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Information warfare and computer security are at the forefront of modern defence Cyber Strategies. Strong strands of research and interest are developing in the area, including the understanding of threats and risks to information systems, the development of a strong security culture, as well as incident detection and post incident investigation in addition to the offensive areas associated with information operations such as perception management and strategic communications. The International Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ICIW) offers an opportunity for academics, practitioners and consultants from the US, North America and elsewhere who are involved in the study, management, development and implementation of systems and concepts related to information warfare or are interested in ways to improve information systems security, to come together and exchange ideas. This conference is continuing to establish itself as a key event for individuals working in the field from around the world.



The advisory group for the conference welcomes both academic and practitioner papers on a wide range of topics and a wide range of scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods. Research in progress, case studies, poster submissions, proposals for roundtable discussions, practitioner contributions, and product demonstrations based on the main themes are also invited.

The International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL) brings together academic research and practical applications of e-Learning from all areas. ICEL brings together varied groups of people with different perspectives, seeking to bring top research and proven best practices together into one location, for the purposes of helping practitioners find ways to put research into practice, and for researchers to gain an understanding of additional real-world problems.



The conference committee welcomes both academic and practitioner papers on a wide range of topics and a wide range of scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods. Action research, case studies and research-in-progress are welcomed approaches. Research in progress, case studies, poster submissions, proposals for roundtable discussions, practitioner contributions, and product demonstrations based on the main themes are also invited.



Submission details are given below. Topics for submissions may include, but are not limited to:



e-Learning design; usability; evaluation
Communities of practice

Content development; authoring tools
Instructional design

LCMSS, and LMSS
e-Learning technology

Mobile learning; podcasting
Societal and cultural issues in e-Learning

Online and computer aided assessments
Knowledge management

Absolute and relative boundaries of e-Lessons
Content management

Simulations and virtual learning environments
Learner characteristics

Asynchronous interaction
e-Learning portals

Structural representation of e-Lessons
e-Learning adoption

Course development strategies
e-Learning implementation, cognitive styles

New e-Learning methodologies
e-Learning to support communities and individuals

Uses of multimedia in e-Learning
Research barriers

Marketing and promoting e-Learning
Use of open-source

Successful web-based innovative exemplars
Retention strategies

Blended learning approaches
e-Learning attrition

Asynchronous text-based conferencing
Inter-Institutional education program cooperation

Social benefits of e-Learning
New partnerships to deliver e-Learning

Socio-technical systems
e-Learning standards

Widening student participation
In-house training

e-Learning ROI
Satellite campus issues

Human resource development using e-learning at the company
University management using ICT

Faculty development
Web 2.0 technologies being used in the classroom

The use of social networks to support learning
e-Learning in 50 or 100 years

Universities and Internet society
Digital learning

Innovation in the e-Learning Context
Other/specialist e-Learning topics

Student access, diversity, expectation, involvement, motivation and retention
e-universities and other computer-enabled systems in learning and teaching

As governments seek to remodel and restyle their services, e-Government continues to arouse interest and attention. New dynamic issues such as e-democracy, e-citizenship, e-Identity and e-voting have become core elements in the development of public sector delivery. The multi-tier nature of e-Government, relevant at local government, central government but also at the supranational level such as the European Union, makes it of importance to academics and practitioners alike. Vital questions are posed which link technological development and a streamlining of government services to more social based values of inclusion, accessibility and power relationship ratios



e-Government encompasses more than just technology – it challenges the way in which public sector service providers and citizens interact. Democratic renewal, the transformation of service delivery, community leadership and citizenship integration are all key elements of this fascinating subject.



The advisory group for the conference invites submissions of papers on both the theory and advanced practice in respect of the conference themes outlined below, from academics, government departments and practitioners in the public and private sector. The conference to be held in Limerick in June 2010 is also seeking case studies and reports of work-in-progress.



Topics may include, but are not limited to:

§ Applications of e-Government: New ideas for improving the Public Service efficiency and effectiveness; The case for e-Government; Post-modern campaigning; Comparison case studies in developing versus developed nations; e-Government for young people; G2G applications; Back-office implementation; EU e-Government policy.

§ Challenges to e-Government: Cyberterrorism; Technological limitations of citizenry; Interoperability; Language issues, Identity Management – including Authentication, Trust and Privacy; How to increase take-up of e-Government services; The transition to e-Government for local governments; Semantics of transactions in e-Government, definitions and implementations.

§ The e-Voting issue: How can e-Voting be made to work; Risks and advantages from e-Voting; prototype m-Voting systems; Validation and verification issues; Benefits and Inhibitors to e-Voting.

§ e-Democracy: How technology can improve the democratic process; ICT and the case of deliberative democracy; Using Blogs and Wikis to enhance participation; e-Government as an enabler of public sector reform; Setting an e-Democracy agenda at government level; Citizens' wider access to ICTs, and the skills and means to generate and distribute content; Citizen trust in online participation and dialogue; The design of audience-specific consultative processes; Conceptualising public value; Deciding the correct balance between online and offline citizen/government, citizen/citizen interactions; Exploiting the learning and communicative potential of emerging online tools and new media forms (games, blogs, wiki, G3 mobile communications).

§ Measuring e-Government/Economics of e-Government: The case for e-Government - Can benchmarking indicators be effective; What are the benefits and economics of e-Government?; e-Government success factors and inhibitors; Methodologies, tools and metrics for assessing the effectiveness of e-Government; Delivery channels for government services; Attaining social value from electronic government; Political accountability; Measuring e-Government – What benchmarks should be used?; Payback periods; Web-based information quality.

§ Legal, agency, trust and governance issues in e-Government: the equilibrium between actors in e-Government transactions, on issues of trust that may be expressed or understood between such actors, on legal issues promoting or inhibiting the adoption of e-Government models or measures, or on IP issues of Open Standards use in e-Government and their consequen

Since the 1980s, the use of classroom response systems, or "clickers," has proliferated on college campuses across the United States, and articles on the scholarship of teaching with classroom response technology have increased dramatically. This conference will bring together scholars from across the United States to begin the process of using that literature and our collective experience in teaching with clickers to develop innovations and models of best practice for the use of audience response systems in the classroom.

In November 2008, 177 attendees representing institutions from California to Maine learned from faculty representing 15 institutions large to small, including UMass, Michigan State University, Ohio State University, and Roanoke College. Share your expertise and gain recognition as a leader in the integration of classroom response technology! Submit your proposal to present during the 2010 conference before December 1, 2009. Conference registrations will be accepted beginning in mid-November.

MANAGEMENT 414
SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam
Monday, April 19, 2010 - Saturday, April 24, 2010
Jim Herbeck, SANS Certified Instructor
8 CPEs/Day 1; 9 CPEs/Day 2-5; 7 CPEs/Day 6
Over the past 18 months, 98% of all respondents, who studied our SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam and then took the exam passed; compared to a national average of around 70% for other prep courses.
SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam is designed to prepare you to pass the exam. This course is an accelerated review course that assumes the student has a basic understanding of networks and operating systems and focuses solely on the ten domains of knowledge as determined by ISC2.
Each domain of knowledge is dissected into its critical components. Every component is discussed showing its relationship to each other and other areas of network security. After completion of the course the student will have a good working knowledge of the ten domains of knowledge.
Note: The CISSP® exam is NOT provided as part of the training. The GISP exam offered by GIAC is NOT the same as the CISSP® exam offered by ISC2.

Keynote speaker, general sessions and breakouts focused on issues of importance to those who provide voice, data and video services on campuses. Excellent opportunities for professional networking, high-quality educational content, and an exhibit hall populated by vendors who cater to the needs of the information communications technology professional.

Merit Network is pleased to present two seminars by noted information architecture consultant Louis Rosenfeld. "Enterprise Information Architecture" and "Site Search Analytics for a Better User Experience" have been presented on three continents and have helped hundreds of web professionals to improve their sites and improve user experience. Please follow the links below for complete information about each seminar. You can register to attend either seminar or register for both and save substantially. Special early registration prices are available through January 6, 2010. Limited student seats are also available.

Enterprise Information Architecture
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

This seminar will help information professionals design websites that represent all aspects of an organization as a coherent whole, rather than a jumbled collection of disparate departmental pages. You'll learn how users want to access your information and the best ways to present it to them. This seminar is perfect for information architects, content managers, webmasters, managers and others who must meet the challenge of designing a unified information architecture for a complex organization.

Today, almost 80% of economic value creation is based on intangible resources. However, most organizations still do not know how to reveal the value of these resources and how to give direction to future value creation. The concept of intellectual capital gives intangibles ‘a body’ and therefore makes it possible to measure, communicate and interpret them. This conference combines theory and practice and gives a state-of-the-art overview of intellectual capital measurement and management.



In June 1999 The Netherlands hosted the OECD international symposium on: ”Measuring and reporting intellectual capital; experiences, issues, and prospects”. This symposium turned out to be a milestone in the development of the intellectual capital movement. For the first time in history researchers and practitioners from all over the world joined together to discuss the progress made in the field of measurement and reporting of intellectual capital. Many of today’s IC initiatives are rooted in this OECD symposium (e.g. Danish Guideline, the MERITUM project and others). Now it is time to take stock of the developments over the last decade. What progress did we make in raising awareness, developing robust measurement and reporting methods, and helping organizations to better manage their IC?

Whether your focus is administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management, you can benefit from attending the Eighth Annual EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference, March 15–17, 2010.

This year's conference will look at the creative, effective, and sustainable ways that the higher education IT community is transforming teaching and learning, e-research/e-scholarship, IT leaders and enterprise services while coping with financial challenges. We encourage you to join the strategic conversation that this conference will provide as we work together to identify best options and practices for our times.

SANS is bringing our most popular course to Wellington, New Zealand March 15-20, 2010. SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style will feature Mark Hoffman.

Maximize your training time and turbo-charge your career in security by learning the full SANS Security Essentials curriculum needed to qualify for the GSEC certification. In this course you will learn the language and underlying theory of computer security. At the same time you will learn the essential, up-to-the-minute knowledge and skills required for effective performance if you are given the responsibility for securing systems and/or organizations. This course meets both of the key promises SANS makes to our students: (1) You will gain up-to-the-minute knowledge you can put into practice immediately upon returning to work; and, (2) You will be taught by the best security instructors in the industry. As always, great teaching sets SANS courses apart, and SANS ensures this by choosing instructors who have ranked highest in a nine-year competition among potential security faculty.
SPECIAL NOTE: This course is endorsed by the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) NSTISSI 4013 Standard for Systems Administrators in Information Systems Security (INFOSEC).

SANS 2010 is returning to Orlando, March 6-15! Will you join us?
No matter what course you choose, SANS 2010 will be enjoyable, eye opening and packed with information and tools that will help you be a better security or network administrator, software developer or manager. The need has never been greater for your skills to be up-to-date. Start making your training and travel plans now!
At SANS 2010, you will have countless opportunities to expand your network of security experts and friends, and you'll learn more than you can imagine. With over 30 courses taught by the world's top industry experts, evening talks on the most current topics of concern to security professionals, and an extensive vendor expo you simply can't go wrong.
I'm especially happy to feature some of our hottest new courses at SANS 2010! Sec 566: 20 Critical Security Controls In-Depth focuses on what is rapidly becoming accepted as the highest priority list at nearly all serious and sensitive organizations. Sec 558: Network Forensics has been enthusiastically received into our 8-course Forensics Curriculum; you'll find 6 of those courses at SANS 2010! Turbo-charge your training experience with short courses like Sec 564: Security Architecture for Systems Administrators and Sec 577: Virtualization Security Fundamentals, and save money when you add to a long course.
To really reinforce what you learn, let us encourage you to sign up for the GIAC Certification exam corresponding to your course. As you study to take the exam you will find yourself reviewing the material so that your books and all their information become an even more valuable reference you will return to again and again.
For the best overall training experience, stay with us at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort! You'll be closer to class, better able to network with other attendees and faculty, and just minutes from EPCOT and Disney-MGM studios (fun for the entire family)! SANS has arranged a special discounted rate of $195 S/D, which will be honored based on space availability. We have negotiated special Government per diem room rates which are available only by phone; those with proper ID should call and ask for the SANS government rate when making your hotel reservations. Both of these rates include high-speed Internet access in your room and are only available thru Friday, February 12th, 2010. Book your reservation now -availability is limited!
When you attend SANS 2010, you will see the SANS promise in action - what you learn in the classroom you will be able to use immediately upon returning to the office. You don't want to miss it! Be sure to register by January 20, 2010 for a $400 tuition fee discount.
SANS 2010 Orlando is a really solid line-up, The only thing missing is you. If you have never tried us before, give us a try. If it has been a few years, come on back and get your security game on. If you are a regular, we miss you and are looking forward to seeing you again. If you sign up based on this letter, then we would like to invite you to the President's reception (Register with promo code PRES). I am looking forward to meeting each of you and helping you get started networking with each other.
Register today for SANS 2010. I look forward to sharing both the magic of Disney and SANS training with you in Orlando!

The premier IT event for UK universities and colleges

UCISA is delighted to be returning to the Harrogate Ingternational Centre for its 2010 Annual Management Conference and Exhibition. The Conference Committee have put together a programme which aims to address your top concerns, help you solve problems, provide opportunities to consult and meet with your peers and, over the three focused days, provide the best value consultancy you can get!

An impressive array of experts address the key themes around your top concerns including Business Showcases, University Showcases and keynote speakers from the UK and overseas. In parallel, we will be hosting the largest supplier exhibition for our sector. This will include a formal conference poster session sharing best practice.

Schools exhibiting at the EduRG Conference will have an entire expo hall devoted to your recruitment and marketing efforts. You'll have the unique opportunity to reach out to prospective students from over 350 high schools around the Southwest, not to mention current students attending universities, community colleges, and career colleges who are looking at graduate schools or simply making a switch in their post secondary education. The Student Expo allows you to meet with students and discuss all aspects of your institution: admission procedures, financial aid opportunities and more!
Attending the Education Vendor Expo at the Conference is a must for any college, university, or other postsecondary school looking to find all their vendors under one roof. With over 1000 exhibitors expected to attend, this event will display vendors from industries that include teaching tools, multimedia, publication, materials and supplies, installation and equipment, and of course technology. In a single venue over the two days, attendees benefit from a unified showcase of the latest Education solutions and innovations, and access numerous sources of knowledge and information through presentations and workshops on current topics and trends. It is vital for your school's growth and development to research what products and services are available in order to make the most informed decisions for the future!

The TaPP workshop series builds upon a set of Workshops on Principles of Provenance organized in 2007–2009, which helped raise the profile of this area within diverse research communities, such as databases, security, and programming languages. We hope to attract serious cross-disciplinary, foundational, and highly speculative research and to facilitate needed interaction with the broader systems community and with industry.

Increasingly, designers of computer systems ranging from small mobile devices to massive datacenters are concerned with sustainable design, including both power and life-cycle costs; these costs should include manufacturing, operation, and disposal of IT systems. SustainIT '10 brings together researchers as well as industry practitioners in a forum that presents the latest research and practices. The scope of this workshop is broad, covering research, theory, hardware, software, applications, techniques, etc.—all related to making computing systems greener.

Whether your focus is administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management, you can benefit from attending the Tenth Annual EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference, February 17–19, 2010, at the Sheraton Austin Hotel.

This year's conference, "The Ever-Evolving Role of IT," will explore the creative, effective, and sustainable ways that the higher education IT community is transforming infrastructure, enterprise services, and teaching and learning while coping with financial challenges. It has never been more important for us to provide reliable, efficient, and timely IT solutions while effectively and transparently communicating what we're doing for customers. This conference will provide real-world examples, insights, and discussions regarding ways to succeed within the educational environment.

SANS returns to Tokyo February 15 - 20, 2010! SANS and NRI SecureTechnologies partner to bring you three top-ranked courses at SANS Tokyo 2010 Spring.
- Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
Masafumi Negishi (IIJ Technology)
Satoshi Hayashi (Symantec Japan)
- Security 560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
Bryce Galbraith (Lead Consultant, Layered Security)
- Security 501: Advanced Security Essentials - Enterprise Defender - NEW
Eric Cole (PhD, SANS Technology Institute, Fellow)
* Please note Security 401 is taught in Japanese language by Japanese instructors. More Information: visit Japanese website; http://www.entryweb.jp/sans/training/courses/sec401-2.html
Enhance your skills by taking advantage of this hands-on training loaded with practical tools and cutting-edge information. SANS is the most trusted source for information security training worldwide. Don't miss this opportunity to receive some of the best computer and Internet security training available.
Choose from 3 immersion courses, taught by top SANS instructors, while enjoying dramatic beauty of Tokyo, the edge of the Orient. If you get off of the mains streets, you can find ancient temples and tangible links to the past! Classes will be held at UDX Conference in Akihabara. You will be surprised at a large number of fantastic electronic stores there.
With the SANS reputation and an eagerness to help you meet your training objectives, SANS is the best choice for IT security education. Let your colleagues and friends know about SANS Tokyo 2010 Spring. We look forward to seeing you there!

SANS is bringing six courses to SANS Phoenix 2010, February 14-20. Join us for our annual winter break in the Arizona desert where the average temperature in February is 70 degrees! SANS hands-on curriculum is loaded with practical tools and cutting-edge information from top industry experts.
If you took 2009 off as a training year due to the economy and your company's adjusting financial climate, wouldn't 2010 be a good year to return to the classroom to ensure that you have the skills to protect the assets of your organization? Travel for live training is a good investment as our events are packed with intensive hands-on training and compelling, up-to-date evening talks. Flights from cold northern cities to Phoenix are in the $200-$300 range.
Here's the course lineup for SANS Phoenix 2010 with corresponding GIAC certifications listed after each course title:
• Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style (GSEC)
• Security 560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking (GPEN)
• Security 508: Computer Forensics, Investigation, and Response (GCFA)
• Management 414: SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam (GISP)
• Security 505: Securing Windows (GCWN)
• Security 531: Windows Command-Line Kung Fu In-Depth for Info Sec Pros
Please see our Events-at-a-Glance page for detailed course descriptions.
Put the skills you'll learn to practical use and join more than 27,500 GIAC certified professionals who make the info sec industry safe! Visit the GIAC Certifications Roadmap page for more information, and register for your certification attempt today!
Here's what SANS alumni have said about the value of SANS training:
The raw material was unbelievable, it definitely exceeded my expectations. - David Philips, Faribault Foods Inc.
SANS is the fastest way to go from an Information Security beginner to an Information Security guru. - Dave Howard, Emerson
The SANS class (SEC401) stands out above the rest because of the subject matter experts who teach the classes and labs. - Shirlee Eitel-Birgham, State of Nevada
Register by January 6, 2010, to receive a $400 tuition discount. While they last, reduced lodging rates of $175 S/D are also available for SANS guests at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix though January 25, 2010. Government per diem rooms are available with proper ID; simply call reservations and ask for the SANS government rate. These rates include high-speed Internet in your room. This downtown Phoenix hotel features the Compass, a sky-high revolving restaurant for a panoramic view of Arizona's capitol city. Staying in the host hotel, you are steps away from your training classrooms along with the Phoenix Convention Center, Chase Field, US Airways Arena, ASU Phoenix Downtown, and the Herberger Theater.
Having trouble convincing your boss to spend on travel for SANS training? Research shows that business travel is one of the smartest investments a company can make, positively impacting job performance, morale and satisfaction among employees. See this article on the Return of Investment of Business Travel.
To follow or tweet about this event, use the hashtag #sansphoenix. Follow SANS at http://twitter.com/SANSInstitute.
I hope to see you in sunny Phoenix this winter! Register today!

SANS invites you to our first Annual SANS AppSec 2010 Conference in San Francisco January 29-February 3. If you are a developer, you need the knowledge and skills to prevent attacks that come through the application layer. Secure coding courses can prepare programmers and developers for certifications and return them to work with the skills to immediately impact current and new projects so jobs will be done right the first time. This will save your organization and your customers time and money! We are bringing you this first conference with What Works in Application Security Summit 2010 (February 4-5). These two SANS events offered together will provide an unprecedented amount of training and information that you don't want to miss.
The following courses were scheduled so that you can take more than one and attend the Summit, too!
- Security 542: Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking - Kevin Johnson
- Developer 422: Defending Web Applications Security Essentials - Tanya Baccam
- Developer 541: Secure Coding in Java/JEE: Developing Defensible Applications - Frank Kim
- Developer 544: Secure Coding in .NET: Developing Defensible Applications - David Rice
- Developer 548: Secure Coding in C: Developing Defensible Applications
- Developer 545: Secure Coding in PHP: Developing Defensible Applications - Johannes Ullrich, Ph.D.
- Developer 534: Secure Code Review for Java Web Apps - Frank Kim
- Developer 320: Introduction to the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle - Johannes Ullrich, Ph.D. and Jason Lam
Visit the Event-at-a-Glance page for the schedule and complete course descriptions.
These SANS courses address the actual problems application developers and programs face every day. Our world-class instructors are practitioners who solve real-world problems and who can present "proven" solutions. In addition to being seasoned professionals, SANS faculty members are extraordinary speakers. They bring the information to life with real-world stories, and enable you to leave with the knowledge and confidence to put what you learned to work the day you return to the office.
This event provides plenty of networking opportunities so that you can increase your list of technical and professional contacts. Valuable professional relationships are forged at SANS events that last for years.
“I needed specific information on how to lock down our applications, and this course has helped me in doing that (DEV544).” - Melisa Wentz, Jacobs
“An excellent course for those just starting to look at web app security and want to know where to start and where to go (DEV534).” - Michael Schanberger, TESSCO Technologies
Our two SANS events are being held at the newly renovated Sheraton Fisherman's Wharf Hotel. This hotel is centrally located in one of San Francisco's most popular neighborhoods. From the Hotel, you will have easy access to:
- Pier 39 with the Aquarium of the Bay where you can "Walk with the Sharks" and dine at some wonderful eateries such as the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, the Crab House at Pier 39, Fog Harbor Fish House, and the Sea Lion Cafe, to name just a few
- Ghirardelli Square - great shops and chocolate, chocolate, chocolate
- Alcatraz Island, which is now part of the U.S. National Park Service, and is open for tours. Take a ferry ride from Pier 33 and visit The Rock
- The Cannery - an important historical site which is now a hub for shopping, dining, and entertainment
- San Francisco Maritime Museum where you can let your imagination travel to the 19th Century and visit the Balclutha, an 1886 square rigger, along with six other historic vessels
- Touring the "City by the Bay" by historic cable car - a "must do" when in San Francisco
A special rate of $139 S/D will be honored based on space availability and includes high-speed Internet in your room. This rate is only available through January 11, so don't delay!
Here's what a few of our past attendees had to say about some of our featured courses:

Track 1. IP Utopia: Are We There Yet?
This track will focus on IP communications including the future of the desktop telephone, video applications (e.g., security, building automation), interoperability challenges, bandwidth and infrastructure requirements, communication applications, and financial models.
Track 2. Managing Change in an IP World
With all of the changes that occur to an organization's infrastructure each day, how well are you managing that change? Does your organization engage in a change management process? Or, do you engage in "change discussions?" What tools are you using to record these changes or to facilitate the discussion? How do you balance the need for implementing changes quickly and efficiently with the need for approval? This track will focus on what some organizations are doing to track changes to the infrastructure and what tools are available to assist organizations.

Whether your focus is administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management, you can benefit from attending the Ninth Annual EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, January 13–15, 2010, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel.

This year we will pay special attention to the broader economic climate, which has adversely impacted institutions of higher education. Paradoxically, the most innovative, creative, and deeply transformational insights—“uncommon thinking for the common good”—can emerge from challenging circumstances. This conference will highlight uncommon thinking as a way to generate revolutionary ideas that change how we conceive of our work as well as practical solutions that allow us to work efficiently in tough times. By combining the revolutionary and the practical, this conference will help you turn adversity into opportunity and transform obstacles into stepping stones to the future on your campus.

Summit Overview

Are you confident that the personal information of your customers will not leak to the Internet? What safeguards do you have in place to prevent the theft or loss of your confidential documents, source code, marketing data, trade secrets or other intellectual property? These are the problems of Data Loss Prevention (DLP).

Every year, many companies must confess the disclosure of their customers' credit card and Social Security numbers in the media, which is not only enormously embarrassing and harmful in itself but invites lawsuits and FTC crackdown for lax security. And in a recession when cash-strapped companies are going out of business every day, a severe intellectual property theft can lead to lost sales or the covert transfer of valuable trade secrets to one's competitors.

At the SANS Data Leakage Summit, you'll hear from managers who have actually implemented data leakage prevention tools and strategies in their own organizations. They will talk about what works, what isn't worth the money, unexpected problems, and hard-won advice on how to make your own DLP projects a success. Lessons learned include whole drive encryption products and content monitoring/filtering (CMF) applications to detect/stop confidential data leakage. Throughout the presentations, you can ask questions of the managers to follow up.

At the Summit you will also hear from some of the most respected software and hardware DLP vendors as they answer questions and debate the merits of each other's products. During these panel shootouts, attendees can ask questions of the vendors to get them to explain exactly why their solution is best (and if the other vendors agree).

Summit speakers also include industry experts on general topics such as legal liability, regulatory compliance, and technical analysis of DLP vulnerabilities and solutions. So you'll hear from all three types of participants: implementers, vendors and neutral experts.

You will leave the Summit with concrete, actionable information which you can deploy as soon as you return to work.

SANS is proud to be back in the "Big Easy" for SANS Security East 2010 on January 10-18. Start the year off right with our top-rated instructors and 19 outstanding course offerings. Now is the time to improve your information security skills and let the good times roll!
The following line up of courses will bring you the best security training ever! Don't miss our bonus evening presentations where we'll share the latest threats as well as newest advances in electronic discovery, penetration testing, computer forensics, and more.
• SEC401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style *
• SEC504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling *
• MGT512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials for Managers with Knowledge Compression™ *
• MGT414: SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam *
• AUD507: Auditing Networks, Perimeters, and Systems *
• SEC503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth *
• SEC617: Wireless Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing, and Defenses
• SEC301: Intro to Information Security *
• SEC408: Computer Forensic Essentials
• SEC563: Mobile Device Forensics
• SEC610: Reverse-Engineering Malware: Malware Analysis Tools and Techniques
The following courses are being held on January 10 as additional training opportunities:
• SEC526: Advanced Filesystem Recovery and Memory Forensics
• SEC531: Windows Command-Line Kung Fu In-Depth for Info Sec Pros
• SEC553: Metasploit for Penetration Testers
• SEC550: Information Reconnaissance: Competitive Intelligence and Online Privacy
Additionally, we have four more courses to round out your training:
• MGT421: SANS Leadership and Management Competencies (January 16)
• SEC557: Virtualization and Security Operations (January 16-18)
• SEC564: Security Architecture for Systems Administrators (January 17-18)
• SEC440: 20 Critical Security Controls: Planning, Implementing and Auditing
* Courses preparing you for the technical and management certifications required by Department of Defense Directive 8570 being taught at SANS Security East 2010.
Complete your SANS training experience with a GIAC certification attempt! Many of our five and six-day courses offered at SANS Security East 2010 are associated with a GIAC Certification. Put the skills you'll learn to practical use and join the thousands of GIAC certified professionals who make the info sec industry safe! Visit the GIAC Certifications Roadmap page for more information and register for your certification attempt today!
GIAC certs are concerned with real applications and principles, rather than vendor products and implementations. - Rob VandenBrink
SANS is the fastest way to go from an Information Security beginner to an Information Security guru. - Dave Howard, Emerson
SANS seeks out and employs professionals who are passionate and knowledgeable about their craft. Thank you! - Eugene Alexeen, Colorado Interactive
After 9 years of doing forensics work and 14 seminars/conferences on computer forensics, this is proving to be the best. - Frank Grindstaff, Home Depot
SANS Security East 2010 is once again being hosted at the Sheraton New Orleans on Canal Street, where the city's major attractions and the Mississippi River are literally right outside the hotel's door. A special discounted rate of $189 S/D will be honored based on space availability. This rate includes high-speed Internet in your room.
New Orleans temperature is around 55 in January, but it can get into the low to mid 60s. Mardi Gras season begins on January 6, so you will be in town for some of the early events! King cakes go on sale, and some of the Balls begin. Tour the Mississippi, tour a plantation, take a swamp tour, learn about the history! This city is a fabulous destination! http://goneworleans.about.com/
This is critical to any business to protect sensitive data. - Melissa Black, Lockheed Martin
Make your 2010 training plans now and register today for SANS Security East 2010. We are looking fo

December brings SANS' best new courses to Washington to serve the nation's most sophisticated cyber security community. SANS Cyber Defense Initiative, will be in Washington DC December 11-18, 2009. See our new hacker classes, wireless, secure coding, pen testing, 20 critical controls, and more. SANS is the one education organization known for developing those security skills now most in need. Don't miss this unique chance to learn from the best teachers in security.
Pick a course and come to SANS Cyber Defense Initiative, December 11-18, 2009. You'll get the kind of hands-on, immersion training that you can put to work immediately -- courses that you will love.
As last year's CDI attendees state:
“Great hands-on experience and the instructor's real world experiences and recommendations are invaluable!” - Chris Todd, Unisys Canada Inc, (SEC504)
SANS rocks! Andrew Small, DOD
After the first day I immediately realized what changes I should make as an IDS analyst to protect my company's network! - Mark C Bradford, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, SEC503
So, go to our Event-at-a-Glance page and pick from these extraordinary immersion programs:
- SEC401: SANS Security Essentials
- SEC504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
- SED560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
- SEC508: Computer Forensics, Investigation, and Response
- MGT512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials For Managers
- SEC503: Intrusion Detection in-Depth
- SEC542: Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
- SEC505: Securing Windows
- SEC408: Computer Forensic Essentials - New
- LEG 523: Legal Issues in Information Technology and Information Security
- SEC606: Drive and Data Recovery Forensics - New
- SEC610: Reverse-Engineering Malware: Malware Analysis Tools and Techniques
- DEV541: Secure Coding in Java/JEE: Developing Defensible Applications
- SEC566: 20 Critical Security Controls In-Depth - New
May we bring to your attention our featured 2-day short course:
- AUD429: IT Security Audit Essentials Bootcamp
Along with these six 1-day courses:
- MGT404: Fundamentals of Information Security Policy
- SEC434: Log Management In-Depth: Compliance, Security, Forensics, and Troubleshooting - New
- SEC526: Advanced Filesystem Recovery and Memory Forensics
- SEC531: Windows Command-Line Kung Fu In-Depth for Info Sec Pros
- SEC550: Advanced Information Recon
- DEV534: Secure Code Review for Java Web Apps - New
Complete your SANS training experience with a GIAC certification attempt! Many of our courses offered at SANS CDI 2009 are associated with a GIAC Certification. Put the skills youÕll learn to practical use and join the thousands of GIAC certified professionals who make the info sec industry safe!
Visit http://www.giac.org/certifications/roadmap.php for more information and register for your certification attempt today!
GIAC certification attempts are available, and many of these certs align with DoD 8570 requirements. See http://www.giac.org/8570/ for more details.
Reserve your seat by October 28, 2009, and save $400 on tuition fees with discounts offered to early registrants. Of course, SANS top instructors will be on hand to bring you the best in computer security training. Certifications are available for many of these SANS courses and can send you on your way to career advancement.
Throughout my 8 year career in IT so far, I've been exposed to terms like open testing, single sign on, defense in depth, etc. but I could not fit them into the big security picture or understand them. After this day I have a better understanding and fit for these terms and concepts. - Ruchika Sindhi, SRA International, Inc.
Excellent, especially the lab work and analyzing the packets this is information I will be able to take back to work and use. - Michael Ladd, L3 Communications, SEC503
Instructor answers questions very well and in great detail. The course material is ver

The objective of the two day 2009 Learning Technologies conference is to challenge and extend your thinking about the ways educators can use learning technologies to challenge, inspire, motivate, and encourage learners.
The theme “The Power of You” has been developed to stimulate thinking about the roles of an educator now that an new generation of web-based technologies has emerged which allow you to create, connect and collaborate with learners, colleagues and experts. Come together on with other learning professionals to network, exchange ideas and learn from each other.

SANS is coming back to Vancouver November 14-19 offering three of SANS top courses!
Based on a recent survey of interest, we Canadians requested these top-rated courses:
-SEC401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
“Very good overview of various security technologies. The instructor did a good job presenting the material.” - Gina Carletti, Scotia Bank

SEC508: Computer Forensics, Investigation, and Response
“This was an excellent class that led us from manual disk operations all the way through some of the newest memory forensics.” - Douglas Couch, Purdue University

Management 414: SANS(r) +S(tm) Training Program for the CISSP(r) Certification Exam
“Very valuable, as it not only teaches the material, it also teaches how to take the exam effectively.” - Steve Brant, Nett App
Classes will be held at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver. This freshly updated downtown hotel is moments away from the business centre, shops, and entertainment. A special discount rate of $184 S/D CAD will be honored based on space availability. This rate includes high-speed Internet in your room. This discount is only available through October 21, 2009, so take advantage of this special offer and make your reservations today! Sporting my favorites: Chinatown, Jericho Beach, Lions, Dog Mountain, and a quick trip to Granville Island; Vancouver is busting out in natural beauty -- a "must see!" Think about staying an extra day or two, if you are from out of town. If you can't take extra time, the seaplane tour is a blast.
Getting hands-on experience with the latest tools and having fun learning gives SANS an edge no other training organization has yet mastered. - Jason Fowler, UBC
SANS is the fastest way to go from an Information Security beginner to an Information Security guru. - Dave Howard, Emerson
SANS excels at technical security training that balances theory and hands-on work. I've learned and improved skills that are immediately valuable to my job! - Chris Calvert, TELUS
As always, the class and conference did not disappoint! - Chris Glanville City of Portland
To follow or tweet about this event, use hashtag #sansvancouver. Follow SANS at http://twitter.com/SANSInstitute
Register by September 30 and receive a $350 tuition fee discount as well! Start making your training and travel plans now. We look forward to seeing you at SANS Vancouver 2009.

Learning takes place in many locations and within the context of a variety of forums. Instructors are challenged on a daily basis to find innovative ways of enhancing the Net generation of students learning experiences. Our goal is promote greater understanding of cutting-edge approaches, techniques and instructional methodologies online and in the classroom. The Teaching and Learning Technology Conference provides a forum for educators to share effective and innovative teaching and learning models. This conference will explore and showcase excellence and innovation in teaching that facilitates student learning and positively impacts student academic success.

Who is it for?
Higher Education Faculty from all Disciplines
ISD Professionals
Technology Coordinators
Higher Education Administrators
Curriculum Designers and Online Course Developers
Distance Education
Student Services Representatives
Librarians
Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Instructional & Information Technology Support Specialists
Individuals Interested in Integrating Technology into Teaching & Learning
What is the cost?
Free! – Conference bags for registered attendees only!

Exhibition Space and Sponsorships are available! – Contact Ms. Patty Sanchez at 281-425-6451.

The 4th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2009) is co-sponsored by IEEE UK/RI Section. The ICITST is an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practical implementation of secured Internet transactions and to fostering discussions on information technology evolution. The ICITST aims to provide a highly professional and comparative academic research forum that promotes collaborative excellence between academia and industry. The objectives of the ICITST are to bridge the knowledge gap between academia and industry, promote research esteem in secured Internet transactions and
the importance of information technology evolution to secured transactions. The ICITST-2009 invites research papers that encompass conceptual analysis, design implementation and performance evaluation.

SANS brings three of our most popular courses to SANS San Francisco 2009, November 9-14. Enhance your skills by taking advantage of this hands-on security training loaded with practical tools and cutting-edge information. Learn about intrusion detection, network security, incident handling, perimeter protection, hacker techniques, and much more!
Choose from the following classic SANS security courses:
-SEC401: SANS Security Essentials
-Security 504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling Security
-503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth
All of these courses are in alignment with DoD Directive 8570 requirements for Baseline IA Certifications (IAT Level III) and are the three courses for the GSE: GIAC Security Expert Cert. For more information see http://www.sans.org/8570/
Here's what SANS alumni have said about the value of SANS training:
“This is the first security training and Bootcamp (SEC401) I've ever participated in, and it's really an eye opener.” - Tamas Eros, TCS
“This course (SEC504) is awesome. It's the best course I've ever taken.” - Travis Rock, Boeing
“This course (SEC503) has completely taught much more than just IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems). I would recommend to all security people.” - Robert Forringer, Homeland Security
Reserve your seat by September 30, 2009, and save $400 on tuition fees. You'll see why SANS is the most trusted source in computer security training, certification, and research.
- Our host hotel, the Sheraton Fisherman's Wharf, is newly renovated and centrally located in one of San Francisco's most popular neighborhoods. From the Hotel, you will have easy access to:
- Pier 39 with the Aquarium of the Bay where you can "Walk with the Sharks" and dine at some wonderful eateries such as the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, the Crab House at Pier 39, Fog Harbor Fish House, and the Sea Lion Cafe, to name just a few
- Ghirardelli Square - great shops and chocolate, chocolate, chocolate
- Alcatraz Island, which is now part of the U.S. National Park Service, and is open for tours. Take a ferry ride from Pier 33 and visit The Rock
- The Cannery - an important historical site which is now a hub for shopping, dining, and entertainment
- San Francisco Maritime Museum where you can let your imagination travel to the 19th Century and visit the Balclutha, an 1886 square rigger, along with six other historic vessels
- Touring the "City by the Bay" by historic cable car - a "must do" when in San Francisco
A special discount rate of $154 S/D will be honored based on space availability. This rate includes high-speed Internet in your room. Make your reservations now, as this special rate is only available through October 19, 2009.
“It directly and 100% relates to my job. I feel more confident about my abilities as an Intrusion Analyst.” - Jeromy Leugers, Raytheon
Come see for yourself - register today for SANS San Francisco 2009.

Shearwater Solutions and SANS Institute partner once again to bring four outstanding courses to SANS Sydney 2009, 9-14 November. Enhance your skills by taking advantage of this hands-on training loaded with practical tools and cutting-edge information covering Security Essentials, Network Penetration Testing, and Web App Pen Testing.
Choose from the following 6-day, hands-on, immersion security and pen testing courses:
- SEC401: SANS Security Essentials with evening Bootcamp - Mark Hofman
- SEC501: Advanced Security Essentials - Enterprise Defender - Eric Cole, PhD
- SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking - Stephen Sims
- SEC542: Web Application Pen Testing In-Depth - Johannes Ullrich, PhD
Here's what other SANS Sydney 2008 alumni have said about the value of SANS training:
Topics covered by SANS are very technical, up-to-date, and pertinent to challenges being faced by today's businesses. - Ian Nguyen, Nokia Siemens Networks
Great Conference, lots of great information and awesome instructors who really know there stuff! - Jason Neurohr, Unique World
SANS doesn't just give you the tools to do today's job. They teach you the methodology that endures! - Chris Mewett, News Limited
Reserve your seat by 30 September, 2009, and save $350 on tuition fees. You'll see why SANS is the most trusted source in computer security training, certification, and research.
Our conference location, the Sydney Marriott Hotel, is in the capital city of New South Wales, Australia. Discounted rates of AUD184 S/D will be honored based on space availability.
Come see for yourself - register today for SANS Sydney 2009.

Accessing Higher Ground focuses on assistive technology and information technology accessibility in higher education. The conference is in its 12th year, and this year is conveniently located adjacent in both time and space to the EDUCAUSE annual conference. The main conference runs November 10-14, but includes a bonus full-day pre-conference training specifically designed for EDUCAUSE attendees. This conference, and especially the pre-conference training, will allow EDUCAUSE attendees to tap into the cumulative knowledge of leading professionals in IT accessibility. Topics of the pre-conference training will include "Networking & Integrating Assistive Technology into the University/College Environment" and "Advanced Web Accessibility". The main conference features dozens of sessions related to a wide range of IT accessibility topics, plus a keynote presentation by T.V. Raman, research scientist at Google.

The Conference offers an opportunity for scholars and practitioners interested in the issues related to Management, Leadership, and Governance to share their thinking and research findings. These fields of study are broadly described as including issues related to the management of the organisations’ resources, the interface between senior management and the formal governance of the organisation. This Conference provides a forum for discussion, collaboration and intellectual exchange for all those interested in any of these fields of research or practice.

We are living in challenging times, when the need for uncommon thinking is unprecedented. You have told us you look to EDUCAUSE for insight, thought leadership, and community interaction. One event delivers all this, and more: the EDUCAUSE 2009 Annual Conference, where you will be able to tap into an expansive pool of the best thinking in higher education IT. Maximize the value of your travel dollars and join us November 3–6, 2009 in Denver, Colorado. We're offering the richest member-driven program ever, keenly focused on providing you with the kind of tangible value you can take back to campus and use all year long:

* More perspectives and insight: lightning rounds built into every track.
* More global viewpoints: a 100% increase in sessions featuring international speakers.
* More diversity of opinion: increased numbers of sessions spotlighting multiple presenters.
* More networking with a purpose: hundreds of discussion opportunities to facilitate future collaboration.
* More focus on the most complex issues: cloud computing; emerging technologies; distributed, cooperative, and blended learning environments; the latest on P2P regulations; green and sustainable IT; and much more.

There has never been a greater need for interaction, sharing, and uncommon thinking to support—and advance—the common good. Be part of this important community gathering. By working together, we can identify the best approaches to coping with the current environment while laying the foundation for future success.

Over 1,000 system administrators of all specialties and levels of expertise meet at LISA to exchange ideas, sharpen old skills, learn new techniques, debate current issues, and meet colleagues, vendors, and friends. Talks, presentations, posters, WiPs, and BoFs address a wide range of administration specialties, including system, network, storage, and security administration on a variety of platforms including Linux, BSD, Solaris, and OS X.

A one-day conference in Portland, Maine, designed to promote collaboration, collegiality and community among faculty and staff involved in online learing from New England institutions. The conference is held in conjunction with the 15th annual Sloan-C Conference in Orlando. Presenters from around New England will present over 30 workshops on emerging technology, learning effectiveness, faculty development and support, student services, leadership, professional development and workforce training, and leadership.

Today, knowledge and intellectual capital plays a principal role in the delivery of corporate performance. This importance is reflected in the fact that companies, without the force of any regulations, start to measure their knowledge and intellectual capital, they even produce and externally publish intellectual capital statements; accounting guidelines are being developed and standards are being questioned and reviewed; and governments are beginning to measure the intellectual capital of cities, regions, and countries. Companies and investors alike are trying to measure their intellectual capital and the value of knowledge. However, it seems as if the field has reached a point of maturity where we need to address issues around taxonomies and research methodology. In a recent special issue of a leading journal in the field (Marr & Chatzkel, 2004) these issues were highlighted. The concept of knowledge or intellectual capital is often poorly defined and is addressed from multiple disciplinary perspectives which all give it slightly different meanings.

Over the last ten years, the way in which education is delivered has changed considerably with the advent of new technologies. e-Learning is one such development, so much so that it is now regarded as a field in it’s own right. This, the 8th European Conference on e-Learning (ECEL 2009); offers an opportunity for those involved in the study, implementation and delivery of e-learning to meet and exchange ideas and experiences.

Online and blended learning transforms education and training from location- and time- bound activities to anytime, anywhere experiences, which challenge boundaries between the academy and the world, between the virtual and the real. Online and blended learning connects learners around the globe with each other, with instructors and experts world-wide, and with an enormous range of resources to support learning that is both highly individualized and highly collaborative. For fourteen years, the Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning has been the lead conference in online and blended learning, continuously improving and responding to emerging trends.

