Tennessee Digital Government Summit 2023

We're excited to announce the transformation of our annual Digital Government Summit to the California Government Innovation Summit. This change embodies our dedication to driving technological innovation across all areas of government. With the support of the California Government Operations Agency, we're proud to bridge the gap between technology and business leaders. Our aim is to create a Summit that sparks new connections, ignites innovation, and reveals cutting-edge technologies that will shape the future of our state.

Middle east undeniably has undergone a huge digital paradigm shift due to the striking technological disruption across the government authorities with the enormous data produced. There has been tremendous acceptance of digital data across these authorities which has resulted in improving the life of the citizens in the region. Many countries in the middle east have also introduced policies to encourage data sharing by making data and digital technologies as the most important pillar for their future vision and strategies. This has a market opportunity of 255$ billion with captalisation on advancement of digital maturity across the region. Despite the huge shift, MENA region is yet to explore more opportunities to meet global standards in the areas of data sharing, open data platform, transparency, security, and monetising of data.

State, Local, Tribal and Territorial (SLTT) governments face the threat of continuous cyber-attacks from numerous groups with different intentions to disrupt their ability to provide services and support to citizens. Citizens trust an rely on their governments to provide and maintain services that they rely on for essential life sustainment and emergencies. In recent decades research and investments in technology to enhance methods, solutions, and equipment have improved service delivery and emergency response operations provided by governments.

Generative AI is becoming a disruptive force across all industries as it revolutionizes how we interact with machines and automates the creation of images, text, audio and more. The impact on state and local government operations will likely be profound as more use cases emerge. Automated writing assistance, speech recognition, virtual assistance, sentiment analysis, simulation and modeling … the list goes on. However, the technology is not currently well understood and there are understandable questions regarding policy, ethics and process.