Overview

July 27

While large language models (LLMs) and AI platforms can be highly useful resources, these models often lack the agency-specific information that holds valuable insights that can enhance these tools' capabilities. To bridge this gap, organizations must train LLMs with their proprietary data, but doing so can be difficult for government agencies required to meet certain security and privacy mandates.

Join experts from Government Technology, Google Cloud and Elastic on July 27, 2023, at 10 AM PT/1 PM ET for a short presentation and moderated discussion where attendees will discover how to maximize the benefits of generative AI while keeping their private data secure.

Key takeaways include:

A high-level overview of the fundamentals of generative AI
Best practices for securely integrating enterprise data with LLMs
The risks of LLMs and how to mitigate them

Speakers

Shane Scholes

Senior Public Sector Solutions Architect, Elastic

Shane Scholes is a Senior Public Sector Solutions Architect at Elastic. Currently, he supports the Government and Education Sector across the Western U.S. Shane joined Elastic with over 15 years working in the security space in both private and public sectors. Shane has a passion for technology and connecting with customers to solve unique business needs.

Kathryn Eeds

Partner Engineer, Google Cloud

Kat is a Partner Engineer Leader at Google Cloud, with a focus on Data & Analytics. In 2023, she expanded her focus to LLMs and Generative AI. Prior to her time at Google, she spent over a decade supporting organizations build, optimize and modernize their on-premises infrastructures with a major hardware provider. Kat lives (and is currently overheating) in Austin, Texas with her partner and two canine children.

Sean McSpaden — Moderator

Sean McSpaden is an executive level information technology professional with over 30 years of experience in the private, non-profit, and public sectors. His background includes the start-up and management of several small businesses and he has served on the Board of Directors or in Executive Director positions for several 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations. Sean’s public service experience includes progressively responsible positions as an IT analyst, and in statewide coordination, management and leadership positions within the Executive and Legislative branches of Oregon state government. From June 2008 to September 2013, served as the state of Oregon’s Deputy State Chief Information Officer. Throughout his 23-year tenure in Oregon state government, Sean and the teams he has led have received several state, regional and national recognitions and awards. In addition, Sean has represented the state of Oregon on numerous state, regional and national project steering committees, task forces, governing boards, committees, commissions and associations, and has presented on various topics at local, state, regional, national, and international meetings and conferences. Sean earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree and Certificate of Public Management from the Willamette University, Atkinson Graduate School of Management. Sean is an ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), holds a PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, and is a Zachman Certified Enterprise Architect Associate. Sean also holds a Secret level clearance granted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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