Who Should Attend & What Will You Learn?
Learn the most critical security challenges in implementing smart meters and smart grid. Learn what the US is doing with its $4.8 billion in Smart Grid funding to ensure these systems do not create new risks.
Plant Managers, Engineering and Operations Management, Project Managers, Automation and Control Managers, Process Control and SCADA Engineers, Plant Engineers
Learn the lessons discovered by leading process control user organizations throughout the world, and what your process control vendor may be doing to boost the defenses on systems already deployed, and on new systems.
Information Security and IT Professionals in Organizations That Deploy Industrial Control Systems
Learn why control systems are so difficult to protect and arm yourself with clear case studies showing what has been done and what can be done to protect SCADA and other control systems. Learn the language of control systems so you can be of more help to the engineers who plan and deploy such systems.
Control System Vendor Developers and Integrators
Understand the requirements and constraints faced by owners and operators of automation systems. Determine the state of the art in control system security as a benchmark for your own future planning.
Government Leaders Responsible for Policy and Regulation of Utilities and Other Process Control Users
Better understand what government can and cannot do by learning the requirements, constraints, and current capabilities available to secure critical control systems.
Academic and Research Laboratory Leaders
Determine the most challenging and important questions that will shape your process control security research agendas.
Questions for the Summit
1. How has the threat to control systems changed during the last year? Who are the new attackers? What kind of damage have they already done? What can they do?
2. What are the security challenges in smart meters and what can be done to mitigate them?
3. Exactly how do attackers penetrate the defenses that have been established by most control system users? What are the principal vulnerabilities in control systems and how should they be prioritized for mitigation?
4. What are some of the most valuable lessons learned by leading asset owners to improve security of control systems?
5. Learn what governments are doing to both assist and regulate security in control systems.
6. What techniques are the most advanced control systems users implementing to mitigate the threat? How are they training their people? How are they balancing information technology and control systems needs?
7. How can utilities gain top management support for major security initiatives?
8. Which SCADA security research projects have shown useful results? How can asset owners put those findings to work?
9. Which control system vendors have made the most progress on implementing the new standards for secure configuration of their products?
10. What tools have governments developed that make security of control systems more effective and efficient?

SANS returns to Skokie, IL, October 26-November 2 with four of our most popular 6-day classic courses, plus a deep-dive into IT Security Audit Essentials with a 2-day AUD 429 Bootcamp. Taught by SANS top instructors, this event offers an intimate opportunity to learn, network, and practice the hands-on skills that will boost your career. Register by September 16 to receive a $350 tuition fee discount!
Late fall in the greater Chicago area offers all the attractions with fewer crowds. See our hotel and area information below for some intriguing ideas. But first, make your course selection from these most-requested options:

Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style (GSEC) - Dr. Eric Cole
"I loved the practical examples provided during the modules. This is the stuff we deal with daily and (SANS) makes the courseware understandable, relevant and something I can relate to!" -Andrea Todd, MidFirst Bank
Security 504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling (GCIH)- Bryce Galbraith
"One of the most comprehensive courses on all facets of Incident Handling. Intelligence you can apply immediately to your current work!" - Jeff Warson, Symantec
Security 508: Computer Forensics, Investigation, and Response (GCFA)- Rob Lee
"This course will give you a fundamental understanding of forensics file recovery and what goes behind the scenes of some of the automated tools." - Rikard Bodlores, Volvo IT
Management 414: SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam (GISP)
"Great stuff, fantastic overview, wonderful real-life examples. I feel empowered to pass the exam!" - Ian Trump, Regional Health Authority Central Manitoba Inc.
Audit 429: IT Security Audit Essentials Bootcamp
- This hands-on bootcamp course will help you get started in the field of information technology and security auditing.
While they last, reduced lodging rates are also available for SANS students at the Doubletree Hotel and Conference Center-Chicago North Shore in Skokie. The Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard is located across the boulevard: http://www.cnscvb.com/visitors_shopping.cfm. This Web site calls Skokie the shopping enthusiast's paradise! From the Belgian Chocolatier Piron or the Spice House to the Crowded Closet, you'll find all kinds of unique shops and many familiar chains. There are attractions galore in the North Shore area such as the Chicago Botanic Garden - which is open year round, the Emily Oaks Nature Center, the Exploritorium, the Northlight Theatre, the Skokie Heritage Museum, and the Skokie North Shore Sculpture Park. While you are there, the C'est La Vie at Light Opera Works will be playing at the Second Stage in Evanston. You will be there over Halloween, and all communities have fun things to do at that time of year! Here's a link with many planned listings for Halloween in Chicago: http://chicago.about.com/od/artsculture/a/Halloween.htm. Chicago's downtown nightlife is just a short ride away, and Skokie has trains and busses that travel right downtown. The Bears are playing the Browns on Sunday, November 1, at Soldier Field at Noon. With the hotel's ideal location, parking and traffic will not be an issue. Make your reservations by October 4 to get the special discounted rate of $119 S/D, which includes high-speed Internet access in your room. See Stephen Northcutt's travel blog with the dates of August 31, 2008 for his reports on the Doubletree Hotel and restaurant ideas at http://www.sans.edu/resources/musings/aug08_northcutt.php
When you attend SANS Chicago North Shore 2009, you will see the SANS promise in action - what you learn in the classroom, you will be able to use immediately upon returning to the office.
So let your colleagues and friends know about SANS Chicago North Shore 2009. Take a first-hand look at why SANS is the most trusted source in computer security research, training, and certification - register today! We look forward to seeing you all in Skokie!

We invite you to join us for mLearn 2009, the 8th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning. The aims of the conference are to bring together the world's leading mobile learning researchers, developers and activists in an environment that will stimulate significantly increased deployment of mobile learning and catalyze dramatically enhanced innovation.

Topics include Global Developments-Emerging Markets, Cultural Translation, Glovalizaiton Issues, Pedagogy; Emerging Technology Integration-Web 2.0, Collaboration, Games/Sims, Virtual Worlds; Contextual Learning-Location-based, Personalized, 1:1, and/or Situated Learning; Emerging Vertical Applications-Government, Academia, Public, Non-Profit, Healthcare, etc.

Dual-track seminar for those responsible for voice, data and video on campus.
Track 1. Managing and Financing the Converged Environment
Track 2. Mobility & Wireless -- Where Are We Going?

The APWG (antiphishing.org) and IEEE are inviting papers and
research from electronic crime researchers for the fourth annual eCrime
Researchers Summit (eCRS), the world's only peer-reviewed research
conference dedicated to electronic crime research, scheduled to be held
in Tacoma, WA on October 20 and 21 this year.

Research papers are invited within a wide variety topic spaces joined by
a common theme of the criminological aspects of electronic security.

Papers that are accepted for presentation will appear in the IEEE
Digital Library. Cash awards will be given for the best paper overall
and the best student co-authored paper. A limited number of cash travel
awards will also be made to student authors of papers and posters.

The first submissions deadline is May 25, for full paper abstract
registration, followed by the full paper submission deadline on June 1,
2009.

The complete call-for-papers announcement can be viewed via the
link on the conference page.

The International Conference on e-Government (ICEG 2009) is an opportunity for academics to share the latest thinking on e-Government research. e-Government developmental trends, adoption, architecture, transformation, barriers, success factors and management are factors that have lead to an escalation of the level of research activity on the topic. This is not least because the rise in e-Government provision brings with it a greater interest in the study of e-Government, from both a practical and a theoretical point of view. As controversy rages around issues such as e-Voting and identity cards, so academics, practitioners and service providers pick up the gauntlet of supporting or attacking these issues. Much time and money is being spent in considering the best way forward and in examining what has been done well and what lessons can be learnt when things go wrong. This conference aims to bring evidence of the research being undertaken across the globe to the attention of co-workers and the wider community for the purposes of helping practitioners find ways to put research into practice, and for researchers to gain an understanding of additional real-world problems.

Please join us as we present SANS Tokyo 2009 Autumn on October 19 - 24! We are partnering with NRI SecureTechnologies to present three of SANS' most popular courses:

- Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
Masafumi Negishi (IIJ Technology)
Satoshi Hayashi (Symantec Japan)
- Security 504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
John Strand (Black Hills Information Security)
- Audit 507: Auditing Networks, Perimeters & Systems
David Hoelzer (Enclave Forensics)

* Please note Security 401 is taught in Japanese language by Japanese instructors. More Information: visit Japanese website; http://www.entryweb.jp/sans/training/courses/sec401-2.html

With attackers leveraging huge numbers of hosts to overwhelm common defense mechanisms it is vital that we defend our organization's resources and networks. This means being educated about current threats and vulnerabilities and how to combat them. Let SANS help you get up to speed fast!

In Security 401, Masafumi Negishi and Satoshi Hayashi will cover the survival skills an information security team member needs. This program prepares you for GSEC certification and helps accelerate your career in security. Security 401 is also a requirement for the MSISE advanced degree from the SANS Technology Institute.

In Security 504, John Strand will teach you to detect malicious code and respond on the fly. You'll learn how your networks appear to hackers, how they gain access with special emphasis on the newer attack vectors, and what they do when they get in - especially in manipulating the system to hide their work. You'll master the proven six-step process of incident handling so you are prepared to be the technical leader of the incident handling team. This course prepares you for GCIH certification and is a requirement for both the MSISE and MSISM advanced degrees from the SANS Technology Institute.

In Audit 507, David Hoelzer will teach you various high-level audit issues and general audit best practice. You will have the opportunity to dive deep into the technical how-to for determining the key controls that can be used to provide a level of assurance to an organization. This course prepares you for GSNA certification.

So join us in the battle for a secure global Internet community by registering today for SANS Tokyo 2009 Autumn! We guarantee that you will return to work with practical, relevant knowledge and skills you can use immediately to secure your organization's critical resources.

UDX Conference
Address: Akihabara UDX South Wing 6F, 4-14-1 Sotokannda,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021, Japan

Over the last ten years, the way in which education and training is delivered has changed considerably with the advent of new technologies. One such new technology that holds considerable promise for helping to engage learners is Games-Based Learning (GBL). The Conference offers an opportunity for scholars and practitioners interested in the issues related to GBL to share their thinking and research findings. Papers can cover various issues and aspects of GBL in education and training: technology and implementation issues associated with the development of GBL; use of mobile and MMOGs for learning; pedagogical issues associated with GBL; social and ethical issues in GBL; GBL best cases and practices, and other related aspects. We are particularly interested in empirical research that addresses whether GBL enhances learning. This Conference provides a forum for discussion, collaboration and intellectual exchange for all those interested in any of these fields of research or practice.

The conference committee welcomes both academic and practitioner papers on a wide range of topics and a wide range of scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods. Action research, case studies and research in practice are welcomed approaches. Work-in-progress, panel discussion, proposals for workshops and tutorials are also welcome. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:- Technology: Innovative games-based learning technologies, applications, tools and environments; Use of mobile games for learning; Technology for massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) for learning; Implementation issues associated with games-based learning; location-based technology for game-based learning. Pedagogy: Learning and instructional theory for games-based learning; “Serious” games; Role playing; Assessment in games-based learning; Evaluation of games-based learning; Use of narrative and storytelling; Use of audio; Case studies and best practices in the use of games-based learning; Future of games-based learning. Social and Ethical Issues: Social and collaborative aspects of games-based learning; Political education using games; Gender, age, cultural and violence issues; Ethical issues; Organisational issues associated with the implementation of GBL in education and training.

We invite you to join us in St Louis, Missouri, for the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services (SIGUCCS) 2009 Fall Conference! The conference is being held at The Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark, October 11 - 14, 2009. The hotel has beautiful views of both the St Louis Arch and the brand new stadium!

This year's Fall Conference theme, "Communication, Collaboration" embodies the spirit of St. Louis. Just as Lewis and Clark collaborated on their journey west, and learned new ways to communicate with the Native Americans, we will explore new ways to communicate and collaborate in the ever changing world of college computing services.

We encourage you to take advantage of the special conference hotel rates that have been accorded to SIGUCCS participants by coming a few days early or staying additional days. Using this approach, you can take full advantage of the professional learning environment SIGUCCS offers and collaborate with your colleagues as you travel the beautiful area surrounding St Louis.

Doug Duncan, Professor, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado, and Director, Fiske Planetarium

The 2009 HighEdWeb conference, “Open. Connected.,” heads to Milwaukee, WI, to kick off its tenth year as the conference created by higher education Web professionals, for higher education Web professionals. HighEdWeb 2009 is perfect for Web developers, marketers, designers, writers, managers and all team members in-between who want to explore the unique Web issues facing colleges and universities.

In addition to attending the conference, consider participating in another truly exciting way: use our online form to submit a presentation proposal for HighEdWeb 2009. We encourage presentations covering a broad variety of topics concerning the Web and higher education.

The University of Maryland Libraries and the Office of Information Technology will host the 8th Annual C3: Cyberethics, Cybersafety and Cybersecurity Conference October 1-2, 2009. Developed to help educators and parents learn effective ways to ethically, safely, securely and effectively use technology and digital media, the C3 Conference is one of the first conferences addressing cyberawareness, and one of the only internet safety, ethics and security events developed specifically for educators.

Participants will hear from a number of national educational technology and information technology experts on topics including current and pending legislation, promotion strategies for academic integrity and character education, ethical development and decision making, privacy, copyright, cyberbullying, identity theft, sexting and much more. Representatives from over ten of the nation’s leading educational internet safety and character education curriculum providers will be on hand to share their materials and lead particpants through hands-on activities.

“While technology has had a very positive effect on the educational community, it also has raised new issues that must be addressed. Academic dishonesty and copyright infringement are just two of the areas having an effect on K-12, colleges and universities. The C3 conference fits the University of Maryland Libraries’ mission to provide education in the use of scholarly information resources,” said Patricia Steele, Dean of the University Libraries.

The first day of the conference will host keynote speaker Frank Gallagher, from Cable in the Classroom, sharing more on the C3 Matrix and the National PointSmartClickSafe! initiative. Two stellar panels will share current state and local internet safety efforts, laws, and frameworks for hot issues such as sexting , file sharing and copyright. There will be specific discussion of proposed legislation such as the AWARE Act, the SAFE Internet Act, and the Megan Meir Cyberbullying Prevention Act. New cutting edge interactive games to promote responsible behavior will be shown, along with free online resources that promote Cybersecurity. A full day of hands-on ethics, safety and security workshops is scheduled for Friday. The event will be held at the Stamp Union at the University of Maryland College Park campus (Friday’s Workshops will be in the McKeldin Library). Registration is $75, however, some registration stipends are still available. Registration includes refreshments, keynote luncheon, conference materials, handouts, workshop sessions, and conference refreshments and give-aways.

To register for the conference, please visit http://www.edtechpolicy.org/C32009/index.html or contact Davina Pruitt-Mentle at dpruitt@umd.edu. Contact dpruitt@umd.edu for registration stipend options.

The University of Maryland (UM) is the only nationally-ranked public university in the Baltimore/Washington area. With a total student enrollment approaching 40,000, the University is supported in its academic endeavors by the University of Maryland Libraries, comprised of eight libraries and more than three and one half million volumes.

For more information on the University of Maryland Libraries, please visit http://www.lib.umd.edu.

Join us for "Flattening the Classroom: Building Collaborative Learning Environments," the 2009 ELI Online Fall Focus Session. Hosted in Adobe Connect, this virtual event will be much more than just a "usual" online seminar. You’ll exchange ideas and collaborate interactively with the ELI community—all without leaving your campus. You'll also receive all the resources and guided activities you need to help frame discussion and organize team events.

We’ll explore an approach to learning that engages students in the active construction of collective knowledge, empowering them to build meaning together, and challenging them to examine issues from multiple perspectives. We will work together to:

* Develop an understanding of what it means to effectively collaborate in the classroom
* Create a framework for the design of meaningful and purposeful activities in the classroom
* Reflect on the potential for social learning to promote critical thinking and spark student discussion
* Explore emerging practices for designing collaborative environments in physical spaces and virtual environments
* Consider assessment strategies for collaborative activities

The European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation (ECIME) provides a forum for both researchers and practitioners to come together to develop their understanding of both theory and practice in all aspects of IT/IS management and evaluation. The wide scope of ECIME reflects the increased use of technology to manage information in and between organizations of all types and sizes across the globe. ECIME 2009 will provide opportunities for people working and researching in the field to come together both formally and informally to share their knowledge and expertise.

SANS Network Security 2009 moves to San Diego on September 14-22. We have packed our course list with new and network-focused training. Register by Wednesday, August 5, and save $350 on tuition fees.

Choose from over 30 courses including:

- Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
- Security 504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
- Security 560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
- Management 512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials for Managers with Knowledge Compression(tm)
- Management 414: SANS(r) +S(tm) Training Program for the CISSP(r) Certification Exam
- Audit 507: Auditing Networks, Perimeters & Systems
- Security 542: Web Application Penetration Testing In-Depth

Join us for courses in our new Forensics Curriculum:

- Security 508: Computer Forensics, Investigation, and Response
- Security 408: Computer Forensics and E-discovery Essentials
- Security 558: Network Forensics
- Security 606: Drive and Data Recovery Forensics
- Security 563: Mobile Device Forensics
- Security 526: Advanced Filesystem Recovery and Memory Forensics

For a complete list of courses in Audit, Legal, Management, Security, and Developer, please visit our Event-at-a-Glance page. Don't miss our new Audit 440: Consensus Audit Guidelines Quickstart on September 14 and 15.

SANS courses address the actual problems security professionals face today. Our world-class instructors are practitioners who solve real-world problems and who can present "proven" solutions. You just cannot find SANS-level teaching anywhere else! In addition to being seasoned professionals, SANS faculty members are extraordinary speakers. They bring the information to life with real-world stories, and enable you to leave with the knowledge and confidence to put what you learned to work the day you return to the office.

SANS Network Security 2009 will feature a Vendor Tools Expo & Reception, which will give you a chance to see live demonstrations of cutting-edge technologies. There will also be numerous Lunch & Learn presentations and Cocktail Briefs to help you find the right mix of tools and solutions to meet your company's unique challenges. Be sure to check our Special Events and SANS@Night section of the Web site for additions to our evening line up. Dr. Eric Cole will welcome you to SANS Network Security and Alan Paller will be there to present: The 20 Most Important Security Controls and How to Measure Them.

This event provides plenty of networking opportunities so that you can increase your list of technical and professional contacts. Valuable professional relationships are forged at SANS events that last for years.

Our new location for SANS Network Security 2009 is the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego, one of my favorite hotels. We've arranged a special discounted rate of $195 S/D for SANS attendees. This rate includes high-speed internet in your room. Make your reservations now as this special rate is only available through August 24, 2009. It is located right in the Gas Lamp district so you have dining options ranging from pizza-to-go to four-star restaurants; its convenience to shopping will allow you to easily bring something back for the spouse or kids. San Diego is a wonderful destination with activities for everyone! Whether you want to scuba dive, snorkel, or cruise the bay, fish or go to the zoo, dine or learn about Balboa; there is something that you will enjoy near the hotel! http://www.sandiego.org/nav/Visitors

Start making your plans today to join SANS in San Diego. I look forward to meeting you there!

Are you confident that the personal information of your customers will not leak to the Internet? What safeguards do you have in place to prevent the theft or loss of your confidential documents, source code, marketing data, trade secrets or other intellectual property? These are the problems of Data Loss Prevention (DLP).
Every year, many companies must confess the disclosure of their customers' credit card and Social Security numbers in the media, which is not only enormously embarrassing and harmful in itself but invites lawsuits and FTC crackdown for lax security. And in a recession when cash-strapped companies are going out of business every day, a severe intellectual property theft can lead to lost sales or the covert transfer of valuable trade secrets to one's competitors.
At the SANS Data Leakage Summit, you'll hear from managers who have actually implemented data leakage prevention tools and strategies in their own organizations. They will talk about what works, what isn't worth the money, unexpected problems, and hard-won advice on how to make your own DLP projects a success. Lessons learned include whole drive encryption products and content monitoring/filtering (CMF) applications to detect/stop confidential data leakage. Throughout the presentations, you can ask questions of the managers to follow up.
At the Summit you will also hear from some of the most respected software and hardware DLP vendors as they answer questions and debate the merits of each other's products. During these panel shootouts, attendees can ask questions of the vendors to get them to explain exactly why their solution is best (and if the other vendors agree).
Summit speakers also include industry experts on general topics such as legal liability, regulatory compliance, and technical analysis of DLP vulnerabilities and solutions. So you'll hear from all three types of participants: implementers, vendors and neutral experts.
You will leave the Summit with concrete, actionable information which you can deploy as soon as you return to work.

Innovation and entrepreneurship are tightly coupled concepts. Innovation involves designing new ways of conceptualising, developing and producing a range of goods and services which society requires. Although inventing new things may be seen as part of innovation, innovation does not exclusively rely on new discoveries. Rather it can stem from simply seeing new ways of satisfying demand. Thus innovation is not a synonym for invention and almost anyone can come up with new innovations.

Entrepreneurship adds a further dimension to how new ideas are converted into goods and services. Entrepreneurship is sometimes said to be a mindset required to convert innovation into a real business situation which will deliver benefits to the stakeholders. Entrepreneurship is always driven by an individual or a small group of individuals who are referred to as entrepreneurs and who are sometimes colloquially referred to as the ‘movers and shakers’ in our society. Thus the entrepreneur configures the various factors of products to that they become a viable proposition.

Both innovation and entrepreneurship are generally under-researched and the advisory group for the conference invites submissions of both academic and practitioner papers on a wide range of topics and a wide range of scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods

A main implication of the knowledge economy is that the only way to prosperity is to make learning and knowledge creation of prime relevance. Issues of knowledge creation, use and transfer and innovation competencies building have moved to the forefront of attention in corporate competitive strategy and in economic, social and industrial policy as well. Competing worldwide demands individual and organisational creativity, high level skills and capabilities and adaptive and innovative learning organisations and institutions. To keep abreast of the volatile and changing environment organisations, countries and regions need to develop a better understanding of how knowledge and intellectual capital deliver effective business processes and high value goods and services. In particular, they have to develop awareness of and mechanisms to manage the risks that are inherent to this new context and improved methods to link IC and KM to the firm’s future streams of cash flows and GDP growth.



ECKM 2009 provides an opportunity for academics and practitioners from Europe and elsewhere who are involved in the study; management, development and implementation of knowledge management initiatives to come together and exchange ideas.

Make your plans now to attend SANS Virginia Beach 2009 on August 28 – September 4. Get the best in IT management and security education with world-class instructors and great networking opportunities! Join me and Ed Skoudis, Dr. Eric Cole, Dr. Johannes Ullrich, Rob Lee, Randy Marchany, Bryce Galbraith, and John Myers for SANS top-rated courses and use what you learn in the classroom as soon as you return to the office. We offer:

SEC401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
Security 504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
Security 560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
SEC508: System Forensics, Investigation and Response
MGT512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials For Managers with Knowledge Compression ™
Management 414: SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam
Security 542: Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
Special: DIACAP + Validation: In-Depth

GIAC certification attempts are available, and many of these certs align with DoD 8570 requirements. See http://www.giac.org/8570/ for more details.

In addition to these five- and six-day courses, SANS Virginia Beach 2009 will also offer short, one- and two-day, skills-based courses. Choose a short course to round out your training and save up to 50% on your extra training. Visit our Event-at-a-Glance page for complete course descriptions for all of the courses offered in Virginia Beach.

“It was a great refresher for me, and I even learned a couple new techniques that should be of immediate value top me and my employer.” - William McGlasson, SELCO Community Credit Union (SEC401)

“This course (SEC504) enhances security skills and is a good value to security administrators or incident analysts.” - Chris McDonald, KAZ Group

Bring the entire family to the Sheraton Oceanfront for SANS Virginia Beach 2009 and
spend Labor Day Weekend at the beach. This area offers 35 miles of beaches, and the shoreline is just the beginning of its adventures. A discounted room rate is available to SANS students until August 6, but space is limited so book early!

“Getting hands-on experience with the latest tools and having fun learning gives SANS an edge no other training organization has yet mastered.” - Jason Fowler, UBC

Register by July 15 and receive a $350 tuition fee discount! This event has a history of filling up quickly, so register today to join us at SANS Virginia Beach 2009!

The SANS Virtualization Security Summit brings together industry leaders to help enterprises realize the enormous benefits of virtualization while addressing the new security challenges that it creates. You'll discuss the latest processes and tools for securing your virtualized systems in open forums designed to bring you together with both industry experts and your peers facing the same day-to-day challenges.

The conference is designed for community colleges interested in an integrated approach to sustainability, adding ‘green’ curriculum, sharing best practices, building ‘green’ facilities, plus much more!



Keynote speakers include:

· Barbara Halsey, Executive Director, Workforce Investment Board

· Fred Harris, Assistant Vice-Chancellor, College Finance and Facilities Planning, California Community College Systems Office

· Dave Thorman, State Architect, Division of the State Architect

· Dr. Randall Beeman, Professor of History, Bakersfield College

· Dr. Woodrow W. Clark, Author and Co-editor on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an organization created by the United Nations that was named co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.





Who Should Attend?

· Sustainability Coordinators

Faculty, Staff and Students
Community Colleges Administrators
Curriculum Development Committee
Academic Senate Members
Classified Senate Members
Workforce Development Staff and Managers
Department Directors
Facility Managers
Construction Contractors
Anyone Interested in Sustainability

How to Optimize Recruitment, Improve Retention, and Lower Costs

The economy, shifting demographics, and globalization have increased the level of competition among institutions to recruit and retain students, and are driving
institutions to redefine what constitutes quality services and how they are delivered. CRM is a crucial component of this re-conceptualization.

In this webcast, Nicole Engelbert, Lead Analyst, Datamonitor, will explore new ways to adopt CRM in higher education to drive down costs and improve service levels.

We will also be joined by Linda Thompson of Minnesota Online. She will share how Minnesota Online is optimizing the student experience from first inquiry through course completion maximizing prospect conversion and student retention rates.

This summer in Boston, SANS will be providing exceptional computer and Internet security training on August 2-10, 2009. Managers and hands-on technical staff at all levels will want to attend this event to further your knowledge and skills in information security. Get the training and certification you need to stay ahead of the attackers.

SANS Boston 2009 features these top-rated courses:

SEC401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style *
SEC504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling *
SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
SEC508: Computer Forensics, Investigation, and Response
MGT512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials for Managers with Knowledge Compression™ *
MGT414: SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam *
AUD507: Auditing Networks, Perimeters & Systems *
SEC542: Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking

Visit our Event-at-a-Glance page for complete course descriptions for all of the courses offered in Boston. There you will find that in addition to these five- and six-day courses, SANS Boston 2009 will also offer additional short, one- and two-day, skills-based courses. Choose a short course to round out your training and save up to 50% on your extra training. Maximize your investment with the best training your money can buy!

*Courses at SANS Boston 2009 that align with the DoD 8570 Baseline. GIAC certification attempts are also available for the above courses.

With a reputation for being the most trusted source for information security training and an eagerness to help you meet your training objectives, SANS is the best choice for IT security education.

“SANS provides by far the most in-depth security training with the true experts in the field as instructors.” - Mark Smith, Costco Wholesale

“In-depth information provided by some of the best knowledgeable resources in the business,” - Paul Janes, Corning, Inc.

The Hyatt Regency Boston is just one block from the Boston Commons, the Freedom Trail, and great shopping. You are just steps away from Fenway Park and China Town. SANS has arranged for discounted room rates of $199 S/D which include high-speed Internet access in your room. Make your reservations now as this special rate is only available through July 7, 2009.

“As a newbie to the industry, I would highly recommend SANS as a great way to immerse yourself in everything security related. Attending a SANS security conference is like moving to a foreign country to learn the language—learning by doing—learn from those around you. It’s the only way to go.” - Mark McDermott, MATT KASAP, Inc.

So start making your training and travel plans now and let your colleagues and friends know about SANS Boston 2009. We look forward to seeing you there.

Join SANS in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where we bring you SANS IMPACT 2009 on 27 July - 1 August. Register today and receive the best computer and internet security training available anywhere! This event will be hosted our colleagues at IMPACT, the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Threats, the first global public-private cyber security initiative. IMPACT is dedicated to bringing together governments, industry leaders and cyber security experts to enhance the global community's capacity to prevent and respond to cyber threats. IMPACT''s permanent secretariat is headquartered in Cyberjaya, Malaysia approximately 50 km south of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital city.

Join SANS in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where we bring you SANS IMPACT 2009 on 27 July - 1 August. Register today and receive the best computer and internet security training available anywhere! This event will be hosted our colleagues at IMPACT, the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Threats, the first global public-private cyber security initiative. IMPACT is dedicated to bringing together governments, industry leaders and cyber security experts to enhance the global community's capacity to prevent and respond to cyber threats. IMPACT''s permanent secretariat is headquartered in Cyberjaya, Malaysia approximately 50 km south of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital city.

e-Learning and Instructional Support is presenting an e-Cornucopia Conference that will be held on July 23rd 2009. We are primarily promoting this to staff and administrators from off-campus because we will be talking about how to set up online teaching technology tools as well as having workshops on how to use the tools. Faculty at Oakland University are welcome as well at a reduced rate (breakfast and lunch).

This link will take you to a little video we have made for the conference. All details including registration and the agenda can be reached by clicking on the link under the video.
http://www2.oakland.edu/elis/confvid.cfm

Register at http://www2.oakland.edu/elis/conference.cfm

Nic Bongers
Instructional Graphic Designer
p: 248.370.3154
e: bongers@oakland.edu

The International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL) brings together academic research and practical applications of e-Learning from all areas. ICEL brings together varied groups of people with different perspectives, seeking to bring top research and proven best practices together into one location, for the purposes of helping practitioners find ways to put research into practice, and for researchers to gain an understanding of additional real-world problems.

This event showcases how widely unified communications and collaborations are deployed and the challenges and benefits they present. At this event, you will find:
1. Advice from experts in the industry
2. Interactive panel discussions of the issues and opportunities involved
3. Benchmarks by which you can compare your campus with others
4. Open sharing of experiences among campuses
Featured presenters include: Jay Lassman, Gartner; Gary Audin, Delphi; Phillip Beidelman, WTC Consulting

The 2009 Cohesive IP Solutions for Security and Disaster Challenges conference is focused on the use of IP related technologies during seurity or disaster events. Speakers from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, FEMA, Virginia Tech, the University of Richmond, as well as various industry speakers will present on how IP technology can be a value during these types of challenges. Topics include: The Use of Social Media During Disasters, Virginia Interoperability Picture for Emergency Response ( VIPER), Disaster Management Open Platform for Emergency networks (DM-OPEN), and Telework: The Technology Behind The Decision.

Register at http://ipsolutions.richmond.edu The fee of $150 includes presentations, the Sunday reception as well as Breakfast and Lunch on Monday and Tuesday. All event functions are being held at the University of Richmond Alumni Center, space is limited.

SANS returns to the Mile High City for SANS Rocky Mountain 2009, July 7-13, in Denver, Colorado! Now more than ever, hands-on experience will set you apart from others in the field, so don't miss this opportunity to register today for the best hands-on computer security training money can buy!

We're offering these popular SANS courses emphasizing penetration testing, computer forensics, and certifications for managers and technical staff alike:

• Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style (GSEC meets DoD8570 IAT II)
• Security 560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking (GPEN)
• Management 512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials For Managers with Knowledge Compression(TM) (GSLC certification meets DoD 8570 IAM I, II, III)
• Management 414: SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam (CISSP cert meets DoD8570 IAM II, III)
• Security 617: Wireless Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing, and Defense (GAWN)

SANS Rocky Mountain 2009 takes place at the Grand Hyatt Denver amidst the beauty of the American Rockies. A discounted rate will be available through June 15, so mark your calendar and start making your travel plans now.

When you attend SANS Rocky Mountain 2009, you will see the SANS promise in action - what you learn in the classroom you will be able to use immediately upon returning to the office. Here's what some of our students have to say:

The course is priceless. There's no other place where you can pick at the brain of a seasoned security expert for a week! - Robert Sukhwani, SAIC

The best overall comprehensive course I have ever taken. The instructor was awesome. Great experience, great information. - Susan Riedel, Wells Fargo Bank
If you want training from the trusted source for information security, go straight to SANS.
- Tracey Pintell-Quade, Eagan, McAllister Associates, Inc.

With a reputation for being the most trusted source for information security training and an eagerness to help you meet your training objectives, SANS is the best choice for IT security education. So let your colleagues and friends know about SANS Rocky Mountain 2009. We look forward to seeing you all in Denver!

The Eighth European Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ECIW) is an opportunity for academics, practitioners and consultants from Europe and elsewhere who are involved in the study, management, development and implementation of systems and concepts to combat information warfare or to improve information systems security to come together and exchange ideas. There are several strong strands of research and interest that are developing in the area including the understanding of threats and risks to information systems, the development of a strong security culture, as well as incident detection and post incident investigation. This conference is continuing to establish itself as a key event for individuals working in the field from around the world.

Expressions of interest are invited for attendance at a two-day international mini-conference on eLearning 2.0. The conference explores the impact of Web 2.0 on Technology Enhanced Learning and involves keynote lectures and invited presentations. The conference aims to explore the impact of Web 2.0 on Technology Enhanced Learning. The next generation of eLearning, eLearning 2.0, will involve computer-based communication, information sharing, inter-operability, and collaboration to support learning. Evolving technologies that impact on learning include web-based communities, hosted services, and applications such as social-networking sites (e.g Facebook, Twitter), video-sharing sites (e.g. YouTube), video and audio podcasting, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies (e.g. Delicious). The conference aims to examine the impact and potential exploitation of these technologies in an educational setting.

The Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia is a scholarly society for people committed to the advancement of higher and tertiary education. It promotes the development of higher education policy, practice and the study of teaching and learning.

HERDSA’s purpose is to advance education in the higher and tertiary sector; facilitate the improvement
of teaching and learning; encourage and disseminate research on teaching, learning, development,
leadership and policy, and recognise and reward outstanding contributions to higher and tertiary
education. The annual conference attracts members and non-members from around the world and is a
prestigious event on the international Teaching and Learning and Higher Education conference circuit.

Please join us as we present SANS Singapore 2009 on July 6 - 11! We are partnering with COSEINC to present three of SANS' most popular courses. With attackers leveraging huge numbers of hosts to overwhelm common defense mechanisms it is vital that we defend our organization's resources and networks. This means being educated about current threats and vulnerabilities and how to combat them. Let SANS help you get up to speed fast!

The 2009 SANS What works in Forensics and Incident Response Summit being held in Washington DC on July 6 & 7 gives you access to the state of the art in computer forensic techniques. Top industry leaders, forensics and incident response professionals and vendors will discuss the latest defenses and technologies in a series of highly interactive sessions focused on effective incident response and mitigation, forensic analysis, recovery as a result of a data breach and e-Discovery requests.

As governments seek to remodel and restyle their services, e-Government continues to arouse interest and attention. New dynamic issues such as e-democracy, e-citizenship, e-Identity and e-voting have become core elements in the development of public sector delivery. The multi-tier nature of e-Government, relevant at local government, central government but also at the supranational level such as the European Union, makes it of importance to academics and practitioners alike. Vital questions are posed which link technological development and a streamlining of government services to more social based values of inclusion, accessibility and power relationship ratios



e-Government encompasses more than just technology – it challenges the way in which public sector service providers and citizens interact. Democratic renewal, the transformation of service delivery, community leadership and citizenship integration are all key elements of this fascinating subject.

SANS returns to Australia's capital 29 June-4 July, 2009! SANS and Shearwater Solutions partner once again to bring you four top-ranked courses at SANS Canberra 2009.

In SANS tradition, we offer you a classic selection of hands-on training that is relevant to the challenges you face each day as an information security professional. Shearwater Solutions' director and founder, Mark Hofman, will be teaching at this event along with other industry experts who are certified SANS instructors.

The ResNet Symposium offers attendees a variety of opportunities to learn about new technologies, investigate support models, develop staff management techniques, discuss academic initiatives, and interact with peers and colleagues. The Symposium brings together administrators and student technology specialists who plan, purchase, implement and support student and residential technologies from public and private institutions in the US, Canada and abroad.

The European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies (ECRM 2009) is an opportunity for academics to share the latest thinking on research strategies, tactics and paradigms. The variety of methods in common use and the continuing debate on what constitutes ‘new knowledge’ makes this a lively field and one which affects all academics and others involved in business research. The search for new ideas, new methodologies and even new paradigms is both endless and fascinating. This conference offers an opportunity to engage with contemporary thinking in Business research and join in the sometimes lively debates, inside and outside of the formal sessions, that are a regular feature of the conference.

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is hosting a first-of-its-kind showcase event designed to explore the convergence of learning and entertainment technologies, as well as the benefits of, and business case for, games and simulations for learning and performance. The 2009 Learning and Entertainment Evolution Forum takes place on June 18 and 19, 2009, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

An interactive professional development event, the forum’s focus is "Games & Simulations for Performance." LEEF features keynote sessions, analysis and discussion of industry case studies, high-tech demonstrations, and networking. Attendees of this cross-industry conference will include learning leaders, entertainment developers, designers of leading-edge technologies, business decision makers, creative entrepreneurs and researchers who are focused on using emerging tools and solutions to improve performance and enhance learning.

Noted author and simulation designer Clark Aldrich is a keynote presenter at the forum. He will present “The Business and Learning Results of Games and Simulations.” This event will showcase the convergence of learning and entertainment technologies and explore the benefits of, and business case for, games and simulations for learning and performance.
The potential impact of brain research on game and simulation design is the topic of the forum’s other keynote session presented by Julie Dirksen, Director of Online Training at RMC Project Management, and Rick Van Sant, Faculty in Residence in the Center for Teaching and Learning at Ferris State University. “Playing with the Brain: The Impact Of Brain Research On Game And Simulation Design,” will explore synergies between the disciplines to consider how neuroscience findings can enhance game and simulation design.
Reserve your seat for this event now! Registration and additional details about LEEF are available at www.LEEF2009.net. For more information, call 717.901.5167 or e-mail LEEF@HarrisburgU.net

We invite you to join us for the 2nd Sloan-C International Symposium on Emerging Technology Applications for Online Learning. The Symposium brings together people who are interested in the ways emerging technologies are transforming education by addressing challenges in learning, affordability, accessibility and faculty and student satisfaction.

Co-located in San Francisco with Moodle Moot 2009, the Symposium is offered as an onsite event as well as a Virtual Symposium streamed live from the San Francisco event. Online registration is now open; Early Bird pricing ends May 17th.

EduComm 2009 is the year's premier higher education technology conference, where the nation's top-tier executives and managers gather in the incomparable surroundings of The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes Resort for three days of stimulating intellectual debate on how emerging technologies are transforming today's—and tomorrow's—college campus.

SANSFIRE 2009 is only six months away, and we are assembling a program that will surpass all past SANSFIRE events in terms of courses, talks, vendor demonstrations, and opportunities for career advancement. Life is fast-paced and exciting at the Internet Storm Center, which will again provide evening talks and additional content for SANSFIRE. At the end of 2008 we had to cope with yet another Internet Explorer 0-day spread by infected Web sites, and there have been several other incidents that we will be discussing and dissecting during the evening talks.

Unlike previous years, SANSFIRE 2009 will be located in Baltimore, Maryland, and runs from June 13-22. Mark your calendars now and plan to join us in one of the mid-Atlantic's most beautifully restored downtown areas.

Carnegie Mellon has partnered with the SANS Institute to offer SANS'
Developer 422: Web Application Security Essentials, on June 2 - 3, 2009 at Carnegie Mellon.
http://www.cmu.edu/computing/news/security/2009/apr/041409-1.html

Developer 422: Web Application Security Essentials will help you understand the fundamental reasons behind the Web vulnerabilities, which will then enable you to properly defend your organization's Web assets. Mitigation strategies from an infrastructure, architecture, and coding perspective will be discussed alongside real-world implementations that really work. The key security problem areas of Web applications will be covered.

The course will be taught by SANS' own Dr. Johannes Ullrich, Ph.D. As
Chief Research Officer for the SANS Institute, Johannes is currently responsible for the SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC) and the GIAC Gold program.

The course will be offered at a special discount price of $400 per student for educational and government institutions. Course registration is through the SANS course registration website at http://www.sans.org/info/42993

Seats are limited, so please register as soon as you can.

The Portal 2009 Conference: uses, users, and usability is the fourth annual event. Focusing on portals in higher education, this conference encourages the sharing of ideas and networking with peers.

Mark your calendars now! Join us for the 2009 Penetration Testing & Web Application Attacks Summit in Las Vegas on June 1 & 2. The summit theme will focus on maximizing the business value of penetration tests through cutting-edge technical skills in light of the latest compliance requirements. Every session will be devoted to sharing skills and techniques to help organizations derive more business value from in-depth technical penetration tests. Some of the world's best pen testers will share their coolest secrets for finding and exploiting flaws, determining the associated business risks, and making an effective case for enterprise management to prioritize resources in mitigating flaws. Over a dozen sessions by industry-leading experts will cover must-have new tools, countless time-saving tactics, and tips for effective compliance reporting.

Please join us for the 2009 Sixth Annual Games for Change Festival, May 27 - 29, in New York City! This is the only event dedicated to the exciting new movement of video games for social change - games about poverty, global conflict, climate change. Called "the Sundance of video games" for "socially-responsible game-makers" we're building a new genre of video game - games to change the world - for the better.

This year's festival features an Opening Keynote by Pulitzer-Prize winning author and world-changing New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof who will give us a sneak peek into his new book, television show and video game!

Other festival highlights include a fireside chat with preeminent games and learning scholars Jim Gee and Henry Jenkins; an interactive game design session by leading game designer Eric Zimmerman; and a closing keynote by Lucy Bradshaw, Executive Producer of Spore, and one of the 10 Most Influential Women In Games.

And don't miss our Games Expo, where festival-goers can see and play these new games firsthand in a lively and media-friendly reception. And this year will see the first-ever Knight News Game Award, sponsored the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Come see how games are being used to address key events and issues in the news!

Back by popular demand "Let the Games Begin: 101 Workshop on Making Social Issue Games," our pre-festival day-long workshop for newbies on May 27th! (2008 MacArthur Foundation's DML Competition award-winner) This workshop is a soup-to-nuts tutorial on the fundamentals of social issue games. Vital to those who are new to designing learning games but passionate about social issues, the workshop features leading experts on game design, fundraising, evaluation, youth participation, distribution, and press strategies. The 101 Workshop on Making Social Issue Games is made possible through the generous support of the AMD Foundation.

There are also special festival events for journalists, researchers, and funders.

Festival panelists and speakers include: 

Ian Bogost, CEO of Persuasive Games and author of Unit Operations: An Approach to Videogame Criticism
Heather Chaplin, journalist (NPR, NYT) and author of Smartbomb: The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution.
Mary Flanagan, Director of the Tiltfactor Lab
Tracy Fullerton, Assistant Professor, USC, Interactive Media
Judith Helfand, Independent filmmaker
Frank Lantz, CEO Area Code; Acting Director, NYU Game Center
John Nordlinger, Senior Research Manager, Microsoft
Ian Rowe, former head of Public Affairs at mTV
Katie Salen, Executive Director, Institute of Play; Associate Professor, Design and Technology Department, Parsons The New School for Design
Seth Scheisel, New York Times game critic and technology journalist
Kurt Squire, Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Constance Steinkuehler, Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison
Clive Thompson, Contributor, The New York Times, Wired
Among many others.

A recent Pew Report showing that 97% of teenagers playing games, noted that "some particular qualities of game play have a strong and consistent positive relationship to a range of civic outcomes" making games perhaps one of the most powerful media of our day for learning and civic engagement. The Annual Games for Change Festival brings together the world's leading foundations, NGOs, game-makers, academics, and journalists to explore this potential and how best to harness games in addressing the most critical issues of our day, from poverty to climate change, global conflicts to human rights. And some of these new games are being played by (literally) millions of people of all ages.

For more information, visit http://www.gamesforchange.org/fest2009. We look forward to seeing you all there!

The 35th Annual International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology (IASSIST) conference will be held in collaboration with the International Federation of Data Organizations for the Social Science (IFDO). Hosted by the Finnish Social Science Data Archive and the University of Tampere, IASSIST/IFDO 2009 will take place in Tampere, Finland, 26-29 May, 2009.

The theme of this year's conference, Mobile Data and the Life Cycle is intended to stimulate discussion around creation, collection, sharing, storage, preservation, dissemination, confidentiality, licensing and access to data in a world that is becoming increasingly mobile.

The Celebrating Hispanic Entrepreneurship Conference, sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation, is a two-day forum that exposes the participants to:

• Research in Hispanic entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurship education
• Market evidence in entrepreneurship success
• Initiatives in technology transfer and innovative enterprises at The
University of Texas at El Paso

Join us May 18–20, 2009, in Monte Verità, Switzerland, for three days of active interaction among innovative practitioners and researchers in computing systems, broadly construed. Continuing the HotOS tradition, participants will present and discuss new ideas about computer systems research and how technological advances and new applications are shaping our computational infrastructure.

