Montana IT Strategy Summit Series: Charting the Future Together

The State of Montana is committed to fostering a modern, innovative, secure, and accessible digital government experience. To achieve this vision, we are excited to present the 2025 IT Strategy Summit Series. This series of events is specifically designed for state CIOs, IT leaders, project managers, and strategic planning teams – as well as our valued sponsors – to connect, align, and drive impactful change.

Conference Agenda

Future Focus: Aligning for Success
Date: December 2-4, 2025
Location: All Saint Hall at Carroll College

Tuesday, December 2 – Day 1

Day 1 Agenda Topics

8:30 AM  

Registration, Breakfast, & Networking

9:15 AM  

Welcome & Opening Remarks

9:30 AM

Keynote: AI in the State – Shaping Our Future

10:30 AM

Break

10:45 AM  

Idea Room Breakout #1
Agency Lightning Talks: Strategic Priorities

12:00 PM

Networking Lunch

1:00 PM

 

Vendor Innovation Showcase #1

  1. Qualtrics
  2. ServiceNow
  3. Island
  4. Hyland
  5. High Point Network 

2:15 PM

Break

2:30 PM

Idea Room Breakout #2
Interactive Agency workshops

4:00 PM

Break

4:15 PM  

Daily Wrap-up & Housekeeping

5:00 PM  

Networking Social

Capitol Rotunda

Wednesday, December 3 – Day 2

Day 2 Agenda Topics

8:30 AM

Breakfast & Networking

9:00 AM  

Idea Room Breakout #3
Interactive Agency Workshops

10:15 AM  

Break

10:30 AM

Vendor Innovation Showcase #2

  1. Gartner
  2. Fast Enterprises
  3. CDW Government
  4. Google Public Sector/Carahsoft
  5. AWS/Carahsoft

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Vendor Solution Deep Dives

2:15 PM

Break

2:30 PM

Shared Strategy Report Out #1

4:00 PM

Break

4:15 PM

Shared Strategy Report Out #2

Thursday, December 4 – Day 3

Day 3 Agenda Topics

8:30 AM  

Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM

Building Our State Strategy

10:30 AM

Break

10:45 AM

Workshop Debrief & Action Planning

11:30 AM

Closing Remarks & Adjournment
 Participation is by invitation only, if you have questions about the event or would like to request an invitation, please contact Annie Murdock (Annie.Murdock@mt.gov).
 2025 IT Strategic Planning Conference Sponsors