EDUCAUSE West/Southwest Regional Conference 2011

Join us at the newly combined EDUCAUSE West/Southwest Regional Conference, February 22–24, 2011, in Austin, Texas...or online. Connect and learn with colleagues in your region either face-to-face or virtually.

As higher education continues to struggle with doing more with less, this year's conference, "Leading IT into the Future in Transformative Times," will bring to light new ways of leading and managing the enterprise and involving students in the teaching and learning process.

We will explore how to be more effective, efficient, and innovative in engaging students and measuring their success; how to break down campus silos and collaborate in this new environment; and how to prepare future CIOs and IT leaders for the role they will play in these ever-changing times.

Join us in person or online to explore real-world examples and engage in insightful discussions with colleagues at this newly combined event of the West and Southwest regions.

Program Highlights

The program will follow four key tracks:

• The Leadership Journey
• Student Engagement and the Learning Experience
• Transcending Silos: System Integration and Collaboration in the Enterprise
• Corporate and Campus Solutions

CIO and Executive IT Leader Roundtable, Tuesday, February 22, 2:30 – 5:00 p.m.
This event will bring higher education CIOs and executive IT leaders together for an informal roundtable discussion on current issues and campus challenges, as well as provide additional networking opportunities before and after. Mike Erickson, associate vice president and CIO, Emporia State University, and Keiko Pitter, CIO, Whitman College, will facilitate.
(Please note: This event has reached maximum capacity. If you are a college or university CIO or executive IT leader and you'd like to be placed on the waitlist, select the Roundtable when you register for the main conference. Your credit card will not be charged. If space becomes available, we'll contact you to see if you are still interested in registering.)

Who Should Attend?

The West/Southwest Regional Conference is designed for higher education IT professionals who work in: administration, cybersecurity, information systems, information technology infrastructure, IT leadership and management, library systems, policy, and teaching and learning.

Preconference seminars begin the morning of February 22, with the full conference program February 22–24, 2011.

General Session Speakers

Tuesday General Session

Leadership in a Different Key

Charles J. Henry

President
Council on Library & Information Resources

Wednesday General Session

Providing Persons with Disabilities Mainstream Access to Digital Technology—the Challenges that Higher Education Must Meet

Daniel Goldstein
Counsel
National Federation of the Blind

Peter Siegel
Chief Information Officer and Vice Provost
University of California, Davis

Cyndi Rowland
Director of WebAIM
Utah State University

Thursday General Session

Accreditation: What's IT Got to Do with It?

Moderator:

Diane Butler
Assistant University Librarian for IT
Rice University

Panelists:

Randy Stiles
Vice President for Information Management
Colorado College

Susan Metros
Associate Vice Provost/Associate CIO/Professor
University of Southern California

Siobhan Fleming
Associate Vice Chancellor, Research & Institutional Effectiveness
Lone Star College System Office

William A. Staples
President
University of Houston –Clear Lake
And
Chair
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Board of Trustees