Here’s an opportunity to learn about the newest technologies and best practices in 3 DAYS! This educational conference offers over 50 workshops for IT Professionals, Developers, Entrepreneurs and Information Workers. Attend the sessions that matter most to your job role; learn new skills and stay on the cutting edge; network with your peers and with industry leaders.

1. National BDPA Technology Conference Fact Sheet
July 28 – 31, 2010 • Marriott Downtown Philadelphia
Keeping your skills up-to-date and maximizing your productivity is
more important than ever. Event Pricing
Members $550
Here’s an opportunity to learn about the newest technologies and Non Members $650
best practices in 3 DAYS! This educational conference offers over 50
workshops for IT Professionals, Developers, Entrepreneurs and BDPA Sponsors
Information Workers. Attend the sessions that matter most to your
job role; learn new skills and stay on the cutting edge; network with 3Com Corporation
Abbott Laboratories
your peers and with industry leaders.
Allstate Insurance
Avue
Give us 3 days and we’ll give you:
BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois,
Oklahoma, New Mexico &Texas
• The opportunity to gain new skills and to enhance your CIGNA
job performance Compuware
• Just the facts – the event is about learning; no product Cox Enterprises
DeVry University
commercials here Deloitte
• The best training value possible for your money – all in Educational Advance Alliance
three days! Eli Lilly & Company
• July 28th is just around the corner, so REGISTER today. Excelsior College
Freddie Mac
Hewitt
General Information Hilton Hotels
HP
IBM
Online Registration Johnson & Johnson
Register online at: http://bit.ly/bdpaconference JP Morgan Chase
Register by mail send check to: BDPA, 9500 Arena Drive Suite 350 Largo, MD Kraft Foods
20774. (www.bdpa.org) Lockheed Martin Corporation
Macys
Hotel Information Marriott
Marriott Downtown Philadelphia—1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, Mayo Clinic
215-625-2900. Note to all attendees. National BDPA has contracted with the McDonalds Corp.
Marriott Downtown Philadelphia for sleeping rooms. Attendees are requested to McKesson Technology
Solutions
register at this hotel under the group name and rate. Reservations may be made by
Merck & Company
phone or via the Conference Web site. (Group Name: Black Data Processing Microsoft
Association; Conference Code: BDPA) Monsanto
Oracle
Conference Registration Desk Prudential
On-site registration begins Tuesday, July 27 at 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.; Wednesday Quest Diagnostics
and Thursday the Registration desk is open 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.; Friday 7:30 a.m. R & D Professional Services
– 5:00 p.m.; and Saturday, July 31 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. The On-site registration SC Johnson
fee is $750.00 for members and $850.00 for non members. Pre-registered State Farm Insurance
attendees can pick up conference materials starting Tuesday, July 28; from 7:00 Travelers
a.m. – 8:00 p.m. All attendees receive a conference carrying case, program book, Turner Broadcasting Corp.
name badge, and other conference materials. US Cellular
US Navy
Career Fair Vanguard
Friday, July 29 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

2. National BDPA Technology Conference Fact Sheet July 28 – 31, 2010 • Marriott Downtown Philadelphia
Thursday Our Cyber World - Friends and Foes: What every business and individual needs to know before its too late
9:00 – 11:00 AM Rear Admiral William Leigher – Deputy Commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command / U.S. TENTH Fleet
Other panelist to be announced
EXECUTIVE PANELS
Thursday Small Business Engagements - Opportunities, Risks and Rewards: How to avoid becoming a failed business statistic
1:30 – 3:00 PM David Dickerson - Director, Small Business Administration, Philadelphia Region
Phil Jaurigue - President/CEO, Sabre Systems, Inc
Tom Kornekay – Chairman/CEO, Tekontrol Inc
Friday IT Workforce Development: How to prepare for the skills in highest demand
9:00 – 11:00 AM James McArthur – VP Lockheed, Center for Innovation
Eloise Young – VP/CIO, Philadelphia Gas Works
Terry Halvorsen – Deputy Commander, US Fleet Cyber Forces Command
Friday Federal IT Initiatives: What's Next? Are you ready?
1:30 – 3:00 PM John James – Director, National Security Personnel System Transition Office
Robert "Bob" Whitkop – Naval Next Generation Network (NGEN), Special Programs Office (Awaiting confirmation)
Anthony McMahon – Director, Enterprise Computing Center, Internal Revenue Service.
Dr. Anthony Junior - Director, Office of Naval Research
Day / Time Professional Development Project Management Technology Leadership Management IT Entrepreneurship
Wednesday Career Networking: How to Maximize Your Project Management 2.0 On Steroids: Secrets Automating Your Windows 7 Deployment With Improving the Technical Supervisory
8:30-10:00 AM Conference to Managing Interactive Media MDT 2010 Relationship
Presenter: Pat E. Perkins, PMP, CPCC Presenter: Bianca J. Shelby, MBA, PMP Presenter: Matt Hester Presenter: Catherine Ashcraft, Ph.D.
