explore how to instantly apply these insights and gaining unique perspectives

Interactivity

An opportunity to engage with the inspiring speaker panel and peers in the live Q&A and polling to discover answers to shared challenges

Leading Technology
Solutions

Hear  from leading solutions providers in the government space as they explore key technologies to improve citizen services

On-Demand

Receive on-demand access to session content on the complimentary Public Sector Network social learning platform

What Your Peers Had to Say:

“It was very informative and I appreciated how diverse the topics were to provide us with different perspectives around innovation.”
Corporate Services, Government of Saskatchewan

“I enjoyed the event. The speakers were all relevant to our current reality and it was a good opportunity to connect with new contacts and people I have not “seen” in quite some time.”
Public Service Commission, Government of Saskatchewan

“I enjoyed attending the Public Sector Innovation Show and was quite impressed with the organizations thinking in terms of communication, collaboration and moving to an improved future for the support of our citizens.”
SaskTel

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