National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop Agenda

U.S. Department of Commerce

Herbert C. Hoover Building

14th St. & Constitution Ave., N.W.

Washington, DC 20230

May 20, 2010

8:00 Check-in & Coffee Reception (main lobby)

F O R U M – (DOC HCHB Auditorium)

9:10 Welcome: Director, NIST, Dr. Patrick Gallagher

Overview of NIST mission and role in the context of Cloud Computing

9:30 Keynote: United States Chief Information Officer, Vivek Kundra

Vision of the role of the federal government with respect to Cloud Computing

10:00 Break (main lobby) 

10:20 Industry Panel: co-chairs William (Curt) Barker, NIST Chief Cyber Security 

Advisor, & Tim Grance, NIST Cyber & Network Security Program Manager 

This panel will explore varied perspectives on the role of government and the 

private sector with respect to Cloud Computing

Panelists: 1) Jim Blakley, Director, Data Center Virtualization and Cloud

Computing, Intel, 2) David Campbell, Technical Fellow, Microsoft Corporation, 3) 

Tim Mather, Founding Member, Cloud Security Alliance, 4) Stephen Schmidt, 

Chief Information Security Officer, Amazon.com Inc., 5) Ari Schwartz, Associate 

Director, Center for Democracy and Technology

11:30 NIST Cloud Computing Overview: NIST Senior Executive for Cloud Computing, 

Dawn Leaf

Brief overview of NIST Cloud Computing efforts; introduction to afternoon 

Workshop topics
11:45 Break

WORKSHOP-- (DOC HCHB Auditorium)

1:30 Cybersecurity and Standards Acceleration to Jumpstart Adoption of Cloud 

Computing (SAJACC): Mark (Lee) Badger, NIST Senior Computer Scientist & Tim 

Grance, NIST Cyber & Network Security Program Manager 

Introduction to NIST led collaborative technical initiative to validate and 

communicate interim specifications (pre-standard) based on high priority 

security, interoperability, and portability use cases; participative in-depth use 

case discussion; Includes a special focus session on IT Security in the context of 

Cloud Computing

2:30 Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP): Peter Mell, 

NIST Senior Computer Scientist & Peter Tseronis, Senior Advisor U.S. Department 

of Energy

Introduction to NIST effort to define a FISMA compliant technical process to 

support a government-wide security risk management strategy for Cloud 

Computing services

3:10 Coffee Break (main lobby) 

3:30 Government Implementation Panel: co-chairs Chris Kemp, Chief Technology 

Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) & James St. 

Pierre, Deputy Director, NIST Information Technology Laboratory

“Experiences with Cloud Computing” -- Panel discussion with early adopters of 

cloud computing, focusing on case studies relevant to government agencies. The 

panel will share experience based perspectives on security, interoperability and 

portability. Audience members will have an opportunity to ask questions.

Panelists: 1) Glenn S. Donithan, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Director, 

Program Management, Maryland Department of Transportation, State Highway 

Administration, 2) Brian McGrath, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Census Bureau, 

3) John J. Shea, Director, Enterprise Services & Integration, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Department of Defense

4:30 Adjourn

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