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Schedule

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Agenda for Wednesday, May 13
Time Session Location 
10:00 a.m. Registration Opens Lancelot Thompson Student Union
12:00 - 1:20 p.m.  Lunch with Opening Keynote Speaker, "AI Directions"
Ravi Pendse, PhD, VPIT and CIO, University of Michigan
 
1:30 - 2:20 p.m. Breakout Session #1 Lancelot Thompson Student Union
  Mega Panel: Ellucian - ERP CIO Panel  
  Pilot to Production: Lessons Learned from Sinclair College's AI Initiatives  
  AI Adoption: Laying Foundations for Transformation  
  MU’s Phishing Combat Story & The Evolution of Our SOC  
  AI Platform for Campus Reinvention  
  How Grackle Supports Miami University’s Accessibility Strategy  
  Oracle Public Safety Suite - Modernizing Public Safety IT  
  Practical Approaches to Remote Work Agreement Tracking  
  Ohio’s AI Advantage: Statewide Capabilities, Campuswide Impact  
2:30 - 3:20 p.m. Breakout Session #2 Lancelot Thompson Student Union
  Mega Panel: Oracle - ERP CIO Panel  
  Extended Utility Power Outages and RTOs: Increasing Data Center Flexibility  
  AI Research High Performance Platform  
  Mapping Out Your AI Maturity Journey  
  How the University of Toledo Simplified Third-Party Patching and Compliance  
  Why a Hybrid Helpdesk Model Strengthens University IT Support  
  Agents + Power Platform in Higher Education. From Out of the Box to Low Code   
  Modernizing Identity: YSU'S Roadmap to Next-Generation IAM  
3:30 - 4:20 p.m. Breakout Session #3 Lancelot Thompson Student Union
  Mega Panel: Workday - ERP CIO  Panel  
  Ohio Banner User Group (OBUG) Resurrection  
  Strategies for Cloud and Data Center Connectivity: OARnet Case Studies  
  Oracle Data Platform – Unified, Governed Data and Analytics for Higher Ed  
  Stronger Security, Fewer Frictions: The New Era of Multifactor Authentication  
  Accessible From The Start  
  Microsoft AI Platform Training Session   
  Innovating the Student Experience: AI and the Future of Ellucian Student   
4:30 - 6:00 p.m. Showcase and Cocktail Hour John F. Savage Arena
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Dinner 
John F. Savage Arena
7:00 - 10:30 p.m. After Hours Social Event Inside the Five Brewing, The Fieldhouse
Agenda for Thursday, May 14
Time Session Location
8:00 a.m. Registration Opens Lancelot Thompson Student Union
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast Buffet
Lancelot Thompson Student Union
9:00 - 9:50 a.m. Breakout Session #4 Lancelot Thompson Student Union
  Mega Panel: AI Curriculum Support and IT Skill Development
 
