Colorado Higher Education Computing Organization (CHECO)
Spring 2005 Conference Agenda
April 12-13, 2005

The Nature Place,  Florissant, Colorado

Map to the Conference

Tuesday April 12

9:00 to 9:15 Introductions, logistics

9:15 to 10:15 Service Oriented Architectures and Web Services, why they are important, what they are, IT architectural issues, Jon Giltner, UCB

10:15 to 10:30 Break

10:30 to 11:15 Round the room “5 minute madness”

11:15 to 12:00 Panel on PDA’s, Internet-enabled cell phones, Blackberries: Choices, tradeoffs, “managing”, securing.

12:00 to 1:00 LUNCH

1:00 to 2:00 Use of Technology by Students, Bob Kravik, ECAR Fellow

2:00 to 3:00 Panel on use of technology by students: A CIO’s perspective. Facilitated discussion of experiences/forecasts at our institutions.

3:00 to 3:15 Break

3:15 to 4:00 ERP Performance and Value and the Future of Student Administration, Bob Kravik

4:00 to 4:30 Security Awareness Program at the CU-Boulder, Dennis Maloney, UCB

4:30 to 5:00 CHECO Business Meeting

5:00 Jay Martin Traditional Hike, weather permitting

Wednesday, April 13

8:30 to 9:30 Gartner Group Perspective on Open Source initiatives in the U.S. and beyond. Mike Zastrocky, Gartner Group

9:30 to 10:15 Panel on avoiding spyware – best practices.

10:15 to 10:30 Break

10:30 to 11:30 Portal Implementation and Operation. Lessons learned in the implementation and on-going operation of the SCT Luminis portal. CSU, Metro State, DU.

11:30 to 12:00 State Networking update including FRGP, NGEN, MNT, VoIP State Plan (moderated by Scott Baily)