Fall 2016 Schedule

• 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Registration – in front of Illinois Ballroom
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM: Welcome – Chancellor Ballroom
• 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM: Breakout Sessions
  • An Olympic State of Mind: Stress Recognition & Management
    Candice Solomon-Strutz, AITS
    All of us get stressed from time to time. We realize that stress can be caused by internal or external factors to the workplace. This presentation aims to provide IT Pros with information on how to change your environment to reduce stress, relax when you’re under pressure, and cope when there’s nothing you can do about the situation.
    
    Location: Lincoln Room
    Track: The Art of Coaching
  • Coaching with Compass: Using Illinois Compass 2g as a Learning Tool
    Gabrielle Venatta, Technology Services; Rick Hazlewood, Technology Services
    Illinois Compass 2g is the enterprise learning management system, and it offers so much more than a place for students to submit homework. Come learn the various innovative and technical ways that Compass is serving campus and get a few new ideas for how you too can use Compass to reach your audience.
    Location: Humanities
    Track: The Art of Coaching
  • SCCM Current Branch: What’s new?
    Keith Sumlar, Illini Union
    Matching the rapid release cycle of Windows 10, SCCM has been retooled to match pace with updates and new features. Find out what is new in SCCM CB compared to the SCCM 2012 you know and love. Also learn more about migration planning and ask the team questions.
    Location: Alma Mater Room
    Track: Weightlifting
  • How a RACI Chart can also be a Project Team Communication Tool
    Christina Molitor, AITS; AJ Lavender, AITS
    Responsibility assignment charts are useful to identify connections between tasks and people on a project and reduce confusion on what is expected. They also allow team members to see when project communications need to happen. In this session we will define, develop, and discuss how RACI charts benefit team members as both an assignment and communication tool.
    Location: Technology Room
    Track: Relay Racing
  • Research IT for IT Pros
    John Towns, Technology Services; Tim Boerner, NCSA
    The leadership team from DCIO for research IT will present on current and future activities that will support campus researchers across a broad spectrum of services and disciplines.
    Location: Chancellor Ballroom
    Track: Pentathlon
• 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM: Double-Length Session
  • Identities and Authorization: a Sneak Preview of Urbana�s IAM Roadmap
    Erik Coleman, Technology Services; Ester Cha, Technology Services
    Learn what�s coming soon in the world of Identities and Authorization. We will cover the lifecycle of Urbana student identities, from admission to graduation, including how identities are created and activated, how students establish credentials, and how/when the defined affiliations and roles are established and removed. Following will be an authorization roadmap, revealing plans for more granular role framework as well as a preview of �Authorization Manager�, a new web-based tool that can simplify group management and improve access management of resources and services.
    Location: Chancellor Ballroom
    Track: Pentathlon
• 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM: Breakout Sessions
  • Using Multicast in SCCM for Large-Scale OS Deployments
    Manu Pulikkan, Engineering IT Shared Services; Calvin Shirley, Engineering IT Shared Services
    Engineering IT staff will share the lessons we’ve learned from using the multicast feature in our campus SCCM instance to image our large-scale lab environments.
    Location: Technology Room
    Track: Weightlifting
  • Engineering IT’s Mentoring: From Green to Gold
    Kathleen Booth, Enginering IT Shared Services
    EngrIT User Services mentoring program has been connecting and developing staff for over 3 years, pairing senior and new staff in a recurring rotation. It has undergone a formal review and significant expansion. I’ll take you on a tour of the objectives, topics, and logistics, as well as the struggles, lessons learned, and growing pains.
    Location: Alma Mater Room
    Track: The Art of Coaching
  • Illinois Data Bank: A Repository for Depositing, Publishing, and Curating Research Data
    Qian Zhang; Heidi Imker
    This presentation will demonstrate the key features of Illinois Data Bank as a data repository, a publishing platform, a file server, as well as a digital preservation system. The presentation will cover technical infrastructure and different considerations including web application development, interface design, usability testing, and storage, etc.
    
