Agenda: DIR Discover 2025 Attendee Registration

Tuesday, September 30, 2025
9:00 AM - 11:45 AM																9:00 AM - 11:45 AM QAT: PROJECT DELIVERY FRAMEWORK, MIRPs, AGILE PROCESSES AND TOOLS - Pre-Conference Session Meeting Room 1 & 2 More Info Richard Corbell - Legislative Budget Board John Hoffman - Texas Department of Information Resources Samantha Martinez - Legislative Budget Board Ravi Kumar - Texas Department of Information Resources Jennifer Norman - Texas Department of Information Resources Michael Clayton, CPA, CISA, CFE - Texas State Auditor's Office (SAO) Brian Bowser - Comptroller of Public Accounts																																										9:00 AM - 11:45 AM ACCESSIBLE BY DESIGN: BUILDING COMPLIANCE INTO DIGITAL CONTENT - Pre-Conference Session Meeting Room 3 & 4 More Info Marie Cohan, CPACC, PMP, CSM, BRMP - Texas Department of Information Resources Vivian Seki, MS.Ed., CPACC - Division of Academic Innovation at University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth Dawn Watkins - TAMU Engineering Experimentation Station Cynthia Edwards, Ed.D. - University of North Texas Health Science Center
11:45 AM - 12:55 PM																11:45 AM - 12:55 PM Lunch On Own More Info
1:00 PM - 3:45 PM																1:00 PM - 3:45 PM ELEVATING IT PROCUREMENT: FROM COMPLIANCE TO COLLABORATION - Pre-Conference Session Meeting Room 1 & 2 More Info																												1:00 PM - 3:45 PM BUILDING BETTER SERVICES WITH CX - Pre-Conference Session Meeting Room 3 & 4 More Info																												1:00 PM - 3:45 PM GROWING IN GOVERNMENT MEETUP - Pre-Conference Session Meeting Room 5 More Info

Wednesday, October 1, 2025
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM																8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Registration, Networking, Expo & Refreshments Hall 1 More Info
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM																8:30 AM - 8:50 AM Opening Remarks Hall 2 More Info Amanda Crawford - Texas Department of Information Resources
8:50 AM - 9:50 AM																8:50 AM - 9:50 AM Shaping the Future with Quantum Computing and Quantum-Assisted Disease Detection Hall 2 More Info Lin Zhou, PhD - Texas Tech University
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM																9:50 AM - 10:30 AM AM Exhibit Break Hall 1 More Info
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM																10:30 AM - 11:20 AM From Good to Great: A Collaborative Roadmap for a Future-Ready WaterDataForTexas.org Hall 2 More Info Taylor Christian - Texas Water Development Board Jess DuVerneay - RESPEC Sam Marie Hermitte - Texas Water Development Board Evan Turner - Texas Water Development Board																					10:30 AM - 11:20 AM Data and Integration - Two faces of the Enterprise AI Coin Meeting Room 1 & 2 More Info Amberle Carter - Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Rajesh Shetty - IBM																					10:30 AM - 11:20 AM Efficiency, Community, and Culture: Houston’s Analytics Transformation Story Meeting Room 3 & 4 More Info Raphael Louvrier - City of Houston Shan Gao - City of Houston																					10:30 AM - 11:20 AM Vendor Session from DIR Meeting Room 5 More Info
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM																11:20 AM - 11:30 AM Move to Next Breakouts More Info
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM																11:30 AM - 12:00 PM AI in Texas: The Next Chapter Hall 2 More Info David Tucker - Texas Department of Information Resources																					11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Be a Part of Texas-by-Texas: Enhancing the Constituents' Experience Meeting Room 1 & 2 More Info																					11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Protecting Texan’s Privacy in the Age AI Meeting Room 3 & 4 More Info Jennie Hoelscher - Texas Department of Information Resources																					11:30 AM - 12:00 PM The Role of Data Governance in AI Initiatives Meeting Room 5 More Info Monica Smoot - Texas Department of Information Resources
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM																12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Lunch & Exhibits Hall 1 More Info
12:45 PM - 1:35 PM																12:45 PM - 1:35 PM Smarter, Safer, Stronger: How Harris County is Using AI and Automation to Transform Public Services Hall 2 More Info Joseph Beaulieu - Crowe LLP Sindhu Menon - Harris County																					12:45 PM - 1:35 PM Modern Application Development with AI: Empowering Makers with Copilot Meeting Room 1 & 2 More Info Tim Hanewich - Microsoft Cassie Jordan - Microsoft																					12:45 PM - 1:35 PM Government Data Modernization: Keeping Quality at Core Meeting Room 3 & 4 More Info Natasha Nicolai - Cloudwick Technologies, Inc																					12:45 PM - 1:35 PM Innovation Lab Meeting Room 5 More Info Kieva Moore - TX Department of Information Resources
1:35 PM - 2:15 PM																1:35 PM - 2:15 PM PM Exhibit Break Hall 1 More Info
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM																2:15 PM - 3:00 PM AI Factory: Data First Edition Hall 2 More Info Tony Davis - Dell Technologies \| North America Services Sales David Wilcoxen - Dell																					2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Moving from Features to Solutions: Application Development as a Strategic Driver Meeting Room 1 & 2 More Info Ryan Meyers - The University of Texas at Dallas																					2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Approachable and Impactful Data Governance Meeting Room 3 & 4 More Info Sid Atkinson - Applied Curiosity Renee Veloz - Applied Curiosity																					2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Innovation Lab Meeting Room 5 More Info Kieva Moore - TX Department of Information Resources
3:00 PM - 3:10 PM																3:00 PM - 3:10 PM Transition Break More Info
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM																3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Exhibits Tear Down Hall 1 More Info
3:10 PM - 4:00 PM																3:10 PM - 4:00 PM Leading in the Age of Agentic AI Hall 2 More Info Rob Cohan - Accenture																					3:10 PM - 4:00 PM AI-Built, Internally Driven: How We Developed TFC-ARMOR to Modernize Assets Access with Intelligence and Automation Meeting Room 1 & 2 More Info Mariana Hernandez - Texas Facilities Commission Aquiles Mata - Texas Facilities Commission																					3:10 PM - 4:00 PM Beyond the Buzzword: Practical Data Quality for TABC's Mission Meeting Room 3 & 4 More Info Jan Erik Brusevold - CGI Rick Santerre - TABC																					3:10 PM - 4:00 PM Innovation Lab Meeting Room 5 More Info Kieva Moore - TX Department of Information Resources