General Sessions

Cyber Security and Higher Education: Partnerships for Progress

Friday, April 23, 2004
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. GS02

Mark S. Bruhn, AVP, Indiana University System

Laura Larimer, Director of Planning & Admin Services, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana

Robert Schmidt, Member, Delta Risk LLC & Board Member, National InfraGard

Gordon D. Wishon, CIO, Associate VP & Associate Provost, University of Notre Dame

Public-private engagement is a key component of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. Public-private partnerships can usefully confront coordination problems and significantly enhance information exchange and cooperation. Partnerships can also take a variety of forms and will address awareness, training, technological improvements, vulnerability remediation, and recovery operations. This closing plenary will highlight cyber-security initiatives that promote collaboration across sectors of the economy, among institutions of higher education, and between campus stakeholders.

Trading Music and Movies on Campus: What Does the Future Hold?

Thursday, April 22, 2004
4:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. GS03

Bruce Jay Block, Chief Operating Officer, ShareStream

Mark Luker, Telecommunications Policy Specialist-NTIA, United States Department of Commerce

Members of the Joint Committee of the Higher Education and Entertainment Communities have been tracking the legal, policy, and technical issues of distribution of online content on campuses. Colleges and universities, as well as the entertainment industry, are struggling to adapt to rapidly changing technological and social environments as they look for viable and legal alternatives to current file-sharing practices. After a brief overview of the committee’s work, a leader from the recording and motion picture industries will present proposed solutions and will discuss the issues and implications with the audience.

When Worlds Collide: Copyright and Scholarship in the Digital Age - Sponsored by Enterasys Networks

Wednesday, April 21, 2004
12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. GS01

James L. Hilton, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, University of Virginia

Information is the lifeblood of any academic community. As scholars and teachers, we constantly create information, transform it, and transmit it to our students, colleagues, and the world at large. We see intellectual progress as requiring the free exchange of ideas. At the same time, we are surrounded by a world in which information is rapidly becoming a commodity. Legal, cultural, and technological changes are rapidly moving toward a "pay per view" model in which ideas are zealously guarded. In this talk, I will review some of the forces driving information commoditization and the implications they have for university policy and academic tradition.