Overview: This session will provide a status update on our current use of MFA providers—Duo and Microsoft—highlighting adoption progress, integration challenges, and user experience feedback …
Every day, campus users ask IT for help: new software, account access, equipment, and more. How can we make those requests simple, consistent, and efficient …
A comparison of Chatbots that are available to campus users, including Copilot, Zoom AI Companion Panel, Google Gemini, and ChatGPT. We’ll indicate which ones can …
Agile isn’t just for IT development and it isn’t about sitting through yet another standup that feels like a status report. This session is about …
AInspector for WCAG Evaluation 4.0 is an open-source tool that has been redesigned to work on Chrome, Edge and Firefox browsers . The browser extension …
Fall update on macOS, iOS and AppleTV at Illinois. Mike Kimmel, our campus Apple System Engineer, will be on hand to answer questions. About this …
Join us in exploring automated browser testing with Playwright, a browser testing automation tool, and Vite, proclaimed as “The Next Generation Frontend Tooling.” We’ll investigate …
Captain’s Log, Stardate 2025: The Education and Training Implementation Team of our campus Digital Accessibility and Excellence ADA Title II initiative invites you on a …
The University of Illinois has launched Boldly IT—a strategic initiative designed to unify and elevate campuswide IT efforts in alignment with the Boldly Illinois 2030 …
Join us for an open discussion about the Business Process Improvement Community of Practice at the University of Illinois. This session will begin with a …
Captain’s Log: Preparing for a Website OverhaulEmbarking on a website redesign can feel like you’re the person in the Red Shirt in the landing party …
This session explores AI fluency as a foundational skill for faculty and students, emphasizing coaching strategies that translate AI concepts into ethical, practical applications. Through …
Martinet (martinet.illinois.edu) is a configuration monitoring & reporting program for IT professionals. Martinet can help quickly identify configuration problems which may require immediate action. The …
Find out how we’re transforming our data systems at the Graduate College with open-source tools. These tools help enable data governance, more automation, and add …
Are you concerned about the ADA Title II compliance deadline that is rapidly approaching next spring? Would you like to know more about what the …
Take your processes and workflows to warp speed with the power of AITS FormBuilder, and learn how to beam people onto a starship moving at …
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… the Empire was the victim of a data breach. Wait, what? Join members of the …
LTI 1.3 and LTI Advantage are the long-term standards for adding functionality to campus’ Canvas Learning Management System. This presentation will cover the basics of …
Starfleet Command is initiating a new systems enhancement: the deployment of SailPoint, a SaaS-based Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) tool, across all Federation outposts and …
In the ever-evolving digital frontier, Identity and Access Management (IAM) serves as the command protocol for securing systems, planetary databases, and interstellar communications. IAM ensures …
Explaining and demonstrating how the CyberSecurity Operations Center (CSOC) uses Splunk Enterprise Security to monitor University logs and watch for anomalous and suspicious behavior that …
Would you have gotten away with your prompt if not for that meddling cloud giant and their over-restrictive ToS? Interested in AI’s large language models, …
Join Mairéad Martin (U of I Vice Provost for IT and CIO) as she leads a conversation with John O’Brien, President and CEO of EDUCAUSE …
In the pursuit of mission excellence across the quadrant, the deployment of standardized Project Management (PM) templates has been approved to streamline operations, reduce inefficiencies, …
After consulting with a number of faculty, there are a few tips and tricks that keep surfacing as potential game-changers for our users. This workshop …
Mix and mingle online! Add to Calendar (.ics) Lunch Zoom Room …
The WIT Leadership team will facilitate an informal, open discussion about the WIT (Women in Technology) Group, which provides a forum for discussion of IT …
Come join members of the AITS QA Team as we go over common accessibility tools and practices. Attending this workshop will give you practical, hands-on …
Yellow Alert! Our fleet is facing a critical systems change. Power is being redirected away from Duo, and we’ll need climb into the Jeffries tubes …
This session focuses on seven essential elements that support successful project outcomes. From establishing clear goals and defining scope, to preparing the organization for change …
What does https://ahs.illinois.edu/directory/, https://education.illinois.edu/directory, and https://socialwork.illinois.edu/directory/ have in common? They are running off the same directory platform, run by Technology Services, promoted by the Web …
