Fall 2024 Conference

The Fall 2024 IT Professionals Forum was presented on November 12-13 2024.

Fall 2024 Events

Accessible, Affordable, and Interactive Zoom Events

Description: This presentation explores the U of I Web Con’s journey transitioning from in-person conferences to hybrid and online formats, …

Apple’s 2024 Fall Update

Description: Fall update on macOS, iOS and AppleTV at Illinois. Mike Kimmel, our campus Apple System Engineer, will be on …

Attendance Analytics from A to Z: Turning (Asana) Tasks into (Zoom) Teaching Insights

Description: For the past several years, we have developed and implemented a robust data pipeline for tracking Zoom attendance in …

Automating Data Management with Azure: Streamlining SQL and Power BI Pipelines

Description: This presentation showcases how to leverage Azure to automate data pipelines, including SQL and Excel, to provide data reports …

Bits to Behaviors: Updates from Cybersecurity Training and Awareness

Description: Join us for an update on our Cybersecurity Training and Awareness initiatives. Discover the new topics we’re incorporating to …

Brand Makeover: Give your WordPress Content an Illinois Facelift

At the University of Illinois, we’re embarking on a quest to unify our websites under the Illinois Theme look and …

Breakfast

Join us for breakfast outside of the Illinois Ballroom at the I Hotel before the in-person day of IT Pro …

Bruce Nesmith — Stories from the Gaming world

Description: Bruce Nesmith has had a long career in game design, including the Elder Scrolls series. This a chance to …

Building a Test Environment to Safely Study Self-Propagating Malware

In May of 2024 the Information Trust Institute worked with an industry partner in the insurance sector to study the …

Candid Conversation on Leadership Podcast: Live Ask Me Anything

This session will be a live recording of the Candid Conversations on Leadership podcast hosted by Chris Tidrick and Candice …

Canvas Catalog: Everything You Wanted to Know and More

Description: Have you ever heard of Canvas Catalog and wondered what it was and how it relates to Canvas@Illinois, Canvas …

Closing & Social

Time: 4:15 PM November 13 Add to Calendar (.ics) Location: Zoom Room A Join Zoom A …

Closing, Social & Happy Hour at Houlihan’s

I Hotel: Chancellor Ballroom Houlihan’s immediately after! Add to Calendar (.ics) Online: Zoom Room A Join Zoom A …

Collaborative Branding: Leveraging StratCom’s Hosted Brand Assets for Illinois Websites

Learn to effectively use the Hosted Brand Assets to maintain brand consistency and ensure accessibility. We’ll review examples of how …

CUI and the Cloud (Cancelled!)

Description: Support for Controlled Unclassified Information will be in the cloud. This presentation will present the options that are available …

Digital Accessibility Update

Description: Join Keith Hays, the University of Illinois ADA IT Coordinator, for an update on digital accessibility tools, targets, and …

Enhancing SQL Workflows: Writing AI-Driven Queries in Microsoft SQL Server

Description: As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more integral to data-driven decision-making, integrating AI capabilities within databases like Microsoft SQL Server …

Everything New with Web Toolkit

On 9/13, we released Version 3 of the Illinois Toolkit. In one sense, not much has changed: there still are …

Getting the Most Out of TDX Reporting

Description: Most of us are using basic reports in TeamDynamix (TDX) for tracking tickets and activity, but are we really …

Growing a Research Support Ecosystem

Nine years ago, the Year of Cyberinfrastructure Final Report presented a researcher-driven vision about what they needed to support their …

How Accessibility Shapes the UX Design Process

Learn to identify the fundamental steps of a user experience project, from initial research and concept ideation to user testing, …

Immersive Technology for Learning & Research in Higher Education

The IMMERSE center for immersive computing is a center on campus that is dedicated to supporting research, education, and infrastructure …

Introducing Zoom AI Companion

Description: Zoom has introduced generative AI features which are available within several aspects of the Zoom platform. These include: after-meeting …

IT Strategic Planning Update

The last campuswide IT strategic plan was developed in 2013; much has changed over 11 years. The Academic Program Review …

Just who do you think you are? Data Personas and Privacy

Description: How we handle data reveals more about us than we might realize. Are you a data hoarder, an over-sharer, …

Keynote: How to Shine Bright and Avoid Burnout

Our keynote presentation this fall is by Candice Solomon-Strutz, a pillar of the campus IT community. Candice has worked in …

