Overview

October 15
11AM PT, 2PM ET

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The GovX Virtual Awards bring together the leaders reimagining how people experience government. As expectations for faster, simpler and more personalized interactions continue to rise, agencies are finding new ways to design and deliver services around the people they serve.
GovX is where government innovators, technology leaders and mission owners come together to explore what’s working, what’s next and how emerging technologies are changing the government experience.
From AI-powered services and personalization to intuitive digital experiences and smarter service delivery, GovX 2026 will spotlight the strategies, technologies and real-world projects raising the bar for government.

Here’s what you’ll take away from GovX 2026:
· A look at what great government experiences look like now — Explore standout approaches to digital services, permitting, benefits, community engagement and more across states and localities.
· Practical insight into how AI and emerging technologies are changing the government experience — See how agencies are making services more intuitive, responsive and personalized — and what they’re learning along the way.
· Real-world lessons from government innovators — Go behind the scenes of successful initiatives to understand what worked, how teams made it happen and what others can take from their experience.
· Ideas you can put to work in your own organization — Leave with actionable approaches for reducing friction, improving service delivery and creating experiences that better meet people’s expectations.

See what’s next for the government experience at GovX 2026.

Speakers

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Rob Lloyd

Executive Director, Center for Digital Government

Rob Lloyd is the Executive Director of the Center for Digital Government, where he leads the organization’s national research and advisory programs focused on technology policy, innovation and best practices for government and industry leaders in state and local government. In this role, he oversees initiatives including the Digital Communities program and the Center for Public Sector AI and serves as a national voice on the technology challenges and opportunities shaping government.

Lloyd brings nearly three decades of public-sector technology leadership. Most recently, he served as Chief Technology Officer for the City of Seattle, where he was a member of the mayor’s cabinet and oversaw a team of nearly 600 employees and a technology portfolio of roughly $300 million. Previously, he was Deputy City Manager and Chief Information Officer for the City of San José and has held senior technology leadership roles in cities across Arizona, Oregon and Colorado.

His teams have earned more than 50 national honors, and his leadership has been recognized with awards including The AI 50, two ORBIE CIO of the Year awards, Governing Magazine’s Public Official of the Year, two GovTech Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers honors, four City Executive of the Year honors, and Business Journal leadership awards in Silicon Valley and Phoenix.

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Teri Takai

Chief Programs Officer, Center for Digital Government

Teri Takai is the Chief Programs Officer of e.Republic, the parent company of the Center for Digital Government. She worked for Ford Motor Company for 30 years in global application development and information technology strategic planning. From Ford, she moved to EDS in support of General Motors.

A long-time interest in public service led her to the government sector, first as CIO of the State of Michigan, then as CIO of the State of California, and subsequently the CIO of the U.S. Department of Defense, the first woman appointed to this role. She then served as the CIO for Meridian Health Plan. She is a member of several industry advisory boards.

Teri has won numerous awards including Governing Magazine’s Public Official of the Year, CIO Magazine’s CIO Hall of Fame, Government Technology Magazine’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers, the Women in Defense Excellence in Leadership Award, and the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.

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