
Dec 12-14, 2023 • St. Paul RiverCentre
Get ready for three days filled with energy, passion, creating connections, and an exceptional speaker lineup!!

New ideas. New solutions. New thinking.
Bringing together leaders from across sectors, the 2023 GOVIT Symposium at the Saint Paul RiverCentre creates space for us to learn from one another’s experiences and spark new collaborations.
Too often, as leaders, it can feel like we’re alone on an island. The GOVIT Symposium is an easy way to step off the island and join other leaders from across the greater Midwest — including city, county, state, and regional agencies and K-12, state college, and university leaders.
Join us on December 12th-14th for the GOVIT Symposium to recharge, get inspired, and address our challenges… Together!
It was by far the most needed and awesome IT Symposium. The success stories, the common cause, and just taking the time to think about who we serve and to hear from leaders was amazing and very motivating.
2022 SYMPOSIUM HIGHLIGHTS
- 503 registered attendees
- 45 sponsors & exhibitors
- 90+ breakout sessions & speakers
- 82% rated the Symposium as excellent or very good
- 82% strongly agreed or agreed that the Symposium was valuable to their professional development
- 93% would recommend the Symposium to a colleague or co-worker
After the pandemic’s virtual events, it was so great to see people in person this year and re-connect with people.
THE GOVIT SYMPOSIUM IS PERFECT FOR
- CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, CBTOs
- IT Directors and Managers
- Accessibility and Equity Management
- Data and System Analysts
- Network Administrators
- Information Security Analysts
- Software/Systems Development and Engineers
- Business Intelligence/Quality Assurance
- Web and Applications Developers
State
Counties
Cities
K-12
Higher Education
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Google Cloud’s Director of Customer Engineering for the Public Sector/SLED, Chris Hein, has been with the company for nearly a decade, helping states, localities, and educational institutions use Google’s technologies to better serve constituents and operate more efficiently.
Working to help state and local governments utilize technology to better serve their constituents. Chris has had the good fortune of working with a highly talented team of Customer Engineers dedicated to changing the state of IT in the public sector. They are working to bring the best of Google to the public sector.
Well done and very worthwhile. Thank you for the time and dedication required to pull off a high-quality event.
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION OPENS SEPTEMBER 15
Early Bird Ends Friday, October 27 • Register by Tuesday, November 28
- Now on its 42nd year, the GOVIT Symposium is one of the nation’s longest-running, well-respected government IT events.
- Connect with like-minded government IT professionals from a wide variety of settings and locations to gain insights and new ideas.
- Over 60 hours of content – developed and presented by government IT professionals and their solution partners.
- On-demand access to recorded sessions for months after the event.
- Multiple thought-provoking keynote and plenary speakers.
- Formal and informal opportunities to interact with presenters, solution partners, and your peers.
Thank you so much for hosting the symposium! It was truly informative, and you guys put so much effort into allowing us to learn new ways.
GROUP RATES AVAILABLE:
SAVE 10% off of the regular rate for groups of 20 or more.
PUBLIC SECTOR PRICING
Pre-Con Only
EARLY BIRD PRICING Public Sector- Includes all preconference sessions (and food & beverage) on Tues, December 12
- Regular Rate $225
1 Day
EARLY BIRD PRICING Public Sector- Includes all sessions (and food & beverage) on EITHER December 13 or 14
- Regular Rate $350
2 Day
EARLY BIRD PRICING Public Sector- Includes all sessions (and food & beverage) on BOTH December 13 and 14
- Regular Rate $500
3 Day All Access
EARLY BIRD PRICING Public Sector- Includes all sessions (and food & beverage) on December 12, 13, and 14
- Regular Rate $575
PRIVATE SECTOR PRICING
1 Day
Private Sector- Includes all sessions (and food & beverage) on EITHER December 13 or 14
2 Day
Private Sector- Includes all sessions (and food & beverage) on BOTH December 13 and 14
THANK YOU, 2023 SPONSORS!
2023 EXHIBITORS
About Fusion Learning Partners
From learning opportunities and events to organizational development and collaborative initiatives, Fusion exists to strengthen and transform the communities where we work, live, and thrive.
Because Innovation Begins with Learning.
2023 Steering Committee
- Alex Hepp, City of Hopkins
- Chad Kummerow, Microsoft
- Dave Andrews, Minnesota State Services for the Blind - DEED
- Jay Wyant, Minnesota IT Services
- Jim Hall, Hallmentum
- Matt Bailey, IBM
- Lisa Meredith, Minnesota Counties Computer Cooperative
- Melissa Reeder, League of Minnesota Cities
- Joel Pingel, Google
- Sarah Mixdorf, Google
- Sue Wallace, Quantico Consulting
- Nash Pherson, Microsoft
- Jennifer Marik, Amazon Web Services- WWPS
- Amy Middendorf, Morrison County
- Adam Larson, Chief Information Officer
- Jaime Wascalus, City of St. Paul
- Amy Kretsch-Ward, Fortinet
- Lee Jones, Salesforce
- John Gamades, Orangeball Creative