Boston Can Change Your Life
Attention: The nation’s top schools are getting ready
to give you the ‘blueprints’ for technology action.
Been to a truly valuable conference
lately? If you’ve had it with
technology events that deliver
“same old, same old” every year, I urge
you to seriously consider attending
Campus Technology 2006 in Boston
this summer (Jul. 31-Aug. 3)—our wholly
new conference delivered in a unique
format, with the kind of depth of information
and serious networking opportunities
you will not find anywhere else.
CT2006 sessions are virtually all
panel-delivered—designed so that
cross-campus technology planning
and implementation teams can present
powerfully to you whether you’re
attending by yourself or as part of your
own campus team of chief technology,
security, academic, and financial officers,
directors, and managers.
And this year, the conference offers a
special insider’s tour of MIT’s Media
Lab, Stata Center, and learning spaces;
attendees also get full after-session
access to speakers, and unique networking
dinners-on-the-town, arranged
by discussion topic.
Importantly, the conference sessions
are constructed across an exclusive
“cluster” matrix, designed to move
attendees through the hot-button issues
they’re grappling with right now: mobility,
security, enterprise strategies, the
smart classroom, IT/telecom infrastructure
and support, digital media/publishing,
eLearning, open source, tech
funding, and professional development.
But we also have heard your complaints
about industry conferences! So,
you’ll find no “talking heads” or boring
PowerPoint presentations at CT2006:
Presenters from the nation’s top colleges
and universities will be taking the
dais in their teams, unscripted, to help
conference attendees find real solutions
to their special campus problems. You’ll
be able to take reams of suggestions—
a virtual action “blueprint”—back to
your own office, for immediate application
and execution. I want you to hear
just two of the 49 session descriptions:
“From Tunes to Teaching: iPods on
Campus. What have we learned about
the academic and administrative uses of
iPods? Jim Wolfgang, CIO at Georgia
College & State University—the first
institution to explore iPods—will moderate
a panel of his peers now focusing
on content generation and management,
automating recording processes,
the utility of iTunes U, and the potential
of the video iPod.”
“Security Challenges: The Dark Side
of Technology. Is security at the top of
your ‘hot issues’ list? Incidents and
monitoring consume more resources,
and campuses now engage in serious
security planning, establishing campuswide
standards. An executive panel,
led by Rochester Institute of Technology
(NY) CIO Diane Barbour, will reveal
and critique emerging best practices in
security management. Find out what
you need to know—and what you don’t.”
Intrigued? I surely hope so. Come
join us in beautiful New England, at the
Sheraton Boston Hotel! Click here
for registration information.
—Katherine Grayson, Editor-In-Chief
What have you seen and heard? Send to: [email protected].
Campus Technology has won another WPA
Maggie Award—now two years running!
November’s “Disaster Recovery: The Time Is
Now” (Dian Schaffhauser) was recognized
as Best Feature Article/Trade.