Lunch and Social

Mix and mingle either in person or online! Oh yeah, food, there’s that too… iHotel (Day 1 only): Food is …

Microsoft Teams and the E911 Service

Description: In this presentation, we will discuss the backend services that have been developed and enabled to allow the E911 …

Name that Company! Harmonizing Data Standardization Across Campus and Beyond

At IT Partners in the Gies College of Business, we’ve been tackling the challenge of standardizing company names for some …

Project Management: Overcoming Obstacles

Description: Projects often come across obstacles that delay, halt, or completely shut down project work. In this presentation, we will …

Snack Break

Take a break, stretch, try not to get pulled back into the siren song of the unread email …

Splunk: An Introduction

Splunk is a incredibly powerful tool to help make sense of all the data your infrastructure and applications produce, and …

SQUEAK: Streamlining Quality and Efficiency with Advanced Knowledge

(Note: This session will not be recorded, for participants’ privacy.) Do you ever feel that your improvement suggestions are just …

The Website Management Center of Expertise and The Web Implementations Guidelines Group, who are we and what can we do for you?

The Website Management Center of Expertise (WCoE) and The Web Implementation Guidelines Group (WIGG) have been working collaboratively for the …

What Students Want

Our continuing panel returns with four undergraduate students sharing from their experience on the Urbana Campus. Come hear how technology …

What’s New with Splunk!

There are a lot of new features that are available to use with the Splunk service, and in this presentation …

What’s going on in IT Infrastructure?

Description: Starting with a brief overview of the IT Infrastructure unit of the Office of the CIO, Brad will talk …

WIT: Resume Review Crew Panel

Description: Panel of Resume Reviewers from Women in Technology (WIT) at Illinois: an introduction to how to get help, what …

Fall 2024 Speakers

Abigail Bobrow

Associate Director of Storytelling, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement …

Allison (Al) Payne

Manager of Technology Support and Training, IT Partners @ Gies College of Business …

Amy Hovious

Assistant Director of Campus Engagement and Innovation, Technology Services …

Amy Merkley

Application Specialist: Canvas Catalog, Accredible, Tech Services …

Andy Weaver

Business Analyst, OVCAO SPMO …

Bobbi Hardy

Communications and Customer Relations Coordinator, Engineering IT …

Brad Mahaffey

Director, Enterprise Infrastructure, Technology Services …

Brian Galli

IT Specialist, Swanlund IT …

Bryan Jonker

Senior Web Developer, College of Education …

Candice Solomon-Strutz

Director of IT Partners, College of Applied Health Sciences …

Chris Tidrick

Chief Information Officer and Senior Director, IT Partners, Gies College of Business …

Chuck Thompson

Director of Illinois Computes, NCSA …

Cindy McKendall

Senior Cybersecurity Training Specialist, Technology Services …

Cordelia Geiken

Program Director, Website Management Center of Expertise, Office of the CIO …

Courtney Fleeger

User Experience (UX) Designer, College of Education, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign …

Dan Steward

Assistant Teaching Professor, Sociology …

Dave Hess

Senior Instructional Resources Systems Specialist, IT Partners, Gies College of Business …

Dejan Trencevski

IT Solutions Architect, IT Partners @ Gies …

Don Appleman

Software Developer, Technology Services …

Ginger Hundgen

Lead Business Process Improvement Analyst, Technology Services …

Heidi Imker

Director, Research Data Service, Library …

Isaac Galvan

Manager, Cybersecurity Training and Program Administration, Technology Services …

James Harrell

Application Services Specialist, Technology Services …

James Planey

Assistant Director of Research, IMMERSE: Center for Immersive Computing …

James Quisenberry

Executive Director Student Affairs Technology & CIO for Student Affairs, Student Affairs Technology …

Jim Hurst

Executive Director of Engineering IT Shared Services, Grainger College of Engineering …

