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Upcoming Conference :: 40th ANNUAL ISM CONFERENCE (2007)
Boston, MA
August 5 - 8, 2007
Cambridge Hyatt
575 Memorial Drive,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
USA 02139-4896
Tel: 617 492 1234
Fax: 617 491 6906
Conference Hotel website: http://cambridge.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp
Overflow Hotel Reservation website:
We have yet another overflow hotel for the ISM meeting! The Marriott is now also sold out.
The Charles Hotel, Harvard Square
One Bennett Street | Cambridge, MA 02138 | (617) 864-1200
To make Online Reservations, Please provide your attendees with the following instructions:
-- Go to the hotel’s website www.charleshotel.com
-- Click on “Book Now” in the bottom left corner of the screen
-- Click on “Groups” in the bottom center of the screen
-- Enter the Attendee Code: ISM2007
-- Click on the dates you wish to stay
-- Click on the room type preferred
-- Click on Complete contact and billing information
-- The guest will be emailed a confirmation number
Guests may also call the hotel by calling (617) 864-1200 or toll free at (800) 882-1818.
Golf Outing Location: Stow Acres
WHAT IS ISM?
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
GOLF OUTING
We have a new name, IT Solutions Management for Human Services (ISM)!
ISM is the information technology affiliate of the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) and our name used to be APHSA-ISM. Now we are IT Solutions Management for Human Services (ISM). Our new name reflects the key role played by information technology in today’s modern organizations. We provide solutions that meet the mission critical needs of state and local government human services agencies.
For 39 years our annual conference, the premier human services information technology conference in the country, has been known as the ISM Conference. We want our official name to match what everyone already calls us. And we want to avoid confusion with APHSA, our parent organization.
Our annual conference attracts attendees from throughout the United States and a number of foreign countries. Attendees include agency executives and managers, CIOs, technical staff, program staff, high-level federal officials, and representatives from the many private sector companies that supply products and services to state and local human services agencies.
Each year the ISM Conference agenda is filled with the most current information essential for making effective technology decisions that support program and service delivery goals. We learn about innovative information technology implementations from around the country. Speakers and attendees share successful techniques to overcome the obstacles that often inhibit successful technology projects. Conference speakers have included state governors, top ranking federal officials, state legislators, agency CEOs and CIOs, and other nationally recognized experts in information technology for human services.
ISM board members include agency CIOs and high-level program people who work in information technology from California, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
- State, Local, and Federal government
- CEOs
- Program managers who support or manage IT projects
- Program staff
- CIOs and IT managers
- Technical staff
- Project managers
- Governor's office
- Legislators and legislative staff
- Private sector
- Community Action Agencies and other non-profits
- Human services programs, including:
- TANF, Food Stamps, Medicaid, Mental Health, Public Health, WIC, Long-Term Care, HIPAA, Vocational Rehabilitation, SCHIP, Adult Services, Aging, Child Care, Child Welfare, Child Support
- Educators and juvenile justice professionals who are interested in connecting with human services
- Learn how technology can support partnerships and improve results obtained
- Learn how technology projects can become more successful through better functioning partnerships
- Learn how agency executives deal with problems they have encountered in implementing information technology initiatives
- Many educational opportunities
- Learn from your peers, and from national experts from both the private and public sectors
- See real-world IT solutions to real-world human services problems
- Interact with representatives from federal funding approval authorities
- Learn from the private sector who provide IT products and services to human services
- Connect with your counterparts from your part of the country
- Interact with people who are dealing with the same problems you are
- Discover the latest technology offerings
Track and Session Descriptions are available in downloadable PDF format here.
Registration Deadlines: Early: 7/15/2007 | Late: 8/5/2007
Click here to register online.
| Attendee | Vendor | Exhibit Staff | Spouse/Guest |
| Early: $300.00 | Early: $450.00 | $150.00 | $50.00 |
| Late: $350.00 | Late: $500.00 | $200.00 | $50.00 |
Contact Information:
Gloria Williams
(202) 682-0100
gwilliams@aphsa.org
CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
This conference provides an excellent opportunity for people from the private sector to network with and learn from their state and local government business partners and to discuss information technology issues in human services that affect both the public and private sectors. The heavy educational component of the conference allows people from both the private sector and the public sector to learn together. The conference is supported, in part, by private sector sponsorships described below.
Contact Information: Mary Beth Peters (573) 897-2508
Agenda, Sessions and other details
Well it is that time of year where we can begin talking about one of the most popular events at ISM – the Golf Scramble. Okay all you conference goers, we are teeing it up again! We have selected the Stow Acres Golf Club as the venue for this year’s event.
Stow Acres is a beautiful site and boasts two award winning championship 18-hole golf courses, the North and South, anchored by a renovated antique Victorian clubhouse. The two courses, designed by noted architect Geoffrey Cornish, were designated Best Golf Course by Boston Magazine. The South opened in 1921 as a 9-hole course. The North was selected as one of America's 50 best public courses by Golf Digest (1984, 1996) and hosted the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship in 1995 - Only the second time ever in New England. In 2003 and 2004, Stow Acres has hosted the Monday qualifier for the PGA's Deutsche Bank Championship held at TPC Boston. Many believe that the South Course is the equal to the nationally recognized North. The reason? Great shot values. Many holes require an accurate shot with the correct club to a specific target area. Big rewards for the well hit shot and big penalties for those who take a risk and fail.
Transportation and lunch will be provided to each participant. Complete instructions and registration form.
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