Wednesday Putting Your Career on Steroids in a Matrixed Drill Questions To Pass the PMP Certification NBDPA Strategic Technologies Diversity for the Digital Age
10:15-11:45 AM IT Environment Exam Presenter: John Hoffler, MBA Presenter: John H. Mackey
Presenter: Cecil Jones, MBA Presenter: Elaine T. Jackson, PMP
Wednesday Creating Your Professional Brand From The LEAN Principles and eVSM Cloud Computing: Is ITIL Still Relevant? IT Leadership Succession Planning Information Security for Small Business
1:30-3:00 PM Inside Out Presenter: Beverly A. Place Presenter: Nicholas Clarke Presenter: Cecil Jones, MBA Presenter: Julius Clark, MBA
CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Presenter: Nathalie Gregg
Wednesday LinkedIn: Getting Started with Professional IT Governance Agile Engineering from a Manager's Making Operational Improvements Starting an IT Consulting Firm
3:15-4:45 PM Social Networking Presenter: James R. Miller Perspective Presenter: Roderick L. King Presenter: John Hoffler, MBA
Presenter: Keith Warrick, MBA Presenter: Kuryan Thomas, Ph.D.
Thursday BDPA Career Center – IT Career Enhancing Project Management Strategy: Value Foundations of a Winning Application Security IT Off-Shoring vs Creating More U.S. On- Small Business Access: Innovation
8:30-10:00 AM Workshop Management and Sustainability Program Shore IT Jobs Intelligence for Entrepreneurship
Presenter: Portia Westbrooks Presenter: Ura Puranda, PMP Presenter: Grace Giraldo, MS, CISSP Presenter: Kathryn J. Moland, Ph.D. Presenter: Stewart White, PMP
Thursday Risk Management Career Opportunities Business Process Management: The Value Server Virtualization for Dummies The Way Forward for IT Organizations – IT Are you Ready to be an Entrepreneur?
10:15-11:45 AM Presenter: Estelle Cephas, CBCP From Doing Something Different Presenter: John Hoffler, MBA Strategy Presenter: Barbara A. Fuller, PMP
Presenter: Maurice Mahone, CISA Presenter: Markell Bridges, MBA
Thursday Survival Guide for Adverse Economic Times How Healthy is Your Project?: A Lesson in The Value of “Cloud” in the Business Intelligently Thinking About Enterprise 10 Seeds of Success to Grow Your Business
1:30-3:00 PM Presenter: Carlton Greene, MBA Earned Value Management Technology Ecosystem Business Intelligence Presenter: Franne McNeal, MBA
Presenter: Jacqueline Ockleberry, MBA, PMP Presenter: Jambey Clinkscales Presenter: Ekundayo B. Ojumu , MBA
Thursday Mastering LinkedIn: Advanced Techniques Being Creative with Storyboarding for the What’s in Windows Server 2008 R2 for IAT Strategic IT Leadership Video Production in a Competitive Global
3:15-4:45 PM and Insider Tips Worldwide Web Administrators Presenter: Ralph Groce Market
Presenter: Keith Warrick, MBA Presenter: Villia Davidson, MBA Presenter: Matt Hester Presenter: Alvin J. Smith
Friday Strategies to Move Your Career Forward A New Era for Risk Management Web Design Done Right: From Web BDPA Corporate Chapter Workshop Windows Home Server for Small Business
8:30-10:00 AM Presenter: Janice Coleman, CMP Presenter: Ura Puranda, PMP Standards to the Social Web Presenter: Sheila Marionneaux and Presenter: Jeffrey Daniels, MBA
Presenter: Rudy Duke, MBA Fred Patterson
Friday SAP Overview and Training Offerings Turning Conflict into Shared Solutions While SOA with ActiveMQ and Spring Black in IT Using Social Media to Market Yourself or Your
8:30-10:00 AM Presenter: Gloria Hall, MIS Working on Diverse Teams Presenter: John Hoffler, MBA Presenter: Regina Robinson, MBA Business
Presenter: Rachael Boone Presenter: Nicole Newman, MBA
Friday Social Media: Branding in the Age of Obama The Path of Least Resistance: Understanding What Can You Really Do With Cloud Results Management Office: A New Approach Starting UP in a DOWN Economy
1:30-3:00 PM Presenter: Eric Hamilton the Critical Path Computing? Presenter: Norman P. Fleming, PgMP Presenter: Viola Thompson, MBA
Presenter: Jacqueline Ockleberry, MBA, PMP Presenter: Lamarr A. Cook, MBA, PMP
Friday Everybody Matters: A Teambuilding Essential Critical Chain Project Management The Perfect Storm in IT Advanced SQL Injection Leadership and Communication: The Bridge
3:15-4:45 PM Presenter: LaShawn Brown and Agile 101 Presenter: Jesse Bemley, Ph.D. Presenter: Joseph McCray to Excellence
Presenter: L. Angel Henry, MLIS, PMP Presenter: Phyllis Ferguson, CDP, PMP
This workshop is a Technology Track topic