  Supporting AI in the Classroom at Ohio Supercomputer Center  
  AI-Accelerated ERP Readiness in Higher Ed  
  Voice of Reason: Intentional AI Narration in Higher Education   
  Transforming Information Security Education with Real‑World Operational Projects  
  What's New in Higher Education ERP  
  Oracle Database@Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud  
  Smarter Housing Decisions in the Era of Ubiquitous AI  
  Panel: Runaway Agent – How to Manage the Risk Around Agentic AI and Practical Steps to Consider   
10:00 - 10:50 a.m. Breakout Session #5 Lancelot Thompson Student Union
  Mega Panel: AI Infrastructure  
  Managed Print Services at UToledo  
  The Board’s Eye View: Leading Modernization That Moves the Mission   
  From Legacy ERP to Innovation Platform  
  The SIEM Shift: From Indexers to Data Wells, Re Engineering SIEM for Cost and Scale  
  Agency Over Adoption: The Real Goal of AI in HigherEd  
  Challenges of Implementing a New Research Management System  
  AI & Dell APEX for Higher Education  
  Getting Your Tech Ready For AI  
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. IUC-CIO Meeting - Invite Only  
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Vendor Showcase Exhibit Setup  
11:00 - 11:50 a.m. Breakout Session #6 Lancelot Thompson Student Union
  Wi-Fi as Campus Infrastructure – Leading the Wi-Fi 7 Transition: Lessons from Universities Modernizing Their Campus Networks  
  Modernizing with Purpose: Why SaaS, Why Now? A Leadership Panel on Transformation   
  AI Begins at the Model: Why OCI’s LLM Advantage Matters  
  From Idea to Impact: Building an AI Skunkworks in Higher Education  
  D2L/UA LMS and AI  
  Implementation and Challenges with Apple's PSSO Framework  
  Our Journey to Power BI  
  Oracle Cloud Application - Moving Towards Agentic Apps  
  How AI Will Transform Higher Education IT and the Student Experience  
12:00 - 1:20 p.m. Lunch with Keynote Speaker, Tech Exec AI View
Microsoft, Dell, GE HC, Oracle, JobsOhio, Gartner
Lancelot Thompson Student Union
1:30 - 2:20 p.m. Breakout Session #7 Lancelot Thompson Student Union
  Mega Panel: Staff AI Skills and Future Jobs  
  A modern solution to stop advanced attacks with Behavioral AI  
  Out with the Old, In with Element451 - A CRM migration from SalesForce to Element451  
  How Not to Hire Electric Sheep: Using AI Against Itself in a Changing Hiring Landscape  
  Deploying iOS Devices with Jamf MDM  
  The April Title II Deadline & Beyond: Practical Strategies for Institutional Accessibility  
  Gaining visibility, security, and ROI for Higher Ed IT  
  (Workday) Extend-ing What's Possible: The Good, The Bad, and the Developing  
2:30 - 4:30 p.m. Vendor Showcase & Reception
 
6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Dinner and Evening Event Imagination Station - Science Museum
Agenda for Friday, May 15
Time Session Location
8:00 a.m. Registration Opens Lancelot Thompson Student Union
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast
Lancelot Thompson Student Union
9:00 - 9:50 a.m. Breakout Session #8 Lancelot Thompson Student Union
  Panel:  CISO Panel  
  Becoming a CIO - Today and in the Future  
  Identity Verification in Slate  
  Microsoft M365 Copilot: A Structured Approach to Evaluation and Implementation  
  From AI Chaos to AI Ecosystem  
  Always On: The Metrics Behind Service Availability  
  Managing Accessible Procurement with TeamDynamix  
10:00 - 10:50 a.m. Breakout Session #9 Lancelot Thompson Student Union
  Design Electronic Forms With Workflow Using Dynamic Forms  
  Gartner Cost MGMT CIO Roundtable  
  Automating Let’s Encrypt HTTPS certificates using your existing infrastructure   
  End-to-End Database & ERP Support for Higher Education  
  From Link Farms to Action Hubs: Reinventing the Campus Portal  
  EVPN/VxLAN Implementation and Operations Roundtable  
  Building a Modern Observability Practice for Higher Education Campuses with ThousandEyes: Ensuring Resilient Digital Experiences in the AI Era  
  Project Flair – Bringing AI Resources to Ohio  
11:00 - 11:50 a.m. Breakout Session #10 Lancelot Thompson Student Union
  Harnessing Digital Twinning with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure  
  AI Strategy Roundtable IT Leaders  
  AI-Native Threats: A Security Primer for Deploying Generative AI Solutions  
  Modernizing Campus Communications: Migrating from CUCM & UCCX to Webex Calling in Higher Education  
  Reskilling IT Teams for an AI-Enabled Campus  
  AI is Here. Are students still learning?  
  Streamlined application deployment with Apps on Demand and Virtual Desktops  
  Expanding What’s Possible: Why Leading Organizations Are Choosing OCI  
  Linux Automation Using Ansible Roles + RedHat Satellite  
12:00 - 12:30 p.m. Closing Remarks and Luncheon Lancelot Thompson Student Union
12:30 p.m. Private Meetings Lancelot Thompson Student Union