Day 1: Tuesday, October 31

• 9:00am-9:45am: Keynote Address
  • Virtual Hosting Partnership between Tech Services and Engineering IT
    Frank Penrose, Engineering IT; Casey Coughlen, Engineering IT
    Campus partnerships are not a new thing, but this partnership for Virtual Hosting between Tech Services and Engineering IT has some unique aspects. We will present how this partnership formed and why, detailing the outcomes achieved and plans for the future.
    Track: Cobwebs
    
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  • I Know What You Did (To Your Data) Last Summer
    Sandi Caldrone, Research Data Service; Amina Malik, Research Data Service
    Every October, the Research Data Service team gathers under cover of night to spin a new haunting tale of data gone wrong for our annual Halloween data comic strip. Now, for the first time ever, we present our entire collection of spooky data comics. Experience for yourself these thrilling tales of terrifyingly bad passwords, re-identification madness, and data storage nightmares…if you dare. Then, get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how we bring these low-budget horrors to the small screen with the help of common office software and frightfully clever graduate students. Are there data skeletons lurking in your closet? Metadata monsters hiding under your bed? Share your own tales of terror and vote on the theme for next year’s comic before it’s too late.
    Track: Spooky Stories
    
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  • A Look in the IAM Crystal Ball
    Erik Coleman, Technology Services; Jeff Domeyer, Technology Services; Jeremy Watson, Technology Services
    Come get a roadmap preview of what’s in store for the future of identity and access management on campus. We’ll briefly review the current state of identity lifecycles, authentication and access controls, then discuss new technologies and practices that we are planning over the next few years and how you can prepare so you don’t get spooked!
    Track: Candy from Strangers
    
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  • Shaping Your Future With Professional Development through MGRdev and ITLW
    James Quisenberry, Student Affairs Technology; Stephen Kemp, Board of Directors; Candice Solomon-Strutz, Applied Health Sciences; Jim Hurst Executive Director Engineering IT Services
    Professional development opportunities can help you shape your future career. Learn about the management and leadership development programs offered on campus through MGRdev and the IT Leadership Workshop (ITLW). Our panelists will help you understand the goals of these programs and the content offered. They will share the timelines for applying and the key points of the nomination process. Although MGRdev and ITLW are the focus of this presentation, other opportunities for development, such as the IT Leaders Program will be discussed. Attendees are welcome to bring their questions about these two programs, as well as suggestions for other development opportunities.
    Track: Surprise
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• 10:00am-10:45am: Concurrent Sessions
  • Hitchhikers Guide to SSO
    Erica Ohman, Shim Ahmed, Josh Grier, Devin Gengelbach
    What is this single sign-on thing? Should I use Entra ID (formally AzureAD) or Shibboleth as my identity provider? These are just some of the questions the identity team gets regularly. This session will answer these questions and many more. Handout found here
    Track: Trick or Treat
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  • AV in the Classroom Update From Technology Services
    Matthew Drain, Technology Services; Tracy Whittaker, Technology Services; Scott Cimarusti, Technology Services;
    Technology Services will provide an update on several areas of interest for the campus audio visual community. Updates will be given on the touchpanel user interface, updated Tech Service Core classroom designs and the campus AV standard. pilot Hy-Flex classrooms being installed and we will touch on a few new issues, like the BSS audio network security alerts some have received and the state of wireless collaboration.
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  • Apple Fall 2023 Updates
    Paul Roberts, Technology Services; Kyle Bareis, Apple
    Important note: This session will not be recorded and will not be available for viewing later. With the fall releases from Apple, come and learn about what has changed with iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. We will cover new end user functionality, management functionality, and planning your testing and upgrade process.
    Track: Cobwebs
  • AInspector for Firefox Version 3.0
    Jon Gunderson, DRES
    This session will highlight the changes in the OpenA11y evaluation library 2.0 used in AInspector for Firefox 3.0 extension to implement the new features of the W3C Accessible Rich Internet Application (ARIA) 1.2 and the W3C ARIA in HTML specifications for evaluating web accessibility. The OpenA11y library has been rewritten to support WCAG 2.1 and WCAG 2.2 requirements and fix bugs related to accessible name calculation. Come learn about updates and new rules in the evaluation library and some new features in AInspector for Firefox.
    Track: Fun for Everyone
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• 11:00am-11:45am: Concurrent Sessions
  • What Students Want
    James Quisenberry, Student Affairs Technology; Dan Steward, Sociology
    Our continuing panel returns with four undergraduate students sharing from their experience on the Urbana Campus. Come hear how technology on campus works for them and the challenges they face. This year’s forum will include discussions about the return to campus and balancing in-person academic experience with hybrid and remote.
    Track: Surprise
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  • Automating Incident Response with Splunk and SOAR
    Bob Heren, Technology Services; Spencer Sharp, Technology Services; Ryan Thomas, Office of the Chief Information Officer;
    The Technology Services security team will provide visibility into some things we are watching for in Splunk, and demonstrate some ways we are leveraging Splunk SOAR automation to seamlessly respond to and resolve minor incidents. There will also be information on how other groups on campus may be able to use SOAR for similar use cases.
    Track: Candy from Strangers
    
