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Program

The program consists of a Pre-Conference Executive Seminar, daily Keynote Speakers and 15 Facilitated Discussion Sessions divided into three tracks. You may also view the complete Schedule of Events.

Pre-Conference Executive Seminar

Cedric Bennett, Principal, Cedric Bennett and Associates. Emeritus Director, Information Security Services, Stanford University
A Strategic Approach to Information Security

Keynote Speakers

Robert Lewis, President and Founder, IT Catalysts
Everything you know is wrong: Transforming Information Technology

Dr. George O. Strawn, CIO, National Science Foundation
Change: the Constant of Modern Times

Kathy Kimball, Director, ITS Security Operations and Services, The Pennsylvania State University
Network Security: Partner or Perish

Facilitated Discussion Sessions

Session format consists of a 20-30 minute talk and a facilitated discussion with the audience on several thought-provoking issues associated with the topic. Sessions are organized in the following three tracks.

• Transforming Information Technology: Meet the Speaker
• Herding Cats: Managing Distributed and Cross-functional Teams
• IT Decisions at the College Level Within a Large University
• Enhancing Centralized IT Support for Academic Research
• Impact of Collaboration Technologies on a Large Academic Research Collaboration
• The Perfect Storm - Learning The Hard Way How To Be A Quality Service Provider

• Change: The Constant of Modern Times: Meet the Speaker
• Slipping Into High Reliability
• Web Based File Storage: Now and the Future
• Sit! Fetch! Roll Over! Tricks You Can Perform with a Content Management System

• Partnerships for Educational Reform
• IT Professionals and Instructional Staff: Friends or Foes?
• Finding Ways to Effectively Communicate with Your Campus IT Community
• The University-Corporate Partnership: Invitation to the Dance
• Security Policy: How, Who, What?