SANS is pleased to announce SANS Melbourne 2009 taking place 11-16 May. We’re bringing our most popular course, SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style, right to Melbourne. Register today and get the best hands-on training money can buy!

You gave us your feedback, and we listened. We are pleased to deliver Amsterdam as your destination for SANS Secure Europe 2009, and we hope you will join us for the following schedule of courses and instructors:

11-16 May:

- SEC508: System Forensics, Investigations & Response by Jess Garcia
- SEC542: Web Applications Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking by Seth Misenar
- SEC560: Network Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking by Arrigo Triulzi

18-23 May:

- SEC401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style by Jim Herbeck
- SEC502: Perimeter Protection In-Depth by George Bakos
- SEC504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling by Pieter Danhieux

The SANS Promise

What sets SANS training apart is up-to-date courseware written and brought to life in the classroom by instructors who are practitioners in the field. SANS training is intense, but we promise that you will be able to apply what you learn as soon as you get back to the office.

Our past alumni have said:

“Great conference! Between the course, the evening sessions and the networking opportunities, this was a very valuable and worthwhile week!” - Rob Veit, Jazz Air

“SANS really understands how to process information in a meaningful way!” - Michael Otto, Vale Inco Ltd.

“SANS courses give you a great opportunity to get the most up-to-date knowledge and skills being guided by the experienced professionals.” -
Andrzej Musial, Ernst & Young

“I always try to ensure that a SANS class is in my annual training plan. This class has validated that strategy and is one of the best I have attended.” - Greg Cunningham, WRSC

Training Venue

We hope you will take this opportunity to boost your skills and knowledge in one of Europe’s biggest hubs. The conference venue, the Radisson SAS Hotel – a unique atrium hotel designed from 18th century merchant houses, a former paper factory and a 19th century vicarage—is located in the heart of the city and is easily accessible by car or public transportation. (http://www.sans.org/info/37949)


We look forward to seeing you in Amsterdam in May. Plan to register by 1 April and save 350 Euros on tuition!

Learning and Tecnology: A Capital Idea!

Mark your calendars for the 2nd annual Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE) International Conference 2009.

Registration Now Open!

Where: Fairmont Châteacu Laurier Hotel, Ottawa, ON
When: May 10-13, 2009
Website: www.learningconference.ca

Join colleagues from across the education spectrum and spend three inspirational, informative and energizing days discussing, debating and exploring the integration of learning and technology.

Please join us in San Diego May 8-16 for the best security training money can buy! You'll find 13 outstanding course offerings brought to you by our top rated instructors. Improve your information security skills while enjoying the fun and sun of San Diego!

SANS is bringing over 15 courses to Toronto this spring in our largest Canadian event ever! Join us for SANS Toronto 2009, May 5-13. Auditors, software developers, and security professionals at all levels will benefit from attending this training event, so start making your plans now!

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SANS is proud to be back in the "Big Easy" for SANS Security East 2009 on May 4-12 with our top rated instructors and 21 outstanding course offerings. Now is truly the time to improve your information security skills and let the good times roll!
Join us in New Orleans at SANS Security East 2009, May 4-12, for the best security training your money can buy. And during our evening presentations we'll share the latest threats as well as new advances in electronic discovery, penetration testing, computer forensics, and more.

Today, almost 80% of economic value creation is based on intangible resources. However, most organizations still do not know how to reveal the value of these resources and how to give direction to future value creation. The concept of intellectual capital gives intangibles ‘a body’ and therefore makes it possible to measure, communicate and interpret them. This conference combines theory and practice and gives a state-of-the-art overview of intellectual capital measurement and management.

In June 1999 The Netherlands hosted the OECD international symposium on: ”Measuring and reporting intellectual capital; experiences, issues, and prospects”. This symposium turned out to be a milestone in the development of the intellectual capital movement. For the first time in history researchers and practitioners from all over the world joined together to discuss the progress made in the field of measurement and reporting of intellectual capital. Many of today’s IC initiatives are rooted in this OECD symposium (e.g. Danish Guideline, the MERITUM project and others). In 2009 it will be 10 years since this groundbreaking symposium took place and it is time to take stock of the developments over the last 10 years. What progress did we make in raising awareness, developing robust measurement and reporting methods, and helping organizations to better manage their IC?

The Sixth Annual Sloan-C Workshop on Blended Learning and Higher
Education will take place April 27 and 28, 2009. This year's theme
"Getting the Best of Both Worlds" will focus on how institutions are
using blended learning to maximize resources and improve learning.

*** To learn more about this event and to stay informed, please join our
e-mail list:
http://visitor.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?m=1101476507669 ***

Share your expertise and great ideas at the 2009 workshop!
Blended learning is sweeping higher education and fast becoming a
strategy for institutional and student success. How are you using
blended learning? Come tell us.

CALL FOR "GREAT IDEA" PRESENTATIONS
A "Great Idea" presentation should be an effective business or
instructional practice that you've used in your blended efforts. We're
looking for business strategies institutions incorporate for the
successful implementation of a blended learning initiative and
instructional strategies that provide models for incorporating online
and f2f teaching, including the instructional design process, principles
and guidelines.

"Great Idea" presentations will occur throughout the two days during the
plenary sessions. Presenters will have ten minutes and be limited to
three slides. "Great Idea" presenters will receive a 20% discount on
registration.

Submit proposals online by March 13, 2009:
www.blendedworkshop.uic.edu/greatideas.htm

CALL FOR POSTER SESSIONS
Poster sessions provide an opportunity to share an emerging practice or
pedagogical model. Sessions may present a report of a research study, a
problem solving solution, a unique organizational structure, or a course
outline that may be of interest to the serials community.

Posters will be on display during the Networking Reception on Monday,
April 27. Presenters should be available to discuss their topics during
the two-hour reception. Poster presenters will receive a 20% discount
off the workshop registration fee.

Submit proposals online by March 13, 2009:
www.blendedworkshop.uic.edu/poster.htm

The Sloan-C Workshop on Blended Learning and Higher Education is the
only workshop dedicated solely to blended learning in higher education.
The workshop gathers nearly 200 faculty, administrators, instructional
media designers and student services professionals from two- and
four-year institutions of higher education from around the world.

Tell a Friend
If you have colleagues who should submit a proposal, please tell them
about this opportunity to showcase their work.

We look forward to seeing you this April!

For more information contact:
Katie Weinstein
blended@uic.edu
(312) 355-0423

Join us in Boston, MA, April 22–24, 2009, for NSDI '09, which will focus on the design principles of large-scale networks and distributed systems. NSDI will bring together researchers from across the networking and systems community in fostering cross-disciplinary approaches and addressing shared research challenges.

The second annual Technology Day conference will be held Friday, April 17th in the John E. Reeve’s Conference Center at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Seventh Avenue at 27th Street in New York City.

This year the theme is "Trend Spotting" and will focus on FIT’s diverse and unique use of technology in all the disciplines. The conference will provide teaching professionals with the most up-to-date technology, tools, trends and strategies for the classroom featuring workshops and presentations centered on existing and emerging hardware and software in the following tracks:
1. Use of technology in the classroom
2. Business and Technology - professional application for training and development
3. Art and Design - imaging/design and multimedia technology software/hardware used
in the fine arts

Featured Speakers:
Anthony Salcito, General Manager for Microsoft Education
Lester Ray, Market Development Executive from Apple Inc.

USENIX Association is hosting a Boston lecture on April 16th - Next Generation Storage Networking. Since storage networking technologies tend to be costly, there will be discussion of the relative cost of different technologies and of strategies for managing cost and achieving results on a limited budget. Click below for more details and to register:

http://usenixontheroadboston.eventbrite.com/?discount=MBA3240

Whether your focus is administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management, you can benefit from attending the Sixth Annual EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference. Join us at the Hotel Nikko San Francisco to:

* Hear from innovators and forward thinkers about current and emerging best practices in higher education information services
* Connect with others in positions similar to yours to exchange experiences and explore ways to tackle common challenges
* Learn about what’s going on in the profession and at the institutions in your area

The theme, “Finding Common Ground Among Shifting Technologies and Expectations,” sets the tone for exploration of shared challenges and the possibility of shared solutions. Although we come from different backgrounds (institution size, funding model, Carnegie class), we face very similar technological issues and opportunities. Likewise, we share the same goal of providing excellent service to our faculty, staff, and students in order to provide optimal teaching and learning opportunities. This conference provides a golden opportunity for outreach and collaboration.

SANS is pleased to be returning to Northern Virginia this spring for SANS Tysons Corner 2009, April 13-22, where we'll be providing exceptional computer and Internet security training. Auditors, managers, and hands-on technical staff at all levels will want to attend this important industry event.

Missouri S&T Second Annual Teaching and Learning Technology Conference April 9-10, 2009

Educational Technology at Missouri University of Science and Technology (S&T) will be hosting its second annual Teaching and Learning Technology Conference in the Havener Center at the S&T campus in Rolla, Missouri on April 9-10, 2009. Presentations will explore how technology has transformed teaching from traditional methods to more virtual environments.

Keynote speakers:

• Dr. Stephen Ehrmann, Director of the Flashlight Program on Assessment and Evaluation for the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Group (tltgroup.org).
• Dr. Bryan Carter, Associate Professor of English at the University of Central Missouri, who has a great deal of experience in using virtual worlds to enhance his instruction (e.g. Second Life).

Other presenters include a diverse array of faculty and staff from Missouri S&T and around the world.

If you are interested in attending this conference, please visit the EdTech web site (edtech.mst.edu) for the registration information. Registered attendees will be eligible to win a number of door prizes (including a SMART Board!).

Merit Network is pleased to present two seminars by noted information architecture consultant Louis Rosenfeld. "Site Search Analytics for a Better User Experience" and "Enterprise Information Architecture" have been presented on three continents and have helped hundreds of web professionals to improve their sites and improve user experience. Please follow the link for complete information about each seminar. You can register to attend either seminar or register for both and save substantially. Special early registration prices are available through January 6, 2010. Limited student seats are also available.

Site Search Analytics for a Better User Experience
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Search engine logs provide information professionals with an often-neglected pot of gold: query data that describes what your users really want from your site. In this seminar Lou Rosenfeld—co-author of the forthcoming Search Analytics for your Site: Conversations With Your Customers—will introduce the essentials of site search analytics and show you how spending even an hour a week analyzing your search queries can help tune and improve your site and expose new opportunities for improving your online strategy.

Fine Tuning IT Solutions:
Join us for the 36th annual SIGUCCS Management Symposium. Fine tune your ideas and share your insights with colleagues and peers from other higher education institutions. Establish long-lasting professional relationships. Enhance your management and leadership skills and learn new strategies in an energizing and relaxing environment.

The Windows in Higher Education conference is an approximately annual event that brings together a unique combination of technical presentations from peers and Microsoft product experts. This three-day event takes place on the Microsoft campus to maximize access to top-tier Microsoft speakers and is an excellent opportunity to learn about deployments of various Microsoft technologies and products at other institutions. The target audience is technical staff and technical managers.

Information warfare and computer security are at the forefront of modern defence Cyber Strategies. Strong strands of research and interest are developing in the area, including the understanding of threats and risks to information systems, the development of a strong security culture, as well as incident detection and post incident investigation in addition to the offensive areas associated with information operations such as perception management and strategic communications. The International Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ICIW) offers an opportunity for academics, practitioners and consultants from the US, North America and elsewhere who are involved in the study, management, development and implementation of systems and concepts related to information warfare or are interested in ways to improve information systems security, to come together and exchange ideas. This conference is continuing to establish itself as a key event for individuals working in the field from around the world.

The International Conference on Information Management and Evaluation (ICIME) provides a forum for both researchers and practitioners to come together to develop their understanding of both theory and practice in all aspects of IT/IS management and evaluation. The wide scope of ICIME reflects the increased use of technology to manage information in and between organizations of all types and sizes across the globe. ICIME 2010 will provide opportunities for people working and researching in the field to come together both formally and informally to share their knowledge and expertise.



The advisory group for the conference invites submissions of papers, and panel and workshop proposals on both the theory and practice of all aspects of IT/IS management and evaluation. The conference in March 2010 seeks quantitative, qualitative and experience-based papers, case studies and research-in-progress from industry and academe. Research in progress, case studies, poster submissions and proposals for roundtable discussions based on the main themes are also invited. Practitioner contributions and product demonstrations relevant to the conference are also invited

Whether your focus is administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management, you can benefit from attending the Seventh Annual EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference. Join us at the InterContinental Chicago to:

* Hear from innovators and forward thinkers about current and emerging best practices in higher education information services
* Connect with others in positions similar to yours to exchange experiences and explore ways to tackle common challenges
* Learn about what’s going on in the profession and at the institutions in your area

This year’s conference, “Intersections: Emerging, Commonly Accepted, and Best Practices in Higher Education IT,” will provide faculty and staff from libraries, teaching and learning environments, decentralized IT, and centralized IT with the chance to learn new and better ways of leading, using, and managing technology to meet mission-critical needs.

This seminar is a technical crash course on the various methods for managing data storage over time. As data capacities grow it becomes even more vital to control costs by managing the life cycle of information across multiple tiers of storage devices. Ultimately, data that must be retained forever (or for a very long time) needs to be stored in a safe and secure way and at an affordable cost. The seminar does not focus on specific products from specific vendors, rather it describes the major problem areas and the underlying architectures of the various solutions on the market today. The seminar assumes a basic familiarity with servers, storage devices, and common methods for archiving and backing up data. It is suitable for both technical and semi-technical audiences.

Whether your focus is administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management, you can benefit from attending the annual NERCOMP conference. Join us in Providence to:

* Hear from innovators and forward thinkers about current and emerging best practices in higher education information services
* Connect with others in positions similar to yours to exchange experiences and explore ways to tackle common challenges
* Learn about what’s going on in the profession and at the institutions in your area

This year's conference, "Creative Intersections, Wise Collaborations, and Sustainable Technology," will explore how the many challenges in higher education IT form crossroads of opportunity for us to work together across our campuses, and with our peers in other institutions across the country, to find sustainable solutions and best practices for today and tomorrow. From teaching and learning to enterprise systems and from e-research support to IT leadership, we have much to share and much to learn. This conference will broaden your horizon while narrowing in on the issues that cross your desk(top) each day.

SANS returns to Orlando, Florida, and the Walt Disney Resort for SANS 2009! Join us March 2-9, 2009 for the best in network and computer security training. Start making your travel plans now!

Choose from 35 courses that are packed with immediately useful techniques and tools. These are the five-and six-day courses that will raise your level of security knowledge!
Security 401 SANS Security Essentials **
Security 503 Intrusion Detection In-Depth **
Security 504 Hacker Techniques, Exploits and Incident Handling **
Audit 507 Auditing Networks, Perimeters & Systems *
Management 414 SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam *
Management 512 SANS Security Leadership Essentials for Managers *
Security 301 Intro to Information Security (formerly SEC309) *
Security 501 Advanced Security Essentials -- Enclave Defender
Security 502 Perimeter Protection In-Depth
Legal 523 Legal Issues in Information Technology and Information Security
Audit 410 IT Security Audit & Control Essentials
Management 525 Project Management and Effective Communications for Security Professionals and Managers
Security 505 Securing Windows
Security 506 Securing Unix/Linux
Security 508 Computer Forensics, Investigation, and Response
Security 540 VoIP Security
Security 560 Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
Security 617 Wireless Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing, and Defenses
Security 610 Reverse-Engineering Malware: Malware Analysis Tools and Techniques
Security 542 Web Application Penetration Testing In-Depth
Security 709 Developing Exploits for Penetration Testers and Security Researchers
* Courses offered at SANS 2009 in alignment with DoD Directive 8570 requirements for Baseline IA Certifications. For more information see http://www.sans.org/8570/
** Courses that align with GSE Certification.

Our top instructors, the Voices that Matter, will be on hand to teach our courses at SANS 2009. They are: Dr. Eric Cole, Ed Skoudis, Chris Brenton, James Tarala, John Strand, Rob Lee, Stephen Northcutt, Mike Poor, and Kevin Johnson.

SANS' national events are known for their evening events, and SANS 2009 is no exception! Be sure to include in your plans our extensive Vendor Tools Expo & Reception where you'll see live demonstrations of cutting-edge technologies. There will also be numerous SANS Lunch & Learn presentations and Cocktail Briefs to help you find the right mix of tools and solutions for your company's unique challenges. Our SANS@Night Series will feature presentations on the most current topics in information security by some of the best speakers in the industry, such as:
The Enemy Within - Detecting Suspicious Network Traffic via Security Visualization Techniques - Andy Patrick. This hands-on class will provide examples of some of the more effective new Visualization Techniques of ferreting out potentially compromised hosts.

Defense in Depth is dead... Long live Defense in Depth! - John Strand. Why is it when we do everything right we still get hacked?

The Law of E-mail Retention and E-Discovery - Ben Wright. A hot topic in litigation is the discovery of electronic records such as e-mail. Mr. Wright will offer some practical suggestions and predictions for the future.
Keep an eye on our Web site and watch this list grow!

At SANS 2009, you will have countless opportunities to expand your network of security experts and friends, and you'll learn more than you can imagine. Of course, there's fun for the entire family, too, as this event takes place right on the Disney property, minutes from EPCOT and Disney-MGM studios. (http://www.disneyworld.com) This year, SANS 2009 coincides with ESPN Weekend, which will feature live ESPN telecasts, motorcades, interview sessions with famous athletes, and an interactive sports zone.

For your lodging needs, our event will be held at Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resorts. SANS

Whether your focus is administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management, you can benefit from attending the Ninth Annual EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference:

- Hear from innovators and forward thinkers about current and emerging best practices in higher education information services
- Connect with others in positions similar to yours to exchange experiences and explore ways to tackle common challenges
- Learn about what's going on in the profession and at the institutions in your area

This year's conference, "Balancing Acts: Making IT Work for Everyone," will examine solutions and strategies for meeting the broad range of technology needs that define the higher education experience. The increasing importance of demonstrating IT's value and the ubiquitous nature of technology as a resource require IT professionals to juggle many different perspectives. This conference will offer colleagues the opportunity to share insights on what works and how to prepare for the next big thing coming our way.

The program follows four key tracks:

- Act 1: Balancing IT's Role in the Enterprise
- Act 2: Balancing Innovation and Operations
- Act 3: Balancing Learning 2.x
- Corporate and Campus Solutions

Join us in San Francisco, CA, February 24-27, 2009, for the 7th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies. On Tuesday, February 24, FAST '09 offers ground-breaking file and storage tutorials by industry leaders such as Brent Welch, Marc Unangst, Simson Garfinkel, and more. This year's innovative 3-day technical program includes 23 technical papers, as well as a Keynote Address, Work-in-Progress Reports (WiPs), and a Poster Session. Don't miss out on opportunities for peer interaction on the topics that mean the most to you.

Register by February 9 and save up to $200!

Hosted by Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University and Extensis, this forum will focus on digital asset management strategies and solutions. This is an event for information technology professionals in higher education with interest in maximizing the utility of digital assets in teaching environments through best practices and effective technology.

Featured content:
- Yale University Case Study: Utilizing Image Catalogs for Student Review & Course Work
- roundtable and workflow discussions based on attendee selected topics
- Digital asset management best practices
- Networking luncheon with your peers

TIME: 10:00am – 2:00pm (Eastern)
LOCATION: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

*Pre-registration required

Who Should Attend

Higher education professionals who have interest in utilizing digital assets to further the role of digital resources in mainstream teaching environments.

A report by Nielsen Mobile found that as of mid-2008, there were 10 million mobile Internet users age 13-24 years old - potential future or current students. With such growth in mobile Internet browsing, today's college websites must adapt to provide a meaningful mobile Internet presentation to this target audience.

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) enable web designers to separate content from presentation. CSS can be applied to mobile Internet devices (already equipped with Assistive Technology) to facilitate a trouble-free mobile Internet surfing experience and compliance with Section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

During this webcast, Justin Gatewood, Webmaster at Victor Valley College, will share his institution's success story and discuss: how Victor Valley College implemented their mobile Internet solution; how they made the management of this solution easier using OmniUpdate's product; and, how this solution helps the school meet ADA Section 508 requirements.

If you're looking for ways to better share your web content with current and prospective students accessing this information on their mobile devices, please join Justin and Lance Merker, President and CEO of OmniUpdate, Inc., for this free 30 minute webcast.

The Management Program focuses on developing participants' organizational management skills, particularly those related to managing one's interactions on campus and to working collaboratively with other people. It provides a foundation of skills and awareness that are essential to the successful motivation and deployment of people. This program, in particular, is of benefit to those who manage functions within central campus information resources organizations, those who are relatively new to management, those who aspire to an increasing leadership role, and those who may be relatively new to higher education.

In this live webcast, Yale University Senior Instructional Technologist for the Instructional Techonology Group in Academic Media and Technology, Pamela Patterson, shares their digital asset management success story. This case study covers how Yale uses image catalogs containing images, PDFs, audio and video files for student review and course work. You'll also see digital asset management best practices and be able to join in on a live Q&A session.

The event will provide a venue for educational technology researchers to present formal papers in wide variety of educational technology areas. The registration fee for the Symposium also will entitle Symposium registrants to attend the TCEA Annual Convention and Exposition, Accelerate Technology, February 2-6, 2009, at no extra cost.

Paper length: Four-eight single spaced pages. A paper longer than eight pages will be returned to its author for editing and may not be published in the proceedings. An abstract by itself will not be considered.

Presentation time: 20 minutes for each paper, including Q&A. Presentations will be grouped together by areas of interest and the presentation group will be assigned time slots of appropriate length.

AV equipment provided: PC with speakers, LCD Projector, Internet and microphone. The PC will have MS Office (including PowerPoint) installed and will contain a DVD drive and USB port. NO overhead projector or Apple computer will be provided. Presenters may use their own laptop computers.

Other information: Papers should consist of original (not previously published) or reported research on any and all aspects of Educational Technology. Papers will be peer reviewed using a double-blind referee process.

Conference Proceedings Publication: Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings book. These papers will serve as a source of information for educational technology research. Selected papers may be invited to be published in the TechEdge, TCEA’s quarterly journal. Authors of accepted papers are required to register for the symposium and present their papers in order to have their papers published in the Conference Proceedings publication.

Possible paper topics include, but are not limited to:


Applying New Technologies
Best Practices
Collaborative Learning
Community Building
Computer Science Education
Content Development
Courseware Development
Cultural Attitudes and Technology Acceptance
Curriculum and Instructional Design
Cyber Safety
Digital Libraries
Distance Education/Learning
E-learning
Emerging/Innovative Technologies
Ethical/Legal/Social Issues
Evaluation and Assessment
Games and Simulations in Education
Gender and Diversity Issues
Infrastructure
International Challenges
Leadership in Educational Technology
Learning Outcomes
Mobile Devices
Mobile Learning
Multimedia
Online Learning
Open Source
Partnerships
Policy and Law
Staff Development
Student Learning
Virtual Universities
Web-based Instruction
Women in Technology
Deadline for paper submission: An electronic copy (Microsoft Word format) of the paper must be sent to cravey@tcea.org as an e-mail attachment no later than August 1, 2008. Papers are required to use American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines EXCEPT the paper will be single spaced. Additional format: single column, no page numbers, no footnotes, references included at end of paper. An Abstract is required.

Deadline for revisions: Any revisions to an accepted paper must be sent to cravey@tcea.org no later than November 1, 2008 (Microsoft Word format, e-mail attachment). The deadline allows time for authors make any necessary changes to their papers as a result of the review process.

Timeline:

Paper submission August 1, 2008
Papers sent to reviewers September 1, 2008
Reviews of papers due October 1, 2008
Final paper submission November 1, 2008
Registration (for inclusion of paper in proceedings) December 1, 2008
Educational Technology Research Symposium February 3, 2009

Want to help? If you are willing to volunteer to be a reviewer for conference paper submissions, please contact one of the Conference Chairs, Dr. John Thompson, at thompsjt@buffalostate.edu or Dr. Stephen Rainwater, at St

The eleventh Net@EDU Annual Meeting will be held Sunday through Tuesday, February 1–3, 2009, at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel in Tempe, Arizona. Working groups will meet through Thursday, February 5.

Attendees will hear about the latest developments in network and system security, regional and state networking, identity management, federal IT policy, converged communications services, and policies for national broadband connections.

The Net@EDU Annual Meeting offers attendees numerous opportunities to network with other leading decision makers in higher education, as well as a chance to participate in Net@EDU's working groups. Members can also give input on policy directions for Net@EDU and EDUCAUSE.

SANS is pleased to be back in Las Vegas for SANS Security West 2009 on January 24-February 1, 2009 with our top-rated instructors and 20 outstanding course offerings. Now is the time to improve your information security skills with the best security training your money can buy. Then, join us and 200 of your closest friends for SANS Super Bowl XLIII Party (February 1). Why not register now?

Information security threats are evolving daily. Keeping up to date on new threats requires continuous training to hone your skills. Choose from the following hands-on, immersion courses:
SEC401: SANS Security Essentials *
SEC504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits and Incident Handling *
SEC508: Computer Forensics, Investigation, and Response
SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
MGT512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials for Managers with Knowledge Compression™ *
SEC501: Advanced Security Essentials - Enclave Defender - NEW
MGT414: SANS® +Si™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam *
SEC502: Perimeter Protection In-Depth
SEC503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth *
LEG523: Legal Issues in Information Technology and Information Security

We are also offering a great selection of short, skills-based courses to round out your training:
SEC542: Web Application Penetration Testing In-Depth
SEC610: Reverse-Engineering Malware: Malware Analysis Tools and Techniques
DEV541: Secure Coding in Java/JEE: Developing Defensible Applications - NEW
DEV545: PHP Secure Coding - NEW
MGT404: Fundamentals of Information Security Policy
SEC517: Cutting-Edge Hacking Techniques
SEC553: Up and Running with the Metasploit Framework
SEC561: Network Penetration Testing: Maximizing the Effectiveness of Reports, Exploits, and Command Shells

* SANS courses offered at SANS Security West, which align with "DOD Approved Certifications." For complete course descriptions, please visit our Event-at-a-Glance page.
Be sure to register by December 10, 2008 for a $350 tuition discount!

SANS Security West 2009 will be taking advantage of the fabulous facilities at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV. If any casino hotel embodies the rhythm and spirit of Las Vegas, it is the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, where the atmosphere pulses with activity, color, and uninhibited excitement. Get swept up in the Rio's vibrant backdrop: every room a suite, every turn a new adventure, every need fulfilled. A special discount rate of $189 S/D will be honored based on space availability. This rate includes high-speed Internet in your room. Make your reservations now as this special rate is only available through January 2, 2009.

So register today for SANS Security West 2009. We are looking forward to meeting you in Las Vegas!

WEBINAR #5 in the "Best Practices In Emergency Notification" Webinar Series

Many experts believe there is no one magic solution to communicate to everyone in a crisis. They recommend having a mass text messaging system, an auto phone dialer, LED signs, loudspeakers, digital signage, web page postings, email distributions lists, alert beacons, and more. Now imagine the speed, effectiveness and convenience of all of these communication channels and others being controlled by ONE interface. Virginia Commonwealth University will explain how to achieve this new paradigm in mass communications. In this free 45-minute webinar, you will learn:

-All the communication channels possible for emergency communication
-Why having separate stove pipes (i.e. departments) responsible for each is dangerous
-How to tie all disparate systems into one centralized interface
-How to maximize this new paradigm
-Question & Answer session with attendees to follow

SPEAKER
Sam Kennedy
Assistant Director, User Services
Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia

e2Campus sponsors a series of free, educational, peer-presented webinars that address many aspects of implementing or using an ENS. The live and on-demand webinars are presented by colleges and universities for colleges and universities. Hear their stories. See their actions. Ask questions and learn from the collective experience. To see all the webinars, go to: http://www.e2campus.com/webinars

Each year in late January, the ELI community comes together to explore, network, and grow. A combination of plenary presentations, interactive sessions, and workshops - plus plenty of time to visit with colleagues - ensures that the ELI Annual Meeting brings lasting value to participants. ELI also encourages institutions to maximize the value they receive from the conference by sending institutional teams. Team participation facilitates shared learning and enhances the potential for collaborative initiatives back on campus based on ideas gained at the meeting.

Whether your focus is administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management, you can benefit from attending the Eighth Annual EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference. Join us to:

* Hear from innovators and forward thinkers about current and emerging best practices in higher education information services
* Connect with others in positions similar to yours to exchange experiences and explore ways to tackle common challenges
* Learn about what’s going on in the profession and at the institutions in your area

This year's conference, "The Technology Revolution in Higher Education: IT as a Catalyst for Change," will explore the impact of technology in our rapidly changing world. Technology has moved into the hands of information consumers who exercise their freedoms using cell phones, personal technology, social networking, and collaborative software. These technological advances are accelerating rapidly and, combined with technology's multidisciplinary nature, have a profound impact on requisite workforce skill sets. As we become increasingly global and interconnected, technology serves as a catalyst that stretches across disciplines, combining academic and social life. IT staff at every level must re-think our business and educational processes and act strategically in leading this revolution of change.

Certified Ethical Hacker v6 at Northern Virginia Community College in partnership with Cyberwatch

Link to details: http://www.ittrainingsolutions.net/CEH_flyer_dc.pdf

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This class will immerse students in an interactive environment where they will be shown how to scan, test, hack and secure their own systems. The lab intensive environment gives each student in-depth knowledge and practical experience with the current essential security systems. Students will begin by understanding how perimeter defenses work and then be lead into scanning and attacking their own networks, no real network is harmed. Students then learn how intruders escalate privileges and what steps can be taken to secure a system. Students will also learn about Intrusion Detection, Policy Creation, Social Engineering, DDoS Attacks, Buffer Overflows and Virus Creation. When students leave this intensive 5 day class, they will have hands-on understanding and experience in Ethical Hacking.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
This course will significantly benefit security officers, auditors, security professionals, site administrators, and anyone who is concerned about the integrity of the network infrastructure

Tuition: Higher Education/Government discount $1950 Regular Price $3000 (Note that ISSA members also recieve a discount, please contact for details)

Contact: Cameron Cook 801-649-5964 cameron@ittrainingsolutions.net

Certified Security Analyst/Licensed Penetration Tester – December 15–19
Audience: Network server administrators, System Administrators and Risk Assessment professionals, Firewall Administrators, Security Testers, or other IT professionals concerned about the integrity of their network infrastructure.
Instructor: Larry Detar, EC Council's master trainer for LPT. Link to biography: http://www.ittrainingsolutions.net/larrydetarbio.pdf
Cost: $1295 State Employee/Higher Education discount through October 31, $1,795 for late registrations after that.
$3495 is the list price for non-government/corporate attendees
Location: Austin Community College/ South Austin Campus
Information: Matt Bell, 801-649-4030 matt@ittrainingsolutions.net
Link to detailed information: http://www.ittrainingsolutions.net/lpt_flyer_dir.pdf

Certified Ethical Hacker course at Texas A&M Health Sciences Center December 15 -19

Link to details: http://www.ittrainingsolutions.net/CEH_a&m_flyer.pdf

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This class will immerse students in an interactive environment where they will be shown how to scan, test, hack and secure their own systems. The lab intensive environment gives each student in-depth knowledge and practical experience with the current essential security systems. Students will begin by understanding how perimeter defenses work and then be lead into scanning and attacking their own networks, no real network is harmed. Students then learn how intruders escalate privileges and what steps can be taken to secure a system. Students will also learn about Intrusion Detection, Policy Creation, Social Engineering, DDoS Attacks, Buffer Overflows and Virus Creation. When students leave this intensive 5 day class, they will have hands-on understanding and experience in Ethical Hacking.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
This course will significantly benefit security officers, auditors, security professionals, site administrators, and anyone who is concerned about the integrity of the network infrastructure.

TUITION: Higher Education/Government discount $1950 Regular Price $3000

Information: Matt Bell 801-649-4030 matt@ittrainingsolutions.net

Certified Ethical Hacker v6 course at University of Utah

Link to event details: http://www.ittrainingsolutions.net/CEH_flyer_ut.pdf

COURSE DESCRIPTION: CLICK HERE FOR DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE
This class will immerse students in an interactive environment where they will be shown how to scan, test, hack and secure their own systems. The lab intensive environment gives each student in-depth knowledge and practical experience with the current essential security systems. Students will begin by understanding how perimeter defenses work and then be lead into scanning and attacking their own networks, no real network is harmed. Students then learn how intruders escalate privileges and what steps can be taken to secure a system. Students will also learn about Intrusion Detection, Policy Creation, Social Engineering, DDoS Attacks, Buffer Overflows and Virus Creation. When students leave this intensive 5 day class, they will have hands-on understanding and experience in Ethical Hacking.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
This course will significantly benefit security officers, auditors, security professionals, site administrators, and anyone who is concerned about the integrity of the network infrastructure.

TUITION: Higher Education/Government discount $1950 Regular Price $3000 (discounts also negotiated with all local ISSA chapter members contacts us for details)

Information: Matt Bell 801-649-4030 matt@ittrainingsolutions.net or Cameron Cook 801-649-5964 cameron@ittrainingsolutions.net

EC Council Certified Secure Programmer course at the University of Utah

Link to details: http://www.ittrainingsolutions.net/ecsp_flyer_ut.pdf

Who Should Attend?
EC Council’s Certified Secure Programmer is intended for programmers who are responsible for designing and building secure Windows/Web based applications with .NET/Java Framework. It is designed for developers who have C#, C++, Java, PHP, ASP, .NET and SQL development skills

TUITION: Discount for Higher Education/Gov $1950 List price is $3000 (for corporate attendee’s)

Information: Matt Bell 801-649-4030 matt@ittrainingosolutions.net or Cameron Cook 801-649-5964 cameron@ittrainingsolutions.net

SANS is returning to the nation's capital for the SANS Cyber Defense Initiative 2008 at a particularly important time for the careers of security professionals. This is the year senior government leaders changed the rules. Under the direction of the Director of National Intelligence, intelligence and law enforcement agencies started unlocking evidence of massive penetrations of government and commercial organizations. The result is a massive shift away from security people who can write reports to those who can find the flaws and attacks and actually secure systems. It is a wrenching change, but one long overdue; and SANS is the one education organization known for developing those skills now most in need.

In this uncertain economy, employers particularly value workers that can actually implement security. If you only have "soft skills", take this opportunity to begin making the change to hard skills. Pick a course and come to SANS Cyber Defense Initiative. You'll get the kind of hands-on, immersion training that you can put to work immediately.

Pick from these and many other extraordinary immersion programs:
SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking (This course has sold out at many of our events this year!)
SEC401: SANS Security Essentials
SEC504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits and Incident Handling
SEC508: Computer Forensics, Investigation, and Response
SEC501: Advanced Security Essentials ++ - GIAC Enclave Defender
MGT512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials for Managers
AUD507: Auditing Networks, Perimeters & Systems
SEC538: Web Application Penetration Testing Fundamentals
SEC542: Web Application Penetration Testing In-Depth

Reserve your seat by October 23, 2008, and save $350 on tuition fees. SANS top instructors will be on hand to bring you the best in computer security training. Certifications are available for many SANS courses and can send you on your way to career advancement.
Register today to join us in Washington DC for SANS CDI 2008!

WEBINAR #4 in the "Best Practices In Emergency Notification" Webinar Series

In February of 2008, a worker at Ferrum College spotted a man with a gun who then disappeared. The school immediately issued a lockdown using their emergency notification system. As police searched for the individual, the school sent multiple alerts throughout the day to ease the tensions of students, faculty and staff. In this free 45-minute webinar, learn:

-What happened and how it unfolded
-How they handled the situation
-What students had to say about the day-long ordeal
-What they would do differently
-Question & Answer session with attendees to follow

SPEAKERS
Lee King
Vice President of Institutional Advancement
Ferrum College, Virginia

Chip Phillips
Director of Emergency Services and Safety
Ferrum College, Virginia

Mary Alice Whisenant
Director of Human Resources & Campus Safety
Ferrum College, Virginia

Suzie Kelly
Lead Designer, Public Relations
Ferrum College, Virginia

e2Campus sponsors a series of free, educational, peer-presented webinars that address many aspects of implementing or using an ENS. The live and on-demand webinars are presented by colleges and universities for colleges and universities. Hear their stories. See their actions. Ask questions and learn from the collective experience. To see all the webinars, go to: http://www.e2Campus.com/webinars

ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN is the largest global e-learning conference for the corporate, education and public service sectors. The annual event offers a forum for e-learning experts, experienced users, and apprentices from all over the world to exchange ideas and make contacts. Over 2000 delegates from more than 90 countries attend the conference, making ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN the most comprehensive annual meeting place for e-learning and distance education professionals. Participants of the conference are high-level decision makers from education, business and government sectors, the three areas driving e-learning adoption and innovation. The accompanying exhibition gives international providers the opportunity to demonstrate their products, tools and services.

The Division of Student Affairs at the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz was looking for a better way to communicate their services to new students arriving on campus. In the school's Web Management Office, the challenge was to find a practical way to make that happen.

Nearly two years earlier, the university had launched SunGard's portal product, Luminis, to go along with its Banner information system. On campus, this portal is known as "my.newpaltz.edu." To resolve the student services issue, the university created a hub for first year students within this portal and called it "My First Year." The My First Year tab provides exclusive information to these students that they can't get elsewhere. Its success has resulted in a spin-off for newly accepted students.

During this webcast, Ms. Rachel Reuben, Director of Web Communication and Strategic Projects at SUNY New Paltz, will share the university's success story and discuss: how they made the My First Year tab within the Luminis portal a campus success; how they made the management of this portal easier using OmniUpdate's product; and, how they technically "finagled the code" in Luminis to enable portal channels to be easily editable.

The general objective of ICERI2008 is to promote international collaboration in the fields of Education and and Research. It will be an International Forum to present your experiences in 3 registration modalities: Oral, Poster or Virtual.

Kuali Days VII will be held November 18-19, 2008 in Newport Beach California. This event provides an opportunity to learn more about the progress on the 4 Kuali applications: Kuali Financial System, Kuali Coeus for Research Administration, Kuali Student and Kuali Rice. Meet colleagues and members of the community and learn more about Kuali!

Your students expect easy access to information. Whether it’s financial aid, registration, housing, or advising, they also expect the information to be personally tailored to them.

Join RightNow and Amanda Kastern, University Registrar at Ross University on how Ross is using web self service, integrated with their student information system, to reduce phone calls and emails and improve student services.

SANS is coming back to Vancouver November 17-22! Don't miss SANS Vancouver 2008 - Beyond Hacking! Penetration testing and ethical hacking are enjoying a renaissance as new tools are coming on line and processes are being revised. SANS Beyond Hacking offers a unique set of course offerings with a highly technical focus - our most advanced Hacking and Penetration testing courses and Beyond Hacking...Forensics: analyze what happened to your systems.

At Vancouver 2008 - Beyond Hacking, we will provide you with the skills and processes you need to become the skilled penetration tester or forensics expert that your organization needs. Register by October 8 and receive a $350 tuition fee discount.

SANS training is well-known for being relevant and pragmatic. All SANS instructors are industry leaders and experts who understand the challenges you face on a daily basis. Their real-world experience increases the practical value of the course material.
SANS Vancouver 2008 features these top-rated courses, and more:

SEC401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
SEC504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
SEC508: Computer Forensics, Investigation, and Response
SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
SEC542: Web Application Penetration Testing In-Depth
SEC319: Intro To Web Application Security (formerly SEC419)

Courses will be held at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, convenient to the boutiques of Robson Street, and Yaletown and the business and financial districts. Step outside and into the celebrated sites of the city. Take a Sea Wall Walking Tour, a stroll through Stanley Park, or see the Vancouver Art Gallery - just around the block.

‘SANS is so in-depth, has knowledgeable instructors, and provided an ideal environment for taking in up-to-date information and techniques!’ - Trent Hunt, DND

‘SANS excels at technical security training that balances theory and hands-on work. I've learned and improved skills that are immediately valuable to my job!’ - Chris Calvert, TELUS

Chinatown, Jericho Beach, Lions, Dog Mountain, and a quick trip to Granville Island; Vancouver is busting out in natural beauty -- a "must see!" Think about staying an extra day or two, if you are from out of town. If you can't take extra time, the seaplane tour is a blast. Start making your training and travel plans now. We look forward to seeing you at SANS Vancouver 2008 - Beyond Hacking.

Certified Secure Programmer – November 17–21
IT Training Solutions and co-hosted by DIR and Texas Education Agency
Links to details:
http://www.ittrainingsolutions.net/ecsp_dir.pdf
http://www.dir.state.tx.us/security/training/index.htm
Audience: Programmers responsible for designing and building secure windows/web applications
Cost: $995 State Employee/Higher Education discount through October 15, $1,450 for late regisrations after that. List price for this course is $3000
Registration: Fax the registration form to 800-762-8126. URL for reg form: http://www.ittrainingsolutions.net/ecsp_reg_dir.doc
Information: Matt Bell, 801-649-4030 matt@ittrainingsolutions.net

During this first-ever conference on classroom response systems, you'll hear from Dr. Timothy Stelzer, inventor of the iClicker, and Dr. Douglas Duncan, author of Clickers in the Classroom. The conference also features 16 concurrent sessions covering 4 academic disciplines. Discover how new innovations in classroom response system technology can lead to improvements in critical thinking, engagement, assessment, and evaluation. Register soon, as a sell-out is expected!

Are you a higher education faculty member who has integrated a response system in your classroom? Do you use it in one or more of the following areas: evaluation/assessment, engagement, critical thinking, or other innovations?

If so, the University of Louisville invites you to share your expertise at its upcoming Classroom Response Systems conference, which will be held on November 15 on the university's Shelby Campus. This is the first--and only--conference dedicated to the emerging role of classroom response systems in higher education.

Your presentation will be published in a best-practices guide for current and future classroom response users. You'll also receive a discounted registration fee. Don't miss this opportunity to be reccognized as a leader in the integration of classroom technology!

To submit your proposal, visit delphi.louisville.edu/faculty/clicker_conf. Hurry, the submission deadline is March 15, 2008.

Help us spread the word about this first-ever conference by e-mailing this link to others in your department or institution.
delphi.louisville.edu/faculty/clicker_conf

Registration for the conference will open on or before April 15, 2008.

This mini-conference features presentations, workshops, and demonstrations focusing on how universal usability can enhance teaching, training, learning, and understanding across people of all abilities.
The keynote will be offered by Peter Morville, a father of the field of information architecture and author of "The Polar Bear" book as well as "Ambient Findability." HIs talk will examine the future of search. Morville will explore how information literacy, information architecture, and usability are all critical components in a world that is ever more searchable. He will offer forward-thinking descriptions of ubiquity and inspire thinking about how we can improve the resources we create in the world of teaching and learning.
Other speakers include Steve Fadden, research and human computer interaction engineer, whose talk will answer questions such as: How do we develop education to promote access and learning for students across a continuum of cognitive abilities and cultural backgrounds? What is the role that technology and design should play in meeting the needs of students who struggle in conventional academic environments? How can educators be effective role models when many are challenged to simply keep up with students, who seem to bring new gadgets and interaction styles to class each new semester?
Clayton Lewis,Professor of Computer Science, Fellow of the Institute of Cognitive Science, and Scientist in Residence at the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities at the University of Colorado, Boulder will speak about trends in assistive technology.
We will once again run the always-popular student panel, with students with learning disabilities discussing usability issues in their classwork.
Please join us!

Jointly sponsored by the Faculty of Lee College, Distance Education, Chief Academic Officer and the Office of Information Technology

Learning takes place in many locations and within the context of a variety of forums. Instructors are challenged on a daily basis to find innovative ways of enhancing the net generation of students learning experiences. This conference will explore and showcase excellence and innovation in teaching that facilitates student learning. We are very excited that Dr. Mark David Milliron, President and CEO of Catalyze Learning International will be our Keynote Speaker! If you are interested in submitting a proposal to present the deadline is May, 15, 2008. You can submit a proposal for the in the following areas: innovative use of a learning technique or methodology, adaptation of technologies, innovative course design, case studies and learning and assessment. Presentations can be given in one of three formats: individual, panel discussion or poster. Your proposal (limited to no more than 350 words) will serve as your presentation abstract on the conference web site. We also have a limited number of exhibitor space available. If you are interested in participating as an exhibitor contact Mrs. Patty Sanchez at 281-425-6451 for more information.