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  • Empower Every BI Professional to Do More With Source Control
    Mehdi Lahjouji, Engineering IT Shared Services
    Power BI Desktop introduces a new way to author, collaborate, and save your projects. You can now save your work as a Power BI Project (PBIP). As a project, report and dataset artifact definitions are saved as individual plain text files in a simple, intuitive folder structure. This new format can be stored in a source control system, like Git. With Git, developers can track version history, compare revisions (diff), and revert to previous versions. Source control can also unblock collaboration when using Power BI Desktop by using familiar collaboration mechanisms for resolving conflicts (merge) and reviewing changes (pull requests).
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  • Taming the Beast: Xr (AR/Vr/Mr) In Education Using Emerging Technologies
    Sebastian Kelle, Computer Science; Dejan Trencevski, IT Partners @ Gies; James Planey, Molecule Maker Lab;
    We will show examples of XR use in education and what are some of the first steps in developing XR content for some of the most cutting edge environments: Apple Vision Pro, MSFT HoloLens, Unity.
    Track: Cobwebs
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• 11:45am-1:00pm: Lunch
• 1:00pm-1:45pm: Concurrent Sessions
  • Spellbinding UDL Strategies for Inclusive Canvas Course Design (1/3)
    Maude Yacapsin, CITL
    This series of hands-on workshops conducted by CITL’s new Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Team will focus on applying UDL principles to create more inclusive learning experiences in the Canvas learning management system (LMS). Attendees for all three sessions will follow along with presenters in a dedicated Canvas workspace where they will develop a variety of course materials in keeping with UDL principles of Engagement, Representation, and Action and Expression. Attendees will also gain firsthand experience using the Canvas Rich Content Editor and other useful tools and resources for authoring more inclusive learning materials in Canvas.
    Track: Fun for Everyone
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  • Not Just a Bunch of Hocus Pocus: Building a New Security Application
    Tanya Williamson, System Office AITS
    The full moon is when mysterious things happen and wishes come true! However, it is no mystery that making the University Unit Security Contacts (USC’s) wishes come true by building a new enterprise security application takes more than a little “Double double toil and trouble!” Nevertheless, the Security Application Implementation project team is working a little magic of their own to create one easy-to-use access management system that efficiently facilitates requests, approvals, provisioning, certifications, and governance related to University of Illinois enterprise systems. In this session we will tell the mystical story of how this project came to be, share the spine-chilling goals we aim to accomplish, and the current status of the blood-curdling work being done. Join us to learn how we are taking the terror out of this ghastly tale.
    Track: Candy from Strangers
    
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  • Panel Discussion – Telephones, Headsets, and Speakerphones for Teams and Zoom
    Michael Cervone, Jeffrey Fox, Scott Larson, Mark Joseph, Lilly Haas-Feuerhelm
    The multiple features of modern communications platforms (Teams, Zoom) and hybrid work environments make audio device choices a challenge. Moving from Skype for Business to Teams required many devices to be replaced, especially traditional telephone handsets. Our panelists will share the practical and cultural issues that informed their device purchasing decisions and discuss the struggles they’ve had in implementing the devices they have purchased.
    Track: Cobwebs
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• 1:00pm-2:45pm: Concurrent Sessions
  • Flying Over Snakes, On A Plane: A Python Aerial Tour for Beginners
    Rob Bennett, CITL
    Been interested in scripting and programming, but unsure where to start? Heard over and over about how great Python is, but haven’t found the courage to check it out? Face your ophidiophobia head on, and board our flight! We’ll talk about the basics of Python 3.x, check out a handful of cool use cases for IT professionals, and write a little bit of code. By the time we’re finished, you should have a good starting point for continuing your journey into Python.
    Track: Trick or Treat
    
