It's happening! We're hosting a virtual conference this year!
The IT Partners virtual conference will feature presentations on a variety of IT topics. The sessions will take place on Zoom. We are pleased to announce that our keynote speaker will be MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi, who will speak about the supply chain.
The conference will run from 9:30am to around 4pm, including about an hour for lunch and networking (Zoom breakout rooms).
- The first 200 people to register will have the opportunity to receive IT Partners swag delivered to their campus address.
To register, go to: https://mit.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIsc-uprjkoEtMt0qz_KauInbmvMU9Ay8jy.
If you have any questions for conference speakers, or have specific suggestions for topics you would like to see at future IT Partners events, please email the IT Partners Planning Team at itpartners-plan@mit.edu.
We hope to see you virtually on June 14th!
Schedule
Time *All times are tentative | Session | Add to Calendar | Slides and Resources |
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| 9:30am-9:40am | Welcome to the 2022 IT Partners Virtual Conference Mike Sherman (IT Partners Planning Team) | ||
| 9:40am-10:35am | Keynote on the supply chain by Yossi Sheffi Director, MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics Professor Sheffi is a global expert in systems optimization, risk analysis and supply chain management. He has authored several books on the topic, including his sixth and latest book, A Shot in the Arm: How Science, Engineering, and Supply Chains Converged to Vaccinate the World (October 2021). To learn more about his work, go to sheffi.mit.edu/  | Professor Sheffi's website: sheffi.mit.edu/ | |
| 10:35am-10:40am | break | ||
| 10:40am-11:25am | Neat Boards: A Zoom Room Alternative Tom Brand (VPF) Hybrid meetings are here to stay, and we all need technology to make them work. Tom will demo using Neat web conferencing appliances as a substitute to dedicated Zoom Rooms. |
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| 11:25am-11:30am | break | ||
| 11:30am-12:15pm | Cloud Computing at MIT Rikus Goosen (IS&T) and Rajiv Shridhar (Sloan) It seems like everything is in the cloud these days, and there are so many options to choose from. Rikus will tell us about the cloud services MIT/IS&T provides, including the discount programs and how to get an account on AWS, GCP or Azure. Rajiv will talk about Research Computing in the Cloud at MIT. |
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| 12:15pm-1:05pm | Lunch/Networking in Breakout Rooms | ||
| 1:05pm-1:50pm | O365 - It's more than just email! Dave Blum (IS&T), Dan Alexander (Sloan), and Kurt Buehlmaier (Microsoft) We've been hearing about O365 around the Institute for years, and who hasn't seen the (many) emails about migrating to O365 from Exchange email? But did you know there's more to O365 than just email? Dave will provide an overview of the O365 Email Migration project and process. Dan and Kurt will spotlight selected O365 apps, including Bookings, Teams, OneDrive, OneNote, SharePoint, and more. |
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| 1:50pm-1:55pm | break | ||
| 1:55pm-2:40pm | Free Accessibility Checking Tools Katherine Wahl, Rich Caloggero, and Jen Dee (DSL) MIT is committed to providing an environment that is accessible to individuals with disabilities, but how can we, as IT providers, help fulfill that commitment? Katherine Wahl, Rich Caloggero, and Jen Dee will share some free accessibility checking tools, and how the Disability and Access Services (DAS) group can help you foster an accessible campus experience at MIT. |
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| 2:40pm-2:45pm | break | ||
| 2:45pm-3:05pm | Virtual Computer Labs for MIT Classes Claudia Rugeles-Vaccaro (IS&T) A professor comes to you and says, "I need you to install this software on 100 students' computers for this cool new class I'm teaching." You could cross your fingers that all those computers meet the minimum requirements and that students actually read their emails saying, "Hey, you need to install this software," and then set aside a bunch of time to troubleshoot installation issues, and then deal with decommissioning the software after the term ends...Or you could look to IS&T's Virtual Computer Labs. Claudia will share how the virtual desktop platform works and why you should consider it. | Add to Calendar |
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| 3:05pm-3:50pm | Security Compliance and Threat Trends Jessica Murray (IS&T) Learn about security compliance and threat trends, and their impact on MIT. | Add to Calendar | |
| 3:50pm-4:00pm (and beyond!) | Closing Remarks and Networking Mike Sherman (IT Partners Planning Team) We'll close out the day and then keep the meeting open for anyone who wants to chat. | Add to Calendar |