Accessing Higher Ground focuses on the implementation and benefits of
Assistive Technology in the university and college setting for sensory, physical and learning disabilities. Other topics include legal and policy issues, including ADA and 508 compliance, and making campus media and information resources - including Web pages and library resources - accessible.

Dozens of workshops, lectures, hands-on experience in beautiful Boulder, Colorado.

Keynote Speaker: Jason Regier, President, Denver Harlequins, Wheelchair Rugby

For conference registration and general information, please visit:
www.colorado.edu/ATconference

Join us in San Diego, CA, November 9-14, 2008, for the 22nd Large Installation System Administration Conference. LISA '08 offers 6 days of in-depth training by experts such as Mark Burgess on Cfengine and Tom Christiansen on Perl. The comprehensive 3-day technical program includes a keynote address by Sean Dennehy, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 18 refereed papers; plenaries by Bruce Schneier and David Wagner; and more. New in 2008: Get 6 days of focused instruction by signing up for the Virtualization Track or the Solaris Track. Also, check out the free Exhibition and evening BoF sessions.

Register today at http://www.usenix.org/lisa08/

SANS is pleased to bring three courses to SANS San Antonio 2008, November 8-13! Take advantage of this hands-on curriculum designed to enhance your skills with practical tools and cutting-edge knowledge in the management and security fields.

Our three offerings include five- or six-day hands-on, immersion courses.
SEC560:Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking - 6 days
SEC 301:Intro to Information Security (formerly SEC309) - 5 days
MGT414: SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam - 6 days

Here's what SANS alumni have said about the value of SANS training:
‘SANS was a great environment for learning - not only from the instructor but from peers as well. Overall this was a great event!’ - Michael Scott, Witness Systems, Inc.

‘SANS provides better material and more effective instruction than any other technical training provider.’ - Neil Ryan, General Dynamics

Take a first-hand look at why SANS is the most trusted source in computer security training, certification, and research. Register by September 24 for a $350 discount.
Known for their luxurious accommodations, our hotel is the Hyatt Regency San Antonio. Situated on the banks of the Riverwalk and across from the historic Alamo, the Hyatt Regency San Antonio offers a combination of classic elegance with Texas hospitality and stunning views of old San Antonio and the beautiful city skyline.

Derek Masseth of University of Arizona summarized the SANS experience when he remarked, SANS is hands down the best bang for the buck available, no one else even comes close! Come see for yourself - register today for SANS San Antonio 2008.

If you have any questions or need more information, please contact:
David Lam
Vice President
VP@issa-la.org
Los Angeles ISSA

SANS SEC419
Web Application Security Essentials
November 5 - 6, 2008

ISSA Los Angeles is proud to present SANS Web Application Security here
in Los Angeles on November 5 and 6, 2008. As you probably know, SANS has
one of the best reputations in information security training in the
business.

ISSA-LA has negotiated a special 15% discount for ISSA Members and a
remarkable discount of nearly 75% for education, local, county and state
government.

Class: SEC419 Web Application Security Essentials
Date: November 5-6, 2008
Time: 9am EDT - 5pm PDT
Location: Skirball Cultural Center in West Los Angeles
Instructor: Dr. Johannes Ullrich, Ph.D.
Nominal List Price: $2,014
Special Discounted price for Education & Government: $600
Special Discount for ISSA-LA Members: 15%

For more information on the course and to register:
http://www.sans.org/issa08_os/description.php?tid=1947

For ISSA members, please select ISSA Member for Employment Type.

Distance learning is one of the most talked-about topics today in higher education and corporate training. Asynchronous learning is the fastest-growing approach to distance learning. This conference, which will provide the latest information on asynchronous learning programs, processes, packages, and protocols, is geared to both experienced professionals and interested newcomers to online learning who hail from a variety of work sectors, including higher education, continuing education, business, government, health care, professional associations, and nonprofit organizations. It is especially designed to meet the needs of: College-level faculty and administrators, Instructional technology and media professionals, Instructional designers, Trainers in public and private sector organizations.
The Call for Papers is open now through April 11, 2008. For registration, to submit a proposal or for more information please visit the ALN site, http://www.aln.ucf.edu.

The shifting sands of the Sonoran desert make the perfect setting for WCET’s 20th anniversary conference celebrating e-learning’s major contributions over the last two decades and its bright potential for further transforming higher education in the years ahead. In this era of accelerating change driven by new technologies and the creative genius of individuals who apply them, we must be bold in our search for best practices, in questioning common practices and in embracing new ways that e-learning and associated policies and services can erase academe’s limitations and increase its contribution to the world.

SANS brings six outstanding courses to SANS Monterey 2008, October 31-November 5. Enhance your skills by taking advantage of this hands-on training loaded with practical tools and cutting-edge information.

Choose from the following security, management, and audit courses including Ed Skoudis' SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking, which has sold out at most of our events this year!
-SEC401: SANS Security Essentials
-SEC508: Computer Forensics, Investigation, and Response
-SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking- NEW!
MGT414: SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam
-MGT512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials for Managers with Knowledge Compression™
-AUD507: Auditing Networks, Perimeters & Systems

Here's what SANS Monterey alumni have said about the value of SANS training:
‘This was the best class on computer security I have ever attended. The content was excellent; the course material was well paced and the instructor was clearly a subject matter expert.’ - Walt Pietrowski, Premera Blue Cross

‘It directly and 100% relates to my job. I feel more confident about my abilities as an Intrusion Analyst.’ - Jeromy Leugers, Raytheon

Reserve your seat by September 17, 2008, and save $350 on tuition fees. You'll see why SANS is the most trusted source in computer security training, certification, and research.

Our host hotel, the Portola Plaza Hotel, is located in the heart of Old Monterey overlooking Fisherman's Wharf and the Pacific Ocean.

Register today for SANS Monterey 2008.

The program, “Interaction, Ideas, Inspiration,” will include preconference seminars; track and poster sessions; small group meetings; and corporate exhibits, presentations, and workshops. There’s a reason the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference has been called “the best conference for higher education information technology professionals, hands down.” Join us to network and learn with others who use, manage, or lead information technology in higher education. You’ll return to campus recharged and primed with useful information and contacts.

This year's program will follow these tracks:
* Emerging Technologies and Practices
* Enterprise Information Systems and Services
* Information Futures For Access, Digital Content, and Libraries
* Leadership, Management, Planning, and Partnerships
* Networking, Infrastructure, and Advanced Computing
* Protecting the Data: Security, Policy, and Privacy
* Teaching and Learning
* User Services

Certified Ethical Hacker

Link to event details:http://www.ittrainingsolutions.net/CEH_nc_flyer.pdf

COURSE DESCRIPTION: CLICK HERE FOR DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE
This class will immerse students in an interactive environment where they will be shown how to scan, test, hack and secure their own systems. The lab intensive environment gives each student in-depth knowledge and practical experience with the current essential security systems. Students will begin by understanding how perimeter defenses work and then be lead into scanning and attacking their own networks, no real network is harmed. Students then learn how intruders escalate privileges and what steps can be taken to secure a system. Students will also learn about Intrusion Detection, Policy Creation, Social Engineering, DDoS Attacks, Buffer Overflows and Virus Creation. When students leave this intensive 5 day class, they will have hands-on understanding and experience in Ethical Hacking.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
This course will significantly benefit security officers, auditors, security professionals, site administrators, and anyone who is concerned about the integrity of the network infrastructure.

TUITION: Higher Education/Government discount $1950 Regular Price $3000 (discounts also negotiated with all local ISSA chapter members contacts us for details)

Information: Cameron Cook 801-649-5964 cameron@ittrainingsolutions.net

A conference created just for higher education Web professionals, HighEdWeb is perfect for Web developers, marketers, designers, writers, managers and all team members in-between who want to explore the unique Web issues facing colleges and universities.

The Consortium of College and University Media Centers, is a dynamic organization whose mission is to provide leadership and a forum for information exchange. Our members are the providers of media and technology support for quality teaching and learning at higher education institutions. The over 750 members represent all sizes of institutions in higher education that provide media/instructional technology-related support services, as well as companies providing related products.

SANS Network Security 2008 returns to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, September 28-October 6. Register by Wednesday, August 20, and save $350 on tuition fees.

Choose from over 40 courses including:
NEW! Security 560 : Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
Security 504 : Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
Security 401 : SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
Security 508 : Computer Forensics, Investigation, and Response
Security 617 : Hacking and Defending Wireless Networks
Audit 507 : Auditing Networks, Perimeters & Systems
Management 512 : SANS Security Leadership Essentials For Managers with Knowledge Compression™
Management 414 : SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam
Security 542 : Web Application Penetration Testing In-Depth
....And a wide variety of short skill-based courses.

SANS courses address the actual problems security professionals face today. Our world-class instructors are practitioners who solve real-world problems and who can present "proven" solutions. You just cannot find SANS-level teaching anywhere else! In addition to being seasoned professionals, SANS faculty members are extraordinary speakers. They bring the information to life with real-world stories, and enable you to leave with the knowledge and confidence to put what you learned to work the day you return to the office.

SANS Network Security 2008 will feature a Vendor Tools Expo & Reception, which will give you a chance to see live demonstrations of cutting-edge technologies. There will also be numerous Lunch & Learn presentations and Cocktail Briefs to help you find the right mix of tools and solutions to meet your company's unique challenges.

This event provides plenty of networking opportunities so that you can increase your list of technical and professional contacts. Valuable professional relationships are forged at SANS events that last for years.

Start making your plans today to join SANS in Las Vegas.

The purpose of the conference is to encourage an international dialogue on topics related to research in access, developmental education, learning assistance, and diversity in postsecondary education that promotes current research in the field, research-based classroom techniques, current instructional methods, asessment instruments, research activity, and professional networking.

ELI conducts in-depth workshops on two topics each year. Focus sessions help participants develop a deeper understanding of a topic and gain practical knowledge that can be applied on campus. As with the Annual Meeting, institutions are encouraged to facilitate this process through team participation.

SANS brings seven courses to SANS Chicago 2008, September 3-10! Take advantage of this hands-on curriculum designed to enhance your skills with practical tools and cutting-edge knowledge in the audit, management, and security fields.

Register for Ed Skoudis' NEW course, which has sold out at several training events this year:
-Security 560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
Also for Pen Testers, we are offering two more NEW courses:
-Security 538: Web Application Penetration Testing Fundamentals
-Security 542: Web Application Penetration Testing In-Depth
Of special interest to Auditors are the following courses taught by Dave Hoelzer:
-Audit 507: Auditing Networks, Perimeters & Systems
-Audit 521: Meeting the Minimum: PCI/DSS 1.1: Becoming and Staying Compliant
*Savings Note: Take Audit 507 with Audit 521 and save up to $844.
Managers, choose either:
-Management 411: SANS 17799/27001 Security & Audit Framework
-Management 512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials for Managers with Knowledge Compression™
Take a first-hand look at why SANS is the most trusted source in computer security training, certification, and research. Reserve your seat by July 23, 2008, and save $350 on tuition fees with discounts offered to early registrants.

SANS Chicago 2008 will offer an outstanding selection of hands-on, up-to-date training presented by the world's best instructors. You will return home with knowledge and skills that you can use your first day back in the office. It is these core elements that make SANS the most trusted source for information security training in the world.

SANS is pleased to announce SANS Virginia Beach 2008, August 21-29, 2008, where we’ll be providing thirteen courses designed to keep you up to date with today’s changing IT environments. Managers and hands-on technical staff at all levels will want to attend this important industry event.

SANS Virginia Beach 2008 features these top-rated courses:

SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
SEC504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits, and Incident Handling
SEC401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
SEC508: Computer Forensics, Investigation, and Response
MGT512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials For Managers with Knowledge Compression™
SEC309: Intro to Information Security
SEC334: SANS Training for the CompTIA Security+ Certification
NEW! SEC542: Web Application Penetration Testing in-Depth
SEC522: Defending Web Applications 3-Day Course
NEW! MGT431: Secure Web Services for Managers 2-Day Course
NEW! SEC537: Identifying and Removing Malware 2-Day Course
NEW! SEC540: VoIP Security 2-Day Course
NEW! SEC538: Web Application Penetration Testing Fundamentals

Have you been waiting for the perfect location to attend SANS training? Bring the entire family to the Sheraton Oceanfront for SANS Virginia Beach 2008. Register by July 9, 2008 and receive a $350 tuition fee discount. This event has a history of filling up quickly, so register today to join us at SANS Virginia Beach 2008!

As part of COLTT 2008, CU-Boulder’s Interactive Theater Project will be giving an immersive performance on Wednesday, August 13, from 2:45-4:15 MDT in the ATLAS Blackbox Theater. The performance, “An Open (Face)Book,” asks the question: Does Facebook really make us more connected? Facebook, the social networking tool, has gone from a novelty to a necessity in the eyes of today’s college student. We invite colleagues from across the country and around the world to join in and interact with the student performers as they explore the phenomenon of Facebook and how it affects them and their lives as students. View the performance via Adobe Connect, and submit your questions for the actors. Go to the COLTT 2008 Broadcast Room at http://realeyes.acrobat.com/coltt/, click “Enter as a Guest” and enter your fist name and last name to join in the fun. Come listen, come watch, come interact!

The Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology (COLTT) conference will be held August 12th and 13th on the CU-Boulder campus. COLTT, formerly known as the Teaching with Technology Conference, gives postsecondary faculty, instructors, and staff the opportunity to explore the uses of current and emerging technologies in teaching and research and to network with colleagues from the entire Rocky Mountain region. This year's event includes
* over 50 research presentations, learning circles, and hands-on workshops
* a keynote by Nobel Prize winner, Carl Wieman
* one-on-one sessions with a representative from the National Endowment for the Humanities on their many funding opportunities
* an interactive theater presentation about student experiences with social networking tools
* a featured presentation by Ellen Wagner, CU-Boulder alumna and lately Director of Worldwide eLearning Solutions at Adobe Systems
* a "Cafe Pedagogique" event off-site Tuesday evening.
Limited on-site registration available.

SANS is pleased to announce SANS Boston 2008, August 11-16, where we'll be providing exceptional computer and Internet security training. Managers and hands-on technical staff at all levels will want to attend this important industry event.

SANS Boston 2008 features these top-rated courses:
•Security 560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
•Management 414: SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam
•MGT512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials for Managers with Knowledge Compression™
•SEC401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
•Security 508: System Forensics, Investigation & Response
•SEC617: Assessing and Securing Wireless Networks

With a reputation for being the most trusted source for information security training and an eagerness to help you meet your training objectives, SANS is the best choice for IT security education.

‘SANS provides by far the most in-depth security training with the true experts in the field as instructors.’ - Mark Smith, Costco Wholesale

‘If you want training from the trusted source for information security, go straight to SANS’. - Tracey Pintell-Quade, Eagan, McAllister Associates, Inc.

The Hyatt Regency Cambridge along the Charles River is the location for this event. SANS has arranged for discounted room rates available through July 20 which include high-speed Internet access in your room.

Convenient to downtown Boston or trendy Cambridge, you'll enjoy the sites and sounds of this historic area with its many universities, cultural events, and fantastic nightlife.

Register by July 2 and receive a $250 tuition fee discount! Start making your training and travel plans now and let your colleagues and friends know about SANS Boston 2008. We look forward to seeing you there.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The eighth MERLOT International Conference (MIC08) held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is devoted to faculty development in the design, creation, utilization and evaluation of online teaching and learning materials. The MIC08 conference theme, MERLOT: Still Blazing the Trail and Meeting New Challenges in the Digital Age, recognizes the collaborative efforts within disciplines and the education community around the World to enhance teaching and learning through the use of academic technology. Conference attendees span all disciplines and are on the continuum from novice to expert in the development and use of online resources. This year the Community of Practice is Education, which included Teacher Education, Library and Information Services, and Faculty Development.

The MERLOT International Conference is designed to foster learning, innovation and practice in the use of information, instruction, and communications technologies in higher education. It is the venue for educators, administrators, and technologists who have interests and expertise in technology-enabled teaching and learning and who recognize the need to remain current in this rapidly advancing field of educational practice and theory.

The Conference offers many opportunities for attendees to gain practical skills in the use of educational technologies through numerous interactive hands-on workshops led by peers and through industry-sponsored technology showcases. It is frequently in these practical workshops and demonstrations that refreshing new insights into applications of these technologies to higher education are gained.

The Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning is recognized as one of the premier events on distance education. The conference gathers approximately 1,000 educators, trainers, managers, and designers from throughout the world who are involved in distance teaching/training programs.

Call for Proposals is open now through January 15, 2008. Submit your proposal online at www.uwex.edu/disted/conference

Campus Technology 2008, the 15th annual higher education technology conference and expo will open at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel in Boston, MA on July 28. This year’s conference, which runs through July 31, focuses on “Web 2.0,” and the cutting-edge communication and collaboration technologies that facilitate creativity, information sharing and community. Under the theme “Welcome to Next-Gen.Edu,” all workshops, general sessions and special MIT campus tours will focus on the applications, software and services that are revolutionizing education throughout the campus.

Breakout sessions presented by experts who have pioneered the educational use of next-gen technologies will provide in-depth explorations and analyses of the latest tools for instruction and administration and show how they are working right now on campuses. Five separate tracks allow attendees to personalize their conference experience by choosing the sessions most relevant to their work and campus initiatives.

Other outstanding features of this year’s conference include a keynote address by outspoken and visionary campus technology leader Adrian Sannier of Arizona State University, special guided tours of educational technology projects at MIT, and an exhibit hall showcasing the latest software, hardware and services from top technology vendors.

The Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel, site of this year’s conference, is located less than three miles from Logan International Airport, and is either within walking distance or a short “T” ride of many of Boston’s most popular attractions.

Registration for the Campus Technology 2008 is now open, with complete program information available online at www.campustechnology.com/summer08

The attackers have changed the rules again — using old tools in new ways, and new tools for which your defenses have to be re-tuned and updated. Incident handlers and experts from the SANS Internet Storm Center are coming together this summer to present briefings on the most important of the new attack techniques. Please join this team for SANSFIRE 2008 in Washington, DC, July 23-31. You'll also find over forty of SANS top-rated courses: from penetration testing to hacker exploits to security management, wireless, forensics, secure coding, and more.

The Internet Storm Center knows about more than the vulnerabilities. Because the Infosec community shares an unprecedented amount of information with the Internet Storm Center, evening talks at SANSFIRE 2008 will provide extraordinary insights into actual attacks that have taken place. These special presentations are free to everyone who attends one of the courses at SANSFIRE 2008. You'll learn about current threats — and, how the Internet Storm Center can help you in your fight against these threats.

The Internet Storm Center's success is largely because the defensive Infosec community shares information to make our world better. Nothing fosters information sharing and trust building better than face-to-face meetings like SANSFIRE 2008. Again, several of our incident handlers will be present at this event, giving you unprecedented opportunities to get to know these fantastic people.

The course schedule for SANSFIRE 2008 features a full lineup of SANS classics in the disciplines of audit, security, management and legal. We've also rolled out new courses with a focus on penetration testing, malware analysis and removal, and secure coding. All SANS courses directly address the kinds of incidents reported by the Internet Storm Center in their daily diaries. And, it's a SANS promise that what you learn you'll be able to apply immediately back at the office. Last year's SANSFIRE attendees told us:

‘Just absolutely mind blowing.’ - Hank Watson, NG

‘I was excited to come to SANSFIRE, but this blew my expectations out of the water; the best coverage ever.’ - M. Ortega

AT SANFIRE 2008, you'll have far more than just training opportunities. This is also the place to meet other information security professionals, discuss new products with vendors, participate in online challenges, and listen to world-class guest speakers. Our downtown conference location also has easy access to all of the monuments, museums, and government buildings that offer many days of sightseeing for spouses and kids.

Make your travel and training plans early. Discounted room rates are available for SANS students through July 9. Plus, register for SANSFIRE 2008 by June 11, and you can receive a $250 tuition fee discount.

You won't want to miss this important industry event.

eduWeb believes in "meeting ... sharing ... exploring ... (and) learning" from the marketing and development professionals who plan it, to put on a premier and balanced conference for all higher ed professionals who strategize, decide, create and/or develop their institution's or department's website.

Gather with higher education planners from around the world and the campus to discuss technology focused topics and much more.

Early-bird deadline is May 9, 2008!

As CRM takes off in higher education, a growing number of institutions are moving beyond the obvious applications and towards relationships across the entire student lifecycle in more innovative ways.

In this free webcast, Datamonitor’s lead education technology analyst, Nicole Engelbert, will explore how colleges and universities can take their CRM strategies to the next level in order to deliver a personalized experience for students and provide real institutional value.

You’ll learn what solution features and functionality should be on any institution’s “must-have” list in order to bring your CRM strategy to life.

Also, hear how Marc Wallace of Regis University is improving student communications, streamlining recruitment processes, and bringing together disparate data to better engage today’s students.

Thursday, July 17, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. PT (San Francisco)
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET (New York)
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. (London)
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (Paris)

TEACH!, a conference for faculty and other professionals concerned with technology integration, will be hosted on the University of New Hampshire Durham campus July 15 through 18, 2008. TEACH! is based on UNH's successful Faculty Instructional Technology Summer Institute , now in its seventh year. Over 140 UNH faculty have attended FITSI and are now implementing innovative approaches to technology-assisted learning in their classrooms.

TEACH! will use the three core concepts of engagement, assessment, and communication to address key technology-integration challenges. The conference will engage faculty and instructional design professionals in a dialog about instructional technologies in a supportive environment where the focus remains on teaching. The three-and-a-half day program, facilitated by UNH faculty and academic technology specialists, includes a mix of panel discussions, core sessions, focus groups, and intensive hands-on workshops that will encourage participants to relate technology tools to specific teaching and learning objectives and examine techniques that can increase the positive impact of technology in the classroom.

TEACH! will take place at the New England Center for Continuing Education. Registration is now open online (https://www.events.unh.edu/register.shtml?event_id=4273). Please visit our Web site (http://cis.unh.edu/teach) for more information about TEACH! or contact Dr. Laurel Warren Trufant (L.Trufant@unh.edu, 603-862-4394).

SANS Security Leadership Essentials For Managers with Knowledge Compression™

This completely updated course is designed to empower advancing managers who want to get up to speed fast on information security issues and terminology. You don't just learn about security, you learn how to manage security. Lecture sections are intense; the most common student comment is that it's like drinking from a fire hose. The diligent manager will learn vital, up-to-date knowledge and skills required to supervise the security component of any information technology project. Additionally, the course has been engineered to incorporate the NIST Special Papers 800 guidance so that it can be particularly useful to US Government managers and supporting contractors.

Essentials topics covered in this management course include: Network Fundamentals and Applications, Power, Cooling and Safety, Architectural Approaches to Defense in Depth, Cyber Attacks, Vulnerability Assessment and Management, Security Policies, Contingency and Continuity Planning, Awareness Management, Risk Management Analysis, Incident Handling, Web Application Security, Offensive and Defensive Information Warfare, culminating with our Management Practicum. Only SANS top instructors are invited to teach this course and you will be able to put what you learn into practice, the day you get back into the office.

Using technology to develop integrated student systems and services is critical to the success and survival of today's modern university.

The AACRAO Technology Conference brings together technology practitioners and managers from the offices of:

* Admissions
* Bursar
* Enrollment management
* Financial aid
* Registration
* Central IT departments supporting student services

More than 500 participants come to share ideas, information, and solutions on the practical application of technology in support of student services .

ICICTE 2008 will seek to address the many challenges and new directions presented by technological innovations in educational settings. This call is for papers for plenary sessions examining the theoretical and practical applications of technology in education at all levels in both the public and private sectors.

Thematic streams will include alternative processes, procedures, techniques and tools for creating learning environments appropriate for the twenty-first century. Conference themes include:
 Political economy and educational technology: Intersections
 Institutional and national responses to technological change
 The architecture of learning; accessibility; the evolution of the classroom
 Pedagogy in the evolving tech environment
 Informal and formal adult education
 Multi-grade education
 Instructional design and delivery; evaluation and assessment
 Strategies and tools for teaching and learning, simulations and gaming
 Effects on training institutions and industry
 Impacts on educational institutions: effects on faculty, staff, administration, and
students; curriculum and program development
 Intellectual property
 Ethical considerations in the use of information technology in teaching and learning
 The internationalization of institutions and of education
 Open/Distance learning
 Building communities of teachers/educators; cooperative learning
 Teacher training
 The use of technology in education to promote democratic ideals, freedom, equality.

All proposals and papers are peer reviewed by members of the Scientific Committee. If you wish to present at ICICTE 2008 submit your proposal to Nancy Pyrini at nancypyrini@icicte.org by February 21, 2008.

Each proposal will be double-blind reviewed by the Scientific Committee. Notification on whether the proposal has been accepted will be sent by February 28, 2008.
Papers presented at the conference will be published in the proceedings under the title Information Communication Technologies in Education.
With the keynote speaker, plenary sessions, workshops, and forums examining the integration of technology into all facets of education, the conference will provide participants with a forum for intensive interdisciplinary interaction and collegial debate. Those attending ICICTE 2008 will leave with an excellent overview of current thinking and practices in applications of technology to education.

Join SANS as we make a trip to Canberra, Australia, on 30 June - 5 July 2008! In SANS tradition, we offer you a classic selection of hands-on training that is relevant to the challenges you face each day as an information security professional or manager. Australian, Mark Hofman will be teaching at this event along with other popular SANS instructors.

SEC401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
SEC504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
SEC508: Systems Forensics, Investigation & Response
AUD507: Auditing Networks, Perimeters & Systems

Canberra is full of fantastic experiences for visitors and residents alike. Set within leafy surrounds, this capital city is home to many national monuments, museums, and attractions. Classes will be held at the newly renovated National Convention Centre, home of the Royal Theatre, in Canberra. This contemporary facility places you close to accommodations as well as stylish restaurants, shops, and entertainment.

Tuition fee discounts are available — the earlier you register, the greater your savings will be. So, click on the link and check out our website, read through the course descriptions, make your selections, and register today!

SANS is the most trusted source for information security training worldwide. Don't miss this opportunity to receive some of the best computer and internet security training available.

Here's what Australian alumni of SANS programs have said:
‘Great hands-on work in the class. Rarely would you get such practical exposure elsewhere!’ - Tony Bakas, Australian Taxation Office

‘Excellent treatment of network security. The most valuable course I have taken.’ - Andrew Ryan, Australian Taxation Office

With the SANS reputation and an eagerness to help you meet your training objectives, SANS is the best choice for IT security education. Let your colleagues and friends know about SANS Canberra 2008. We look forward to seeing you there!

SSWUG.org presents the SQL Server Virtual Conference II Designed to bring useful technical sessions to your desktop along with the ability to interact with speakers and exhibitors in a lively forum where your questions will be answered during presentations or post-session.

FIRST is the premier organization and recognized global leader in incident response. Attendance will include representatives from the more than 180 member teams of FIRST including Merrill Lynch, Cisco, Microsoft, Deutsche Bank, Symantec, Citigroup, Siemens, HP, Goldman Sachs, CERT/CC, British Telecom, and Oxford University to name a few. You do not need to be a member of FIRST to attend or sponsor.

Many of educationʼs most important commercial providers such as, Dell, HP, IBM, Lenovo, Novell, SUN and Sungard have evolved over the past ten years to include Open Source Software (OSS) as part of their core business. Complimenting these, is an ever-increasing list of new, open source specifi c service providers such as CampusEAI, Moodlerooms,
rSmart and Unicon to name a few. Services from these commercial providers extend beyond simple distribution to include standard service and support models and even actual code development.

Considering this expanding market, how will campuses respond?

Join us at the 2-3-98 Conference as we engage in an open and honest discussion with peer institutions about the decision-making behind their
adoption of open source tools, how these tools fulfill actual needs on campus and how these applications are supported internally, through traditional open source communities of collaboration and even
with commercial service providers.

When it comes to ensuring that higher education institutions are taking advantage of the latest technologies to delivery instruction and manage facilities, individuals attending the EduComm Conference are ahead of the game. From smart classrooms to lecture capture systems to distance learning, EduComm at InfoComm provides administrators with the latest insights into modern technologies and their implementation within higher education. Keynote speakers David Pogue, New York Times personal technology columnist, and Gary Kayye, founder of rAVe Publications and chief visionary at Kayye Consulting, will entertain as they share a vision for excellence in higher education.

Sharpen your management and security skills at SANS Rocky Mountain Bootcamp 2008, June 8-13, in Denver, Colorado! Senior members of the SANS faculty will be in Denver to teach a wide variety of SANS' most popular courses including the following:

•Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style. Instructor: Marc Sachs
•Security 504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling. Instructor: John Strand
•Security 508: System Forensics, Investigation & Response. Instructor: Michael Murr
•Security 502: Perimeter Protection In-Depth. Instructor: Chris Brenton
•Management 414: SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam. Instructor: Eric Cole
•Management 411: SANS 17799/27001 Security & Audit Framework. Instructor: Dave Hoelzer

Register by May 1 and receive a $250 tuition fee discount! Also, the special SANS room rate at the Sheraton Denver West hotel will be available through May 16, so mark your calendar and get the most out of your training dollars.

When you attend SANS Rocky Mountain Bootcamp 2008, you will see the SANS promise in action - what you learn in the classroom you will able to use immediately upon returning to the office. Here's what some of our students have to say:

'The course is priceless. There's no other place where you can pick at the brain of a seasoned security expert for a week!' - Robert Sukhwani, SAIC

‘The best overall comprehensive course I have ever taken. The instructor was awesome. Great experience, great information.’ - Susan Riedel, Wells Fargo Bank

With a reputation for being the most trusted source for information security training and an eagerness to help you meet your training objectives, SANS is the best choice for IT security education. So let your colleagues and friends know about SANS Rocky Mountain Bootcamp 2008. We look forward to seeing you all in Denver!

Chicago State University presents a symposium on Information Law and Public Policy. Symposium topics will include: Legislation and Compliance, Technology and Society; Information Access and Education; Accountability and Assessment and the Politics of Information Law and Policy. A pre-conference workshop entitled “Primer in Information Law” will be held June 5th. The workshop is designed to be an overview of the most important legal traditions, precedents, past practice and current laws and compliance issues in the U.S. today. A Call For Papers is open until April 15th. For full details please visit our website at http://www.csu.edu/library

The Open Conference on Technology in Education
Submit your proposal now.

Join other educators, developers, and innovators from across the nation and beyond in this two-day conference devoted to the exchange and development of information, best practices, and new ideas.

TTIX is an open conference that encourages free access to presentation information and materials, and facilitates the sharing of knowledge. Registration for this conference is and always will be FREE.

Portal 2007 Conference is behind us now, and it is time to start the planning process for Portal 2008 Conference: measurement & assessment. While very few documented assessments of portals have taken place, we wanted to focus the conference on coming up with ways to measure and assess the effectiveness of the portal.

Lessons from the Pioneers: Finding and Eliminating Security Flaws in Web and other Applications.

Organizations will share the lessons learned in their application security initiatives. Case studies in application security initiatives will be presented and dozens of questions will be answered.
Organizations that deploy web applications are facing a massive escalation in attacks by organized crime groups from Eastern Europe and Asia. Beginning two years ago, these criminal groups targeted applications instead of operating systems, because they discovered that around 70% of all web applications had security flaws...and now 80% of new malware is focused on the application layer. Applications have become the easier attack target. With that change, the criminals added a new security challenge—not only must corporations and schools and governments ensure secure configuration and effective patch management, now they must also ensure the applications they deploy have no security flaws. The SANS WhatWorks in Application Security Summit 2008 brings together the pioneers who have already faced the application security problem. If you are spending or about to spend a lot of money and want to make sure the investment actually improves security these are real users who can tell you what works and what doesn’t.

The only place to get...deep, dark secrets from the best minds in the world. Tough lessons from real enterprises...what really works (and what doesn’t). Hands-on experience with top vendors...answers to the hard questions.

Penetration and Ethical Hacking

To secure their infrastructure and meet compliance requirements, enterprises increasingly rely on comprehensive penetration testing and vulnerability assessments. Various regulations, the Payment Card Industry standards, and basic due diligence require finding security flaws through the use of assessment and penetration testing methods before malicious attackers find them. But, without skilled personnel, a professional and repeatable process, and trustworthy tools, penetration testing is a shot in the dark and could be dangerous to enterprise operations. The SANS Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Summit brings together industry leaders to help enterprises get the most out of their penetration testing. We'll discuss the latest processes and technologies for effective vulnerability discovery and remediation throughout an enterprise. In a series of highly interactive sessions, expert penetration testers and enterprise personnel will share lessons learned from the trenches with the goal of helping others improve their testing operations. Detailed Q&A sessions will let attendees grill the experts to get deep into policy, process, and technical aspects of testing. Several case studies will illustrate best practices as well as techniques to avoid. Vendor shoot-outs provide an opportunity to ask hard questions to determine which tools best meet business and technical requirements. Whether your organization performs penetration testing in-house or relies on third-party testing companies, this SANS Summit will help you maximize the value of your testing budget.

What Will You Learn at the Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Summit?

1. Methods for ensuring comprehensive, repeatable tests and assessments.
2. Real-world testing techniques from industry-recognized experts to find vulnerabilities while minimizing the chance of disruption of target systems.
3. Details about products and free tools that should be on your short list for use in effective penetration testing and vulnerability assessments.
4. An understanding of the various components of comprehensive testing, including network and web application analysis.
5. Lessons learned from tests in large- and medium-scale environments.
6. Practices of penetration testing pioneers that push the envelope in developing new tools and techniques for finding flaws.
7. Current trends in malicious attacks and how our penetration testing processes must adapt based on them.

This Best Practices Workshop (BPW) is a gathering of AFS & Kerberos users and administrators, novices and experts and everyone in between. This is of interest to:

Everyone interested in deploying a globally accessible file system
Everyone interested in learning more about real world usage of Kerberos authentication in single realm and federated single sign-on environments
Everyone who wants to share their knowledge and experience with other members of the AFS and Kerberos communities
Everyone who wants to find out the latest developments affecting AFS and Kerberos
Please see http://grand.central.org/workshop for full details.
Register before April 21st for early registration discount.
Call for presenters/papers.
Info about AFS at NJIT.

Conference Overview

The conference features two separate one-day tutorials, and a three-day workshop.

AFS is a distributed networked filesystem specialized for security and scalability, and supports read-only replication of volumes and local caching of files to provide access across unstable networks or server crashes. Different organizations can easily access each others' files because AFS uses global filespace and a common link point in all deployments, so a file has the same name on any computer or operating system using it. Control of who can access what from where can be set with a very high level of granularity, via access control lists (ACLs). There are actually three slight variants of AFS, all of which are discussed at the the BPW; the most common variant is OpenAFS.

The first tutorial is an introduction to AFS and AFS best practices, intended for IT professionals who use or intend to use AFS. Attendees learn the theory of how AFS works, how to establish a cell, and then discussion of strategies, techniques, and tools intended for reliable, secure, and simplified administration of AFS.

The second tutorial is an introduction to Kerberos authentication, with emphasis on its use in AFS. Kerberos is the de-facto standard computer network authentication protocol, deployed by Microsoft, Sun, Apple, and others.

The three-day workshop features status reports from various AFS/Kerberos developers, and a series of papers presented by experts in specific topics of AFS development, deployment, administration, and use. Q/A sessions typically follow the presentations, as well as much discussion during breaks. The workshop also traditionally features a banquet, sponsored by industry vendors. Attendees benefit primarily from learning how other users are using AFS, in what the direction OpenAFS is going, and of the commercial users and commercial products that support AFS.

This is the fifth BPW. In the past, about a third of the attendees are international, mostly from western Europe; for this conference the organizers are expecting perhaps 50% international. Approximately half of all attendees are from educational institutions, the balance being government agencies and corporations, and very few students or private individuals.

This Best Practices Workshop (BPW) is a gathering of AFS & Kerberos users and administrators, novices and experts and everyone in between. This is of interest to:

* Everyone interested in deploying a globally accessible file system
* Everyone interested in learning more about real world usage of Kerberos authentication in single realm and federated single sign-on environments
* Everyone who wants to share their knowledge and experience with other members of the AFS and Kerberos communities
* Everyone who wants to find out the latest developments affecting AFS and Kerberos
See also http://web.njit.edu/all_topics/AFS/bpw/

Kuali Days VI is suited to institutions that are considering present and future plans for administrative system replacements. The event will have full tracks for Kuali Financial System (multiple tracks), Kuali Research Administration, Kuali Student System, and Kuali Rice (infrastructure and services, such as, workflow). By popular request, we have added a half day seminar in advance of the conference on Kuali Financial System basics.

Questions? Call CONCENTRA Conference Management Services, Kuali Conference Coordinators, at +1.303.254.6600 or send email to .

Learning Impact 2008 is IMS Global Learning Consortium's annual conference that brings together the world's leading creators, vendors, users, and buyers of learning technology to participate in program tracks focused on the latest innovations in learning systems, digital learning content, the learning enterprise, and open technologies. Presenters answer a key challenge question designed to inform the attendees on the state of innovation and best practices.

The Summit on Global Learning Industry Challenges is a gathering of industry leaders to introduce and debate ideas on issues impacting the growth of learning worldwide. This is a unique and highly direct conversation for the purpose of illuminating the key business challenges facing the learning industry. The Summit is facilitated by a focused set of highly interactive panel sessions with audience participation.

Please join us for SANS Security West 2008, May 11-16, in the beautiful city of San Diego! This event boasts twelve courses designed to keep you up to date with today's changing IT environments.

SANS Security West 2008 delivers the information security skills needed by managers, auditors, security personnel, and legal professionals alike so start planning now and get your training needs met early in 2008!

Choose from the following list of courses:
•Audit 507: Auditing Networks, Perimeters & Systems
•Management 414: SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam
•Management 512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials For Managers with Knowledge Compression™
•Security 309: Intro to Information Security
•Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
•Security 502: Perimeter Protection In-Depth
•Security 503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth
•Security 504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
•Security 505: Securing Windows
•Security 508: System Forensics, Investigation & Response
•Security 617: Assessing and Securing Wireless Networks
•DIACAP: Department of Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) Training

You won't want to miss the Vendor Expo in San Diego! Given that (virtually) everything in security is accomplished with a tool, exposure to those tools is a very important part of the SANS learning experience. Leading solutions providers will be on-hand for a two-day exposition, an added bonus when you register for SANS Security West 2008.

April 2 is the last day to receive the early registration discount, so start making your plans now to attend. Also, the special SANS room rate at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego will be available through April 18, so mark your calendar and get the most out of your training dollars.

When you attend SANS Security West 2008, you will see the SANS promise in action - what you learn in the classroom you will able to use immediately upon returning to the office.

‘If you want training from the trusted source for information security, go straight to SANS.’ - Tracey Pintell-Quade, Eagan, McAllister Associates, Inc.

SANS is pleased to be returning to the home of Castle Loma, Toronto, this spring for SANS Toronto 2008, May 10-16, where we'll be providing exceptional computer and Internet security training. Auditors, managers, and hands-on technical staff at all levels will want to attend this important industry event.

SANS Toronto 2008 features these top-rated courses:
SEC401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style.
“Great overview of various aspects of Internet security technologies.” Vicky Abhishek, General Electric

SEC504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling.
“Excellent step-by-step guidelines for how to handle incidents and create the framework necessary to be prepared for incidents.” Lee Vorthman, SAIC.

SEC617: Assessing and Securing Wireless Networks
“This course is absolutely critical for any IT professional responsible for overseeing an existing wireless network.” Joshua Brown, Fleishman Hillard.

Management 414: SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification
“There is no better way to learn info sec today. Both the material and the instructors are world class.” Mikkel Seiero, IBM

Security 508: System Forensics, Investigation & Response
“I can honestly say this is one of the best pieces of training I've ever taken.” Brian Ronan, Ernst & Young
Or, join us for the latest in Internet and application security techniques with one of our new, skill-sharpening short courses:
•Security 427: Browser Forensics
•Security 426: AJAX and Web Services Security Overview
•Security 541: Secure J2EE Development: Data Validation Module

The Delta Meadowvale Resort & Conference Centre, situated on 23 acres of landscaped gardens, is the location for this event. The Delta Meadowvale is convenient to Pearson International Airport and 25 minutes from downtown Toronto.

Start making your training and travel plans now. We look forward to seeing you at SANS Toronto 2008.

Privacy. Cybersecurity. Telecommunications Reform. These and other national policy issues that have an impact on higher education will be the focus of the EDUCAUSE Policy Conference, an event that brings together CIOs, IT directors, legal counsel, librarians, federal relations officers, and other college and university leaders for discussion of important new federal laws, legislative and regulatory developments, and emerging trends.

Following the success of the first international Francophone ePortfolio conference at Québec in April 2006, the organisers of ePortfolio Montréal 2008 have pleasure in inviting researchers, policy-makers, practitioners and solution providers in the field of learning technologies to submit their contributions to the 2nd Pan-American and Francophone ePortfolio conference that will take place at Concordia University on 5-7 May 2008. This year’s focus will be on ePortfolio and digital identity, exploring the link between the records and services that contribute to the emergence of a digital identity.

With the onset of the digital age, the information community has had to rethink its approach to content -- from creation to how to manage the sale and retention of that information, to questions of delivery and use. A great deal of that focus has been on the more traditional journal, yet creators, libraries, and users today are working with content ranging from e-books to audio and beyond. However, the basic questions surrounding these digital resources remain the same as those that have been confronted with electronic serials, though the answers may not be: what formats are best when creating digital content, and how might metadata be best applied? What pricing models should be applied, and how will these, and their associated licenses, be managed? How will these digital formats be delivered, and to what platforms? During this NISO forum "Digital Resources: Working with Formats Beyond Serials," you will hear from a variety of speakers on these issues and more.

The 2008 Security Professionals Conference annual meeting brings together information security professionals, IT staff, and others from across the higher education community. The Security 2008 conference will include keynote speakers, pre and postconference seminars, corporate displays, and sessions that address technical solutions, security policies and procedures, and management issues, including security training and awareness.

First International Conference of the new Canadian Network for Innovation in Education.

Created in 2007, CNIE is the result of a merger of the Canadian Association for Distance Education (CADE) and the Association for Media and Technology in Education (AMTEC).

CNIE strives to:

· Advance the use of technology in all educational settings including distributed learning, open/distance education and institutional contexts at all levels, and

· Promote research into the theory and practice of distributed, distance and other technology-enhanced learning.

We invite presentations that will inspire participants to reach new heights as they work toward these goals. More details regarding the Call for Proposals may be found on the conference website: http://www.athabascau.ca/CNIE-RCIE/english/program/ . The deadline for the Call for Proposals is January 15th, 2008.

"Enterprise Solutions: The Community Source Way"

Join us once again in the Magic Kingdom® Park for SANS 2008, April 18-25! SANS will be in Orlando, Florida, this spring bringing you the best in network and computer security training, so start making your travel plans now!

Only SANS top-rated instructors are invited to our largest and most prestigious annual event. Choose from 41 courses that are packed with immediately useful techniques and tools including:

Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
Intrusion Detection In-Depth
System Forensics, Investigation & Response
Security Leadership Essentials for Managers
Assessing and Securing Wireless Networks

Plus 35 other training programs in Security, Management, Auditing, and Legal taught by the nation’s highest rated instructors.

“Awesome instructors! Extremely knowledgeable in their respective fields. If you need to know what’s happening now in IT security, then SANS is where you need to be!” -Kelly Posillipo, UNC-Chapel Hill

Complete your training experience by signing up for a GIAC certification. There is simply no better way to ensure that you have fully mastered the course material than studying for and passing the GIAC certification.

Of course, no SANS national event would be complete without an extensive Vendor Tools Expo & Reception where you’ll see live demonstrations of cutting-edge technologies. There will also be numerous SANS Lunch & Learn presentations and Cocktail Briefs to help you find the right mix of tools and solutions for your company’s unique challenges.

SANS 2008 welcomes keynote speaker David Rice, author of Geekonomics: The Real Cost of Insecure Software. As always, our SANS@Night Series will feature presentations on the most current topics in information security by some of the best speakers in the industry.