Jim King

Splunk Administrator, Sr. Application Service Specialist, Technology Services …

Joe Blanks

Product Owner, Technology Services

Josh Erenberg

Regulated Research Program Manager, Office of the CIO …

Kaizy Geonzon

Associate Help Desk Specialist, Technology Services …

Karla Andrew

Database Administrator and IT Specialist, IECAM …

Katy Thompson

Senior Project Manager, SPMO …

Keith Hays

ADA IT Coordinator, Office of Access and Equity …

Ken Taylor

Cloud Architect, Office of the CIO …

Krista DeLeeuw

Data Analyst, IT Partners, Gies College of Business …

Laura Hayden

Web Services Manager, The Grainger College of Engineering …

Laura Herriott

Associate Director of Research Consulting, NCSA …

Lauren Gray

Data Analyst, IT Partners, Gies College of Business …

Logan Marlow

Senior Research Programmer, Information Trust Institute …

Lori Lane

UDL Specialist, CITL …

Marian Pan

Data Analyst, IT Partners, Gies College of Business …

Mariana Seda

Associate Director for Strategic Communications, College of Fine & Applied Arts …

Martin Lamping

Senior Application Services Specialist, Technology Services …

Maryalice Wu

Director of Data Analytics, CITL …

Matt Sharkey

Front-end Web Developer, Strategic Communications and Marketing …

Matthew Needham

Research Systems Engineer, Information Trust Institute …

Mendi Drayton

Senior Data Breach and Incident Analyst, Tech Services …

Michael Cervone

Product Owner, Technology Services …

Michael J. Wrobel JD, MS, MBA, CIPP US/E/C, CIPM, CIPT

Privacy Team, Office of the Chief Information Officer …

Mike Kimmel

Systems Engineer, Apple …

Patrick Nowlan

Manager of External and Constituent Data, IT Partners, Gies College of Business …

Paul Roberts

Senior Endpoint Specialist, Technology Services …

Rebecca McNaught

Executive Director for Project Management and Business Service Quality, Strategic Project Management Office …

Robert Stanton

Senior Software Developer, Technology Services …

Ryan Ladd

Assoc. Director of IT Strategic Planning and Portfolio Management, Office of the CIO, Technology Services …

Sahar Pani

Data Reporting Specialist, IT Partners …

Sandy Delaney Bone

Cybersecurity Training Specialist, Technology Services …

Sebastian Kelle

Senior Instructional Designer, Siebel School of Computing and Data Science …

Sheena Bishop

Sr. Privacy Analyst, Privacy Team, Office of the Chief Information Officer …

Stephen Collette

Manager, Privacy Operations, Tech Services …

Steven Aldridge

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, Technology Services …

Sydney Flowers

Front-end Developer and UX Liaison, Strategic Communications and Marketing …

Todd Mette

Front-End Web Developer, Strategic Communications and Marketing …

Tracy Smith

Deputy CIO for Innovation & Technology Strategy, Office of the CIO …

Xiao (Helen) Zhou

Assistant Director of IT Accessibility, UIC, Technology Solutions …
Fall 2024 Committee Members
  • Prijo Andrews, Technology Services
  • Travis Ashmore, Engineering IT Shared Services
  • Rob Bennett, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning
  • Christy Blew, Disability Resources and Educational Services
  • Monica Campbell, College of Applied Health Sciences
  • Michael Cervone,Technology Services
  • Em Charny, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning
  • Nikkole Duda, Facilities and Services
  • Debbie Fligor. Technology Services
  • Ann Fredricksen, Disability Resources and Educational Services
  • Ginger Hundgen, Chair, Technology Services
  • Becky Kammin, IT Partners Gies Business
  • Lorenzo Kindle, Administration Information Technology Services
  • Matt Macomber, Administration Information Technology Services
  • Mark McCarthy, Administration Information Technology Services
  • Luke Mesenbring, Administration Information Technology Services
  • Liam Moran, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning
  • Joey Morton, Student Affairs Technology
  • Priyanka Pradeep, Technology Services
  • Trent Sanford, Technology Services
  • Joe Sebright, Technology Services
  • Amrita Sehrawat, Technology Services
  • Lindsey Sharp, Technology Services
  • Jyotika Sirohi, Technology Services
  • Lauren Stream,Technology Services
  • Dena Strong, Technology Services
  • Katy Thompson, Office of Strategic Project Management
  • Ashley Valentijn, Vice Chair, Technology Services
Fall 2024 Sponsors
  • CDW-G
  • Office of the CIO
  • Student Affairs Technology (SATech)
  • AITS
  • Pure Storage
  • Cohesity
  • Dell Technologies
  • Howard Technology Solutions
  • Engineering IT Shared Services
  • Pier Group
  • Gies at IT Partners
  • HPE
  • Commvault
  • Instructure
  • Eaton
  • HP Poly