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General Sessions

Computers Don't Float: Disaster Recovery after Tropical Storm Allison

Friday, February 22, 2002
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. GS2

Jenifer Jarriel, VP for Information Technology & CIO, Baylor College of Medicine

Richard L. Miller, Vice President & Chief Information Officer, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Charles R. Shomper, Associate Vice President, University of Houston

Tropical Storm Allison taught many people in Houston just how much motivated people working under the worst conditions can accomplish. Three Houston higher education CIOs experienced firsthand how bad things could get during the flood of the century. They also witnessed and participated in effective recovery efforts. Come to this session to hear what they learned.

The Answer is Still Technology: What is the Question? Sponsored by infiNET Solutions, An EDUCAUSE Bronze Partner

Wednesday, February 20, 2002
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. GS1

Milton D. Glick, ECAR Senior Fellow and President, University of Nevada, Reno

As we enter a new era as an information-rich society, universities simultaneously are viewed as the solution and the problem. As higher education faces expectations of change greater than at any time since the GI Bill and the civil rights movement, it will need to harness the full potential of information technology toward institutional strategic priorities.

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