At SANS 2008, you’ll learn more than you can imagine and have countless opportunities to expand your network of security experts and friends. There’s fun for the entire family, too, as this event takes place right on the Walt Disney World® Resort property, minutes from Epcot® and Disney-MGM studios.

Register today for SANS 2008. We look forward to sharing both the magic of Disney and SANS training with you in Orlando!

The PKI Deployment Forum brings together colleges and universities that have decided to deploy PKI-based services on their campuses. The presentations focus on the details needed to make PKI deployments successful, covering both technical and policy issues and including related areas such as training, vendor selection, CA options, buy-versus-build decisions, key distribution, and audit. Each year, the PKI Deployment Forum will take place on a different campus where deployment is under way, allowing participants to learn firsthand about what has worked and what hasn't. EDUCAUSE is pleased that the University of Wisconsin–Madison has agreed to host this initial meeting.

In addition to planned presentations, the PKI Deployment Forum provides a crucial opportunity for personal networking among the staff who represent the PKI pioneers in higher education. These early adopters will find that consulting and collaborating with each other will help minimize the costs and hassles of deploying PKI and maximize the benefits.

The NSDI symposium focuses on the design principles of large-scale networks and distributed systems. Join researchers from across the networking and systems community—including computer networking,
distributed systems, and operating systems—in fostering
cross-disciplinary approaches and addressing shared research challenges.

Instructor Paul Asadoorian from OSHEAN, Inc.
April 15th-16th, 2008 (2 Day)
9:00AM - 5:00PM

TechEd 2008 is the world's leading Hands-On Technology in Education Conference and Exposition. Our 13th Annual, this year's conference promises to be infused with even more innovation than previous years with over 250 concurrent sessions focusing on issues related to Technology in the Learning Environment including Virtual Learning, Digital Media, Podcasting, Web Strands, Web 2.0, Facebook and Collaberative Learning Communities.
Ontario, California is once again the host of this energetic conference, with attendees from 48 states and 14 countries converging on the Ontario Convention Center, conveniently located near the Ontario International Airport.
Exhibit Hall passes are FREE so come out and talk with over 200 Leading Technology Companies showcasing real-world solutions to critical issues facing the Education Community including Tool Factory, Adobe, Apple, Vizual Symphony and many, many more.
And, don't miss the Classroom of the Now, Gaming Pavilion, TechEd Green Pavilion, Engaging Poster Sessions and cutting-edge best practice solutions!
CEU credits are available.
Hosted by Riverside Unified School District, Santa Ana College and DeVry University.

The Center for Teaching & Learning at LaGuardia Community College invites you to join us in NYC on April 10-12, 2008 for an exciting national ePortfolio conference. “Making Connections: ePortfolios, Integrative Learning, and Assessment” will offer 40 sessions exploring ePortfolio in relation to integrative pedagogy, technology and holistic assessment, presented by leading voices in the field.

We encourage you to take advantage of Early Registration and Group Discounts. Visit www.eportfolio.lagcc.cuny.edu/conference to register, see session highlights, and get information on pre-conference workshops.

Our keynote speaker, Dr. Kathleen Blake Yancey, is the Kellogg W. Hunt Professor of English at Florida State University and co-founder of the Inter/National Coalition on Electronic Portfolio Research. Her work is a major influence on ePortfolio theory and practice.

Pre-conference workshops on the afternoon of Thursday, April 10 will provide opportunities for in-depth conversations and hands-on experiences. Sign up for these pre-conference workshops on the conference website:

o ePortfolio 101: An introductory workshop, identifying common approaches to ePortfolio and spotlighting resources for educators.
o Holistic Assessment w/ ePortfolio: Approaches and issues involved in using ePortfolio to support authentic outcomes assessment.
o ePortfolio Creation with rSmart: An in-depth workshop by one of an effective technical support group, helping schools use the Open Source Portfolio.
o Next Generation ePortfolio: A meeting of technology innovators collaborating on new approaches to ePortfolio, integrating advanced Web 2.0 functions.

Please join us for this unique opportunity. We look forward to seeing you in April.

Sincerely,


Susan Lambert
Coordinator, Making Connections Conference
LaGuardia Center for Teaching & Learning
LaGuardia Community College, CUNY
31-10 Thompson Ave., Suite M-403
Long Island City, NY 11101
slambert@lagcc.cuny.edu
(718) 482-5404

LaGuardia Community College, an internationally recognized leader in the fast-growing field of Electronic Student Portfolios, is pleased to announce a national conference, Making Connections: ePortfolio, Integrative Learning, and Assessment. Held at LaGuardia’s bustling New York City campus on April 11-12, 2008, Making Connections will draw leaders in the field from across the country. LaGuardia students and faculty will showcase their groundbreaking innovations. The Making Connections conference provides a unique opportunity to examine the practice and promise of this transformative learning tool.

What is an ePortfolio? Electronic Student Portfolios are gaining wide popularity in higher education as a way to document, assess and enhance learning and teaching. Hundreds of college and universities around the world have begun using ePortfolio to help students reflect and create digital portraits of their evolving identities as learners. And as the political debate over assessment heats up, educators have found new ways to use ePortfolio to analyze the impact of the learning/teaching process.

A Center for Innovation: LaGuardia has emerged an ePortfolio leader, with a large and successful ePortfolio initiative that helps students to engage more deeply with their learning. While many colleges are piloting ePortfolio, LaGuardia has achieved broad implementation. Working with thousands of poor, immigrant, and minority students, LaGuardia’s data shows improved learning outcomes, from writing and critical thinking to pass rates and retention.

A Unique Moment of Possibility: The Making Connections conference will provide opportunities to hear from the students and faculty who are pioneering this new educational media. Addressing issues of teaching, learning, and assessment, as well as ways to link ePortfolio to the new possibilities of Web 2.0, the conference will combine voices of the LaGuardia experience with presentations from international leaders in the field, such as Helen Barrett and Trent Batson. Presentations will spotlight ePortfolio projects from schools ranging from Portland State University, the University of Michigan, and Virginia Tech to the University of Westminster in London and Kapi’olani Community College in Honolulu. We invite you to join us for a unique gathering, an opportunity to learn about and help shape this exciting new field.

Please read through the Session Highlights for an overview of the Conference as well as our Pre-Conference schedule.

For questions about the conference schedule, logistics, or registration, contact our
Conference Coordinator: Susan Lambert
Email: slambert@lagcc.cuny.edu
Phone: (718) 482-5404

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

At our April 10-12 "Making Connections" ePortfolio conference - www.eportfolio.lagcc.cuny.edu/conference, we have an opportunity to take part in two exciting discussions on ePortfolio as a tool for exploring cultural diversity and building leadership for social change. Below are highlights for these two outstanding sessions:

* In ePortfolio for Social Innovation, the University of Michigan's Melissa Peet will share how she is using ePortfolio as a tool for building "generative knowledge," helping students understand their potential as leaders in social change efforts. A dynamic speaker and thinker, Melissa is bringing a cohort of UM students who will take part in the whole conference, and discuss their own experiences in this session. Friday, 1:30-2:45 pm.

* In Ka Huaka'i o Nawa'a: The Journey of the Canoes, Lisa Kanae, Kawika Napoleon, and a team from Kapi'olani Community College in Hawaii will share how they are using ePortfolio to help indigenous students connect with their culture, their identities, and their roles as leaders in their communities. Kanae and her team are gifted and dynamic presenters who will provide fresh insight into the ways they and their students are using ePortfolio. Saturday, 9:00-10:15 am. (Worth getting up for!)

National Buzz
* Recognizing its importance to the growing ePortfolio field, The NY Times Knowledge Network has agreed to co-sponsor Making Connections. Early registrations already show educators coming from more than 40 colleges and universities, from 26 states and 5 different countries.

* The popular higher ed publication, Campus Technology, has recently published an article written by Trent Batson about the “Making Connections Conference.” Please click here to read Trent’s article: http://campustechnology.com/articles/60044/

Register early
It will help us if you register early, so we have a good estimate of our numbers and can ease the Friday morning registration crunch. For registration (and more conference information) please go to the conference website http://www.eportfolio.lagcc.cuny.edu/conference/.

If you have questions, please contact me at (718) 482-5404 or slambert@lagcc.cuny.edu . Thank you so much for reading about the conference. We hope you’ll consider joining us in New York for this exciting event!

Best,


Susan Lambert
Coordinator, Making Connections Conference &
Acting ePortfolio Project Director
LaGuardia Center for Teaching and Learning
LaGuardia Community College
31-10 Thompson Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11101
slambert@lagcc.cuny.edu

The National Service-Learning Conference is the largest gathering of youths and practitioners involved in the service-learning movement. The 2007 conference drew attendees from across the United States and 19 other countries. The conference connects participants with service-learning leaders through three days of plenary sessions, featured forums, and service projects. It also provides access to new ideas and networking opportunities, with more than 200 workshops and countless opportunities for informal meetings. Invited keynote speakers this year include Arch Bishop Desmund Tutu and Vice-President Al Gore.

Join us for the 35th annual SIGUCCS Management Symposium of ACM's Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services (SIGUCCS). This year's theme, "An Oasis of IT Solution" will attract higher education IT leaders and future leaders to beautiful Tucson. The symposium is large enough to bring together diverse views to challenge your thoughts, but small enough to enable real discourse toward new solutions. The annual symposium has a history of providing interesting and relevant program content in a friendly atmosphere that lends itself to making rewarding and lasting professional contacts. Whether you are a new manager or a veteran CIO, you'll leave the symposium with new thoughts, new ideas, new friends, and a connection to a professional network of your peers. Following the symposium's unique and highly successful format, the symposium will feature focused, facilitated discussion sessions along with outstanding keynote speakers. Sessions will be organized into three program tracks. Each track will focus on an area of interest to those with IT leadership responsibilities in institutions of higher education, whether they are large universities or small colleges. The program tracks are:

Leadership and Professional Development
Service Enrichment through Innovations in Technology
Strategic Planning, Alliances, Funding, and Staffing

Join us for the 35th annual SIGUCCS Management Symposium (formerly known as the Computer Services Management Symposium). Share ideas and insights with your colleagues and peers. Establish long-lasting professional relationships. Enhance your management and leadership skills while learning new strategies in a nurturing and relaxing environment.

Abstracts for a presentation, facilitated discussion, or a panel are due November 9, 2007.

Join us in downtown Chicago for this year’s workshop "Blending with Purpose" on April 6 through 8, 2008. "Blending with Purpose" examines blended learning as a platform for introducing teaching innovations, resolving resource concerns and facilitating the learning of students in the digital age. Administrative leaders, faculty members, instructional designers and researchers will gather to network, consider effective practices and discuss assessment strategies. Break out sessions will center on three primary areas – administration, pedagogy and assessment/evaluation.

Register for this exclusive blended learning workshop, where multiple opportunities for learning, sharing and networking take place during the highly interactive workshop sessions. Institutions are encouraged to register teams of administrative leaders, faculty members, instructional designers and researchers. Each track provides participants with strategies that can be adapted and implemented at their home institution.

For more information, visit www.blendedworkshop.uic.edu, e-mail blended@uic.edu or call (312) 355-0423.

Where: OSHEAN (N. Kingstown)
When: Saturday April 5, 2008 9AM-4PM
What: Install Linux, help people install Linux, FREE PIZZA

This year’s conference "One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Finding Practical and Innovative Solutions for Your Campus," will explore the balance between institutional and individual user needs in an environment of rapid change. We’ll consider the impact of users and departments increasingly demanding flexible and individualized services, while at the same time accountability pressures require attention to legal and compliance issues.

Discovering scholarly information and data is essential for research and use of the content that the information community is producing and making available. The development of knowledge bases, web systems, repositories, and other sources for this information brings the need for effective discovery tools -- search-driven discovery and network (or browse) driven discovery -- to the forefront. With new tools and systems emerging, however, are standards keeping pace with the next generation of tools? What's coming up and where might standards fit to assist in this arena? The forum will include both a look at the current state of discovery tools and at new visions of what these tools might look like in the next several years.

SANS is pleased to be returning to Northern Virginia this spring for SANS Tyson’s Corner 2008, March 25-31, where we’ll be providing exceptional computer and Internet security training. Auditors, managers, and hands-on technical staff at all levels will want to attend this important industry event.

SANS Tyson's Corner 2008 features these four top-rated courses:
AUD507: Auditing Networks, Perimeters & Systems
I've learned dozens of new techniques to improve my company's security. Robert Malmrose, QRM
SEC401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
Great overview of various aspects of Internet security technologies. Vicky Abhishek, General Electric
SEC504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
Excellent step-by-step guidelines for how to handle incidents and create the framework necessary to be prepared for incidents. Lee Vorthman, SAIC
SEC617: Assessing and Securing Wireless Networks
This course is absolutely critical for any IT professional responsible for overseeing an existing wireless network. Joshua Brown, Fleishman Hillard

The Sheraton Premier Hotel at Tyson’s Corner is the location for this event. Convenient to the Metro DC area just off the Capital Beltway, Tyson’s Corner is known as a shopping and restaurant mecca for the East Coast with most of the top names within a short distance of the hotel. SANS has arranged for discounted room rates available through February 20 which include high-speed Internet access in your room.

Register by February 13 and receive a $250 tuition fee discount as well! Start making your training and travel plans now. We look forward to seeing you at SANS Tyson’s Corner 2008.

ELI conducts in-depth workshops on two topics each year. Focus sessions help participants develop a deeper understanding of a topic and gain practical knowledge that can be applied on campus. As with the Annual Meeting, institutions are encouraged to facilitate this process through team participation.

This year's conference, "New Directions in Higher Ed IT: Navigating the Course While Still Drawing the Map," will provide a rich agenda defining the rapidly evolving challenges facing information technology in higher education, including teaching and learning, infrastructure, security and compliance, and personnel management. The program will include keynote presentations from acknowledged experts who will provide the “big picture” on current issues, presentations highlighting practical solutions, and interactive discussion sessions to facilitate networking and sharing.

Community SANS presents: SEC504-Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling

If your organization has an Internet connection and one or two disgruntled employees (and whose doesn't!), your computer systems will get attacked. From the five, ten, or even one hundred daily probes against your Internet infrastructure to the malicious insider slowly creeping through your most vital information assets, attackers are targeting your systems with increasing viciousness and stealth.

By helping you understand attackers' tactics and strategies in detail, giving you hands-on experience in finding vulnerabilities and discovering intrusions, and equipping you with a comprehensive incident handling plan, the in-depth information in this course helps you turn the tables on computer attackers. This course addresses the latest cutting-edge insidious attack vectors and the "oldie-but-goodie" attacks that are still so prevalent, and everything in between. Instead of merely teaching a few hack attack tricks, this course includes a time-tested, step-by-step process for responding to computer incidents; a detailed description of how attackers undermine systems so you can prepare, detect, and respond to them; and a hands-on workshop for discovering holes before the bad guys do. Additionally, the course explores the legal issues associated with responding to computer attacks, including employee monitoring, working with law enforcement, and handling evidence.

This challenging course is particularly well suited to individuals who lead or are a part of an incident handling team. Furthermore, general security practitioners, system administrators, and security architects will benefit by understanding how to design, build, and operate their systems to prevent, detect, and respond to attacks.

With the increasing number of digital objects—both those born digital and those that have been converted to digital formats to enhance access, delivery, and creative use of library collections—the need to focus on how these digital objects themselves will be preserved is paramount. Good business practices require attention to interoperability with various systems and platforms, a focus on accessibility, and use of and attention to formats that will be allow for extensibility and flexibility. By creating well-formed content at the outset and paying attention to digital preservation issues as part of the collection management plan, we can better ensure the longevity of these collections. NISO's Digital Preservation forum will provide insight and allow for further discussion of these issues.

This six-day course is the end product of over one hundred skilled system, network and security administrators working with one common goal: to improve the state of information security.

This year's conference, "Education and Technology in Service of the Networked Society," will explore the challenges of meeting constituent demands for delivering institutional information technologies in the context of hyper and socially connected environments. Be inspired by the potential, innovation, success, and failures and case studies of your colleagues. Take home an idea or two to add your own set of best practices, with your institution's own flavor, of course.

International conference and workshop on e-Learning strategies:
Edutainment & Exhibition on e-Learning product and service providers”

5-Day international conference and workshop on various topics about e-Learning, exhibition and marketplace for e-Learning providers held in Bangkok and Pattaya, Thailand. A "must-attend" for all those who are involved with e-Learning in any way!

The event features multi-disciplinary forum for discussion in educational and business perspectives, as well as an assembly of international e-Learning product and service providers. Be a part of worldwide e-Learning network creation!

Please visit www.elearning.dusit.ac.th/conference2008 for online registration and more information.

Sponsored by The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and The Wolfsonian–Florida International University (The Wolfsonian-FIU), the WebWise Conference is a premier forum for nationally-recognized experts to address the emerging issues and implications of digital technologies for libraries, museums, and other institutions. The theme for WebWise 2008 is "Web 2.0: The Power of Community."

Current research on online users as well as innovative digital tools and programs to enhance library and museum services will be showcased in presentations and demonstrations. The 2008 WebWise Conference will also feature keynote addresses by Jonathan Fanton, president of the MacArthur Foundation, and Jeffrey Schnapp, founder-director of the Stanford Humanities Lab, on March 6 and 7 respectively. Two half-day pre-conference workshops, requiring separate registration, will be offered March 5, including 1) an Introduction to Web 2.0 for Libraries and Museums and 2) Digital Applications for the Humanities, organized by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

There are no registration fees for the WebWise Conference, but early registration is recommended as space is limited. For more information about this year’s conference, including the agenda, online registration, and information about travel and lodging, visit http://webwise2008.fcla.edu. Visit www.imls.gov/webwise for information on past WebWise conferences.
The annual WebWise Conference is sponsored by IMLS and this year will be co-hosted by The Wolfsonian–FIU, with support from the Florida Center for Library Automation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority.
The WebWise welcome reception is sponsored by The Steven and Dorothea Green Library , Florida International University; The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University; Miami Art Museum; The Otto G. Richter Library, University of Miami; Vizcaya Museum & Gardens; The Wolfsonian-Florida International University

INTED2008 will be an excellent opportunity for professors, researchers and professionals to share the latest innovations and results in the field of Education, Technology and Development.
All that, in such an attractive venue: Valencia.

The deadline for abstracts/proposals is 15 November 2007.

Enquiries: inted2008@iated.org

SANS Security Leadership Essentials For Managers with Knowledge Compression™

This event is designed to empower advancing managers who want to get up to speed fast on information security issues and terminology. Lecture sections are intense; the most common student comment is that it's like drinking from a fire hose. The diligent manager will learn vital, up-to-date knowledge and skills required to supervise the security component of any information technology project.

Essentials topics covered in this management course include: Network Fundamentals and Applications, Hardware Architecture, Information Assurance Foundations, Computer Security Policies, Contingency and Continuity Planning, Business Impact Analysis, Incident Handling, Web Security, Offensive and Defensive Information Warfare, culminating with Management Practicum. Only SANS top instructors are invited to teach this course and you will be able to put what you learn into practice, the day you get back into the office.

The 6th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST '08)
brings together storage system researchers and practitioners to explore
new directions in the design, implementation, evaluation, and deployment
of storage systems. Meet with premier storage system researchers and
practitioners for ground-breaking file and storage information.

Moderators: Gary Pavela, M.A., J.D., Director of Judicial Programs and Student Ethical Development, University of Maryland -- College Park & Kimberly Bonner, J.D., Executive Director, Center for Intellectual Property, University of Maryland University College.

This year’s conference, "Empowering Community Through Technology," will explore the convergence of technology throughout the higher education environment. Whether your focus is faculty or staff, technical or functional, this conference will offer a variety of opportunities for you to learn about and share with colleagues technological changes and uses on campuses in your region.

Consider attending this workshop to learn about practical approaches for addressing these questions. We will explore issues surrounding the three themes of privacy and compliance, threat and risk mitigation, and scalability, each of which requires a bridge between security and identity management.

* To address privacy, identity and access management (IAM) is used to reduce exposure of personally identifiable information and other important resources and services.
* To address compliance, IAM and related functions of logging, tracking, and provisioning access are critical to achieving this goal.
* To scale all of this requires an eye toward reducing complexity, which IAM does by correlating identity and access across campus applications and systems and enabling the consistent application of institutional policy.

This workshop will offer interactive education and guidance to higher education CIOs and IT managers, IAM architects, security professionals, and application developers. Institutions are encouraged to send a cross-functional team, particularly from the IAM and security areas, to work through the planning process together.

Warm up this winter in Phoenix, and boost your career with SANS – the most trusted source for computer security training, certification, and research!

SANS Phoenix 2008,
February 11-16
Hilton Phoenix East - Mesa, AZ

Courses include:
CISSP(R) Certification Exam Prep
Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
Perimeter Protection In-Depth
Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
System Forensics, Investigation & Response

- Early registration discounts are available through January 16, 2008.
- Discounted hotel room rates are available through January 22, 2008, subject to availability.
- GIAC Certification attempts are available for all courses.

The Hilton Phoenix East in Mesa, Arizona is just minutes from the Sky Harbor International Airport. This location is also convenient to downtown Copper Square with its restaurants and nightlife, art galleries and cultural events. Register today for this training that will increase your effectiveness on the job!

Attendees will hear about the latest developments in network and system security, regional and state networking, identity management, federal IT policy, converged communications services, and policies for national broadband connections.

The Net@EDU Annual Meeting offers attendees numerous opportunities to network with other leading decision makers in higher education, as well as a chance to participate in Net@EDU's working groups. Members can also give input on policy directions for Net@EDU and EDUCAUSE.

Something to "WOW" About: Come See NSF's Science at Work!

If you are curious about science and technology, come to NSF to charge your scientific imagination.

National Science Foundation
Open House & Exhibition
Monday, February 4, 2008
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
4201 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22230

More than 30 NSF-supported scientists, engineers and educators from across the nation will showcase some 12 exhibits at NSF's open house. As part of the day's activities, NSF Director Arden L. Bement, Jr., will also present NSF's FY 2009 Budget Request (time TBA).
For more information, contact NSF's Office of Legislative and Publics Affairs @ 703-292-8070. Contact Sheila Macklin at ext. 7747 by 1/14/08 for sign language interpreting or other accomodations for persons with disabilities.

This two day event will provide a venue for educational technology researchers to present formal papers in educational technology areas. Paper submission deadline is September 17, 2007. Submit a paper by August 1, 2007, and your name will be placed in a drawing for a free symposium registration.

Paper length: Four-eight single spaced pages. A paper longer than eight pages will be returned to its author for editing and may not be published in the proceedings. An abstract by itself will not be considered.

Presentation time: 20 minutes for each paper, including Q&A. Presentations will be grouped together by areas of interest and the presentation group will be assigned time slots of appropriate length.

Other information: Papers should consist of original (not previously published) or reported research on any and all aspects of Educational Technology. Papers will be peer reviewed using a double-blind referee process.

Conference Proceedings Publication: Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings book. These papers will serve as a source of information for educational technology research. Selected papers may be invited to be published in the TechEdge, TCEA’s quarterly journal. Authors of accepted papers are required to register for the symposium and present their papers in order to have their papers published in the Conference Proceedings publication.

Possible paper topics include, but are not limited to:

Applying New Technologies
Best Practices
Collaborative Learning
Community Building
Computer Science Education
Content Development
Courseware Development
Cultural Attitudes and Technology Acceptance
Curriculum and Instructional Design
Cyber Safety
Digital Libraries
Distance Education/Learning
E-learning
Emerging/Innovative Technologies
Ethical/Legal/Social Issues
Evaluation and Assessment
Games and Simulations in Education
Gender and Diversity Issues
Infrastructure
International Challenges
Leadership in Educational Technology
Learning Outcomes
Mobile Devices
Mobile Learning
Multimedia
Online Learning
Open Source
Partnerships
Policy and Law
Staff Development
Student Learning
Virtual Universities
Web-based Instruction
Women in Technology

Deadline for paper submission: An electronic copy (Microsoft Word format) of the paper must be sent to cravey@tcea.org as an e-mail attachment no later than September 17, 2007. Papers are required to use American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines EXCEPT the paper will be single spaced. Additional format: single column, no page numbers, no footnotes, references included at end of paper. An Abstract is required.

Deadline for revisions: Any revisions to an accepted paper must be sent to cravey@tcea.org no later than December 3, 2007 (Microsoft Word format, e-mail attachment). The deadline allows time for authors make any necessary changes to their papers as a result of the review process.

Timeline:

Paper submission September 17, 2007
Papers sent to reviewers October 1, 2007
Reviews of papers due October 22, 2007
Final paper submission December 3, 2007
Registration (for inclusion of paper in proceedings) December 15, 2007
Educational Technology Research Symposium February 4-5, 2008

Want to help? If you are willing to volunteer to be a reviewer for conference paper submissions, please contact one of the Conference Chairs, Dr. John Thompson, at thompsjt@buffalostate.edu or Dr. Stephen Rainwater, at Steve_Rainwater@uttyler.edu. Full details will be sent to you.

Please join us February 2-8 in San Jose for SANS Silicon Valley 2008 where
we'll put outstanding computer security training at your fingertips.
Auditors, system administrators, and managers alike will benefit from these
valuable courses:
AUD507: Auditing Networks, Perimeters & Systems
SEC401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
SEC503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth
SEC504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
SEC505: Securing Windows
SEC617: Assessing and Securing Wireless Networks
MGT512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials For Managers with Knowledge
Compression™

Classes will be held at the Wyndham San Jose Hotel in the heart of Silicon Valley where high tech meets great entertainment. Convenient to San Jose International Airport and the light rail transit system, you'll be near Paramount's Great America Amusement Park and the Museum of Technology.

Register by December 19 and get a $250 tuition fee discount!
Mark you calendar now and meet us at SANS Silicon Valley 2008. Don't miss this opportunity to receive the best training available in computer security today!

Moderator: Georgia Harper, J.D., Scholarly Communications Advisor, University Libraries, University of Texas at Austin. This workshop will explore how integrating the various methods our campuses use to provide access to digital educational course materials can achieve long-term efficiencies and facilitate institutional compliance with copyright law.

Join us at the 2008 EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting, "Connecting and Reflecting: Preparing Learners for Life 2.0," to explore educational approaches that may better prepare students for a world of exponential change.

Join us as we explore:

* What skills prepare us for Life 2.0?
* What educational approaches will best prepare students for Life 2.0?
* How will we update our definitions of learning as well as rethink many of our assumptions about teaching, learning, and our profession?
* What unique capabilities does IT offer to help colleges and universities ensure today’s learners are successful?

In the ELI tradition, the annual meeting is a setting for interactive, hands-on learning and networking, with a variety of presentations, discussions, and workshops. Sessions will fall into one of three interest areas: learners, learning principles and practices, and learning technologies.

Each year in late January, the ELI community comes together to explore, network, and grow. A combination of plenary presentations, interactive sessions, and workshops - plus plenty of time to visit with colleagues - ensures that the ELI Annual Meeting brings lasting value to participants. ELI also encourages institutions to maximize the value they receive from the conference by sending institutional teams. Team participation facilitates shared learning and enhances the potential for collaborative initiatives back on campus based on ideas gained at the meeting.

Whether your focus is administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management, you can benefit from attending the Seventh Annual EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference.

This year's conference, "Innovative Planning for the 21st-Century Academy: Creating Reality Through Technology, Collaboration, and Best Practices," will explore innovative, collaborative, and practical responses to the complex challenges of shifting student demographics and expectations, expanding teaching and learning community support needs, increasing government compliancy issues, growing demand for assessment and accountability, constantly advancing technologies, continual interoperability issues, and decreasing resources.

Preconference seminars begin the morning of January 15, with the full conference program January 15–17, 2008. The program follows five key tracks:

* Enterprise Infrastructure and Technology for a New Age
* The Leadership Challenge in the 21st Century
* Leveraging 21st-Century Technology for User Services and Support
* Teaching, Learning, and Research in a Complex and Changing World
* Corporate and Campus Solutions

Attention Information Security Professionals!
SANS is proud to be back in New Orleans for SANS Security 2008 on January 11th-19th with our top instructors, new course offerings, action-packed night sessions, and additional special events. Now is truly the time to improve your information security skills and fall in love with New Orleans all over again. Sign up now and you will receive the best pricing for SANS top courses.
We'll be offering the following hands-on courses for security professionals at all levels, and we know you won’t want to miss them!
- Security 309: Introduction to Information Security
- Security 330: SANS Training for the Security+ Certification
- Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
- Security 502: Perimeter Protection In-Depth
- Security 503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth
- Security 504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
- Security 505: Securing Windows
- Security 508: System Forensics, Investigation, and Response
- Security 617: Assessing and Securing Wireless Networks
- Management 414: SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam
- Management 512: SANS Security Leadership Essentials for Managers
- Audit 411: SANS Security and Audit Framework
- Audit 507: Auditing Networks, Perimeters, and Systems

Additionally, SANS will be offering many cutting edge short courses including:
- Security 514: Advanced Network Worm and Bot Analysis
- Security 517: Cutting-Edge Hacking Techniques
- Security 519: Web Application Security Workshop
- Security 601: Reverse Engineering Malware
- Security 526: Next Evolution in Digital Forensics
- Management 405: Critical Infrastructure Protection

SANS training is well-known for being relevant and pragmatic. All SANS instructors are industry leaders and experts that understand the challenges you face on a daily basis. You’ll find their real-world experience invaluable in seeing the practical value of the course material. Here are some comments from recent alumni:

"The biggest advantage of taking the course was to be able to interact with an experienced instructor who has implemented the topics in a business situation." - Adam James, Mutual of Omaha

"Worth every penny." - John East, NSFSB

"Excellent instructor. Best class I've taken in 15 years.” - David Swift, Fortinet

SANS Security 2008 is once again being hosted at the Sheraton New Orleans right on Canal Street where the cities major attractions are literally right outside the hotel’s door. As an extra treat, if you book under the special SANS rate, you will receive complimentary high speed internet access in your hotel room. However, make sure to book with our special group on-line reservation system or mention SANS when calling since this rate is not available to the general public.

"SANS training always exceeds my expectations!" says Carlos A. Ayala Rocha of Profuture GNP.

Get the training you need to work better and faster as a security professional. Start making your training and travel plans now to join us for SANS SECURITY 2008 in New Orleans!

Join us in the Nation’s Capitol for a week of the highest quality management, developer, audit, and security training available in the world!

SANS Cyber Defense Initiative 2007 features 11 hands-on courses taught by the nation’s highest rated instructors.
There is something for everyone in this week and SANS promises you will be able to use what you learn the day you get back to the office when you take one of these week long courses:

Audit 507: Auditing Networks, Perimeters & Systems
Management 414: SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam – Instructor, SANS Fellow David Hoelzer

Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style – Senior Instructor, Tanya Baccam

Security 502: Perimeter Protection In-Depth –Instructor, SANS Fellow Chris Brenton

Security 503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth – Senior Instructor Mike Poor

Security 504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling – Instructor, SANS Fellow Ed Skoudis

Security 505: Securing Windows –Instructor, SANS Fellow Jason Fossen

Security 508: System Forensics, Investigation & Response – Certified Instructor Jonathan Ham

Security 617: Wireless Security Penetration Testing-Senior Instructor James Tarala

Hosted : Department of Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) Training

Enhance your knowledge with these one and two day courses:

Management 421: SANS Leadership and Management Competencies – Instructor, SANS fellow Stephen Northcutt

Security 426: AJAX and Web Services Security Overview – Staff

Security 514: Advanced Network Worm and Bot Analysis - Hands On - Senior Instructor Mike Poor

Security 517: Cutting-Edge Hacking Techniques - Hands On – Staff

Security 519: Web Application Security Workshop - Certified Instructor Jonathan Ham

Register early and receive the following discounts:
Register & pay by Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 to receive a $250.00 discount.
Register & pay by Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 to receive a $150.00 discount.
Group discounts available.

“Excellent, relevant, immediately useful information. I can't wait to get back to the office to try it out.” -Steve Zehl, USGS

The ECAR Symposium is ECAR's signature event of the year, bringing together two representatives from each of the participating subscriber institutions with experts from academe, industry, think tanks, and other knowledge centers to discuss research findings uncovered in ECAR work over the course of the year. It is designed to foster dialogue from a variety of perspectives on the key issues surrounding the selection, deployment, management, and socialization of new information technologies in higher education. The symposium is also designed to foster reflection and introspection among participants.

ECAR is higher education's only subscriber-driven research organization dedicated to understanding IT's role in college and university life. The annual ECAR Symposium provides an important forum for the formulation of ECAR research priorities for the coming 12 to 18 months.

This one-day event, held December 3 at the National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD, outside Washington, DC, asks library and information service providers to think about how to take advantage of an organization’s repository once it is implemented by looking at:

• Populating the repository
• Metadata and formatting challenges
• Rights management issues
• The OAI Object Reuse and Exchange Project
• Faculty use and attitudes
• Electronic theses and dissertations
• And additional related topics

SANS Software Security in Toronto offers the two following courses:

SEC538 Intro to Pen Testing Web Apps
If your organization has a web application (who doesn't), it is probably under attack every single day. We regularly come across headlines of online retailers, social sites and banks' websites getting compromised. Successful attacks against websites using application level flaws are very common nowadays. Would you want hackers to be the first to test the security posture of your critical web applications? If you don't, security testing for web application during and after development is absolutely necessary. This two day course starts off with a discussion on software security testing and how it fits into the development lifecycle. We will discuss testing methodologies that are sensible and practical, so you can apply these testing concepts to any of your web applications.

SEC541 Secure Your Web Applications and Secure Your Bottom Line
This long-awaited class is for Java Enterprise Edition developers who are serious about security. Move beyond simply knowing about attacks, and into secure techniques that allow you to protect your applications. Don't just listen to somebody tell you what's secure: learn how to implement input validation and output encoding with actual hands-on programming examples. Be a master of all things validation by being able to adapt to different Java technologies. Learn how to effectively build validation into your applications and prevent against Cross-site Scripting (XSS), Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF), SQL injection, HTTP response splitting, and other data-validation style attacks.

Secure Your Web Applications and Secure Your Bottom Line will be presented by Deloitte on Nov 27 from 9:00 – 12:00 and followed by a Lunch and Learn will Cenzic will demonstrate their Hailstorm® Enterprise ARC®

Learning Technologies Conference 2007 from 14-16 November on Queensland's beautiful Sunshine Coast.

Theme: TelePresence: Enabling Learning Communities

Teaching and learning is about to be radically changed due to the advent of a range of technologies that bridge time and space. This year’s conference explores the concept of TelePresence and how it can enable and support learning communities.

For more information and registration visit: http://videolinq.tafe.net/learningtechnologies2007/

Join us in Dallas, TX, November 11–16, 2007, for the most in-depth, real-world system administration training available.
For twenty years, the annual LISA conference has been the foremost worldwide gathering for everyone interested in the technical and administrative issues of running a large computing facility. Administrators of all specialties and levels of expertise meet at LISA to exchange ideas, sharpen old skills, learn new techniques, debate current issues, and meet colleagues and friends.

Asynchronous learning networks (ALNs) are helping to transform education and training from site-based, time-bound experiences to anytime-anywhere online learning environments. By connecting learners with each other, with their instructors, and with a wide range of resources, ALNs allow a high degree of interaction and collaboration.

This conference, which will provide the latest information on asynchronous learning programs, processes, packages, and protocols, is geared to both experienced professionals and interested newcomers to online learning who hail from a variety of work sectors, including higher education, continuing education, business, government, health care, professional associations, and nonprofit organizations. It is especially designed to meet the needs of:

College-level faculty and administrators
Instructional technology and media professionals
Instructional designers
Trainers in public and private sector organizations

This year’s conference focuses on the theme of “The Power of Online Learning: Making a Difference” and will feature Keynote and Plenary Addresses, over 150 Presentations in 7 concurrent sessions, 13 Pre-conference Workshops, Interest Roundtables, a Special Entertainment Event, and Exhibit Hall.

Register By October 8th to Receive the Early Bird Price of $395.00!

Online registration is now available at www.aln.ucf.edu

***FEATURED KEYNOTE SESSION:

“The Global Economy and Online Education”
Dr. Ralph Gomory, President, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

The WCET annual conference attracts over 450 higher education professionals seeking information on the latest policies, practices, and services in e-learning. Deans, distance learning managers, faculty, IT managers, course developers, and student service counselors will be on hand to learn and share their experiences. Over 150 speakers will present their latest findings, challenges, and accomplishments in over fifty sessions developed around five topic strands: Beyond the Institution, Innovative Tools and Technologies, Institutional Policies and Practices, Student Services, and Teaching and Learning.

Moderator: Arnold Lutzker, J.D., Senior Partner, Lutzker & Lutzker LLP. Back by popular demand. This workshop will consider new legal and policy developments related to peer-to-peer file sharing , user-generated content, and Congressional evaluations of the response of the higher education community to copyright infringing activities.

SANS Chicago 2007, November 2-7, brings the best computer security training to another great destination - Chicago! SANS will host this gathering of security professionals at the Hyatt Regency Chicago hotel just off Michigan Avenue in the heart of the Magnificent Mile. You’ll not only be connected with world-class instructors and classes, but also to the best music, art, entertainment and nightlife in the Midwest!
Our lineup of courses has something for everyone in IT security from auditing to wireless and from CISSP® to DIACAP. Choose from this list of popular SANS courses and begin making your travel plans today!
AUD507: Auditing Perimeters, Networks and Systems
"Great tools! Great scripts to run against a network" Darrel Arms, Verisign

SEC505: Securing Windows
"I wish I had taken this class years ago!" Debbie Atkins, City of Plano

SEC503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth
"Fantastic! I'll definitely come back to SANS!" Jaime Montero, Dept. of Defense

SEC504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits and Incident Handling
"An incredibly detailed course on exploits used by attackers trying to gain access to your network." Ernie Hernandez, USJFCOM

SEC 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
"It's an excellent course. It provides the right level of detail for my work. It goes beyond concepts". Patricia Pacanchique, OMERS

MGT414: SANS® +S Training Program for the CISSP® Certification Exam
"By far the most valuable training I could have received to take my career to the next level." Brad Dain

SEC617: Assessing and Securing Wireless Networks
"SANS provides better material and more effective instruction than any other technical training provider." Neil Ryan, General Dynamics

DIACAP: Department of Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process Training
"Extremely valuable information for any member of the C&A team." Ben Holt, Northrop Grumman

"I was amazed at the instructor's in-depth knowledge of certain areas which I believed I was proficient in." Aleksandar Kamber, Citigroup

"When it comes to SANS instructors and knowledge, no organization comes close." James Rogers, Dairyland Power Corp.
SANS instructors are the best in the field so start planning now and tell your coworkers. Group discounts are available when four or more register for the same event.
See you at SANS Chicago 2007, November 2-7!

This two-day event asks library and information service providers to think about what kinds of usage data—for e-resources, print, and more—can be used to help improve the provision of information services, what data might be missing, and ways all parties involved (libraries, publishers, aggregators, and system vendors) can best use the data collected. The event includes speakers who will discuss issues of gathering, analyzing, and applying usage data, and encourages the audience to engage with questions of their own.
Topics to be addressed include:
• Environmental scan on usage data: What data is being collected and why? What's missing?
• COUNTER: Learn about COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of NeTworked Electronic Resources) and how the Codes of Practice improve the reliability of online usage statistics.
• Library Perspective: How is data collected and what administrative questions does it answer?
• Publisher Perspective: How is data collected and disseminated, and how does it affect sales and pricing?
• Aggregator Perspective: How is data compiled from disparate content providers, and what reporting is being done?
• SUSHI: Learn how the SUSHI (Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative) protocol can automate the retrieval of COUNTER and other usage statistics.
• Case Study: The large-scale harvesting of electronic resources usage data in a collaboration between a data aggregator, software provider, and academic library.
• Next steps: Once you have data, what do you do with it? Learn about applications of usage data, including impact on collections decisions, services, and quality rankings.

Amigos Library Services is a cosponsor with NISO of the forum.

Train with SANS this October at SANS Dallas 2007, October 29-November 3, where SANS is offering two dynamic, hands-on, information security training courses designed to boost your professional skills.
Security 504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
The Security 504 Capture the Flag exercise on day six requires you to use a wide variety of skills acquired throughout this course, including scanning, remote exploitation, password cracking, local privilege escalation, Web application assessment, and even steganography. With recent course updates it's been extended to cover Web application attacks, including Cross-Site Scripting, command injection, and session cloning.
Management 525: Project Management and Effective Communications for Security Professionals and Managers
Throughout the week, we will cover all aspects of project management from planning and initiating projects to managing cost, time, and quality while your project is active and then completing, closing, and documenting after the project finishes. This course follows the basics of project management and offers specific insight and techniques to help you get the job done. A copy of the Project Management Institute's Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOKR Guide®) - Third Edition is provided to all participants.
SANS provides intensive, immersion training designed to help you and your staff master the practical steps necessary for defending systems and networks against the most dangerous threats - the ones being actively exploited.
SANS provides better material and more effective instruction than any other technical training provider, says Neil Ryan of General Dynamics.
Every SANS course that I've taken has exposed me to new network tools for providing better security, attests Chris Duala of MUSK.
SANS Dallas 2007 will take place at the Doubletree Hotel Dallas Market Center where we've arranged for discounted room rates. Register by September 19 and save on tuition fees!
Dallas is a city built on big dreams, freshly blazed trails, and an attitude that all things are possible. If you have big dreams for your information security career, then join us for SANS Dallas 2007!

"Technology-Enabled Education: A Catalyst for Positive Change"

MIT’s LINC is a consortium of educators from around the world who are interested in using distance and e-learning technologies to help their respective countries increase access to quality education, particularly high school and university education, for a larger percentage of the population. These educators turn to LINC as an organization through which they can make contact with others like themselves, not only with other educators but also with scientists, innovators, researchers, corporations, and foundations – all dedicated to leveraging ICT technologies for educational, social and economic development in emerging countries. LINC draws together people who otherwise would not meet – from all parts of the world and from diverse disciplines – and the resulting synergistic exchange expands and enriches the efforts of each participant. Contacts are made, methods shared, innovations presented and collaborations initiated.

Auditors, managers, Windows administrators, and other technical staff will all benefit from attending this world-class training event with some of the best instructors in the information security industry.
SANS Houston 2007 brings some of our most popular courses, so start planning now to send your key staff members.
SEC401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
All hands-on technical staff can immediately use the tools and information presented by internationally recognized information security expert and author David Rice.

SEC502: Perimeter Protection In-Depth
Learn everything you need to know in order to design, deploy and maintain a secure perimeter from ISC incident handler Chris Brenton, the guy who wrote the book on firewall circumvention.

MGT414: SANS® +S™ Training Program for the CISSP(R) Certification Exam
SANS accelerated review course will equip you to ace this exam! “Tanya Baccam's experience is invaluable when she relates the concepts taught in the course. She has great communication skills and her latest field experiences keep the course alive and current.” Jim Foos, Florida Housing Finance Corp.

AUD507: Auditing Perimeters, Networks and Systems
“The biggest advantage of taking the course was to be able to interact with an experienced instructor (James Tarala) who has implemented the topics in a business situation.” Adam James, Mutual of Omaha

SEC505: Securing Windows

SEC520: Windows ISA Server
Windows security expert Jason Fossen will present a comprehensive curriculum on securing this popular operating system.
“The group policy info that Jason provided will help me to accomplish time saving tasks that I couldn't have imagined.” Daniel Schuchart, Computer Services Inc.

MGT404: Fundamentals of Information Security Policy

LEG425: Applying Law to Emerging Dangers
Managers, aspiring managers, ISOs and IAMs will benefit from these one-day courses taught by James Tarala and legal expert and author Ben Wright.
“SANS presents the issues and topics that are invaluable to any security person trying to navigate and safeguard through the IT world.” Rica Crisostomo, Enterprise Security Consultant for the California State Compensation Insurance Fund.

Relax and unwind at the end of each day at the Westin Galleria, offering the best of style and comfort designed for today’s professional business travelers.
Mark your calendar now and meet us in Houston. Don’t miss this opportunity to receive the best training available in computer security today!