    Location: Quad Room
    Track: Pentathlon
• 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM: Breakout Sessions
  • AV Classroom Support
    Drew MacGregor, Technology Services; Tracy Whittaker, Technology Services
    Our campus has 300 general assignment classrooms and almost 300 departmental spaces with Audio Visual equipment. The old models of design and user support are no longer sustainable and we need a new, more flexible set of standards. Come to this session and hear an AV vision; offer feedback; and see how you can join us or offer input.
    Location: Alma Mater Room
    Track: Pentathlon
  • Department Implementation of Enterprise CMS Services
    Todd Nelson, AITS; Anna Nesbitt, School of Earth, Society and Environment
    SitePublish is an Enterprise CMS supported by AITS for University Administration (UA) and is available to campus units. The School of Earth, Society & Environment (SESE) hosts several websites in SitePublish including the Departments of Atmospheric Sciences, Geography & GIS, and Geology. This session will provide an overview of the AITS CMS Service and how SESE has implemented their websites.
    Location: Lincoln Room
    Track: Relay Racing
  • Passing the Baton: Providing Feedback on Data Management Plans to Campus Researchers
    Elise Dunham, Research Data Service
    The Research Data Service provides fast, free, and confidential feedback on Data Management Plans (DMPs), and coordinates with many units on campus, including IT Pros, to do so. This presentation will provide a brief introduction to DMPs for IT Pros and walk through two example DMPs to showcase the network of expertise required to provide valuable DMP feedback.
    Location: Technology Room
    Track: Relay Racing
  • Flexing your Windows 10 Upgrades
    Tim Wylder, Technology Services; Tom Nelshoppen, Technology Services
    We are going to pump up your upgrade of Windows 10 to the latest versions.
    Location: Quad Room
    Track: Weightlifting
• 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM: Vendors, Poster Sessions, Networking & Lunch, Illinois Ballroom
• 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM: Lunch roundtables from our gold sponsors (45 minute sessions)
  • Why is Hyper Converged the Fastest Growing Infrastructure Platform?
    Jim Kovach, Public Sector Territory Manager Education / Government, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
    Learn how Hewlett Packard Enterprise speeds time to IT service delivery, drives standardization and simplicity in this emerging space. Automated deployment, integrated lifecycle management and a demonstration of the management interface will all be covered.
    Location: Technology Room
  • The Two Big I/O Taxes in Virtual Environments
    Michael McCluskey, Senior Systems Engineer, Condusiv Technology and Dan Sullivan, Regional Vice President, Condusiv Technology
    Mike McCluskey will speak to the Windows I/O tax that generates numerous, small Write I/Os which are then subsequently amplified by the I/O blender effect. Mike will discuss how many organizations immediately default to Flash/SSDs (or more spindles) to try and solve the problem, while not addressing the root cause. He will then finish with a high level discussion how Condusiv’s I/O reduction software solves the root cause issue, share customer examples and detailed results from a specific IT installation at the University of Illinois.
    Location: Lincoln Room
• 1:00 PM – 2:45 PM: Double-Length Session
  • Redesigning the Student Digital Experience
    Amanda Bland, AITS; Chris Tidrick, College of Business IT; Dave Mussulman, Engineering IT; Erik Coleman, Technology Services; James Quisenberry, Auxiliary Services; Kelly Block, AITS; Sol Roberts-Lieb, CITL; Tracy Tolliver, Technology Services
    Students interact with and through technology throughout their academic and personal lives often utilizing dozens of systems and technologies daily. Often this digital experience is organized around functions, coursework, transactions, departments, and systems. Join this facilitated discussion focusing on how these digital touchpoints could be redesigned around the student, maximizing their efficiency and benefits to drive student fulfillment and success.
    Location: Lincoln Room
    Track: Pentathlon
• 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM: Breakout Sessions
  • Dungeons and Dragons in the Workplace: IT’s Not Just Fun and Games
    Stuart Turner, Engineering IT; Gina Duello, ATLAS
    How can a roleplaying game such as dungeons and dragons in the workplace become more than just a hobby? What can be gained by employees, managers and an organization as a whole when introducing a roleplaying game into the environment?
    
