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Information Processing Management Association (IPMA) is a non-profit, tax exempt Washington state corporation founded in the early 1960's The IPMA serves the Washington State Information Technology community whose members are either current or retired Washington State IT government employees.

The IPMA is goverend by a 12 member Board of Directors who serve a 3 year term. The IPMA has 3 elected officers from the Board for a one year term. These office positions are Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary-Treasurer. The Board also staffs the various committess including Professional Development, Executive Seminar, Forum, LeaderPath, CIO, Communication and Marketing, and Corporate Sponsor.

The IPMA provides several events throughout the year. The events are:

Professional Development Events - Throughout Year

The purpose of the Professional Development Committee is to provide educational and networking programs and seminars for the IT community. The Committee works with corporate sponsors and state agencies to provide these programs at zero to minimal cost to attendees. The Committee also provides selected formal training events to be provided on a fee basis.

Executive Seminar - Annually in the fall

The Executive Seminar's goal is to facilitate communications, networking and the exchange of information technology ideas among senior state government information systems managers and corporate sponsors. Approximately 70 IT managers will attend.

Forum - Annually in May

Forum is an annual information technology seminar and trade show. For more than thirty years, Forum has proven to be an effective opportunity for vendors to demonstrate their products, for speakers to share their expertise and knowledge, and for state employees and others to attend free seminars and product demonstrations. It is important to note that Forum is one of the premier technology shows in the Pacific Northwest and the largest to focus solely on the public sector. Approximately 1,000 state, county, city and private sector employees will attend. Forum corporate sponsors have the option of being allocated high visibility display booths.

LeaderPath Program - Annually

Under the co-sponsorship of IPMA, the State Department of Personnel has partnered with the University of Washington's Cascade Center, the first leadership development program exclusively for IT managers in WA state government. Its focus is on the day-to-day and long-term strategic challenges of creating, collaborating with, and often times, leading agency and interagency IT initiatives. Through LeaderPath for IT Managers, participants will understand how to "sit at the table" with other agency executives and influence the decisions that are made.

CIO Program - Throughout Year

Several times throughout the year, the IPMA facilitates meetings of the state's CIOs. The purpose of the meetings is to facilitate networking and information sharing for the state's CIOs.