Dr. Mark D. Milliron will be the Keynote Speaker at the Teaching Technology and Cybersecurity Conference & Expo in October! He will speak on the topic, "The Power to Know You're Making a Difference!" In August of 2006, Dr. Mark David Milliron was named the Suanne Davis Roueche Endowed Fellow, Senior Lecturer, and Director of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) in the College of Education at the University of Texas at Austin. The focus of the conference is to share "best practices" on ways technology can be employed to enhance teaching and emerging learning technologies within higher education. The conference addresses the needs of educators, trainers and instructional designers who are involved in the application of technology to the teaching and learning process online and in the classroom. This conference will bring together educators from the Gulf Coast area and instructional technology support leaders from across the higher education landscape. The program will begin with registration and a welcome from Dr. Martha Ellis, President of Lee College followed by the keynote speaker and sessions. We are excited that Sgt. Paul Aleman from the State of Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's Cyber Crimes Unit will return to Lee College to discuss Internet Predators and Stay Safe Online! Students are excited about participating in the cybersecurity video and poster contest. Tech-savvy students from area colleges and universities will present a panel discussion on collaboration tools using IM, MySpace, Second Life and YouTube. The Exhibition Hall is available for product demos and booth displays. Sponsorships levels are available. You do not want to miss this important networking and faculty development opportunity to meet with higher education leaders from across the state!

Over the last ten years, the way in which education and training is delivered has changed considerably with the advent of new technologies. One such new technology that holds considerable promise for helping to engage learners is Games-Based Learning (GBL).

The Conference offers an opportunity for scholars and practitioners interested in the issues related to GBL to share their thinking and research findings. The conference examines the question “Can Games-Based Learning Enhance Learning?” and seeks high-quality papers that address this question. Papers can cover various issues and aspects of GBL in education and training: technology and implementation issues associated with the development of GBL; use of mobile and MMOGs for learning; pedagogical issues associated with GBL; social and ethical issues in GBL; GBL best cases and practices, and other related aspects. We are particularly interested in empirical research that addresses whether GBL enhances learning. This Conference provides a forum for discussion, collaboration and intellectual exchange for all those interested in any of these fields of research or practice.

The conference committee welcomes both academic and practitioner papers on a wide range of topics and a wide range of scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods. Action research, case studies and research in practice are welcomed approaches. Work-in-progress, panel discussion, proposals for workshops and tutorials are also welcome.

Full details of the conferences themes and how to submit work are available at
http://www.academic-conferences.org/ecgbl/ecgbl2007/ecgbl07-call-papers.htm

Make a sound investment in your career and the success of your institution—attend the premier information technology event in higher education. Focused on the theme “Information Futures: Aligning Our Missions,” the diverse program offers a variety of ways to gather information, meet with peers in the higher education IT community, and hear from leading figures in the field—including preconference seminars; track and poster sessions; small group meetings; and corporate exhibits, presentations, and workshops.

Join us in the exciting and beautiful city of Seattle to learn new ideas, forge valuable collaborations, and discover effective strategies. You’ll meet people from all professional levels, from all sizes and types of institutions, and from across the United States and around the world. Don’t miss this opportunity to recharge professionally and go back to campus with useful information and an expanded network of colleagues.

Upon recognition of a growing need to develop global perspectives on human resources development, the Government of Korea, in collaboration with the Korea Economic Daily and the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training, initiated the world's first Global Human Resources Forum in Seoul in November 2006.

The 1st Forum brought together over 2,500 global leaders from public and private sectors including international organizations and prestigious universities. Prominent figures who featured at the Forum included Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft and Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank in video addresses; Bertel Haarder, Danish Minister of Education; Barbara Ischinger, Director of the OECD Directorate of Education; Peter Plympton Smith, Assistant Director-General of UNESCO; Professor Robert Barro of Harvard University; and Professor Thomas Kochan of MIT.

Thanks to the huge success of the inaugural gathering, the forthcoming 2nd Global HR Forum is already drawing keen attention from around the world. As many experts agree, it is especially significant that this Forum is being held in Korea, a country that has achieved an unprecedented level of economic growth backed by well-educated and skilled workforce.

The second annual Forum will convene from October 23 to 25, 2007 under the central theme of “HR Solutions for the Next Generation,” opening separate panels to allow for in-depth debate between key public and private stakeholders. Participants are invited to engage in a rigorous search for viable solutions on core themes including the innovation of higher education, innovative talent strategies in global enterprises, and national HR strategies for sustainable development.

Further information on the Forum can be found on the Forum's official website at http://ghrforum.org/

For 11 years ResearchChannel has brought the innovative work of researchers at leading research and academic institutions to a global audience. Join us to celebrate at this year’s Annual Meeting on Oct. 21 and 22 in Seattle — and be sure to make time to take in some of what this amazing city has to offer.

The first full day kicks off at the Westin Hotel in downtown Seattle on Sunday, Oct. 21, with a welcome from IBM’s Patty Sullivan and an update on ResearchChannel’s activities from Executive Director Amy Philipson. Keynote speaker John Delaney, oceanography professor at the University of Washington, introduces us to a pioneering program that is “wiring” the seafloor in order to better understand the life that thrives there and the seismic activity that supports it.

The third Cyber Security Summit will be co-hosted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), University of Tennessee (UT), Fountainhead College of Technology, and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and is an opportunity to bring together security professionals from academia, government, and private industry together to evaluate “The Human Aspect of Cyber Security.” This conference will be held on October 16th and 17th at the Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center on the campus of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN.

Last Year’s Success of “Emerging Cyber Threats ” brought out more than 200 participants. Don’t be left out this year, hold the date and stay tuned to the Web page for more information.

This year’s conference attendees will include law enforcement (federal, state, and local), private industry (IT Professionals/System Administrators), InfraGard members, and academia. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from a wide array of individual presenters and learn about the ever-growing threats facing the IT profession. Registration is $85.00 and includes a continental breakfast, hot buffet lunch, and parking for both days.

ICICKM provides an opportunity for academics and practitioners who are involved in the study; management, development and implementation of knowledge management initiatives to come together and exchange ideas. The advisory group for the conference invites submissions of papers on both the theory and practice of all aspects of intellectual capital, knowledge management (KM) and organisational learning. In addition to multiple streams of papers, the conference committee are inviting proposals for workshops and tutorials on topics related to KM and research methods applicable to this field.

The conference in October 2007 is seeking quantitative, qualitative and experience-based papers from industry and academe. Topics may include but are not limited to: Frameworks for conceptualising KM; parameters of the field of study; knowledge creation and sharing mechanisms; knowledge asset valuation models; impact on organisational learning; impact on business strategy; architectures for KM systems; integration of knowledge from different groups in an organization; knowledge sharing between different groups in an organization; how to initiate KM; resourcing KM; KM case studies; the evaluation of KM; KM and the Web and e-Business; structural capital; interorganisational relationships; strategic alignment; intangible assets; organisational learning; intellectual capital; economic intangible assets; organisational coaching; ethics of KM; knowledge sharing for the public sector; the role of KM in crafting marketing strategy; the role of KM in crafting management strategy; intellectual capital and the family business; social networks analysis; intangible assets identification and valuation in strategic operations; KM in design; socio-technical frameworks for knowledge sharing; metrics and measurement of intangible assets; collaboration and communication in KM.

Submissions are also welcomed to four mini tracks: Knowledge Sharing in Higher Education (Track Chair: Dr John Girard, Minot State University, USA); Applications of Narratives in Team Building and Organisational Learning (Track Chair: Professor WB Lee, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China); Knowledge Management’s Growth and Role in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region (Track Chair: Dr Ian Michael, Zayed University, UAE) and KM Models, Metaphors and Epistemologies (Track Chair: Dr Roy Williams, University of Portsmouth, UK).

Full details of how to submit work to the conference are available at
http://www.academic-conferences.org/icickm/icickm2007/icickm07-call-papers.htm

Dual-track seminar offers high quality education plus the best in professional networking for communications technology professionals in higher education.
Track 1. Supporting Converged Mobile Communications
Track 2. Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery

This exciting conference is one of the few tailored specifically for higher education Web professionals, and it offers an outstanding learning opportunity for everyone from higher ed marketing professionals to IT gurus. Join us as we share ideas and solutions regarding the unique challenges and rewards of being a web professional in higher ed.

In addition to attending the conference, consider participating in another truly exciting way: submit a presentation proposal for HighEdWebDev 2007. We encourage presentations covering a broad variety of topics concerning the Web and higher education. The deadline for submissions is May 31, 2007.

Mobile computing, IP ubiquity, Web 2.0, CALEA... recent trends illustrate that information system security is both a campus-wide concern and a institution-wide responsibility. Join your peers at this Dartmouth Information Security Summit in discussing the unique challenges of cyber security in academia and what it takes to build a culture of security at your institution.

The ACM Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services (SIGUCCS) Fall Conference presents an opportunity for professionals involved in the support of Information Technology (IT) at institutions of higher education to network with peers, learn and share ideas about supporting clients and delivering services, and discuss the future of IT support on campus.

Typical attendees include: User Services Staff ; Help Desk Staff; Instructional Technologists; Lab Supervisors & Consultants; IT Managers and Directors; Media Specialists; Technical Staff; Technical Writers; Trainers; Web Developers
Librarians;

The SIGUCCS Fall Conference is widely known as the premiere event for IT support professionals. It's the one time of the year when we can meet with our IT support colleagues who share our challenges, understand our angst, and can empathize with our tales. It's also an opportunity to gain insights, discover how others have solved similar problems, and perhaps save ourselves from reinventing the proverbial wheel.

Events scheduled include: Pre-conference Workshops; Keynote Speakers - Monday and Wednesday; daily presentations;
poster sessions; "Birds of a Feather" Sessions; documentation display room; email room; and communication award displays.

If you're an IT support professional at a college or university, you should make plans now to attend this conference. This is the one conference you should not miss!

Florida Campus Compact is pleased to invite you to the 7th International Research Conference on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, October 7-9, 2007 in Tampa, Florida. The theme for this year's conference is "Sustainability and Scholarship: Research and the K-20 Continuum."

At this year's conference we want to continue to showcase current exemplary research on service-learning and engaged scholarship. We encourage greater involvement of scholars from around the globe, as well as scholars from a variety of disciplines who can contribute diverse disciplinary frameworks and perspectives. The overarching goal of the conference is to convene researchers interested in service-learning and engagement from throughout the world to share research findings, build networks and partnerships, and identify new directions for service-learning research.

Over the last ten years, the way in which education is delivered has changed considerably with the advent of new technologies. e-Learning is one such development, so much so that it is now regarded as a field in it’s own right. This, the 6th European Conference on e-Learning (ECEL 2007), offers an opportunity for those involved in the study, implementation and delivery of e-learning to meet and exchange ideas and experiences.

The conference, to be held in October 2007, invites qualitative, experience-based and quantitative papers, case studies and reports of work in progress on both the theory and practice of all aspects of web-enabled technology in learning and teaching. Submissions are welcomed from academics, teachers, practitioners, vendors and government departments.

Full details of the main confernence and mini track themes are available at
http://www.academic-conferences.org/ecel/ecel2007/ecel07-call-papers.htm

Moderator: Siva Vaidhyanathan, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Media Studies and Law, University of Virginia. Would you like to step behind the legal battles and economic interests in order to think more about the cultural values that influence how we think and talk about copyright? In a clear, straightforward, engaging style, cultural historian and media scholar Siva Vaidhyanathan will offer insight to help untangle some of the intricate web of culture, law, and technology. This workshop is an opportunity for both the theorist and the practitioner of copyright law and policy to explore some of the complex issues behind the management of copyrights on campus.

Governments across the world face an increasing range of problems, not least the need to be accessible anytime, anywhere, by anyone. As citizens become more computer literate, so their expectations of public service provision rise and demands for e-Government grow. It is more and more common in the so called “developed” nations to be able to access a wide range of facilities from registrations of births and deaths to registrations of cars without having to leave your desk, but the success of these encounters varies greatly.

Alongside the rise in e-Government provision comes a greater interest in the study of e-Government, from both a practical and a theoretical point of view. As controversy rages around issues such as e-Voting and identity cards, so academics and practitioners pick up the gauntlet of supporting or attacking these issues. Service providers too have their opinions to share. Much time and money is being spent in considering the best way forward and in examining what has been done well and what lessons can be learnt when things go wrong. This conference aims to bring evidence of the research being undertaken across the globe to the attention of co-workers and the wider community for the purposes of helping practitioners find ways to put research into practice, and for researchers to gain an understanding of additional real-world problems.

The advisory group for ICEG 2007 therefore invites submissions of papers on both theory and practice in respect of the conference themes outlined below, from academics, government departments and practitioners in the public and private sector. The conference, to be held in Montreal on the 27-28 September 2006, is also seeking case studies and reports of work-in-progress.

Full details of the main confernence and mini track themes are available at
http://www.academic-conferences.org/iceg/iceg2007/iceg2007-call-papers.htm

What kind of sea change do ERMs represent? For libraries that haven't yet purchased an ERM, why might you need one and what questions should you ask when selecting an ERM? How can you manage staff workflow with ERMs, when doing so often means adding to an already large workload?

Highlighting the issues of implementers, the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) will host a two-day forum on electronic resource management. Presentations designed to answer pressing questions about the impact of ERMs on internal management and workflow will come from all major sectors of the NISO community.

The how-to character of the NISO E-Resource Management Forum: The What, Why, and How for Managing E-Resources will provide practical guidance both to librarians currently implementing electronic resources management systems and those weighing ERM options. Subscription agents, ILS vendors, and publishers will also have a rare opportunity to integrate their perspectives and questions into sessions that examine ERM selection and operation.

After 13 years of the European Conference on IT Evaluation, the organising committee have decided to reflect the changes in the world of Information Technology over that same period and rename the conference the European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation (ECIME). The focus of the conference will change to allow a wider scope of participation, reflecting the increased use of technology to manage information on micro and macro levels.

The advisory group for the conference invites submissions of papers on both the theory and practice of all aspects of IT/IS management and evaluation. The conference in September 2007 seeks quantitative, qualitative and experience-based papers from industry and academe.

Full details of the main confernence and mini track themes are available at
http://www.academic-conferences.org/ecite/ecime2007/ecime07-call-papers.htm

Join us in beautiful southern California for the highest quality management and security training available in the world! SANS offers the following courses in security: SEC401, SEC504, SEC508, SEC617, SEC453, SEC530, SEC531, SEC533 and in management: MGT 512, MGT421 (see website for complete course description). After a week with the best instructors in the industry, you'll have gained a wealth of knowledge and skills you can apply to improve security immediately upon returning to work. This is the opportunity you have been waiting for. Tuition fee discounts are available for early registrations. So register today and we'll see you on the West Coast!

MODSIM WORLD 2007 is the premier international conference and exposition for collaboration and the transfer of new knowledge, research, and applied technology to virtual and simulation environments and synthetic learning. Attendees will experience the application of modeling, simulation, and game-based learning (GBL) as technology-based tools for teaching, learning, and training in the 21st Century. The education and training track is organized into seven panels - learning theory, curriculum, professional development, workforce development, technology/tools, user applications, and technology/ infrastructure.

A main implication of the knowledge economy is that there is not alternative way to prosperity than to make learning and knowledge creation of prime relevance. Issues of knowledge creation, use and transfer and innovation competencies building have moved to the forefront of attention in corporate competitive strategy and in economic, social and industrial policy as well. Competing worldwide demands individual and organisational creativity, high level skills and capabilities and adaptive and innovative learning organisations and institutions. To keep abreast of the volatile and changing environment organisations, countries and regions need to develop a better understanding of how knowledge and intellectual capital deliver effective business processes and high value goods and services. In particular, they have to develop awareness of and mechanisms to manage the risks that are inherent to this new context and improved methods to link IC and KM to the firm’s future streams of cash flows and GDP growth. The increasing and dynamic securitisation market on intellectual property (The Economist, Jun. 17th 2006) is but an example of such demands and challenges.

ECKM 2007 provides an opportunity for academics and practitioners from Europe and elsewhere who are involved in the study; management, development and implementation of knowledge management initiatives to come together and exchange ideas.

The advisory group for the conference invites submissions of papers on both the theory and advanced practice of all aspects of knowledge management (KM) and intellectual capital (IC). The conference in September 2007 is seeking quantitative, qualitative and experience-based papers from industry and academe.

Full details of the main confernence and mini track themes are available at
http://www.academic-conferences.org/eckm/eckm2007/eckm07-call-papers.htm

HASTAC and the MacArthur Foundation are mobilizing the field of Digital Media and Learning through a $2 million open call competition, supporting all generations of educators, learning entrepreneurs, and communicators. The Competition is designed to support pioneers who use new technologies to envision the future of learning. We seek innovators developing formal and informal educational environments that inspire creative thinking while informing and providing context to the digital learning styles of people today.

INNOVATION AWARDS (for builders of new digital learning environments)
Application deadline: October 15, 2007
Amounts: $250,000 and $100,000
Duration: Feb 1, 2008–Jan 31, 2009
Other support: mentoring, end-of-year conference showcase

KNOWLEDGE-NETWORKING AWARDS (for communications strategies aimed at broadening impact of existing digital media and learning projects)
Application deadline: October 15, 2007
Amounts: $30,000 base award, to a total of $75,000 if budget warrants
Duration: Feb 1, 2008–Jan 31, 2009
Other support: mentoring, end-of-year conference showcase

The Sixth Annual DallasCon Information and Wireless Security Conference continues the tradition of being the most respected security conference in the Southwest. See presentations on the latest information security topics, sign up for our hands-on boot camps and stay to enjoy everything the city has to offer. We will be offering an expanded course selection for our boot camps to fit all of your security training needs.

ELI conducts in-depth workshops on two topics each year. Focus sessions help participants develop a deeper understanding of a topic and gain practical knowledge that can be applied on campus. As with the Annual Meeting, institutions are encouraged to facilitate this process through team participation. Stay tuned for further details on this specific seminar.

5 Day Boot Camp for Information Security Professionals to learn hands on hacking and become certified.

Call for Proposals deadline: January 17, 2007

The Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning is recognized internationally for the quality and integrity of its program. Each year the conference provides a forum for the exchange of information on distance education and training. The conference addresses the needs of educators, trainers, managers and designers from throughout the world who are involved in the application of technology to the teaching and learning process and in the planning, administration, and management of distance education programs.

The conference will offer more than 150 presentations including keynotes, forums, concurrent sessions, pre-conference workshops, course design showcases, and roundtable discussions.

The seventh MERLOT International Conference (MIC07), to be held in New Orleans, is devoted to faculty development in the design, creation, utilization and evaluation of online teaching and learning materials. MIC07’s theme, Jazzing IT Up with MERLOT, focuses on the importance of MERLOT’s fourteen core teaching disciplines. Conference attendees will represent a variety of disciplines and range from novice to expert in the development and use of online resources. And we’ll be working and playing in a unique city that offers a heritage rich in history, music, the arts and culinary adventures.
MIC07 will begin with a full day of pre-conference workshops and seminars. In the following two and a half days, the conference will feature seven tracks, reflecting the diversity and interests of participants. This year our Communities of Practice Track will highlight the Humanities, encompassing history, music and world languages. Our goal is to foster lively dialogue and productive collaborations among educators who see instructional technology as a means of building bridges and making connections in a flat world.
Keynote Speakers:
Bruce N. Chaloux – Director of the 16-state Electronic Campus Initiative of the Southern Regional Education Board. In The Coming of Age of Online Learning– Now What? Bruce will take a look back at online learning, survey the current state of affairs and suggest where we might--or should be--going.
David Megill – Longtime music instructor at Mira Costa College, prominent author,
online instructor and musician. David claims that music certainly has its share of
pedagogical counter balances and the science of music seems ultimately
understandable in his address, Teaching Blue.
Barbara Dieu – Coordinator of the Foreign Language Department at the Lycée Pasteur, the Franco-Brazilian secondary school in São Paulo. Barbara will show how we can harness the networking power of a variety of tools and communities to engage in participatory communication and collective knowledge building in Open Networked Learning – Architectures of Participation.
Who can benefit from attending?
• Provosts, deans, department chairs
• Faculty
• Instructional designers
• Technical support specialists
• Librarians
• Faculty development professionals
• Members of professional organizations
• Authors of instructional materials
• MERLOT users
• Those new to MERLOT
What will the conference include?
• Pre-conference workshops
• Welcoming reception
• Awards luncheon
• Mini sessions (new)
• Regular sessions
• Panel discussions
• Round table discussions
• Hands-on workshops
• Poster sessions
• Wine tasting
• Complimentary breakfasts

For more than 30 years, the Seminars on Academic Computing have provided a unique opportunity for those actively involved in leading IT efforts to support the mission of their higher education institution. Held in a splendid natural environment, this annual gathering of individuals in senior leadership roles is kept intentionally small to facilitate intimate discussion and the free exchange of information, goals, problems, solutions, and ideas.

The Directors Leadership Seminar is the main program at SAC. Topics may interest those at multiple levels of leadership and decision making at institutions of higher education including directors and managers of computing, information, and communication services; executives; provosts; librarians; and faculty. Participants have a valuable opportunity to brainstorm, learn from peers, and simply spend time thinking productively and collaboratively about the major challenges facing them at their colleges and universities. The setting also encourages senior leaders to share their experiences with emerging leaders. The Directors Leadership Seminar topics will include emerging technologies in teaching and learning, IT funding models, e-learning, strategic planning, and content management.

The SAC program also features the Executive Leadership Seminar and the New Directors Leadership Seminar. The Executive Leadership Seminar is a small, intensive, and highly interactive workshop for senior IT leaders, executive officers, library directors, and others. The New Directors Leadership Seminar, designed for professionals who have been in IT leadership roles for one or two years, also offers small class sizes and a workshop format.

Communications Technology professionals from hundreds of colleges and universities will share ideas and learn from each other as well as experts from the field at this conference. Four keynote/general session speakers, approximately 50 breakout sessions, plus preconference seminars and user group meetings offer opportunities to get the latest information about voice, data and video services on campus. One hundred or more companies will be exhibiting the latest technologies, and the professional networking opportunities are the best available.

An intensive four-day program examining the impact that widespread use of the Internet has on college and university policies, procedures, and judicial systems.

An annual, international conference for higher education professionals who need to strategize and create their institution's and department websites. The conference focuses on "both sides of the fence" regarding a website: the "front end" ... marketing, communications, PR, design and the "back end" ... development, databases, instructional design. Admissions, advancement, housing, alumni, marketing, IT, are a sampling of the offices that attend eduWeb.

The Management Program is tailored to higher education IT professionals who are new to the role of manager and who would like to enhance the various practical skills important to effective management, such as interpersonal communication, time management, and performance management. The program offers an invaluable opportunity to share information and experiences with peers and seasoned IT managers from campuses across the country. Graduates of this program will benefit from the EDUCAUSE Institute Leadership Program.

First International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference
Vancouver, July 11-13, 2007
WEBSITE: http://pkp.sfu.ca/node/493

The Public Knowledge Project at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University is pleased to announce that the first international PKP conference will be held from July 11–13, 2007 in Vancouver. The conference will provide opportunities for those involved in the organization, promotion, and study of scholarly communication to share and discuss innovative work in scholarly publishing, with a focus on the contribution that open source publishing technologies (such as Open Journal Systems) can make to improving access to research and scholarship on a global and public scale. The conference will appeal to all those with an interest in the future of scholarly publishing community: software developers and technical support specialists; journal publishers, editors, and staff; librarians; and researchers in scholarly publishing.

CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstract Deadline (required): January 15, 2007
Paper and PowerPoint Submission (desired but not required for public posting): July 1, 2007
This conference, which uses Open Conference Systems developed by the Public Knowledge Project, enables participants to submit abstracts online at http://ocs.sfu.ca/pkp2007/submit.php.

Presentations can include:
• Single papers (abstract max of 500 words)
• Multiple paper sessions (overview max of 500 words)

Call for Papers Announcement
The conference stream for those involved in the practices and study of journal publishing will focus on the following themes and topics:
*Scholarly publishing in developing countries;
*Open access and the academy: reforming and opening the peer review process, implications for academic freedom;
*New journals, new models: the how and why of starting a new journal, new economic models for old journals, encouraging open data and related practices;
*Promotion and growth: building readership, authorship, and reviewership; open access is public access - challenges and benefits;
*Improving the features and design of publishing software

The conference stream for librarians and information specialists will focus on the following themes and topics:
*The role of libraries in supporting and developing emerging or alternate forms of scholarly communication, e.g., the library as publisher, implications for collections budgets and policies;
*Incorporating and supporting open access publications as part of current collections and related services;
*Using PKP software and related open source tools in libraries, e.g., “best practices” or case studies.

The conference stream for open source software developers and other technical experts working with PKP software will address the following:
*Understanding and working with PKP software and its “plug-in” architecture;
*Building a PKP developers’ community including software contributions and collaborative projects;
*PKP software development priorities and plans.

The European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies (ECRM 2007) is an opportunity for academics to share the latest thinking on research strategies, tactics and paradigms. The variety of methods in common use and the continuing debate on what constitutes ‘new knowledge’ makes this a lively field and one which affects all academics and others involved in business research. The search for new ideas, new methodologies and even new paradigms is both endless and fascinating. This conference offers an opportunity to engage with contemporary thinking in business research and join in the sometimes lively debates, inside and outside of the formal sessions, that are a regular feature of the conference.

As in previous years, the conference committee is interested in both theoretical and practical papers concerning research models and methods. We are also interested in case studies that demonstrate how research strategies have been applied and about the lessons learned therefrom.

Full details of the main confernence and mini track themes are available at
http://www.academic-conferences.org/ecrm/ecrm2007/ecrm07-call-papers.htm

The EDUCAUSE Institute Learning Technology Leadership Program is designed to broaden perspectives and develop leadership abilities, enabling the participants to assume leadership roles in applying learning technology to improve teaching and learning within their institutions. Designed as a leadership immersion experience, the program is intense with participants engaged in interactive learning experiences throughout the day and into the evening.

The Sixth European Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ECIW) is an opportunity for academics, practitioners and consultants from Europe and elsewhere who are involved in the study, management, development and implementation of systems and concepts to combat information warfare or to improve information systems security to come together and exchange ideas. There are several strong strands of research and interest that are developing in the area including the understanding of threats and risks to information systems, the development of a strong security culture, as well as incident detection and post incident investigation. This conference is continuing to establish itself as a key event for individuals working in the field from around the world.

The advisory group for the conference invites submissions of papers on both the theory and practice of all aspects of Information Warfare and Security. The conference in June 2007 is seeking qualitative, experience-based and quantitative papers as well as case studies and reports of work in progress from academics, information systems practitioners, consultants and government departments.

Full details of the main confernence and mini track themes are available at
http://www.academic-conferences.org/eciw/eciw2007/eciw07-call-for-papers.htm

Innovation for an European ERA

We are glad to invite you to attend and possibly to submit a paper to the XIIIth EUNIS International Conference in Grenoble (France) on June 26th -29th, 2007.

The EUNIS 2007 conference will bring together individuals interested in discussing the advances in the development of high quality information systems in Higher Education in Europe. The main players in the field: university leaders, CIOs and staff, ICT researchers and developers, and ICT companies are invited to share their experience and best practice.
We are foreseeing more than 400 attendees from European and International, and around 100 presentations, including invited papers from renowned international speakers.

Focusing on innovation and on European and international cooperation, papers are to be submitted in one of the following topics:

- IT governance: evolution of the University strategy
- Support for Education, Research and Administration
- Integrated systems
- E-learning, portals and students services
- Identity management and security
- IT as a support for the Bologna process
- IT infrastructures
- Virtual libraries

Pre-conference seminars are expected on June 26th. The conference itself will start on June 27th.

Important dates (abstracts submission is opened)

- January 15th, 2007 Abstract submission deadline
- March 31st, 2007 Acceptation of papers for oral or poster presentation
- May 15th, 2007 Full paper submission deadline
- June 1st, 2007 Registration dead line for member fee and publication of paper in the proceedings.

San Jose State University presents

Securing Unix/Linux

Save the Date

A SANS Institute Training Event
* For California State Education, City and Law Enforcement Employees

Monday, June 25th through
Saturday, June 30th, 2007
Price: $1,400 for course and daily lunch/ $1,750 for course, all meals and lodging.

SJSU is hosting this discounted training event for State employees only. Typically this exact course would cost $3,000 per person. It will be held at the SJSU Event Center.

Course Description: Experience in-depth coverage of Unix security issues. Examine how to mitigate or eliminate general problems that apply to all Unix-like operating systems including vulnerabilities in the password authentication system, file system, virtual memory system, and in common network protocols such as NFS, NIS, and the Unix RPC mechanism. Learn the exact steps necessary to secure the two most common Unix flavors-- Solaris and Linux-- and get specific advice for securing some of the most common Internet services on the Unix platform, including Apache, WU-FTPD, Send mail, and BIND.

Throughout this course, you will become skilled at utilizing freely available tools to handle security issues, including SSH, AIDE, sudo, lsof, and many others. SANS' practical approach with "hands-on" exercises every day ensures that you can start using these tools as soon as you return to work. We will also put these tools to work in a special section that covers simple Forensic techniques for investigating compromised systems.

Sample topics include: Network-Based Attacks, Memory Attacks, Buffer Overflows, File System Attacks, Race Conditions, Trojan Horse Programs and Rootkits, Monitoring and Alerting Tools, Network Security Tools, SSH for Secure Administration, Forensic Investigation, Unix Logging and Kernel-Level Auditing, Network Time Protocol, Constructing Secure Solaris and Linux Hosts and Secure Configuration of BIND, Sendmail, Apache.

Certification Available

If you are interested please send an email with your name, contact information and number of attendees to sjsusan@email.sjsu.edu.

San Jose State University presents a West Coast Event held in San Jose, CA
Securing Unix/Linux
A SANS Institute Training Event
* For Government employees and Students only

Monday, June 25th through
Saturday, June 30th, 2007
Price: $1,400 for course and daily lunch/ $1,750 for course, lunch and lodging.

SJSU is hosting this discounted training event for government employees only. Typically this exact course would cost $3,245 per person. It will be held at the SJSU Event Center.

Course Description: Experience in-depth coverage of Unix security issues. Examine how to mitigate or eliminate general problems that apply to all Unix-like operating systems including vulnerabilities in the password authentication system, file system, virtual memory system, and in common network protocols such as NFS, NIS, and the Unix RPC mechanism. Learn the exact steps necessary to secure the two most common Unix flavors-- Solaris and Linux-- and get specific advice for securing some of the most common Internet services on the Unix platform, including Apache, WU-FTPD, Sendmail, and BIND.

Throughout this course, you will become skilled at utilizing freely available tools to handle security issues, including SSH, AIDE, sudo, lsof, and many others. SANS' practical approach with "hands-on" exercises every day ensures that you can start using these tools as soon as you return to work. We will also put these tools to work in a special section that covers simple Forensic techniques for investigating compromised systems.

Sample topics include: Network-Based Attacks, Memory Attacks, Buffer Overflows, File System Attacks, Race Conditions, Trojan Horse Programs and Rootkits, Monitoring and Alerting Tools, Network Security Tools, SSH for Secure Administration, Forensic Investigation, Unix Logging and Kernel-Level Auditing, Network Time Protocol, Constructing Secure Solaris and Linux Hosts and Secure Configuration of BIND, Sendmail, Apache.

GIAC certification costs are not included in this event. For GIAC certification, go to http://www.giac.org/certifications/

To register for this event go to www.sjsu.edu/sans. For questions, contact Susan Kintana at (408)924-2328.

San Jose State University presents
Securing Unix/Linux
A SANS Institute Training Event
* For Government employees only

Monday, June 25th through
Saturday, June 30th, 2007
Price: $1,400 for course and daily lunch/ $1,750 for course, lunch and lodging.

SJSU is hosting this discounted training event for government employees only. Typically this exact course would cost $3,245 per person. It will be held at the SJSU Event Center.

Course Description: Experience in-depth coverage of Unix security issues. Examine how to mitigate or eliminate general problems that apply to all Unix-like operating systems including vulnerabilities in the password authentication system, file system, virtual memory system, and in common network protocols such as NFS, NIS, and the Unix RPC mechanism. Learn the exact steps necessary to secure the two most common Unix flavors-- Solaris and Linux-- and get specific advice for securing some of the most common Internet services on the Unix platform, including Apache, WU-FTPD, Sendmail, and BIND.

Throughout this course, you will become skilled at utilizing freely available tools to handle security issues, including SSH, AIDE, sudo, lsof, and many others. SANS' practical approach with "hands-on" exercises every day ensures that you can start using these tools as soon as you return to work. We will also put these tools to work in a special section that covers simple Forensic techniques for investigating compromised systems.

Sample topics include: Network-Based Attacks, Memory Attacks, Buffer Overflows, File System Attacks, Race Conditions, Trojan Horse Programs and Rootkits, Monitoring and Alerting Tools, Network Security Tools, SSH for Secure Administration, Forensic Investigation, Unix Logging and Kernel-Level Auditing, Network Time Protocol, Constructing Secure Solaris and Linux Hosts and Secure Configuration of BIND, Sendmail, Apache.

GIAC certification costs are not included in this event. For GIAC certification, go to http://www.giac.org/certifications/

To register for this event go to www.sjsu.edu/sans. For questions, contact Susan Kintana at (408)924-2328.

Experienced managers and current and aspiring directors who want to refresh and broaden their perspectives will find the Leadership Program ideal for discovering new ways to develop vision, execute plans, and lead change at their institutions. The program's lively and interactive sessions focus on refining the visioning, thinking, planning, and organizing skills that are essential to framing productive discourse in the workplace. And the small-scale setting is excellent for exchanging experiences and developing new professional relationships with colleagues and faculty.

The XIX International Conference of the Academy of Business & Administrative Sciences (ABAS) will be held June 23-25, 2007 in Reval Hotel Lietuva, a luxury hotel situated on the bank of river Neris in the center of Vilnius. One of the new entrants to the European Union, Lithuania is now fast opening the charms of its capital city, Vilnius, to businesses and visitors alike. Offering a unique blend of Western and Eastern European customs and cultures, boasting an an old town fringed by the Vilnia and Neris rivers, Vilnius is known for its parks, lakes, and street festivals.

Proposals for presentations, panel symposia, and workshops are invited in all functional areas relating to Business & Administrative Sciences. Proposals with a special emphasis on Emerging Economies are particularly welcome.

As governments seek to remodel and restyle their services, e-Government continues to arouse interest and attention. New dynamic issues such as e-democracy, e-citizenship, e-Identity and e-voting have become core elements in the development of public sector delivery. The multi-tier nature of e-Government, relevant at local government, central government but also at the supranational level such as the European Union, makes it of importance to academics and practitioners alike. Vital questions are posed which link technological development and a streamlining of government services to more social based values of inclusion, accessibility and power relationship ratios

e-Government encompasses more than just technology – it challenges the way in which public sector service providers and citizens interact. Democratic renewal, the transformation of service delivery, community leadership and citizenship integration are all key elements of this fascinating subject.

The advisory group for the conference invites submissions of papers on both the theory and advanced practice in respect of the conference themes from academics, government departments and practitioners in the public and private sector. The conference to be held in Den Haag in June 2007 is also seeking case studies and reports of work-in-progress.
See the call for papers for full details on main conference and mini track themes at
http://www.academic-conferences.org/eceg/eceg2007/eceg07-call-papers.htm

The University of Central Lancashire in Preston is hosting the UK’s first 3D conference on 21st and 22nd of June 2007 to examine the impact that 3D immersive environments are having on industry, entertainment and academic life. With the recent installation of Europe's largest educational stereoscopic 3D lecture theatre, The University of Central Lancashire acts as the perfect venue for this two day event.

Many high profile speakers from the 3D industry and education fields are taking part in this event and a range of key issues surrounding this technology will be discussed throughout the two days. The conference will provide an insight into different ways that 3D is used and will be of great benefit to anyone who is currently working with 3D, or who wishes to see how they may begin to work with it in the future. The conference will lead to new inspirations and will provide fantastic networking opportunities, and is open to anyone with an interest in 3D and new technologies.

If you would like to attend this event please contact Laura Padden at LPadden@uclan.ac.uk or have a look at our website for more booking information and programme details: http://www.uclan.ac.uk/iss/3d

Now in its fourth year, the EduComm Conference is the only national technology management conference focused on connecting education with AV and IT technology to enhance the classroom experience. From keynote addresses and dynamic presentations to hands-on sessions and professional workshops, EduComm's goal is to help educators develop successful strategies for integrating AV and IT and make wise purchasing decisions, as well as provide solutions for managing the training and support functions in higher education and K12 facilities.

This year's keynote speakers are David Pogue and Alan Kay. David is the personal-technology columnist for The New York Times and an award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. He is also one of the world's bestselling how-to authors.

Alan Kay, a personal computing visionary, is responsible for much of how we interact with technology, from the graphical interface and the laptop computer to client servers and P2P networking.

EduComm is co-located with InfoComm, the leading business-to-business marketplace for display, projection, audio, conferencing, lighting and staging, digital signage, Internet streaming and networked presentation and communications systems.

EduComm's sessions fall into the categories of Web 2.0, system integration and learning spaces, technology and construction, professional development, emerging technologies, distance learning and online education, and finally, projectors, whiteboards and other AV products. Early bird registration is now open and is $495 per attendee. After April 27, the registration rate will increase to $545. After June 12, attendees may register onsite for $595. Registration includes free access to the InfoComm exhibit hall.

FIRST conferences promote worldwide coordination and cooperation among Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs). The conference provides a forum for sharing goals, ideas, and information on how to improve global computer security. The five-day event is comprised of two days of tutorials and three days of technical sessions where a range of topics of interest to teams in this global response community will be discussed.

EDEN invites you to explore the educational landscape now loud with catchwords about the "hot technology tools”, the Web 2.0, aggregators, collaborative content creation, writing and bookmarking, at its 2007 Annual Conference in Naples, Italy.

The Call for Papers was closed early February and the response was excellent: over 250 submissions received which is exceeding the last year's figure in Vienna by 10 %. The online registration form, the programme structure, the list of excellent keynote speakers, social programme and hotel booking form are all available on the conference site.

The Southeast Regional Conference, like the other EDUCAUSE regional conferences, offers nearby higher education IT professionals a smaller, more intimate version of the EDUCAUSE annual conference in a location that is easy and affordable to reach. If you're from the Southeast, take this opportunity to learn, share, and connect with others in your field and from your part of the country.

WIPTE is open to anyone with an interest in instructional technology. A wide variety of disciplines are embracing tablet PCs and similar pen-based devices as tools for the radical enhancement of teaching and learning. This workshop is intended to leverage this shared passion and to identify best practices in the educational use of pen-based computing so that all educators may benefit from this next generation of technology.

WIPTE spans two days of paper and poster presentations. Purdue University hosts this workshop and publishes a monograph from the top-rated papers.

WIPTE is open to anyone with an interest in instructional technology. A wide variety of disciplines are embracing Tablet PC's and similar pen-based devices as tools for the radical enhancement of teaching and learning. The conference leverages this shared passion and identifies best practices in the educational use of pen-based computing so that all educators may benefit from this next generation of technology.

The University of Pennsylvania is hosting SANS Institute's Security 505: Securing Windows class. This 6 day course will be held on Penn's campus and will be conducted by Jason Fossen who writes:

"...You can do some incredible things with Windows now, and in Security 505 that's what we're going to do. We'll see how to set it all up and secure it against malicious insiders and Internet hackers. We'll also talk a lot about how to automate as much of the work as possible (like with Group Policy) so that you won't have to spend endless hours each week doing repetitive tasks. I'm constantly updating the courseware and adding new tools to the CD-ROM so that we can cover everything important in just six days. I promise you, those six days will go by fast!"

Dates: Monday-Saturday, June 11-16, 2007 (6 days)
Location: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Fee:
For employees of accredited educational institutions, state and local government, and state and local law enforcement - $ 995
List cost for the class and the cost for all others - $ 3,445

The XVII International Conference of the Academy of Business & Administrative Sciences (ABAS), to be held June 9-11, 2007, will be hosted by Groupe ESC Troyes, one of France’s leading Institutions of Higher Education in Management. Rich in art, history, medieval architecture and located about 150 Km from Paris, Troyes can boast of all the facilities of a major commercial city even while maintaining an easy-going lifestyle, a vibrant cultural and artistic life and numerous sporting events including musical festivals, vintage car rallies.

Proposals for presentations, panel symposia, and workshops are invited in all functional areas relating to Business & Administrative Sciences. Proposals with a special emphasis on Emerging Economies are particularly welcome.

Please refer to the conference web site for additional details: http://www.sba.muohio.edu/abas/
or contact the program chair at abas2007france@gmail.com.

One-hour session to share the findings of a 3-year study of learning outcomes, student satisfaction, and the cost-benefits of technolgy in the classroom. Implications for teaching and learning included. Presenter is Vice Provost and Dean Pam Benoit, a professor of communication. No fee for the videoconference, but preregistration is required. Enrollment will be limited to enhance interaction. Option of four dates and times in mid June. Details are provided on an informational flyer. Please send email to: teachingwithtechnology@missouri.edu

Proposals are now being accepted through April 1, 2007 for the:

3rd Annual
Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange
"The Open Conference"

to be held June 7-8, 2007 at Utah Valley State College in Orem, Utah.

Join other educators, developers, and innovators from across the nation and beyond in this free two-day conference devoted to the exchange of information and ideas.

This conference is and always will be free. Meals can be purchased through the website for a nominal fee.

Go to www.ttix.org to submit a proposal, register, and gather additional details. View the "Conference Archives" to see past presentation materials.

Make plans to join us on June 7-8, 2007.

We look forward to another great event!

The Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) at NUI Galway is delighted to announce our 5th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference, to take place on the 7th and 8th June, 2007. This year, the title is “Learning Technologies: from Pilot to Mainstream” and amongst the visiting keynotes are the distinguished elearning consultant and writer, Stephen Heppell; Prof. Wim van Petagem from K.U. Leuven, Prof Ray Land from the University of Strathclyde, Prof Michael Kerres (University of Duisberg Essen).

Aimed at academic staff (and suitable also for learning support staff) in higher education, this conference will focus on practical issues in the implementation and use of a range of technologies, providing insight into emerging “good practice,” real world challenges and future potential. Our emphasis will be on teaching and learning, rather than technical issues and through a series of presentations, discussions and practical sessions we hope to be able to share experience and nurture networks of practitioners.

Full information on the conference themes, keynote speakers, registration, and a call for abstracts, can be found on the conference website at: http://www.conference.ie/

We strongly encourage you to register for this event as early as possible. Abstracts based on practical, real-world case studies, related to the conference themes, are also very welcome. The closing dates are as on the website.

Proposals are now being accepted through April 1, 2007 for the:

3rd Annual
Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange
“The Open Conference”

to be held June 7-8, 2007 at Utah Valley State College in Orem Utah.

Join other educators, developers, and innovators from across the nation and beyond in this free two-day conference devoted to the exchange of information and ideas.

This conference is and always will be free. Meals can be purchased through the website for a nominal fee.

Go to www.ttix.org to submit a proposal, register, and gather additional details.

Make plans to join us on June 7-8, 2007.

We look forward to another great event!

Call for Proposals has been extended through April 15, 2007 for the:

3rd Annual
Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange
"The Open Conference"

to be held June 7-8, 2007 at Utah Valley State College in Orem Utah.

Join other educators, developers, and innovators from across the nation and beyond in this free two-day conference devoted to the exchange of information and ideas.

This is a FREE conference. Meals can be purchased through the website for a nominal fee.

Go to www.ttix.org to submit a proposal, register, and gather additional details. View the "Conference Archives" to see past presentation materials.

Make plans to join us on June 7-8, 2007.

We look forward to another great event!

NMC conference attendees are often early adopters and represent the most innovative and creative areas on their campuses. Of the attendees from colleges and universities, about 30% of attendees are IT executives or senior managers, with titles such as CTO, CIO, Director of Academic Computing, or other Director-level posts; about 15% are mid-level IT managers; and about 15% are faculty. The remainder of the academic audience, about 40% of attendees, are generally specialists in specific technologies, such as digital video, web design, streaming, animation, or graphics.

portal2007: up and running is planned for June 5-8, 2007 at Gettysburg College. The “up and running” theme comes from the idea that once you launch a portal the work is not done - it’s only beginning. We hope to have a rich program full of portal information for everyone - from institutions that are just thinking about portals to institutions that have mature portals on their campuses.

