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ACCS Spring 2008 Conference :: March 12-14, 2008 :: Doubletree Charlottesville

Avenues to Collaboration on the Information Highway

Program at-a-Glance

Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Wednesday, March 12
8:30am - 4:00pm Registration Open
8:30am - 10:30am Registration, Get Acquainted, and Continental Breakfast
9:00am - 5:00pm Vendor Area Open
Breakout Sessions
Location Rotunda A Rotunda D Gallery
10:30am - 11:30am Choosing an Emergency Notifications System: VT Alerts The Multiple Operating System Answer (Mac OS 10.5) Academic IT and Professional Partnerships
11:30am - 12:30pm i>clicker: Overview of an Easy Classroom Response System Surviving a PCI External Scan Knowledge Bases: Technological Self-Help
12:30pm - 1:45pm Lunch in the Promenade Room (Fiesta Buffet...bring your appetite!)
1:45pm Leave for Optional Event/Outing (Wine Tasting at Barboursville Vineyards. $6pp-reserved for 20 spots) More info and signup.
1:45pm - 2:45pm Lever, Fulcrum and Other Not So Simple Tools Retention, Discovery, and Intelligent Archiving of Electronically Stored Information Evolving Threat Landscape
2:45pm - 3:00pm Refreshment Break in Vendor Area (Sponsored by Cisco Networks)
3:00pm - 4:15pm Virginia Universities on iTunes U Building Self-Service IT Applications, Services and Systems Departmental Security Reviews-Proactive Security Checking
4:30pm - 6:00pm Welcome Reception (Heavy Hors d'Oeuvres and Open Bar)
6:00pm Dinner on your own (if you can still eat after all of the fantastic food you just had...)

Thursday, March 13
8:00am - 4:00pm Registration Open
8:00am - 9:00am Breakfast Buffet
8:00am - 4:30pm Vendor Area Open
9:00am - 10:00am Welcome and Keynote Address: Linda Hancock, Director for the Office of Health Promotion at Virginia Commonwealth University. "Does Humor Have a Place in Your Operational Style?"
Breakout Sessions
Location Rotunda A Rotunda D Gallery
10:15am - 11:15am Front Line Service and Support Explore the Value and Benefits of Centralized Computing in Education The Semantic Web: Visions, Applications and Ontology for Higher Education
11:15am - 11:30am Refreshment Break in Vendor Area (Sponsored by Foundry Networks)
11:30am - 12:30pm Disaster Recovery Strategies and Data Protection Jump Start Your HPC Initiatives Leveraging Microsoft Compute Cluster Microsoft Collaborative Campus: Live@Edu Overview and Demo
12:30pm - 1:45pm Lunch (Sit-down, hot meal--yummy!)
1:45pm - 2:45pm Building End-User Capital The R Statistical Environment: Raising the Bar in Open Source Software Information Technology: Leading the Way to Performance Management
2:45pm - 3:00pm Refreshment Break in Vendor Area
3:00pm - 4:15pm CIO Panel
4:15pm - 5:30 pm VIP Reception in Giorgio's Ristorante, by invitation (Sponsored by Dell)
5:30pm - 7:00pm "Let's Have Fun" Reception (It's really going to live up to its name!) (Sponsored by Electronic Systems)

First the food stations:

  • Doubletree Sundae Bar: Vanilla Bean and Chocolate Ice Cream w/ Chopped Nuts, Cherries, Chocolate and Caramel Sauce, Chunks of DoubleTree Cookies and Whipped Cream.
  • La Fiesta!: Nacho Chips with Salsa, Chili Con Queso, Jalapenos, Diced Tomatoes, Black Olives and Chopped Onions and Assorted Soft Drinks
  • Keg of Beer (Miller Light)
  • Italian Meatballs
  • Buffalo Chicken Wings
  • Cocktail Franks

Then the games:

  • Wii Stations
  • Rock Band Stations
  • Pictionary
  • Card Game Stations
7:00pm Dinner on your own (if you can still move after all the good food at the "Let's Have Fun" Reception)

Friday, March 14
8:00am - 11:00am Registration Open
8:00am - 9:00am Breakfast Buffet
8:00am - 12:00pm Vendor Area Open
9:00am - 10:00am Keynote Address: Peggy Ward, Chief Information Security & Internal Audit Officer, VITA (Virginia Information Technologies Agency) "Commonwealth Information Security Collaborations"
Breakout Sessions
Location Rotunda A Rotunda D Gallery
10:15am - 11:15am Building A Project Management Framework iTunesU Blackboard Integration @ODU Cost and Performance Benefits of Implementing a Multi-Vendor Network
11:15am - 11:30am Refreshment Break in Vendor Area
11:30am - 12:30pm Don't Call It a Blog, Call It Educational Publishing Web 2.0 — Collaboration Tools Mac OS X Leopard
12:30pm - 1:45pm Lunch/ACCS Business Meeting
1:45pm ACCS Board Meeting