Undergraduate Workshop on Public Sector Information Strategy and Management

Sponsored by Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy and the Center for Technology in Government

Friday, April 8, 2011, 1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Location: CTG, 187 Wolf Road, Suite 301, Albany, NY 12205

UAlbany faculty, graduate students and alumni all made major contributions at the 4th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2010), which took place in Beijing, China this past November.

We invite UAlbany juniors and seniors to an afternoon workshop to explore careers or graduate studies in the use of information and technology in the public and nonprofit sectors. The program will give the students a look at topics, issues, and initiatives in this increasingly important domain as well as the opportunity to meet and talk with accomplished practitioners, recent UAlbany graduates, and current MPA students specializing in information strategy and management (ISM).

Topics/Panels::

Current MPA students and recent graduates from the ISM specialization
Government managers from NYS and local governments
Research directions in information strategy and management
Rockefeller College MPA program overview
Informal discussion among all participants and speakers

Organizers::

Prof. Rey Koslowski, Political Science
Prof. Sharon Dawes, Public Administration and CTG
Prof. Theresa Pardo, Public Administration and CTG
Prof. Yvonne Harrison, Public Administration
Dr. Moses Kamya, Chief Information Officer, NYS Governor’s Office of Employee Relations

If you need transportation, please contact: rkoslowski@uamail.albany.edu