The Frye Leadership Institute is an intensive, two-week residential program held at Emory University with sessions that begin at 9:00 a.m. and end early- to mid-evening each day. Through presentations by recognized leaders in higher education and society, seminars, and group projects, the Institute offers participants the opportunity to explore and analyze the leadership challenges stemming from the changing context and complexity of higher education. The program will pay special attention to the implications of the growing power of information technology to transform the means of research, teaching, and scholarly communication.

The Fourth Annual Sloan-C Workshop on Blended Learning and Higher Education - ‘Blended by Design' hosted by the University of Illinois at Chicago will take place June 3 – 5, 2007 at Indian Lakes Resort in Bloomingdale, IL. This national workshop is dedicated solely to the research, pedagogy and implementation of blended learning.

Register now for this truly blended workshop where learning, sharing and networking will take place during the onsite interactive workshop sessions and continue through the summer via synchronous and asynchronous online sessions - providing you with a unique blended experience.

The Fourth Annual Wireless Community & Mobile User Conference
May 30—June 1, 2007

Participate in Hands On Workshops on Wednesday May 30 &
Interactive Sessions on May 31 & June 1
FLEXIBLE Registration—Choose 1, 2 or 3 Days

REGISTER NOW!
[ http://wetec.csumb.edu/ ]wetec.csumb.edu

Track: Personal, Municipal and Community Broadband
-- Lessons Learned in Public Safety Wireless Broadband Communications
-- Google's WiFi Initiative in Mountain View
-- Personal Broadband & The New Last Mile - End To End IP
-- Security-From the Ground Up-A Hands-On Session
-- The Mobile User-Everything You'd Like to Know About Broadband & Are Afraid to Ask
-- The RFP Process for a Community Broadband Network
-- WHAT'S THE DEAL? Sustaining Value for Personal Broadband
-- Connect the DOTS—Linking the Broadband Islands


Education Track — Innovations & Solutions from the Field
-- WiFi, Mesh Networks, Wi-Max and Next Generation High Bandwidth Wireless
-- Farm River Wireless Project: A Science Center in Coastal Connecticut
-- The Telehealth Network & Virtual Intensive Care
-- The EduGator Brings Nomadic Computing to Crystal Cove State Park
-- Master Planning, Facilities, Work and Learning Environments for the Wireless Age
-- The Answer is in a Box—Global Collaboration with Nomadic Digital Kit Boxes
-- Mobility & Mentoring The E-Learner


Fourth Annual Wireless Community & Mobile User Conference
Monterey, May 30-June 1st 2007
[ http://wetec.csumb.edu/ ]wetec.csumb.edu

FLEXIBLE Registration—Choose 1, 2 or 3 Days

REGISTER NOW!

wetec.csumb.edu

e Learning at the Cusp Conference
Technology Supported Learning in Higher Education: paradigms for practice and emergent futures.

Staffordshire University warmly invites you to this exciting international conference on May 30th 2007.

Conference topics include: models of best practice in eLearning; emerging Web 2.0 technologies and e-portfolios; facilitating learner autonomy and learning communities online; managing emerging organisational issues of quality, ownership and control. Internationally renowned keynote speakers and presenters include: Professor Gilly Salmon, Professor John Stephenson; Professor Mark Stiles, Professor Robin Mason.

Who is it for?

This conference is focused on learners and learning in Higher Education and exploring the challenge of retaining that focus amidst the unavoidable wave of new technologies to support learning. It will be of interest to Higher Education academic developers, teachers, managers and policy makers. Its aim is to explore key paradigms emerging from eLearning in order to help you understand and shape the future presented by nascent technologies such as “Web 2.0” tools.

Book your place

To see more of the conference programme and details of how to book your place, please visit the conference website at http://www.staffs.ac.uk/elearnconf For further information please contact our Administration team:

Ellen Goodwin
Information Services
Room D109, Cadman Building
College Road
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffs
ST4 2DE
Tel: 01782 295974
Email: e.goodwin@staffs.ac.uk

This one-day conference is designed for senior administrators to gain information about developing or enhancing emergency planning for their campuses.

You are invited to contribute to an innovative Online International Conference exploring the interplay between the theory and practice of assessment and feedback in HE in the digital age. We are especially interested in assessment designs that result in enhanced motivation and engagement and that help equip students to monitor and manage their own learning and feedback.

Contributions may take one of three forms:
1. submission a short reflective case study of an implementation, design or institutional strategy for assessment or feedback, for inclusion in a digital repository (submit by 28 March 07)
2. submission of a set of principles of good assessment and feedback practice (submit by 28 March 07)
3. participating in the conference itself

Conference Themes

This conference is being organised as part of the Re-engineering Assessment Practices (REAP) project (see www.reap.ac.uk), a £1m initiative funded by the Scottish Funding Council under its e-Learning Transformation initiative, and led by the Universities of Strathclyde, Glasgow, and Glasgow Caledonian in Scotland. Focusing on assessment for learning in tertiary education the conference has three themes to be addressed through keynotes, case studies and structured discussions.

Assessment and the first year experience
Great designs for assessment
Institutional strategies (designs) for assessment

eLearning Africa 2007 is a conference organised by ICWE GmbH and Hoffmann & Reif that focuses on ICT for development, education and training in Africa. The event will establish and link a network of decision makers from governments and administrations with universities, schools, governmental and private training providers, industry, and important partners in development cooperation. Each year a different African country will serve as the venue. In 2007 the conference focuses on "Building Infrastructures and Capacities to Reach out to the Whole of Africa", reflecting the significant efforts of African countries to set up their national and regional ICT infrastructures to create access to education, training and services for all. The event will be accompanied by an exhibition.

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eLA - eLearning Africa
2nd International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training

When: May 28 - 30, 2007
Venue: Nairobi, Kenya
Organisers: ICWE GmbH, www.icwe.net, Hoffmann & Reif, www.hoffmann-reif.com
Contact: Rebecca Stromeyer, info@elearning-africa.com,
Tel.: +49-30-327 6140, www.elearning-africa.com

This conference will take a broad, enterprise-wide look at the current issues and challenges facing institutions today—with a focus on the interests of leaders and managers of enterprise and administrative information technology groups within IT, business, or academic units at colleges and universities.

The EDUCAUSE Policy Conference explores new federal laws, legislative and regulatory developments, and emerging trends that impact information technology in higher education. The conference also offers valuable connections with other campus leaders and key federal policy makers in a comfortable setting.

Session topics (tentative) for this year's conference:

* Policing the Internet
* Security Breaches and Identity Theft
* Patent Reform
* Whither Telecomm Reform
* Successful Broadband Policy: What Has Worked and Why
* Copyright and Digital Entertainment
* Access to Publicly Funded Research Results
* Free Speech and Censorship on the Global Internet

Merit Network is pleased to present a one-day workshop on the emerging world of Internet-based television distribution, or IPTV.
IPTV offers colleges and universities an opportunity to expand and extend video delivery on campus for educational and entertainment purposes. For these organizations, video distribution via the network presents a challenge that requires informed technical choices, policy decisions, and network planning.
This workshop will bring together several speakers active in the world of IPTV: universities with operating IPTV systems on campus; video content providers; experts in commercial aspects and legal issues of IPTV; and IPTV hardware and software developers. Key questions in the consideration and implementation of IPTV in the campus environment will be explored.
This event will be of special interest to college and university cable television managers; network planners, engineers and technicians; and administrators with responsibility for educational content distribution.

The Western Regional Conference, like the other EDUCAUSE regional conferences, offers nearby higher education IT professionals a smaller, more intimate version of the EDUCAUSE annual conference in a location that is easy and affordable to reach. If you're from the West Coast, take this opportunity to learn, share, and connect with others in your field and from your part of the country.

ONLINE EDUCA MADRID is an international conference for European and Latin American E-Learning Experts. Last year's event attracted around 440 e-learning professionals active in higher education, government, industry and commerce. Participants came from 23 different countries. Of a very high academic level as well as being of great interest to corporate e-learning professionals, ONLINE EDUCA MADRID has become a key annual networking venue, enabling participants to enhance and exchange their knowledge and to develop multinational and cross-industry partnerships throughout Spain, Portugal and Latin America. Official Conference Language is Spanish.

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7th ONLINE EDUCA MADRID
When: May 07 - 09, 2007
Where: Centro de Congresos Príncipe Felipe Hotel Auditorium Madrid
Organiser: ICWE GmbH, Leibnizstrasse 32, 10625 Berlin - Germany, Tel.: +49 - 30 - 327 61 40, Fax: +49 - 30 - 324 98 33
Contact: Olivia Ocaña + Patricia González; info@online-educa-madrid.com, www.online-educa-madrid.com

The Sixth Annual DallasCon Information and Wireless Security Conference continues the tradition of being the most respected security conference in the Southwest. See presentations on the latest information security topics, sign up for our hands-on boot camps and stay to enjoy everything the city has to offer. We will be offering an expanded course selection for our boot camps to fit all of your security training needs.

SCHOOL FOR SCANNING:
The A–Z of Creating Digital Collections
Celebrating its 11th year

Presented by the Northeast Document Conservation Center
Co-sponsored by the Midwest Art Conservation Center

Registration dealine: Monday, April 9, 2007
REGISTER ONLINE NOW! www.nedcc.org

May 1–3, 2007
Marriott Minneapolis City Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota

This popular three-day conference takes digitization from theory into practice and is geared toward participants with a beginning or intermediate level of digital knowledge. Participants who already have experience in digitization can obtain an up-to-date briefing. From metadata to rights management, from file formats to funding, learn how to create and manage sustainable digital collections.

CONFERENCE COST: $595

NEW! Concurrent break-out sessions and Vendor Showcase.

If you are a vendor interested in exhibiting, download the Exhibitor Prospectus at: www.nedcc.org

For complete conference information and to REGISTER ONLINE: www.nedcc.org

The 4th Annual Conference on Technology and Standards is presented by CBA, EFC, NCHELP, and PESC and focuses on technological issues important to their respective memberships under one efficient venue. This conference will includes the support and participation of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA).

In partnering together, CBA, EFC, NCHELP, and PESC are jointly planning and developing this conference, and PESC serves as overall administrator. The conference is targeted toward technical staff and upper management responsible for technology decisions.

The Conference offers an opportunity for scholars and practitioners interested in the issues related to Management, Leadership and Governance, to share their thinking and research findings. These fields of study are broadly described as including issues related to the management of the organisations’ resources, the interface between senior management and the formal governance of the organisation,. This Conference provides a forum for discussion, collaboration and intellectual exchange for all those interested in any of these fields of research or practice.

The conference committee welcomes both academic and practitioner papers on a wide range of topics and a wide range of scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods. Action research, case studies and research in practice are welcomed approaches. Work-in-progress, panel discussion, proposals for workshops and tutorials are also invited. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:-
The relationship between leadership; management and bureaucracy; The power and influence of management versus leadership; e-Business integration; Business finance; Corporate Social Responsibility; Work-Life balance; Sales-Marketing balance; Marketing; Operations management; Project management; Styles of leadership; Emotional intelligence; Strategic thinking; Change management; HR management and strategies; Differences between leadership and management; Business transformation;

In addition, submissions are welcomed for a stream looking at the specific issues of management leadership and governance in relation to Information Systems. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
The nature of IS governance; Interfacing IS governance with corporate governance; Sustainable IS leadership; Types of IS leadership and governance; Corporate politics in and around the IS function; The relationship between the CIO and the CEO; Critical success factors for a CIO; Measuring the performance of the CIO; Creating sustainable IS leadership; From the CIO to the CKO and/or CTO roles in the organization; Career development for IS leadership; Sustaining leadership in the changing world of IS; Bridging the stove pipe mind-set; IS technological leadership; Impact of non-IS executives on IT effectiveness; How the intensity of IS usage effects the CIO role; External market pressures on the CIO; Best practices in IS technological leadership; Justifying IT Investments at Boardroom level; Outsourcing the CIO; The influence of non-IS executive use of IT on a firm’s performance; Influence of mergers and acquisitions on IT; Effect of the board of directors and shareholders on IT policy; Best practices in executive leadership for IT.

Abstracts submission extended to 30th November 2006. Submissions via online form at
http://www.academic-conferences.org/ecmlg/ecmlg2007/ecmlg07-abstract-submission.htm

"Electronic Techtonics: Thinking at the Interface" is an unprecedented three-day mashup of ideas, demos, art, and conversation, driven by digital visionaries and practitioners from across domains and disciplines.

The conference is cosponsored by Duke University, Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The program includes demos, exhibits, and performances--on theremins, with videoscapes and soundscapes, in Virtual Reality, and in Second Life. It also includes refereed papers and panels covering topics such as race in cyberspace, theorizing interface, genealogies of old and new media, funding the digital future, games and narratives, and the future of the Internet and Web 3.0. Keynote speakers include Rebecca Allen, James Boyle, John Seely Brown, Cathy N. Davidson and David Theo Goldberg, and John Unsworth.

Learning Impact 2007 is IMS Global Learning Consortium's annual conference that brings together the world’s leading creators, vendors, users, and buyers of learning technology to participate in program tracks focused on the latest innovations in learning systems, digital learning content, the learning enterprise, and open technologies. Presenters answer a key challenge question designed to inform the attendees on the state of innovation and best practices.

Learning Impact 2007 is IMS Global Learning Consortium's annual conference that brings together the world’s leading creators, vendors, users, and buyers of learning technology to participate in program tracks focused on the latest innovations in learning systems, digital learning content, the learning enterprise, and open technologies. Presenters answer a key challenge question designed to inform the attendees on the state of innovation and best practices.

The Summit on Global Learning Industry Challenges is a gathering of industry leaders to introduce and debate ideas on issues impacting the growth of learning worldwide. This is a unique and highly direct conversation for the purpose of illuminating the key business challenges facing the learning industry. The Summit is facilitated by a focused set of highly interactive panel sessions with audience participation.

The Learning Impact Awards are designed to recognize the most impactful use of technology worldwide in support of learning. This unique program evaluates established, new, and research efforts in context at an implementing learning institution. Twenty-five finalists have been selected to showcase at the event and a panel of global experts has been asked to perform the final rankings at the conference. Don’t miss it!

Gain the tools, tactics, and best practices necessary to build, enable and sell content at the 4th annual Software & Information Industry Summit (SIIA) Content Forum & Codie Awards Gala, April 15-17, San Francisco. You’ll network with the people making things happen in the industry and you’ll find out which companies have been selected as having the year’s best products and services. Register by March 19 to save $600 with early-bird.

Gain the tools and strategies you need to compete successfully in a global economy at the 4th annual Software & Information Industry Summit (SIIA) Ed Tech Industry Summit & Codie Awards Gala, April 15-17, San Francisco. You’ll join 250+ senior execs for in-depth discussion in focused strands covering Sales & Marketing, Technical & Development, and Business & Finance. And you’ll make new business partnerships through the One-to-One Business Connections program. Finally, you’ll find out which companies have been selected as having the year’s best products and services. Register by March 19 to save $600 with early-bird.

Join an exclusive audience of 250+ senior software industry executives gathering for a strategic industry overview at the annual Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Software Strategy Summit & Codie Awards Gala, April 15-17, San Francisco. This year’s Summit will address these key industry trends and issues: Moving from Desktop to Webtop, Enterprise 2.0, Open Source, Software as a Service, and Globalization. You’ll also find out which companies have been selected as having the year’s best products and services. Register by March 19 to save $600 with early-bird.

Sponsored by the EDUCAUSE & Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force, this annual meeting brings together information security professionals, IT staff, and others from across the higher education community. The 2007 conference will include keynote speakers, pre- and postconference seminars, corporate displays, and sessions that address technical solutions, security policies and procedures, and management issues, including security training and awareness.

ALT-C 2007: Beyond Control
Learning Technology for the social network generation

ALT-C 2007 will feature four themes, capturing the main strands of development current in the field.

Learning and internationalism: learning across cultures, learning technology for a multicultural society;
Learning Technology for the social network generation: learning with blogs, wikis and multiplayer games, new cultures of learning, integrating formal and informal learning;
Designing learning spaces: mobile, pervasive and embedded technologies for learning, technology-enhanced learning spaces;
Large-scale implementation: distance learning, networked learning, policy and infrastructure for technology-enhanced learning.

Our keynote speakers will be Dr Michelle Selinger, Education Strategist, Cisco Systems, Dr Peter Norvig, Director of Research, Google, and Professor Dylan Wiliam, Deputy Director of the Institute of Education; and there will be a welcoming keynote from Professor Sir Colin Campbell, Vice Chancellor of the University of Nottingham.

‎Conference theme: "Learning without Boundaries"‎
Conference tracks and topics are:‎
Track A: Making Distance and Distributed Learning Happen: Teaching ‎Outside the Classroom
Track B: Improving Education through Technology: Best Practices in ‎Using Technology to Enhance Learning
Track C: Building Better Education Through Research: The Scholarship of ‎Technology and Education

Submit a presentation proposal on or before January 19, 2007.

UCLA Extension Online re-launches the
Instructional Design for Online Teaching and Education

The four-course sequence is designed for business trainers and educators to create and develop curricula and materials for online delivery in a multimedia environment.

Learning Online: How Does It Take Place and How Can We Assess It?
April 2 to May 7, 2007, Fee: $550

Teaching Online: How much Training Has to Take Place and How do We Develop the Program?
April 3 to May 8, 2007, Fee: $550

Instructional Design for Online Programs: How Can We Keep the Audience Interested and How Can We Meet their Expectations?
April 4 to May 9, 2007, Fee: $550

Capstone Project: Development of Specific Applications Learned in this Program to each Participant’s Classroom or Organization
April 5 to May 10, 2007, Fee: $550

UCLA Extension uses Blackboard and an orientation is available at www.uclaextension.edu/distanceLearning. Courses are accessible 24/7 from home, work or abroad.

For more information, please contact Helen Williams at hwilliam@uclaextension.edu or call 310-825-7729 (PST).

Visit www.uclaextension.edu/ido

The session will bring together IT professionals, faculty, administrators, and learning technologists to explore immersive learning environments (ILEs) and how they fit in the teaching and learning landscape. We will focus on:

* The effective pedagogical uses of ILEs and their impact on learner engagement
* The interactive capabilities of ILEs that encourage the development of creative thinking and problem-solving skills through direct engagement
* Implementation issues, such as design challenges, technical constraints, curriculum integration, and faculty development

10th Annual TxDLA Conference at Moody Gardens, Galveston, Texas. Breakout sessions, networking, food, exhibits, entertainment and fun are all here in a casual environment.

The Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) biennial conference, CAL’07, will debate the alleged disruptive nature of technological development in the area of learning at the individual, institutional and national level.

The following keynote speakers will present at the conference:

David Cavallo - Director of the Future of Learning Group at the MIT Media Laboratory.
Advisor to the “One Laptop per Child” Project.

Rose Luckin - Professor of Learner Centred Design at the London Knowledge Lab and former director of the Ideas Lab, University of Sussex.

Langdon Winner - Thomas Phelan Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. "The leading academic on the politics of technology", Wall St. Journal.

CALL FOR PAPERS & SYMPOSIA
Papers are currently invited for oral and poster presentations and for themed symposia at CAL’07. Authors should submit abstracts online at www.cal-conference.elsevier.com by 29 September 2006.

Topics on which abstracts are invited include:
>> ICT and Learning
>> New Directions
>> Creative Expression and Learning
>> ICT4DEV

This is the 9th annual conference of ViDe (Video Development Initiative), sponsored by Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA). The conference brings together innovators in higher education, telemedicine and K-12 to focus on converged collaboration, conferencing, voice and media on campus, in the networked, web, and mobile environments, with an emphasis on both success stories and caveats. Held at Georgia Tech Hotel & Conference Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Join us for the 34th annual Computer Services Management Symposium (CSMS) of ACM's Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services (SIGUCCS).

This year's theme, "Garden of Innovations" will attract higher education IT leaders and future leaders to historic Savannah. CSMS is large enough to bring together diverse views to challenge your thoughts, but small enough to enable real discourse toward new solutions. The annual symposium has a history of providing interesting and relevant program content in a friendly atmosphere that lends itself to making rewarding and lasting professional contacts. Whether you are a new manager or a veteran CIO, you'll leave CSMS with new thoughts, new ideas, new friends, and a connection to a professional network of your peers. Following CSMS' unique and highly successful format, the symposium will feature focused, facilitated discussion sessions along with outstanding keynote speakers.

Join us for the 34th annual Computer Services Management Symposium (CSMS) of ACM's Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services (SIGUCCS). It will be held March 25-27, at the Hyatt Regency Savannah.

This year's theme, "Garden of Innovations" will attract higher education IT leaders and future leaders to historic Savannah. CSMS is large enough to bring together diverse views to challenge your thoughts, but small enough to enable real discourse toward new solutions. The annual symposium has a history of providing interesting and relevant program content in a friendly atmosphere that lends itself to making rewarding and lasting professional contacts. Whether you are a new manager or a veteran CIO, you'll leave CSMS with new thoughts, new ideas, new friends, and a connection to a professional network of your peers. Following CSMS' unique and highly successful format, the symposium will feature focused, facilitated discussion sessions along with outstanding keynote speakers. Sessions will be organized into three program tracks. Each track will focus on an area of interest to those with IT leadership responsibilities in institutions of higher education, whether they are large universities or small colleges. The program tracks are:

Leadership & Professional Development
Innovations in Services and Technologies
Strategic Planning, Funding and Partnerships

TechEd 2007 is the world's leading hands-on Technology in Education Conference and Exposition. Our 12th Annual, this year's conference promises to be the best ever with over 250 concurrent sessions focusing on issues related to Technology in the Learning Environment including eLearning, Mobile Learning, Podcasting, Digital Media, Web Strands and the New Digital Divide and exciting Keynote Presentations including A TechEd Report Card! Exhibit Hall features over 70,000 sq ft of Leading Technology Companies like Microsoft, Apple, Dell, HP, Torque in Education, ETS, Adobe and many more showcasing real-world solutions to critical issues facing the Education Community. CEU Credits Available. Hosted by Chaffey College, and DeVry University.

Educational Technology Day at Ithaca College is a regional technology event that attracts over 1,600 people annually from the upstate New York region. It features local and national vendors such as Adobe, Apple Computer, Dell, Gateway, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, and many others.

At the event you'll be able to talk directly with major computer and technology vendors, explore educational applications, be dazzled by computer graphics and state of the art audio-visual systems, learn how technology is being used today in and outside of higher education, and see what can be expected in the coming years.

Free. Register on our website - http://www.ithaca.edu/edtechday.

Visit our Web site for complete details.

Whether your focus is administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management, you can benefit from attending the annual NERCOMP conference. This year's theme is "Connections, Collaborations and Community." Preconference seminars will be held Monday, March 19. The program will follow these key topic areas:

- Enterprise Services and Administrative Systems
- Leadership, Planning and Organizational Development
- Library and Research Initiatives
- Policy, Regulations and Security
- Technology for Teaching, Learning and Assessment
- Technology Support
- Corporate and Campus Solutions

Entering its 14th year the Politics Online Conference, hosted by the Institute for Politics Democracy and the Internet , has firmly established itself as the premiere conference for online political professionals in America, regularly attracting over 500 attendees from across the globe.

The event will provide an unprecedented opportunity to hear from recognized experts in the analysis and implementation of mobile trends among college students, the new communications paradigm forming among Millennial college students, and how colleges and universities can participate in the mobile revolution. Attendees will be able to participate in a high-level Q&A session and discussion with the speakers, fellow CIOs and VPs of Student/Life.

Speakers include:
--Chris Dede: Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies, Technology, Innovation, and Education, Harvard University, and leading authority on emerging technologies and their role in expanding knowledge and enhancing learning, creativity, sharing and mastery. Keynote presentation: “Augmented Realities via Handheld Devices: Sifting Knowledge through Our Fingertips”

--Dr. Phillip D. Long: Senior Strategist, Opportunity and Outreach, MIT’s Office of Education Innovation and Technology. “The Role of Mobile Devices in Delivering Campus Services” plus excerpts and findings from the most recent Horizon Report

--Nicole Engelbert:, Senior Analyst, Datamonitor, the world’s leading provider of online data, analytic and forecasting platforms. A Datamonitor report will be distributed at no charge to session attendees and highlighted in Engelbert’s presentation:
“Mobility Trends Among College Students”

--Raju Rishi, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder, Rave Wireless, will present case histories on how “early adopter” campuses are using mobile phones to improve communication, community, safety and academics among their student populations.

The Rave Mobility Summit is a rare opportunity to hear insights from a never before gathering of experts.
--Hear how to avoid the “pain points” facing college administrators who need to stay in touch with an increasingly mobile student body.
--Receive valuable data about today’s Millennial student population which is unlike any other student body in history.
--Understand the roles of the top emerging technologies on campus and their anticipated impact on higher education.
--Learn from the experiences of colleges and universities that are among the early adopter campuses using mobile phones in unprecedented ways.

Where:
Downtown Boston – Omni Parker House Hotel
60 School Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108
Phone: (617) 227-8600

When:
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Pre-event continental breakfast

RSVP:
Visit http://www.ravewireless.com/newsevents_event_dtl02.html
for more information and to register for this complimentary event. Please reserve by March 1, 2007.

Whether your focus is administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management, you can benefit from attending the Fifth Annual EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference. This year’s theme is "Facing a River of Challenges.” The program follows five key tracks:
- Leadership: Knowing When and How to Lead
- Mapping the Relationships Between Learners and Learning Environments
- Navigating the Currents and Torrents of Enterprise Resource Planning
- Securing the Health of Campus IT: Policy, Prevention, Detection, and Correction
- Corporate and Campus Solutions

HEUG's 10th Anniversary Conference!
The Alliance 2007 conference is an annual event for all higher education, government, and public sector users of Oracle applications. The Alliance conference is organized and managed by the Higher Education User Group (www.heug.org). This is the 10th annual event for the HEUG. The Alliance 2007 conference is open to all employees of Higher Education Institutions, State and Local Government Entities, or Federal Organizations with licensed Oracle products. In addition, employees of vendors accepted by the conference as exhibitors and those individuals who are co-presenters may attend.. The conference will be held at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort.

Information warfare and security are at the forefront of modern defence strategies. Strong strands of research and interest are developing in the area, including the understanding of threats and risks to information systems, the development of a strong security culture, as well as incident detection and post incident investigation. The International Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ICIW) offers an opportunity for academics, practitioners and consultants from the US, North America and elsewhere who are involved in the study, management, development and implementation of systems and concepts related to information warfare or are interested in ways to improve information systems security, to come together and exchange ideas. This conference is continuing to establish itself as a key event for individuals working in the field from around the world.

You can see a preliminary programme at
http://www.academic-conferences.org/iciw/iciw2007/iciw07-timetable.htm

Dates: March 5-7, 2007
Host: Rice University
Web site: http://delange.rice.edu/conferenceVI.cfm

The traditional concept of a library has been rendered obsolescent by
the unprecedented confluence of the Internet, changes in scholarly
publication models, increasing alliances between the humanities and the
sciences, and the rise of large-scale digital library projects. Such
rapid and overwhelming changes to a millennia-old tradition pose
significant challenges not only to university research libraries but
also to every citizen. More information has been produced in the last
several years than in the entire previous history of humanity, and most
of this has been in digital format. Libraries are not storage places
any more; they are less and less a place. If the traditional library is
undergoing a profound metamorphosis, it is not clear what new model will
take its place. The critical issues now include: How can information be
efficiently accessed and used? How do we extract knowledge from such an
abundance of often poorly organized information? How might enormous
digital resources affect our concept of identity, our privacy, and the
way we conduct business in the new century? Insight from many
disciplines and perspectives is requisite to begin to understand this
phenomenon and to identify ways to help chart a future course.
The De Lange Conference on Emerging Libraries will examine the
transformations that libraries are undergoing. The conference will
feature presentations by and dialogue with leading thinkers, including:

Noha Adly, Director, Information and Communication Technology Department
and the International School of Information Science Bibliotheca
Alexandrina

Daniel E. Atkins, Director, Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National
Science Foundation

James Boyle, Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law

Lynne J. Brindley, Chief Executive, The British Library

John Seely Brown, formerly Chief Scientist of Xerox Corporation and the
Director of its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC); author, Digital Age

James Johnson Duderstadt, founder, Millennium Project; President
emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering, University
of Michigan.

Paul Ginsparg, Professor, Physics, Cornell University and creator of
arXiv.org

Brewster Kahle, founder, director, digital librarian of the non-profit
Internet Archive.

Michael A. Keller, Director, Academic Information Resources, Stanford
University

Donald Kennedy, Editor-in-Chief, Science; President emeritus and
Professor emeritus, Stanford University.

Steve Kessel, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Digital Media, Amazon.com

Neal Lane, Malcolm Gillis University Professor, Senior Fellow, James A.
Baker III Institute for Public Policy, professor, Department of Physics
and Astronomy, Rice University

David Leebron, president, Rice University

Deanna B. Marcum, Associate Librarian, Library Services, The Library of
Congress

Michael S. Turner, Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics,
The University of Chicago

Harold E. Varmus, President, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and
Co-founder, PLoS

William A. Wulf, President, National Academy of Engineering

More information is available at
http://delange.rice.edu/conferenceVI.cfm.

This conference is supported by the De Lange Endowment at
Rice University, given by C. M. Hudspeth and wife, Demaris,
in memory of her parents, Albert and Demaris De Lange.

Conference Co-Chairs (Rice University):

Charles J. Henry, Vice Provost & University Librarian, Fondren Library
Moshe Y. Vardi, George Professor, Computational Engineering, Director,
Computer & Informat

Where can faculty, administrators, librarians and technology gurus all meet to discuss learning, libraries, technology and the convergence of these activities? At the Ohio Digital Commons for Education 2007 – The Convergence of Learning, Libraries and Technology Conference, of course!

ODCE 2007 will include keynote speakers, vendor exhibits and technology demonstrations. It will be held March 4-6, 2007, at the Columbus Hilton at Easton Town Center in Columbus, Ohio.

PAETC 2007 will take place on Thursday, February 22 and Friday February 23 at Drexel University. Thursday’s sessions will be more how to sessions and hands-on workshops while on Friday, we expect more discussion-oriented sessions that center around key issues in the incorporation of technology in education at all levels. This year, we are thrilled to welcome Chris Lehmann, principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia as our keynote speaker. He will share with us his experience getting the first “Web 2.0″ school up and running.

This year’s theme is Multiliteracies. We conceive of that broadly, so be creative. Proposals might encompass the following:

* Assignments for teaching multiliteracy.
* Workshops on using the tools to develop multiliteracy.
* What does it mean to be multiliterate?
* Are students already multiliterate? Don’t they already multitask, use iPods, and blog?
* Theory behind multiliteracy.
* Institutional issues–DOPA, FERPA, digital divide.
* How does web 2.0 and networked learning fit into a multiliterate model?

These are just some places to start. Feel free to add suggestions in the comments. Send your proposals by October 31 to Laura Blankenship (lblanken [at] brynmawr [dot] edu.

For those in administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management:
- Hear from innovators and forward thinkers about current and emerging best practices in higher education information services
- Connect with others in positions similar to yours to exchange experiences and explore ways to tackle common challenges
- Learn about what’s going on in the profession and at the institutions in your area

This year's theme is "Strategic Collaboration is the Competitive Advantage: Leading, Understanding, and Building the Collaborative Community." The program follows four key tracks:

- Leadership and Strategic Initiatives

- Partnerships and Consortia

- Technology Tools and Infrastructure

- Corporate and Campus Solutions

FAST '07 brings together storage system researchers and practitioners to explore new directions in the design, implementation, evaluation, and deployment of storage systems.

Are you concerned about appropriate access to electronic resources and anticipate the need to revisit your campus authentication processes? Do your faculty and students use online course resources that are developed and offered by other institutions? Do your researchers collaborate with external colleagues or need to manage others' access to project data?

Consider attending CAMP: Charting Your Authentication Roadmap to learn more about how to position your campus authentication and related identity management processes to support secure access when working with sister institutions, research collaborators and other external partners, industry, and the federal government.

The Management Program focuses on developing participants' organizational management skills, particularly those related to managing one's interactions on campus and to working collaboratively with other people. It provides a foundation of skills and awareness that are essential to the successful motivation and deployment of people. This program, in particular, is of benefit to those who manage functions within central campus information resources organizations, those who are relatively new to management, those who aspire to an increasing leadership role, and those who may be relatively new to higher education.

Attendees will hear about the latest developments in network and system security, regional and state networking, identity management, federal IT policy, CALEA, campus wireless networking, integrated communications services, and policies for national broadband connections.

The Net@EDU Annual Meeting offers attendees numerous opportunities to network with other leading decision makers in higher education, as well as a chance to participate in Net@EDU's working groups. Members can also give input on policy directions for Net@EDU and EDUCAUSE.

This conference examines institutional, economic, legal, and policy issues in designing cyberinfrastructure, especially as it moves beyond traditional academic research and education..

We all imagine our vision of the future. Now, thanks to the 21st Century Project Design Showcase: The Future of Student Living, we can begin to see what tomorrow will look like today.

On January 26, 2007, eight finalists from our first design competition will gather at the Wyndham Hotel & Resort in Phoenix, Arizona, to display to a panel of jurors their vision of the future of college housing. With a focus on the individual student living unit, they will showcase their innovative designs that capitalize on the concepts of technology, flexibility, sustainability, and security as well as personal and academic development. The Association of College & University Housing Officers – International (ACUHO-I) and the 21st Century Project hope that you can be there as we unveil this first look at what the future may hold. Plus, you will get to witness first-hand the excitement as these finalists compete for the $25,000 grand prize.

Registration to this day-long event will be $295 for ACUHO-I members and $395 for non-members. There also is a special student registration rate of $95. This fee includes lunch as well as a reception at the end of the day that will feature a chance to interact with the designers and the presentation of the awards. In addition, on Saturday, January 27, we will host an architectural tour of the Arizona State University campus and the city of Phoenix. This tour is free, but you must register in advance.

More information is available through the Internet at http://www.21stcenturyproject.com. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the ACUHO-I central office at 614.292.0099.

Join us at the 2007 EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting, “Creating a Successful Learning Culture: Connecting Learners, Communities, and Information,” to explore our fundamental assumptions about what, where, and how we educate. We'll focus on the ways institutions can enhance student learning, going beyond specific examples of innovation to the processes and practices that enable systemic progress toward more effective learning.

Asynchronous online workshop series that is designed to meet the needs of faculty, university counsel, librarians, instructional design and information professionals.

Moderators: Kimberly Kelley, M.L.S., Ph.D., Vice Provost, Information and Library Services; Dean, Academic Resources and Services, University of Maryland University College; Bill Rosenblatt, M.S., Founder, GiantSteps Media Technology Strategies

Goals for the Course:
--Review the background and history of DRM in higher education;
--Examine the use/non-use of specific DRM technologies by institutions as well as by the owners, publishers, and providers of digital content—and the reasoning behind their decisions;
--Explore the functionality and capability of various DRM technologies;
--Gain clarity on fact versus fiction in the realm of DRM and the requirements of the TEACH Act;
--Consider the perspectives on and understanding of DRM within various communities and how that impacts higher education.

Dual-track seminars for those who provide voice, data and video services on college and university campuses.

TRACK1. Best Practices for Communications Technology Professionals: Learn how nine different campuses have applied "best practices" to such issues as:
1. Introducing and managing emerging and converging IP and wireless technologies
2. Developing cell phone and mobility strategies
3. Planning effectively for business continuity in the face of disaster

TRACK 2. Convergence & Infrastructure: What It Takes
Six campuses and five companies will examine ways that campuses are structuring their cabling, switches, routers, network architecture, power, and other infrastructure to prepare for converged technologies and applications.

For those in administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management:

- Hear from innovators and forward thinkers about current and emerging best practices in higher education information services
- Connect with others in positions similar to yours to exchange experiences and explore ways to tackle common challenges
- Learn about what’s going on in the profession and at the institutions in your area

This year’s theme is "Unifying the Digital Campus: Integrated Technologies Supporting Practical Solutions.” This year's tracks include:

- Achieving Integration: Secure Infrastructure Solutions for the Digital Campus
- Being Practical: Solutions for Using Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning
- Integrated Systems: Practical Enterprise Solutions for Tomorrow’s Challenges
- Managing Integration: The Leadership Challenge of the Unified Campus
- Corporate and Campus Solutions

Call for Content

If you are interested in sharing a triumph or lesson learned with over 450 higher education e-learning professionals, please submit a proposal or an idea for a session. The WCET conference planning committee is eager to receive content for the five conference strands: Beyond the Institution, Innovative Tools and Technologies, Institutional Policies and Practices, Student Services, and Teaching and Learning. We're looking for over 150 presenters for over 50 breakout sessions. The deadline for submission is February 15, 2007.

The first annual Pachyderm Users' Conference will be held Dec. 12-14, 2006, in Austin, Texas. This groundbreaking meeting will bring together museum and campus leaders, trustees, and educators for a series of dialogs with Pachyderm authors, developers, members of the open source community, students, museum experts, and the Marcus Foundation Board to discuss the outreach and programmatic use of Pachyderm in museums and institutions of higher education. While examples from many disciplines will be featured, a special emphasis will be placed this year on examples from the arts and arts education.

Are you a new IT manager? About to move from a technical role to a management position? What do you need to know? Where do you start? How can you move to your new role prepared for the challenges that you will face? This seminar will provide you with practical guidance for dealing with management and leadership challenges and will make you aware of helpful resources that can assist you in your role.

* Conference background and goals
The IADIS CELDA 2006 conference aims to address the main issues concerning with the
evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in digital age.
There have been huge advancements in both cognitive psychology and computing that
have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines has never
been faster before and this marriage has affected the very basis of the academia.
Paradigms such as just-in-time learning, constructivist approaches, student-cantered
learning and collaborative approaches have emerged, and are being supported by
technological advancements such as simulations, virtual reality and multi-agents systems
to name a few. This merger has created both opportunities and areas of serious concerns.
This conference aims to cover both technological as well as pedagogical issues related to
these developments. Main tracks have been identified (see below). However innovative
contributions that do not fit into these areas will also be considered as long as they are
directly related to the overall theme of the conference.

* Format of the Conference
The conference will comprise of invited talks, oral presentations for discussion-oriented
papers, and poster sessions for work-in-progress. The proceedings of the conference will
be published in the form of a book and CD-ROM.

Authors of the best published papers in the CELDA 2006 proceedings will be invited to
publish extended versions of their papers in Journal of Research on Technology in Education.

* Types of submissions
Full papers, Short Papers, Reflection papers and Tutorials. All submissions will go through a double-
blind refereeing process with at least two international experts.

* Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following areas:
- Acquisition of expertise
- Assessing progress of learning in complex domains
- Assessment of exploratory learning approaches
- Assessment of exploratory technologies
- Cognition in education
- Collaborative learning
- Educational psychology
- Exploratory technologies (such as simulations, VR, i-TV and so on)
- Just-in-time and Learning-on-Demand
- Learner Communities and Peer-Support
- Learning Communities & Web Service Technologies
- Pedagogical Issues Related with Learning Objects
- Learning Paradigms in Academia
- Learning Paradigms in Corporate Sector
- Life-long Learning
- Student-Centered Learning
- Technology and mental models
- Technology, learning and expertise
- Virtual University

* Important Dates:
- Submission Deadline: 17 July 2006
- Notification to Authors : until 11 September 2006
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration : Until 16 October 2006
- Late Registration : After 16 October 2006

* Conference Location
The conference will be held in Barcelona, Spain.

* Secretariat
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CELDA 2006
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: celda_sec@iadis.org
Web site: http://www.iadis.org/celda2006

* Program Committee

Conference Chair
Pedro Isaias, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal

Program Co-Chairs
Kinshuk, Massey University, New Zealand
Demetrios G Sampson, University of Piraeus, Greece
J. Michael Spector, Florida State University, USA

Committee Members: please see http://www.iadis.org/celda2006/committees.asp for
updated list.

* Co-located Conference:
This conference is co-located with the IADIS International Conference on
e-Commerce 2006 (http://www.iadis.org/ec2006) - participants of one conference may attend
the sessions from the other conference

If you work in higher education and have not already become acquainted with Facebook, you soon will.
Those working in student advising, judicial affairs, career services, campus police, general counsel, privacy or security offices, business services or elsewhere on campus are grappling with how Facebook is influencing their roles and responsibilities. Tune in to this audio conference for an opportunity to learn about the policy issues this site's success raises and to hear from (and ask questions of) Facebook's CPO.

Speakers: Chris Kelly, CPO, Facebook; Tracy Mitrano, Director, IT Policy/Computer Policy and Law Programs; Lauren Steinfeld, CPO, University of Pennsylvania

Date: December 7, 2006, 1-2:30 pm ET (10-11:30 am PT)

Cost: IAPP Members = $159; NonMembers = $179 (CDs of the program will also be available for the same fee.)

Additional information and online registration is available at:
http://www.privacyassociation.org

European symposium
Teacher training and the innovative use of ICT in Higher Education.
Thursday November 23rd 2006
Université Paris Dauphine
Place du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny
16th arrondissement, Paris

eLene-TT: background

The driving idea behind eLene-TT is to encourage the innovative use of ICT in higher education. This EU-funded eLearning project has developed a replicable programme of transnational teacher training actions. A freely-available online Teacher Training Centre provides access to a range of resources, tools and guidelines, with a view to helping teachers and those who train them make the best pedagogical use of ICT. As part of the project, the eLene-TT team are organising a European symposium on the theme Teacher training and the innovative use of ICT in Higher Education.


The eLene-TT partners

eLene-TT is a project developed by the universities and e-learning consortia which participated as case studies for the report "Studies in the Context of the E-learning Initiative: Virtual Models of European Universities (Lot 1) Final Report to the EU Commission, DG Education & Culture ".
These universities are:
- CANEGE – Universités Nancy 2, Paris-Dauphine, Paris-Sud; Cned-Eifad (FR)
- METID – Politecnico di Milano (IT)
- ZMML – University of Bremen (DE)
- Open University of Catalonia – UOC (ES)
- Finnish Virtual University: Helsinki Univ. of Technology, Univ. of Helsinki (FI)
- Umeå University (SE)
 IVLOS Institute – Utrecht University (NL)
 Polish Virtual University – Marie Curie Sklodowska University (PL)


The symposium
Participants from the different European member states and beyond will be able to:
 learn about the eLene-TT approach to ICT-supported teacher training
 discover the eLene-TT online Teacher Training Centre
 find out what other projects are doing in the field
 hear about strategic trends from leading practitioners and academics
 meet peers and build networks


The eLene-TT symposium is aimed at the following:
 Teacher trainers involved in accompanying higher education teachers in the pedagogical use of ICT
 Teachers or online tutors using or wanting to use ICT with their students
 Elected representatives of higher education institutions with a remit for ICT or eLearning
 Managers of ICT or e-Learning units
 Ministry of education officials
 Researchers in related fields

Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control: A management tool that will allow your university/college to ease management, lower IT costs, and optimize systems through automation, greater insight/analysis, and simplification.

Efficiently manage and monitor your entire Oracle ecosystem (Oracle Database and Application Server) and beyond (non-Oracle capabilities)
Simplify management by managing applications as units (systems) as opposed to separate components
Improve application/system performance
Automate and ease tedious and time consuming management tasks (patching, cloning, tuning, diagnosis, etc.)
Gain greater insight into your systems by viewing alerts, violations, performance metrics, recommendations, reports, etc.
Enhance the service and satisfaction of your user population by viewing and tracking service-levels

Agenda:

Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control - What is it? Why?
Management Packs - What are the packs today (new updates)? How do the packs relate to OEM 10g Grid Control?
Demonstration - High level overview of OEM 10g Grid Control, focusing on management pack functionality

YOU ARE INVITED TO CELEBRATE MICHIGAN WORLD USABILITY DAY

DATE: Tuesday, November 14, 2006

TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

LOCATION: Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, East Lansing, Michigan

RSVP: This event is free, but seating is limited. Registration and detailed program information is available at www.usability.msu.edu/conf2006.asp

Michigan State University's Usability & Accessibility Center and the Michigan Usability Professionals' Association (MI-UPA) have organized World Usability Day for Michigan, one of many such events that will join over 100 locations in more than 35 countries to promote World Usability Day on Tuesday, November 14, 2006. This is the second statewide celebration of World Usability Day and MSU's Fourth Annual Usability & Accessibility Event.

