UNITS Reps—mark your calendar for Thursday, June 8, for the UNITS Forum 2006. The event is a chance to meet with colleagues and discuss upcoming initiatives. The agenda includes briefings about NUIT's current projects, and lunchtime roundtables for more in-depth discussions.
UNITS Forum 2006 will run from 9:15 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Norris University Center on the Evanston campus. Lunch will be provided and registration is requested.
The agenda includes:
Voice over IP Update and SIP Deployment
Status of Collaboration Services (e-mail, calendaring, IM, and more)
ITCS Restructuring and Current Service Offerings
Identity Management Update and Single Sign-on
Incident Response Protocol Overview and Information Security Update
Roundtable discussions include:
University Information Technology Strategic Plan and Policies – Patricia Todus, Associate Vice President and Deputy Chief Information Officer
Identity Management – Tom Board, Director of Information Systems Architecture, NUIT
Information Security – David Kovarik, Director of Information and Systems Security/Compliance, NUIT
Networking / VoIP – Tim Ward, Associate Director of Telecommunications and Network Services, NUIT
Collaboration Services – Gary Greenberg, Executive Director for Teaching and Research Initiatives, NUIT
Datacenter Services – Dana Nielsen, Director of Computing Services, NUIT
Desktop Support and Technology Support Services – Wendy Woodward, Director of Technology Support Services, NUIT
Administrative Systems and Office of Systems Consulting – Betty Brugger, Director of Management Systems, NUIT
Teaching and Research Support (including videoconferencing, Webcasting, and course management software) – Bob Taylor, Director of Academic Technologies, NUIT