We have a constellation of tools for online professional education endeavors that needs further exploration: come see what’s new with Canvas Catalog, as well as …
Join us for a dynamic two-part training series on leveraging Copilot with Data Protection as a powerful tool for process improvement. In the first session, …
It’s 2025, and we’re far from the days of the Great Resignation, when IT jobs were as plentiful as tribbles on Iota Geminorum. Times have …
Privacy may seem like a maze of legal jargon and technical rules, but at its core, it’s about good old-fashioned common sense. In this session, …
Ever feel like the answer you need is out there… but buried in someone’s inbox or locked in a colleague’s head? That’s where Knowledge Management …
The conduct of groundbreaking research is a core mission of the University of Illinois. As IT Professionals, we have a limited view into the world …
Join us on a mission to explore the latest enhancements in the DesignPLUS integration within Canvas. This session will provide a guided tour of recent …
In this session, we’ll boldly go where few dashboard consumers have gone before: using Microsoft Copilot directly within PowerBI reports. Much like Spock at Captain …
If you are a web developer, designer, or content creator, you need to know how to ensure that the site you work on is accessible …
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Speakers
Learning Innovation Specialist, ACES Office of Academic Programs …
Senior Service Management Analyst, Technology Services …
Data Engineer, Office of the CIO …
Senior Service Management Analyst, Technology Services …
Lead Cybersecurity Analyst, Technology Services …
Senior IT Governance Analyst and Advisor, Office of the Chief Information Officer …
Senior Director of Infrastructure and Cloud Architecture, AITS …
Assistant Dean for Learning Innovation, ACES Office of Academic Programs …
Principal Identity and Access Management Specialist, Technology Services …
Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies …
Senior Web Application Developer, Technology Services …
Senior Service Management Analyst, Technology Services …
Lead Cybersecurity Analyst, Technology Services …
Teaching and Learning Specialist, ACES Office of Academic Programs …
Lead Cybersecurity Analyst, Technology Services …
Project Coordinator, AITS – System Offices …
Chief Digital Risk Officer, System Offices …
Coordinator of Assistive Communication and IT Accessibility, DRES …
Senior Identity and Access Management Specialist, Technology Services …
Coordinator of Assistive Communication and IT Accessibility, DRES …
Lead Cybersecurity Analyst, Technology Services …
Assistant Director of Digital Learning Assessment, ATLAS …
Instructional Designer, ACES Office of Academic Programs …
Director, Affirmative Action & Compliance, Office for Access and Equity …
Senior Director of Infrastructure and Cloud Architecture, AITS …
Senior Service Management Analyst, Technology Services …
IT Tech Specialist, Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts & Sciences (ATLAS) …
Product Owner, Technology Services …
Senior Data Systems Administrator, Education Administration …
Associate Director, Strategic Init & Partnership …
Business Analyst, Facilities & Services …
Instructional Technology Facilitator, Engineering IT Shared Services …
Lead Cybersecurity Analyst, Technology Services …
Enterprise Systems Coordinator, Administrative Information Technology Services (AITS) …
Lead Cybersecurity Analyst, Technology Services …
Lead Service Management Analyst, Office of the CIO …
Sponsors
Special thanks to AITS and DRES for sponsoring captions!
CDW
Cohesity
Gies IT Partners
Office of the Chief Information Officer
PIER Group
Facilities & Services
Pure Storage
Service Express
Committee
Matt Macomber – Chair
Administration Information Technology Services
Prijo Andrews – Vice Chair
Technology Services
Christy Blew
Disability Resources and Educational Services
Miranda Bullok
Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering
Lindsey Conner
Technology Services
Mike Cervone
Technology Services
Amanda Covher
Technology Services
Krista DeLeeuw
IT Partners @ Gies
Nikkole Duda
Facilities and Services
Steve Fletcher
Technology Services
Debbie Fligor
Technology Services
Ann Fredricksen
Disability Resources and Educational Services
Jess Greenlee
Technology Services
Lorenzo Kindle
Administration Information Technology Services
Mark McCarthy
Administration Information Technology Services
Luke Mesenbring
Administration Information Technology Services
Liam Moran
Applied Technology Learning Arts & Sciences
Joey Morton
Technology Services
Casey Myers
University of Illinois Foundation
Archana Poovendran
Technology Services
Priyanka Pradeep
Technology Services
Trent Sanford
Technology Services
Joe Sebright
Technology Services
Amrita Sehrawat
Technology Services
Lindsey Sharp
Technology Services
Jessica Shortz
IT Partners @ Gies