April ’24 Albany ITCR with Moses Kamya, PhD, NYS OGS. In a “fireside chat” with Forum’s ITCR Vice Chair Arielle Bernstein, Moses provided an overview of the organization, structure and strategies, impact on the state, upcoming key initiatives, and vision for the future

May ‘24 Business Analysis WG session, “Introduction to Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for Business Analysts” with Paul Franz CBAP, NYSTEC. The presentation reviewed key information that business analysts need to be aware of when developing RFPs for state, city, and local agencies

May ’24 Albany ITCR with Marc Hiller, General Counsel, Director of Procurement Services - Ostroff & Associates. Marc discussed the recently adopted NYS Budget focusing on new IT and procurement initiatives of particular interest to ITCR members

May ’24 NYC ITCR with Robert Harding - Greenberg Traurig LLP. Robert discussed the NYC budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and any impact the recently adopted NYS budget may have on NYC agencies and priorities

Day 2 is underway! Stop by The NYS Forum booth at the 26th annual NYS Cybersecurity Conference! Follow #NYSCyber for highlights from this event and visit the website to view the agenda: lnkd.in/e_MSMxHP

IT Procurement session with Commissioner Jeanette Moy, NYS General Services. Provided an overview of OGS' strategic plan, covering the inclusive ways that it was built, the partnerships and the data driven processes that they're leveraging in order to implement it

June ‘24 Albany ITCR Networking Breakfast. A “fireside chat” with Chief Information Officer at New York State Thruway Authority, Josh Klemm. Josh discussed the goals of the organization, the relationships and experiences with the partner community, and vision for the future.

July ‘24 Albany ITCR with Robert Galvin - Chief Technology Officer, Port Authority of NY & NJ Rob provided an overview of the organization, its structure and strategies, impact on the state, in-flight and upcoming key initiatives, and vision for the future.

An excellent turnout for the 2024 NYS Forum Day at the Races at Saratoga Race Course. We're already looking forward to next year! Thanks to all of those who dropped by on this perfect day to network and watch the races. A few even left winners!

Sept ‘24 M365 CoP session, “Back to School” w/ Allison Ives - NYS Office of Mental Health, Scott Donnelly - New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation, and Janna Shillinglaw - NYS Civil Service. All reviewed the tools of the #Microsoft365 suite and discussed tips/tricks using Sharepoint, Teams, etc. while providing some helpful demos

September 2024 Business Analysis WG session, “Web Accessibility Standards” with Kenneth Crosby - NYS SFS. Ken discussed what the new compliance requirements are, what it means for NYS employees, what happens when compliance is not met, and what we should be doing now.

The NYS Forum Launches Artificial Intelligence Workgroup to Drive Innovation and Ethical AI Practices linkedin.com/pulse/nys-foru…

Session 4 of the 2024 Fundamentals of #ProjectManagement for the Active PM series. Malkiyah Goldberg, NYS Office of Information Technology Services, presents on the topic of Cost Management.

A fantastic turn out for The NYS Forum, Inc.’s 38th Annual Meeting! Huge thank you to New York's new State CIO and Director of NYS Office of Information Technology Services, Dru Rai; as well as Deputy Secretary for Finance and Technology, Albert Pulido as this year’s keynotes.

Session 6 of the 2024 Fundamentals of #ProjectManagement for the Active PM series. Richard Green, PMP NYS Office of General Services, presents on the topic of Resource Management.

November 2024 M365 Community of Practice session with Christopher Ford - NYS ITS. Chris discussed Categorization in Outlook and Teams, Microsoft Teams Tips, reviewed the new Outlook appearance, and discussed Outlook Groups.

Nov '24 IT Procurement session, “How AI is upgrading IT Procurement” with Raj Bajaj and Endre Stogard Accenture. Discussed how generative #AI is transforming #Procurement Category Pathfinder, and gave an overview of a procurement technology journey and the lessons learned.

Session 10 of the 2024 Fundamentals of #ProjectManagement for the Active PM series. Pratishtha Sharma presents on the PMBOK Guide 7th Edition.

January Business Analysis session, “Building Mobile Applications” with Christopher Ford, NYS ITS.
While building mobile applications, there are common questions and differences with mobile development that arise. The session focused on three aspects of what’s encountered.

January ‘25 M365 Community of Practice session with Danni Olson, Microsoft. This months session covered #MicrosoftPowerBI. Items discussed were: Public PowerBI Report Showcase; Simplified Data Access; Build a PowerBI Report (PowerBI Desktop); Publish PowerBI Report, etc.