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• 2:00pm-2:45pm: Concurrent Sessions
  • It’s not a Workout; But it’s an Exercise!
    David Emmerich, Information Trust Institute; Matt Luallen, Information Trust Institute
    Over the past several years, members of the Information Trust Institute research has led and supported a variety of training exercises related to cyber-physical systems and associated learning exercises. Join them as they discuss some of the things it takes to plan and implement training exercises related to cybersecurity and incident response.
    Track: Candy from Strangers
    
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  • Azure Cloud – Transition from IIS Servers to Azure App Services
    Dejan Trencevski, IT Partners @ Gies; Aaron O’Banion, IT Partners @ Gies; Bryan Jonker, IT Partners @ Education
    We will share our journey of how we transitioned .NET Core applications from traditional IIS servers (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) to modern Azure App services (Platform-as-a-Service). Our presentation will include the reasons “why” different stakeholders at IT Partners such as managers, software engineers, and system engineers decided to move in the direction of the Azure Cloud. In the last two years we have learned a lot about the different services that the Azure Cloud offers as well as the cost and time that it takes to start leveraging those services. Throughout our presentation we will explain some of the techniques that we have used to manage costs and time within our team. Lessons learned from this transition, including advantages, disadvantages, and campus resources will be discussed at the presentation. View the presentation here (opens in new tab).
    Track: Cobwebs
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  • Spellbinding UDL Strategies for Inclusive Canvas Course Design (2/3)
    Lori Lane, CITL
    This series of hands-on workshops conducted by CITL’s new Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Team will focus on applying UDL principles to create more inclusive learning experiences in the Canvas learning management system (LMS). Attendees for all three sessions will follow along with presenters in a dedicated Canvas workspace where they will develop a variety of course materials in keeping with the UDL principles of Engagement, Representation, and Action and Expression. More information can be found here: For people with a University of Illinois NetID: https://go.illinois.edu/enroll2023. For people without a University of Illinois NetID: https://go.illinois.edu/commons2023 (Canvas Commons)
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• 3:15pm-4:00pm: Concurrent Sessions
  • Yealink – Teams and Zoom Devices
    Michael Cervone, Auguste Gong, Jaron Zhou,
    Representatives from Yealink will present a demonstration of their Teams and Zoom videoconferencing devices, ranging from equipment for individual use to conference room deployments.
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  • Digital Inclusion of Underserved Champaign County Communities
    Jared Dunn, Campus Community Compact to Accelerate Social Justice; Sebastian Kelle, Computer Science
    Introducing our new technology community educator, Jared Dunn, and brainstorming ideas for education and outreach activities to promote digital inclusion in local neighborhoods.
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  • Collaborative IT Intern Program – Providing Opportunities
    Kenn Wislander, Technology Services; Darius Summerville, Engineering IT Shared Services; Haeran Lee, Technology Services;
    A session by the leads of the Collaborative IT Intern Program to discuss the program, how we partner with campus IT teams, and the surrounding community. It will be both a traditional presentation, a chat with participants sharing their experiences with the program; and an opportunity to ask questions about the program, and how to participate as either a campus partner, or if you know someone who you think would be a good fit for the program in the future.
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  • Spellbinding UDL Strategies for Inclusive Canvas Course Design (3/3)
    Marc Thompson, CITL; Melanie Grove, eLearning Quality Assurance Coordinator CITL
    This series of hands-on workshops conducted by CITL’s new Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Team will focus on applying UDL principles to create more inclusive learning experiences in the Canvas learning management system (LMS). Attendees for all three sessions will follow along with presenters in a dedicated Canvas workspace where they will develop a variety of course materials in keeping with the UDL principles of Engagement, Representation, and Action and Expression. More information can be found here: For people with a University of Illinois NetID: https://go.illinois.edu/enroll2023. For people without a University of Illinois NetID: https://go.illinois.edu/commons2023 (Canvas Commons)
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• 4:15pm-4:45pm: Day 1 Closing