    Location: Alma Mater Room
    Track: Relay Racing
  • # ./build_everything.sh
    Patryk Szuta, Mathematics; Jim Witte, ATLAS
    Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is an evolving philosophy of managing IT infrastructure in a structured and reproducible way. Join Math IT and ATLAS as we share our approach, successes, and failures in refactoring our environment through the lens of IaC. Specific examples will focus on Ansible.
    Location: Chancellor Ballroom
    Track: Weightlifting
  • Kaltura Media Engine for Campus, An Update
    Drew MacGregor, Technology Services
    The Kaltura Media Engine, on campus for 2 years now, has seen steadily increasing adoption and use. In Fall 2015 and Spring 2016, it delivered 433,000 plays with 66,000 hours of viewing. Come see how you can support your unit with Kaltura. Come and eat cookies and cake with us too! (*Attendees must bring their own cookies and cake.)
    Location: Quad Room
    Track: Pentathlon
• 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM: Breakout Sessions
  • Boring Push Ups: Deploying Cloud Servers using Ansible
    Edward Delaporte, Busey Bank; Joanna Delaporte, Parkland College / CU Ansible Meet Up
    Ansible is a free configuration based system for deploying and updating cloud servers. It dramatically streamlines server updates and makes those updates reversible and reliable. We will talk about the value a tool such as Ansible can bring, and walk through example files and commands needed to deploy an application.
    Location: Chancellor Ballroom
    Track: Weightlifting
  • Gaining Empathy for End Users
    Ava Wolf, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning; Jamie Nelson, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning
    In this session, we’ll explore the variety of people we encounter in our daily work, and use empathy mapping to build our understanding about what they are Thinking, Seeing, Feeling, Hearing, and Doing in a challenging context. This exercise gets us into the mindset of end users and helps us to consider their views in any solutions we propose.
    Location: Technology Room
    Track: The Art of Coaching
  • How CITL Utilizes WorkFront for Work Prioritization and Reporting
    Tre’ Roberts, CITL; JC Morgan, CITL
    Our presentation will elaborate on how CITL is utilizing the WorkFront project management application to enhance how we manage projects, to streamline our response times to internal and external stakeholders, and to provide improved reporting and planning through improved data collection.
    Location: Knowledge
    Track: Relay Racing
  • SharePoint Shared Service Roundtable
    Philip Nyman, Technology Services
    The University of Illinois SharePoint Shared Service provides a collaborative platform to over 15,000 faculty and staff. This roundtable is an opportunity to discuss the current state of the service, and gather feedback on departmental needs and directions for future growth. The results of the fall UIUC campus survey will be presented and key needs identified.
    
    Location: Humanities
    Track: Freestyle
• 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM: Vendors, Poster Sessions, Networking & Break
• 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM: Breakout Sessions
  • Incident Response in an evolving R1 environment
    Wayland Morgan, Technology Services Privacy and Security
    Ever gotten an Incident notice from Security? Ever wondered what to do next? Come learn about our process and expected outcomes, as well as some of the things that we are doing to help reduce the impact of the inevitable in a time of rapid change.
    Location: Alma Mater Room
    Track: Relay Racing
  • IT Consulting Contracts & Services
    Dale Morrison, Office of Procurement Diversity – OBFS; Sharla Roberts, Office of Procurement Diversity – OBFS
    The Office of Procurement Diversity seeks to promote awareness about the 28 awarded IT consulting contracts now available on an as-needed basis, augmenting existing staff at the University of Illinois. The contracts, which include options for two, one-year renewals, will provide IT services in a variety of categories, from system planning and security services to website development and classroom applications.
    Location: Quad Room
    Track: Freestyle
  • Public Clouds and You
    Chris Kuehn, Technology Services at Illinois
    Why would I want to use a public cloud? What advantages/disadvantages are there? Can I do more with less? These are a few of the questions that will be addressed in this session on ways to leverage public clouds to provide IT services, and some examples of how doing so could save you time and money.
    Location: Chancellor Ballroom
    Track: Weightlifting
• 4:00 PM: Closing – Chancellor Ballroom
• 4:30 PM: ITPF Connect Sponsored by Dell and Palo Alto Networks at Houlihan’s (located in iHotel)