October 7, 2025 | 6:00 – 9:00 PM
There must be a better way to modernize the mainframes that power our country
Too many federal systems—some built before the internet—remain critical yet fragile, strained by tech debt, policy churn, and a shrinking pool of experts. Years-long modernization projects often introduce new issues before resolving old ones.
At this roundtable dinner, we’ll gather agency leaders navigating these pressures firsthand. From COBOL conversion debates to the limits of bandaid fixes, we’ll explore what it takes to balance what needs to be done today with what will work in the future.