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Featured SpeakersCopyright Policies: Past, Present, and FutureWednesday, November 05, 2003 Tracy Mitrano, Director of IT Policy, Cornell University Steven Worona, Director of Policy & Networking Programs, EDUCAUSE Peer-to-peer file sharing continues to challenge our policies and procedures for enforcing copyright laws. The presenters, directors of the EDUCAUSE/Cornell Institute for Computer Policy and Law, review current legal requirements and best practices, compare today's problems with some surprisingly similar historical examples, and speculate about what the future will bring. Damage Control: When Your Security Incident Hits the 6 O’Clock NewsWednesday, November 05, 2003 Robert N. Clark, Jr., Director of Internal Auditing, Georgia Institute of Technology Marilu Goodyear, ECAR Fellow and Chair, Department of Public Administration, University of Kansas Even carefully deployed security systems aren’t 100% safe. While we work to reduce security exposures, we must also prepare for the day an incident hits the headlines. One way to prepare is to study the lessons learned by those who have "Been there, done that!" This session features three panelists discussing what worked, what didn’t, surprises encountered, and surviving the crisis. Education in a Connected World: Key Issues in the BalanceThursday, November 06, 2003 Mark David Milliron, President and CEO, Catalyze Learning International Educators are wrestling with complex and often paradoxical issues surrounding education in our connected world. From the ubiquitous high tech vs. high touch debates to the more serious dialogues about customer relationship management vs. privacy invasions to essential explorations of exciting online tools to support civic engagement vs. artificial intelligence engines being designed to influence political elections, we are confronted with the need to explore both sides of these debates and find balanced solutions. Based on work with community colleges, universities, K-12 institutions, and corporations, this session will explore a number of these key issues and offer some drivers for engaging thoughtful dialogue. Grace Under Fire: Parables of IT LeadershipThursday, November 06, 2003 Martin Ringle, Chief Technology Officer, Reed College The acid test of leadership--in IT as in all fields--is how well one behaves in the face of adversity. Drawing upon the experience of IT officers who have faced formidable challenges during their careers and lived to tell the tale, this session highlights some of the strategies that have helped turn the headaches of technology administration into organizational triumphs.Winner: 2003 EDUCAUSE Award for Leadership in the Profession. Leadership awards sponsored by SCT, An EDUCAUSE Platinum Partner. Learning, Teaching, and LeadingThursday, November 06, 2003 Polley McClure, Vice President Emeritus, Cornell University Organizations are dynamic systems that develop through a life cycle, adapting to their environment and changing both themselves and their environment in the process. This session will describe lessons the speaker has learned as a biologist, a professor, and a partner of her dog, Ivy, in the challenging sport of Agility as these experiences contribute to our understanding of effective academic and IT leadership.Winner: 2003 EDUCAUSE Award for Excellence in Leadership. Leadership awards sponsored by SCT, An EDUCAUSE Platinum Partner. Lightwave Networking and Cyberinfrastructure for Research and EducationWednesday, November 05, 2003 Larry D. Conrad, Vice Chancellor and CIO, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Steven C. Corbato, Director, Cyberinfrastructure Strategic Initiatives, University of Utah Paul Messina, Senior Computer Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory Michael M. Roberts, Principal, The Darwin Group, Inc. The experience in California with advanced networking and the recent formation of the National Lambda Rail on a national scale make a perfect starting point for a discussion of how a new form of networking on a national or global scale might impact our institutions of higher education. These panelists bring deep experience and knowledge from the perspectives of top university leadership and networking consortia, and expert recommendations from the National Science Foundation. MIT OpenCourseWare: A New Model for Open SharingWednesday, November 05, 2003 Anne H. Margulies, Executive Director, OpenCourseWare, MIT MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) makes the MIT faculty's course materials available on the Web free, to any user, anywhere. With the publication of 500 subjects in September 2003, MIT is delivering on the promise of MIT OCW and open sharing. The initiative is already advancing education at MIT and making a difference for educators and self-learners around the world. Noteworthy Failures, Ulysses, and the Heart of Rock and RollThursday, November 06, 2003 Kenneth J. Klingenstein, Director, Internet2 Middleware and Security, Internet2 Some folks, including myself, have lives that may be better measured by the challenges accepted rather than the successes won. This session will look at a few of my own personal flops, as well as those from much greater failures, and draw what few lessons have been gleaned. Along the way, a theory about the pivotal role of rock and roll will be advanced. Winner: 2003 EDUCAUSE Award for Leadership in Information Technologies. Leadership awards sponsored by SCT, An EDUCAUSE Platinum Partner. |
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