We have added concurrent workshops during the morning, along with our regular afternoon sessions about informative and timely topics in human-technology interface design. All sessions will be relevant to researchers, professionals, and students alike.

PROGRAM (complete information at www.usability.msu.edu/conf2006.asp)

Workshop 1-A:
Usability as a Tool for Capacity Building: Conducting Community-Based User-Research
Speaker: Jeff Grabill, Co-Director, MSU WIDE Research Center and Associate Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures

Workshop 1-B:
Live Web Site Usability and Marketing Message Assessment
Speaker: Dave Mitropoulos-Rundus, Compuware Corporation

Session 2:
New Communication Technology for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
Speaker: Christopher Hunter, Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth

Session 3:
"Ford! Where's My Car?" -- The Story of Usability and Vehicle Order Management
Speakers: Chad Esselink and IT Creative Design and Usability Team, Ford Motor Company

Session 4:
Podcasting About Usability: Behind the Sounds of "Design Critique: Products for People"
Speaker: Timothy Keirnan, Design Critique: Products for People

Session 5:
Driver Distraction: What is the Problem and How can it be Solved?
Speaker: Paul A. Green, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

Session 6:
The Expertise and Complexity of Citizen Knowledge Work; or, A Tale of How Information Technologies Move from Being Good Collaborators to Poor Collaborations
Speaker: Jeff Grabill, MSU Writing in Digital Environments (WIDE) Research Center and Associate Professor, Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures

TOURS, MSU USABILITY & ACCESSIBILITY CENTER (Kellogg Center, East Lansing) Informal tours lasting approximately 15 minutes will be offered from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon on the day of the event. The UAC is located on the Garden Level of the Kellogg Center and an RSVP spot is included in the on-line registration for Michigan World Usability Day.

POSTERS
This year, we are adding a student poster session to the day's events. The poster session is open to students from any discipline, and the posters should describe a design project that places users at the center of the design process. Submission guidelines at: http://usability.msu.edu/poster2006.asp

EVENT SPONSORS
UPA Michigan Chapter
TechSmith
Michigan Ohio Computer-Human Interaction Society for Technical Communication
- Southeastern Michigan Chapter

Michigan State University:
College of Communications Arts and Sciences MATRIX Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities Writing in Digital Environments (WIDE) Research Center National Center for the Study of University Engagement University Outreach and Engagement

Michigan World Usability Day registration available at www.usability.msu.edu/conf2006.asp

World Usability Day information available at: http://www.worldusabilityday.org/

Are you a new IT manager? About to move from a technical role to a management position? What do you need to know? Where do you start? How can you move to your new role prepared for the challenges that you will face? This seminar will provide you with practical guidance for dealing with management and leadership challenges and will make you aware of helpful resources that can assist you in your role.

Universities and Colleges have evolved from a brick and mortar institution into a 24X7 global e-learning center that needs to provide information to meet the demands of the student, professors and their communities. Oracle Real Application Clusters is a high-performance, low-cost computing platform where all applications share the same servers and storage resources. Should a server or disk fail, others are assigned automatically to take over the failed part's function. Users won't notice any unplanned downtime at all. The same is true should you need to add servers or other components to your IT infrastructure. Key features are:


High Availability
Performance
Low Cost Computing

Agenda:


What is RAC and what are the benefits?
Benefits of RAC
Higher Education Case Studies
Questions and Answers

NMC Regional Conferences are one-of-a-kind events, each very much a reflection of the host institution. In fall 2006, the NMC comes to Texas for a very special regional event to be held on the campus of Trinity University and hosted by the Center for Learning and Technology.

Befitting the rich traditions of Trinity and its sister institutions across the southwest, the conference will bring together scholars & technologists from across the region to explore new ideas, discuss the issues which surround them, and share stories of successful efforts. Attendees will be staying at an historic Spanish hotel located downtown on the famous River Walk, an area steeped in the traditions of Old San Antonio.

Distance learning is one of the most talked-about topics today in higher education and corporate training. Asynchronous learning is the fastest-growing approach to distance learning. This conference, which will provide the latest information on asynchronous learning programs, processes, packages, and protocols, is geared to both experienced professionals and interested newcomers to online learning who hail from a variety of work sectors, including higher education, continuing education, business, government, health care, professional associations, and nonprofit organizations. It is especially designed to meet the needs of: College-level faculty and administrators, Instructional technology and media professionals, Instructional designers, Trainers in public and private sector organizations.

Registration is now open and will be $395 for early birds until October 10, 2006. For registration and more information please visit the ALN site, http://www.aln.ucf.edu

Assistive Technology and
Accessible Media in Higher Education

November 7 - 10, 2006

University of Colorado - Boulder Campus

Accessing Higher Ground focuses on the implementation and benefits of Assistive
Technology in the university and college setting for sensory, physical and
learning disabilities. Other topics include legal and policy issues, including
ADA and 508 compliance, and making campus media and information resources -
including Web pages and library resources - accessible.

Dozens of workshops, lectures, hands-on experience in beautiful Boulder,
Colorado.

For conference registration and general information, please visit:
www.colorado.edu/ATconference.

Challenged with bringing consistency and sanity to managing access rights in a multisystem environment? This CAMP will offer attendees a roadmap for implementing a distributed access management infrastructure to help support enterprise authorization services. A key strategy toward this goal is supported by two products developed by the Internet2 community: GROUPER, a groups management toolkit, and SIGNET, a privilege management system.

Asynchronous online workshop that is designed to meet the needs of faculty, university counsel, librarians, instructional design and information professionals.

Moderators: Carrie Russell, M.A., M.L.I.S., Copyright Specialist for the Office for Information Technology Policy of the American Library Association; and Olga Francois, M.L.I.S., Assistant Director of the Center for Intellectual Property at University of Maryland University College.

Goals for the course:
--Discuss the purpose and legal basis for copyright education in higher education;
--Look at challenges in establishing effective copyright education programs;
--Consider some of the technical and logistical aspects of developing a copyright education program;
--Review various guidelines for the use of copyrighted materials and when it is most appropriate to advocate the use of these guidelines;
--Explore some of the elements and steps necessary for developing copyright policies;
--Consider the unique issues that arise when teaching about the use of multimedia, audio and video.
--Discuss how to develop copyright presentations and workshops for your campus.
--Explore how to assess for success in your copyright literacy program.

The 7th Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI '06) brings together professionals from academic and industrial backgrounds in what has become a premier forum for discussing the design, implementation, and implications of systems software. The OSDI Symposium emphasizes both innovative research and quantified or illuminating experience.

The ACM Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services (SIGUCCS) Fall Conference has been held at various locations throughout the United States and Canada for more than thirty years. This conference presents an opportunity for professionals involved in the support of Information Technology (IT) at institutions of higher education to network with peers, learn and share ideas about supporting clients and delivering services, and discuss the future of IT support on campus.

Typical attendees include:

- User Services Staff
- Help Desk Staff
- Instructional Technologists
- Lab Supervisors & Consultants
I- T Managers and Directors
- Media Specialists
- Technical Staff
- Technical Writers
- Trainers
- Web Developers
- Librarians
The SIGUCCS Fall Conference is widely known as the premiere event for IT support professionals. It's the one time of the year when we can meet with our IT support colleagues who share our challenges, understand our angst, and can empathize with our tales. It's also an opportunity to gain insights, discover how others have solved similar problems, and perhaps save ourselves from reinventing the proverbial wheel.

The SIGUCCS program revolves around presentations of papers written by attendees, panel discussions, tutorials, poster sessions, and birds-of-a-feather (BOF) sessions. There are also many opportunities built into the conference schedule for networking with peers in more relaxed, informal settings - breaks, lunch, the welcome reception, a "fun run/walk", an ice cream social and an always-entertaining gala event. Events scheduled include:

- Pre-conference Tutorials
- Opening Beach Party Reception at the World Waterpark on Sunday, November 5th - attendees are encouraged to wear beach wear (swimsuits/shorts) with T-shirts from their college or university
- Keynote Speakers - Monday and Wednesday
- Presentations
- Poster Sessions
- "Birds of a Feather" Sessions
- Documentation Display Room and Email Room
- Hospitality Suite (available Saturday - Tuesday evenings)
-Ice Cream Social - Monday evening at the Fantasyland Hotel
- 5K Fun Run/Walk
- Gala event at Jubilations in West Edmonton Mall on Tuesday evening
If you're an IT support professional at a college or university, you should make plans now to attend this conference. This is the one conference you should not miss!

The SIGUCCS Fall Conference is widely known as the premiere event for IT support professionals. It's the one time of the year when we can meet with our IT support colleagues who share our challenges, understand our angst, and can empathize with our tales. It's also an opportunity to gain insights, discover how others have solved similar problems, and perhaps save ourselves from reinventing the proverbial wheel.

Submission Deadline: November 15, 2006

This year, we’d like to continue to bridge the gap between the K-12 environment and college. We hope to foster discussions about the way technology is being integrated into the K-12 curriculum and how that creates certain expectations at the college level. We also hope to foster discussions about what skills students need to continue to develop at the college level and how technology can contribute to that development.

Our theme this year is multiliteracies, the idea of developing literacy across various kinds of media including video, audio, web sites, and text. We hope that people with share theories behind teaching interpretation of multiple media, activities that have worked well in the classroom, or other work they have done to foster multiliteracy in their students. We especially want to think about reimagining technology not as a tool but as an aspect of the learning environment that requires us to rethink how and what we teach.

Proposals might encompass the following:

* Assignments for teaching multiliteracy.
* Workshops on using the tools to develop multiliteracy.
* What does it mean to be multiliterate?
* Are students already multiliterate? Don't they already multitask, use iPods, and blog?
* Theory behind multiliteracy.
* Institutional issues–DOPA, FERPA, digital divide.
* How does web 2.0 and networked learning fit into a multiliterate model?

The conference will be held on February 22 and 23rd, 2007 at Drexel University. On February 22nd, we will have a half-day of hands-on workshops. We invite proposals for these workshops. If you have developed software or use a technological tool in your work that you find particularly useful and want to show others how it works, please submit your ideas. On the 23rd, we’ll have our keynote speaker as well as presentations and discussions. The submission deadline for workshops or presentations/discussions is November 15. We ask for a brief description and preferred format. Complete panels may also be submitted. Submit your proposal here or email it to me at lblanken [at] brynmawr [dot] edu.

Lee College will host a Cybersecurity Conference on October 26-27, 2006 in the Student Activities Center. Lee College joins with the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and Educause to observe this event. The overall purpose of the conference is community awareness and knowledge of cybersecurity issues as well as provides “best practices” for system protection and dissemination of security related information. Lee College will host a computer security video contest for students and several of our workshops will focus on Identify Theft and Internet Predators.

Lee College joins with the NCSA, Educause, colleges and universities, as well as the East Harris and Chambers County communities to observe Cyber Security Awareness month with several learning opportunities. During the month of October, we will focus on different key security concerns, which are unfortunately all too familiar: IDENTITY THEFT and INTERNET PREDATORS, keyloggers, P2P attacks, phishing, scams, spam, spyware and other cyber crime.

This conference will bring together I.T. security officers and practitioners from across the higher education, governmental and corporate landscape. The morning agenda begins with a synopsis of cybersecurity trends, fighting cyber crime then lunch where we announce the winner(s) of the security awareness video and concludes in the afternoon with optional workshops and sessions that address “best practices” to keep IT safe.

Our Cyber Security Gameroom will include several fun events with lots of free giveaways. College and High School students can participate in the computer security awareness video contest to help raise awareness of computer security at colleges and universities and the community.
During the month of October we will provide security awareness information to students and faculty. Sessions topics are planned for Thursday on “Security For the Wireless Home Network”, “Security Enhancements in Microsoft VISTA” and “Laptop Security Encryption”. The conference will culminate on Friday with more sessions and guest speakers, vendors, students’ security video contest, door prizes, etc. The conference is free and open to the community.

The Flow Conference (Oct. 26 -29, 2006; Austin, TX) -- a series of roundtable
discussions with topics created by Flow (http://www.flowtv.org)columnists,
organized around the future of television and media culture -- is now accepting
submissions to join a roundtable. Deadline for submission is: June 15, 2006

The goal of the Flow Conference is conversation. There are no plenary sessions
and participants are asked to submit short position papers (not full-length
essays). We want to promote discussion amongst scholars, members of the media
industries, media activists, fans, and policy-makers over crucial issues
related to television and media.

For the list of roundtable topics, please visit the conference website at:
http://www.flowconference.org. To join a roundtable, submit a 250 word
abstract identifying the roundtable in which you want to participate and
detailing your response to the topic statement, and a short bio, to:
flowconference@utlists.utexas.edu.

Roundtable organizers include: Chris Anderson, Tim Anderson, Patricia
Aufderheide, Aniko Bodroghkozy, Will Brooker, Faye Ginsburg, Jonathan Gray,
Mary Beth Haralovich, John Hartley, James Hay, Heather Hendershot, Henry
Jenkins, Douglas Kellner, L.S. Kim, Derek Kompare, Shanti Kumar, Dan Leopard,
Daniel Marcus, Vicki Mayer, Allison McCracken, John McMurria, Tara McPherson,
Walter Metz, Jason Mittell, Megan Mullen, Horace Newcomb, Laurie Ouellette,
Thomas Schatz, Joe Straubhaar, Sharon Strover, Frederick Wasser.

For more information, please visit our website, http://www.flowconference.org or
email us at flowconference@utlists.utexas.edu.

The Flow Conference (Oct. 26 -29, 2006; Austin, TX) -- a series of roundtable discussions with topics created by Flow columnists organized around the future of television and media culture -- is now accepting submissions to join a roundtable. Deadline for submission is: June 15, 2006.

The goal of the Flow Conference is conversation. There are no plenary sessions, and participants are asked to submit short position papers (not full-length essays). We want to promote discussion amongst scholars, members of the media industries, media activists, fans, and policy-makers over crucial issues related to television and media.

The conference program will include the institutional affiliation and paper titles of each participant, and we will provide web space for presenters to circulate position papers and any supplemental research or other supporting materials.

For the list of roundtable topics, please visit the conference website at: www.flowconference.org . To join a roundtable, submit a 250 word
abstract identifying the roundtable in which you want to participate and detailing your response to the topic statement, and a short bio, to:
flowconference@utlists.utexas.edu.

Roundtable organizers include: Chris Anderson, Tim Anderson, Patricia Aufderheide, Aniko Bodroghkozy, Will Brooker, Faye Ginsburg, Jonathan Gray, Mary Beth Haralovich, John Hartley, James Hay, Heather Hendershot, Henry Jenkins, Douglas Kellner, L.S. Kim, Derek Kompare, Shanti Kumar, Dan Leopard, Daniel Marcus, Vicki Mayer, Allison McCracken, John McMurria, Tara McPherson, Walter Metz, Jason Mittell, Megan Mullen, Horace Newcomb, Laurie Ouellette, Thomas Schatz, Joe Straubhaar, Sharon Strover, Frederick Wasser.

For more information, please visit our website, www.flowconference.org, or email us at flowconference@utlists.utexas.edu.

The Fall Seminars of The Association for Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education will provide high-quality educational sessions, an exhibit hall, and excellent opportunities for professional networking among those responsible for voice, data and video on college and university campuses. Track 1 focuses on New and Evolving Technologies, and Track 2 examines Chargeback and Cost Models.

This exciting conference is one of the few tailored specifically for higher education Web professionals, and it offers an outstanding learning opportunity for everyone from higher ed marketing professionals to IT gurus. Join us as we share ideas and solutions regarding the unique challenges and rewards of being a web professional in higher ed.

In addition to attending the conference, consider sharing your own intelligence with the collective community: submit a presentation proposal for HighEdWebDev 2006. We encourage presentations covering a broad variety of topics concerning the Web and higher education. The deadline for submissions is May 15, 2006.

CSMS 2007—the Computer Services Management Symposium of ACM's Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services.. Share your management experiences, insights, and perspectives, or lead a thought-provoking discussion on IT-related issues affecting your institutions. Presentations should be targeted towards decision-makers. Focused, facilitated discussion sessions will be organized into the following three tracks:
Leadership and Professional Development
Innovations in Services and Technology
Strategic Planning, Funding, and Partnerships

CSMS 2007 will be in Savannah, GA on March 25-27, 2007

International and Chinese higher education leaders, quality assurance organizations and experts leading pioneering programs and research in the field of educational quality assurance gather to examine issues and systems impacting the quality of transnational online education.

EDUCAUSE 2006, “Spurring Innovation and Marshalling Resources,” is a largescale gathering of professionals from all levels and roles in the field, from all sizes and types of institutions, and from across the United States and around the world. Its energizing environment is ideal for germinating new ideas, forging valuable collaborations, and learning about best practices and strategies. Attend this meeting to refresh your perspective, make valuable contacts, and gather useful information to take back to campus.

The Information Technology Committee of ACUHO-I, in cooperation with four other committees, will host their 21st IT conference at Jacksonville, Florida, in October 2006. Join us for the ACUHO-I Jazz It Up! Workshop Quintet, October 8-10, 2006 in sunny Jacksonville, Florida!

The Information Technology Comittee focuses on technology that supports the campus housing division. The focus will vary from housing assignments to improving your business process through the use of Technology. The IT office that supports the housing department will get as much benefit as the people using the technology. Learn about exciting new ways to use technology to improve your division, or if you are looking at purchasing or writing a housing management system this is for you.

Learn about the ACUHO-I IT committee here: http://www.acuho-i-it.org/

The Ninth IASTED International Conference on COMPUTERS AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION will act as a major forum for the presentation of innovative developments and the exchange of information between researchers and practitioners on the use of technology in education.

Umpqua Community College will be hosting a Polycom Certified Videoconferencing Engineer Program five-day, lecture-based course. The course includes three study manuals and a voucher to take the CVE Exam free of charge. The course description and url link are included below.

The Polycom CVE five-day class is scheduled for Monday, October 2, 2006 to Friday, October 6, 2006 at Umpqua Community College. The first class will meet at 9:00am, the instructor will survey what the class prefers for hours. The class meets for eight hours each day. Light breakfast fare/snacks and beverages will be provided throughout the day. Lunch will be catered by our culinary program.

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Registration and Payment

The cost is $1,850 plus a $3 fee. This includes continental breakfast, lunch and refreshments each day of the class. Payment is required by September 15, 2006.

There are several options to register for the class.
Please reference CRN number 20895 for Fall 2006 term when registering by phone or purchase order.
Please attach the registration form if you are registering by mail or purchase order.

Note that UCC Registration is open Monday thru Thursday, 7:30am to 5:30pm during the summer.

- Register with check debit/visa card by calling (541) 440-7744.

- To pay with purchase order, call Susan McDonald in the Business office first, (541) 440-4634 to arrange for payment.

- To pay with a check, make out the check to UCC Registration, PO Box 967, Roseburg, Oregon 97470.


Hotel - Windmill Inn

We have arranged for a special room rate at the Windmill Inns of America at 1450 NW Mulholland Dr., Roseburg, OR 97470. The room rate is $59.00 (single or double occupancy) plus tax per night. Call (541) 673-0901, and reference UCC for this special rate.

Hotel directions - coming from the north:
Take I-5 exit 125
At the traffic signal, turn left onto NW Garden Valley Blvd 0.2 miles
Stay in the left lane.
At the next traffic signal, turn left onto NW Mulholland Dr (less than 0.1 miles)
The Windmill will be on your left, at 1450 NW Mulholland Dr, Roseburg, OR

Hotel directions - coming from the north:
Take I-5 exit 125
At the traffic signal, go straight across NW Garden Valley Blvd onto NW Mulholland Dr
The Windmill will be on your left, at 1450 NW Mulholland Dr, Roseburg, OR


Directions to UCC

Umpqua Community College address is 1140 Umpqua College Road, Roseburg, OR 97470-0226. The college is physically located in Winchester, OR, we are actually located five miles north of Roseburg.

Coming from the north:
Take I-5 exit 129
From the stop sign at the end of the off-ramp, turn left onto County Road 115 (Del Rio Rd) for 0.1 miles
Turn left at the stop sign onto OR-99 for 0.2 miles
Turn right onto Umpqua College Rd
Umpqua Community College is 1 mile down Umpqua College Road.

Coming from the south:
Take I-5 exit 129
Turn left at the traffic signal onto OR-99 for 0.1 miles
Turn right onto Umpqua College Rd
Umpqua Community College is 1 mile down Umpqua College Road.

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Certified Videoconferencing Engineer Program - course description
http://www.polycom.com/resource_center/0,,pw-573,FF.html

Polycom is the proud sponsor of the Certified Videoconferencing Engineer Program. An industry certification, this in-depth program explores, in great detail, the four major content areas of video conferencing: audio, video, standards, and networks. This program is designed to enable support engineers to provide the best level of service to internal and external customers, empower users to effectively deploy video conferencing within their organization,

Asynchronous online workshop that is designed to meet the needs of faculty, university counsel, librarians, instructional design and information professionals.

Moderator: Laura (Lolly) Gasaway, M.L.S., J.D., professor of law and director, Law Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Goals for the course:
--Learn about the background and history of reserve collections, analog and digital, and how it relates to fair use;
--Discuss the purpose and legal basis for e-reserves;
--Evaluate the views and concerns of publishers, copyright holders, libraries, and users;
--Consider some of the technical aspects such as cost, presentation of sources, language for copyright notices, technological limits of access, tracking usage, and collecting agencies;
--Review various guidelines for e-reserves and classroom use;
--Explore some of the elements necessary for developing a policy for e-reserves;
--Discuss coursepacks, e-reserves, and materials posted by faculty on course management software;
--Consider the unique issues surrounding audio and video recordings as part of e-reserves.

TPRC hosts an annual conference on communication, information, and Internet policy that brings a diverse, international group of researchers from academia, industry, government, and nonprofit organizations together with policy makers. It serves two primary goals: (1) dissemination of research relevant to current communications regulatory and policy debates around the world; and (2) promotion of new research on emerging issues.

TPRC is now soliciting abstracts of papers for presentation at its 2006 conference. Proposals should be based on current theoretical or empirical research relevant to communication and information policy, and may be from any disciplinary perspective. TPRC welcomes national, international, comparative, and multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary studies. CFP deadline is March 31, 2006. Please see our web site for additional information.

A half-day conference to be hosted on September 27, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill Hotel in Washington DC. "Defining the Acceptable Balance: A Reasoned Approach to Data Retention" will assemble subject matter experts from Congress, law enforcement agencies, the privacy community and high tech companies in a lively session designed to filter out confusion and find common ground. Learn from subject matter experts: What data needs to be collected? How long it should be stored? How can data searches be conducted in a manner that does not risk wholesale sacrifice of customer privacy?

Conference on Information Technology in Tertiary Education
Theme: ICT: Enabling Collaboration and Transformation in Higher Education
CALL FOR PAPERS, PANELS AND POSTERS
Abstract submission deadline: 31 March 2006
Extended abstracts of 800 - 1000 words may be submitted at the following web site: http://www.paperdyne.com/citte06.html from 22 February 2006 where full instructions will be available

Fortune 500 companies are tapping into the vast resources of online social networks. But should you?

If someone posts a video of your issue or candidate on YouTube, will it hinder or help your efforts?

You've already heard the buzz about MySpace – one of the most visited sites on the Web. But did you know that political operatives are successfully rallying social network members around candidates and causes.

Or that groups like Care2, Townhall, and Act for Love have already developed healthy online social networks of members who donate, volunteer, and share political messages with both their online and offline networks.

Discover how your organization or campaign can leverage online social networks and user generated content in a half-day seminar on social networks and user generated content on Friday, September 15, 2006 at The George Washington University in Washington , DC .

Speakers include:
Jeff Berman (MySpace.com), John deTar (HotSoup), Chuck DeFeo (Townhall.com), Joe Green (Essembly), Andrew Noyes (National Journal's Technology Daily), Eric Alterman (KickApps), Michelle Malkin (blogger and syndicated columnist), Heather Holdridge (Care2), Tom Gerace (Gather.com), and Dan Manatt (PoliticsTV )

At the event the Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet will release its new publication, Person-to-Person-to-Person: Harnessing the Political Power of Online Social Networks and User Generated Content, a compendium of advice from 21 leading experts.

Topics at the event and in the publication include:

*How online social networks will affect your bottom line – from fundraising goals, to messaging, to votes.
*Whether or not you can reach more than teenagers on MySpace.
*Steps to recruit thought leaders on social networking sites.
*If you should incorporate offline outreach into your online social networking programs.
*How a small, over-worked organization can enlist supporters to share some of the work.
*Why your organization should join forces with a network of similar groups.
*How your political movement can develop its own social networking site.
*Ways to turn profile buddies into precinct leaders.
*How you can create an echo chamber online.

REGISTER NOW at http://www.ipdi.org/socialnetworking/registration.htm

The 13th international conference of the Association for Learning Technology will feature four themes: next generation learning; next generation learners; next generation technology; and next generation providers. We welcome research papers (deadline 14 February 2006) , as well as short papers, symposia, workshops, demonstrations and posters (deadline 28 February 2006).

Georgetown University's Advanced Research Computing, in cooperation with the Baltimore Washington Beowulf User Group, is pleased to announce "Introduction to Beowulf Administering," the first course in the High Performance and High Throughput Computing Series. This introductory course is geared toward Linux/Unix system administrators who want to learn how to design, build, and maintain Beowulf Clusters. For more course details and registration information, see the URL below.

“A faculty member can individually develop and deliver an effective online course.” That idea is a myth, according to a recent edition of EDUCAUSE Review. Guest: Diana Oblinger, Vice President of EDUCASE, co-author of:

, EDUCAUSE Review, January/February, 2006

Presented in collaboration with EDUCAUSE.

The first annual EPASEC conference brings academia together with government and industry to discuss best practices in information assurance. University professors will sit with governement and industry professionals on panel discussions on various topics such as information assurance education, computer forensics, information security federal rules of evidence, challenges and opportunities for IA start-ups. Professors are encouraged to present their research projects. The Co-sponsors, East Stroudsburg University and West Chester University are both National Centers for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance.
Other universities participating in EPASEC are Drexel University, Rider University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, National Defense University and The George Washington University.

Why does learning online often mean that students default to lesser-quality electronic resources from the Internet? It doesn’t have to, if instructors and librarians coordinate to provide high quality resources. Guests: John Shank, Penn State University and Steven Bell, Philadelphia University, authors of:

A_FLIP to Courseware: A Strategic Alliance for Improving Student Learning Outcomes, Innovate, April/May 2006

Presented in collaboration with Innovate Journal of Online Education.

MERLOT — Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching -- announces the upcoming International Conference on “Working With and Learning From the World’s Best.” This year’s annual meeting (MIC06) will be held in Ottawa, Canada, from August 8-11, and is hosted by the Co-operative Learning Object Exchange (CLOE) and the University of Ottawa.

The MIC06 Conference Committee invites participants to submit proposals in any of six conference tracks broadly devoted to faculty development in the design, creation, utilization and evaluation of online teaching and learning materials. Complete conference details, including further information about the six thematic tracks, can be found at the MIC06 website: http://conference.merlot.org or via e-mail inquiries to: merlotconference@merlot.org. Proposals are due by March 20 via online submission.

The Seminars on Academic Computing are comprised of three distinct programs, each focused on a different aspect of leadership in higher education information resources and services. The secluded setting and small, dynamic group of participants make the seminars uniquely valuable, fostering the development of fresh ideas, innovative strategies, reenergized vision, and stronger professional relationships.

Our 13th annual higher education technology conference features content presented in innovative panel discussions and interactive formats that allow you to learn from peers, solve problems, and return to your institutions with tools, knowledge, and a blueprint for change. Ten topical clusters cover the hottest issues; preconference workshops include a technology "insider's" field trip to MIT.

"edu"cate yourself by attending the eduWeb Conference which focuses on two tracks: marketing/communications (front end) and development (back end) over a two day period. Jeff Kallay, of Mindpower, Inc. is our keynote speaker.

The Annual Conference of The Association for Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education will provide 50 concurrent breakout sessions, 4 general sessions, 100 communications technology vendors in the exhibit hall, and excellent opportunities for professional networking among those responsible for voice, data and video on college and university campuses.

Conference Theme: Improving Student Services Through Technology

Whether we use homegrown software, vendor solutions, open/community source applications, or a mix of all three, we are all seeking ways to improve and maximize the effectiveness of our services. For some, this involves developing innovative extensions to existing systems. For others, it involves finding ways to integrate new technologies. For still others, it involves using the data we have in our systems to improve decision-making. Managing integrated systems that cross departmental lines is a challenge for many. All of us have things to learn and things to share.

The 2006 AACRAO Student Services Technology Conference will bring together technology practitioners and managers from admissions, bursar, enrollment management, financial aid, and registrar organizations to share ideas, information, and solutions to meet these needs.

We seek presentation proposals – targeted for hands-on technology practitioners or for student services managers – in the following areas:

* Innovative Applications of Technology to Improve Services
* Open/Community Source Applications
* ERP Implementation & Management
* Document Imaging & Storage
* Workflow
* Emerging Technologies
* Data Warehouse & Reporting
* Identity & Access Management
* Web Applications & Services
* XML & EDI

The European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies (ECRM 2006) is an opportunity for academics to share the latest thinking on research strategies, tactics and paradigms. The issue of how to conduct high quality academic research in business and management studies continues to exercise the minds of many of us in this community. There seems to be little convergence of views as to how research should be conducted with new ideas and new approaches being continually added. And although this offers us some challenges as teachers and supervisors it makes the whole task of working in this area a very rich experience. Of course it is hard to keep abreast with all the new ideas entering this arena and this conference offers an opportunity to keep in touch with some of these issues.

Student Technology Services (STS) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is pleased to announce its sixth conference, "Collaborative Gardening: Cultivating a Technologically Dynamic Campus." North Dakota State University will co-host the conference this year.

The conference will focus on how to use student employees to better serve your University's technology needs.

The Conference offers an opportunity for scholars and practitioners interested in the issues related to Management, Leadership and Governance, especially as it relates to the information systems field, to share their thinking and research findings. These fields of study are broadly described as including issues related to the management of information systems resources, the interface between CIOs and CEOs, the formal governance of the information systems function, the appointment and responsibility of the information systems director and the relationship between information systems management and the rest of the organisation. This Conference provides a forum for discussion, collaboration and intellectual exchange for all those interested in any of these fields of research or practice.

The EDUCAUSE Institute Instructional Technology Leadership Program is designed to develop the leadership abilities of individuals working in instructional design or related fields, enabling them to more effectively apply instructional technology to improve the teaching and learning process within their institutions.

Be part of the biggest event in higher education in 2006! Attend "The Campus of the Future: A Meeting of the Minds," July 8-11 at the Honolulu Convention Center, Oahu, HI. Program highlights include a futures panel (which includes EDUCAUSE's Richard Katz as a panelist) followed by an interactive discussion, campus tours, professional development workshops, networking events, and 160+ concurrent sessions on topics of interest to senior higher education administrators and companies who serve and support higher education. Two best-selling authors--Tom Friedman (The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century) and Tim Sanders (Love Is The Killer App)-will speak on higher education issues and trends. EDUCAUSE's Diana G. Oblinger will speak in a concurrent session on Monday, July 10, on "Education for Our Times: Expertise and Engagement." There is a discount on registration discount before April 3, 2006; team discounts, too!

ICET 2006 will act as a major forum for presenting the latest developments in the field of technology and education. It will encourage the exchange of information and experiences between educators, researchers, students and policy makers.
Topics include:
Instructional Technology
-Mobile Devices
-Intelligent/Adaptive Systems
-Multimedia/Hypermedia
-Artificial Intelligence in Learning Technology
-Virtual Reality
-Human-Computer Interfaces
-Computers and Education
-Educational Software and Hardware
-Security and Reliability of Educational Software
-Artificial Intelligence Applications
-Simulation and Visualization
-Educational Games

Web-based Education
-Virtual Schools and Universities
-Collaborative Learning
-Distance Education
-Course Management
-Standards
-Web-Lecturing Technology
-Sharing Content and Services
-E-Learning


Learning Objects and Libraries
-Information Architectures
-Digital Libraries
-Searching and Information Retrieval
-Management
-E-Publishing
-Learning Object Development
-Software and Tools

Issues in Education
-Methodology
-Instructional Design
-Curricula
-Testing and Evaluation
-Accreditation
-Ethical and Societal Aspects
-Education for Students with Special Requirements
-Professional Development
-Advances in Developing Countries

The 2nd ICIETE Conference will seek to address the new perspectives of education and training systems imposed by their ever-changing role in an evolving multi cultural social environment. Aiming at a competitive and dynamic Knowledge - based society, capable of sustaining economic growth combined with social cohesion, European education should in advance focus on teacher/trainer competence and evaluation of educational systems as a whole. Providing keynote speakers, plenary sessions and workshops, the conference will provide participants with a forum for intensive interdisciplinary interaction and collegial debate. Those attending 2nd ICIETE Samos 2006 will acquire an excellent overview of current thinking and practices in applications of evaluation to education. Thematic streams will include alternative processes, procedures, techniques and tools for creating learning environments and teacher capabilities competent with the twenty-first century demands in education.

FIRST conferences promote worldwide coordination and cooperation among Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs). These conferences provide a forum for sharing goals, ideas, and information on how to improve global computer security.

The conference is a five-day event, comprised of two days of Tutorials, three days of Plenary sessions focused on Management or Technical issues. These include paper presentations, keynote speeches and/or panel discussions.

The annual FIRST Conference focuses on the field of computer security incident handling and other incident response issues. The presentations are international in scope and include the latest in incident response and prevention, vulnerability analysis, and related aspects of computer security. Additionally, these events serve as the foundation for the improvement of computer security worldwide via the sharing of viewpoints, ideas, and information.

The International Conference on e-Learning is of interest to academics and workers in this growing field. (ICEL) follows on from the well established ECIL but is convened outside of Europe. Like ECEL it invites researchers to present current research findings and business experiences from the wide community which is now involved in knowledge management and intellectual capital and organisational learning. It offers an opportunity for discussion and deliberation and networking.

The 2006 Southeast Regional Conference, "Balancing Today with Tomorrow through Innovation, Collaboration, and Integration," is fashioned as a smaller, more intimate version of the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference. It offers a convenient and cost-efficient way to learn, share, and connect with others in higher education IT from your part of the country.

alt-i-lab 2006, is an on-going collaboration of organizations, companies and individuals who are advancing learning technology interoperability. This 4th annual alt-i-lab again brings together creators, vendors, users, and buyers of learning technology to evaluate demonstrations, exchange technology, and participate in working sessions focused on real-world interoperability, strategies maximizing the impact of learning technology, and critical examination of state of the art technology.

alt-i 2 -lab 2006, is an on-going collaboration of organizations, companies and individuals who are advancing learning technology interoperability. This 4th annual alt-i-lab again brings together creators, vendors, users, and buyers of learning technology to evaluate demonstrations, exchange technology, and participate in working sessions focused on real-world interoperability, strategies maximizing the impact of learning technology, and critical examination of state of the art technology.

The Summit on Global Learning Industry Challenges is a gathering of industry leaders to introduce and debate ideas on on issues impacting the growth of learning worldwide.This is a unique and highly direct conversation for the purpose of illuminating the key business challenges facing the learning industry. The Summit is facilitated by a focused set of highly interactive panel sessions with audience participation.

Early-bird registration is now open for SANS Security 505: Securing Windows,
which is being hosted by The University of Texas at Austin Information
Technology Services (ITS) June 12-17, 2006.

Educational participants pay only $720 per person if they register before
March 31, 2006. After March 31, the cost will be $870. For non-educational
participants, the cost of the training session is $3195, regardless of
registration date. Only 200 seats are available, so register early! For
registration and other information, please visit
http://www.utexas.edu/its/events/sans/index.html and follow the links to the
UT Austin SANS store in TXShop.

Classes will be held at the Williamson Conference Center in Round Rock,
Texas, approximately 20 minutes north of the UT Austin main campus. The
conference center is adjacent to the Wingate Inn, where conference attendees
can stay at a special state rate of $71 per night. There are a limited
number of rooms available, so please make your reservations early. Call
512-341-7000 for reservations, or reserve your room online at
http://www.wingateinns.com/Wingate/control/home.

Please note that SEC-505 is a 3-credit elective in SANS' Master of Science
Degree in Information Security Engineering program
(http://www.sans.edu/programs/msise).

Should you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at
sans@austin.utexas.edu.

~cam.

Cam Beasley CISSP CIFI
University Information Security Officer
Information Security Office
ITS | University of Texas at Austin
cam@austin.utexas.edu | 512.475.9476

NUTN 2006: Managing and Maintaining Quality in Distance Learning
Building on Solid Foundations

The NUTN 2006 annual event will be presented by the National University Telecommunications Network (NUTN) in cooperation with the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) and the Sloan Consortium. Hosted by Capella University.

For Registration Information, Program Updates, Awards Information, Sponsor & Exhibitor Opportunities, visit http://www.nutn.org or email nutn@odu.edu or call (757) 683-6402.

Building on solid foundations while focusing on all aspects of Managing and Maintaining Quality in Distance Learning, experts from the field will explore important issues surrounding Cost Effectiveness, Student Satisfaction, Faculty Satisfaction, Learning Effectiveness, Partnerships, Corporate Perspectives and much more.

Who should attend? Distance Learning Administrators and Practitioners, Continuing Education and Higher Education Directors, College and University Faculty and Academic Affairs Personnel, Distance Learning Faculty and Staff, Business and Higher Education Partners, Military Education and Training Personnel.

Gettysburg College is pleased to host portal06, a conference for colleagues to share knowledge, insights, and ideas about portals. If your institution is still in the planning stage, come and learn from the experience of others. If you have been doing this awhile, see what others are doing in this space and take home a new idea. The Call for Proposals is now open; formats envisioned include presentations, panels, roundtables, and poster sessions. Topics may include, but are not limited to, Implementation, Integration, Strategies, Building Partnerships, Marketing To Audiences, Development and Resources, Administration of a Portal, and Best Practices (Who Has What Functionality). Deadline for proposal submission is March 1, 2006, with registration opening in mid-March. Visit our website to keep up-to-date as the conference takes shape.

The annual Academic Lab Management (LabMan) conference will be hosted by Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana on June 6-7, 2006.

Now in its 7th year, LabMan continues to be a low-key, inexpensive, and friendly conference intended for persons who are involved in the maintenance of computing labs in higher education, K-12 or library facilities. It is the goal for each ensuing conference to continue this tradition, while enhancing the content of the presentations and enjoyment for each participant. Because of the casual nature of this conference, the schedule provides ample time for questions and answers during and after the presentations. Invariably, the discussions extend beyond the presenter and the attendees to an exchange among the attendees themselves.

The European Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ECIW) enters its 5th year against a backdrop of increasing awareness of the importance of this field to both academics and practitioners. This conference attracts a very wide range of contributions from all those concerned with the protection of ICT systems.

Tailored to those who lead and manage the application of IT to the operation of the academic enterprise in its broadest sense, this event offers a chance to focus on traditional administrative solutions, enterprise resource planning for mission-critical areas, business intelligence, portals and integrated information solutions, support and training, security, enterprise-wide software management and integration and much more.

eLearning is high on the agenda in Africa. eLearning Africa, a conference to be held annually, intends to become the eLearning capacity building event and - at the same time - a forum for all stakeholders engaged in the planning and implementation of technology supported learning and training on the African continent.

The universities of the Big 12 and SANS will be hosting a 5-day course on Firewalls, Perimeter Protection and VPNs on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus. This course is a full SANS GIAC course.

The course is open to any one. Special discounts are available for faculty or staff members from any accredited EDU (K-12, Community College, Higher Education) or from Law Enforcement at the state and local level.

Two additional birds-of-a-feather sessions are scheduled that will allow attendees to network and discuss current security-related topics and issues.

The Faculty Academy on Instructional Technologies is a free annual event hosted by the University of Mary Washington. This year's conference will be held May 16-17, 2006, in Combs Hall on the University's Fredericksburg campus.

Faculty Academy promotes the sharing of experiences and information regarding teaching and learning technologies. At Faculty Academy, presentations, poster sessions, roundtable discussions, and many other opportunities for professional development fill a varied, inspiring schedule with tools and ideas to help you serve your students better--and connect with a rapidly changing online world.

This year's keynote speaker is Jon Udell, an internationally known author, editor, and Web 2.0 developer. He will be joined by two special guests: Rachel Smith, Director of Special Projects and Publications for the New Media Consortium, and Cyprien Lomas, Scholar in Residence for the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative.

Who should come? Attendees range from faculty and staff at the University of Mary Washington, to faculty and staff at other colleges and universities, to corporations, non-profit organizations, and community groups across the region. If you're interested, you're welcome!

The NSDI symposium focuses on the design principles of large-scale networks and distributed systems. Join researchers from across the networking and systems community—including computer networking, distributed systems, and operating systems—in fostering cross-disciplinary approaches and addressing shared research challenges.

Register today for the Sloan-C Workshop on Blended Learning & Higher Education “Blended Learning, Localness and Outreach”. Join us in Chicago on May 7 - 9 as experienced practitioners identify principles of blended learning, substantiate theories, evaluate practices, highlight critical policy areas and provide participants with institutional strategies for planning and implementation along with guidance in getting started, moving forward, and evaluating the effectiveness of blended learning initiatives focusing on local populations. For additional information call (312) 355-0423 or write to blended@uic.edu.

American Online (AOL) CEO and Chairman Jonathan F. Miller will share his insight on the role of “Technology, Education and Employment in the World Today,” at New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) on Thursday, May 4 at 5 p.m. Miller’s presentation will be followed by a question and answer session with the audience.

At AOL, Miller is responsible for setting the strategy and overseeing the businesses and operations of the world’s leading interactive services company. He joined the company in 2002 after serving as President and CEO of USA Information and Services. Miller’s background includes extensive management experience in the areas of interactive services, media, entertainment, and associated enabling technologies.

The lecture will be held at Riland Auditorium on the NYIT’s Old Westbury, N.Y., campus, located on Northern Blvd., one mile east of Glen Cove Rd. For more information, please call Linda Matthews at 516.686.7719 or e-mail lmatthew@nyit.edu.

About NYIT
NYIT is the college of choice for more than 14,000 students currently enrolled in more than 100 courses of study leading to undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees from eight schools, including engineering, architecture, business, communication arts and medicine. A private, independent college, NYIT embraces an educational philosophy of career-oriented, professional education for all qualified students and supports applications-oriented research to benefit the greater global community. Students attend classes at NYIT’s Manhattan and Long Island campuses, as well as online and in a number of programs throughout the world. To date, more than 66,000 alumni have earned degrees at NYIT. For additional information, visit www.nyit.edu.

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Contact: Jason Selss, media relations manager, 516.686.7481 or jselss@nyit.edu.

Call for Proposals, VRA Kansas City 2007

The Visual Resources Association’s 25th Annual Conference will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, March 27th-April 1st, 2007, at the centrally located Hotel Intercontinental Plaza.

We are now soliciting proposals for the 2007 program—sessions, seminars, workshops, papers, and special interest groups. Areas of interest include, but are certainly not limited to: digital photography; digital imaging and presentation technologies; strategic planning; the electronic classroom; cataloguing and metadata (including non-western and special topics cataloguing; trend forecasting for the visual resources profession and the expanding role of visual resources curatorship; navigating the workplace and professional status; utilizing technology in pedagogy; working with faculty and students in the digital age; copyright and fair use, including international and museum-related copyright issues; visual resources in museums and in specialized art and design institutions; and introductory and mid-career topics to benefit the range of our professionals. We are always looking for ways to round out our programming and make it fresh and unique for our attendees, so we also encourage submissions in VR-related areas not listed above.

The online proposal form can be found at:

http://www.vraweb.org/2007OnlineProposalForm.htm

Please note that the quality of our conferences depends upon your ideas and contributions. If there is an area of concern or interest that you feel has not been addressed in previous programs, please consider submitting a proposal. If you have questions about the process, I hope that you will feel comfortable contacting me so that I can give you more information or direction to complete your proposal, or provide clarification regarding the various presentation formats included within our program.

The proposal deadline is June 23, 2006. I look forward to receiving your submissions.

Best wishes,

Betha Whitlow


Betha Whitlow
Curator of Visual Resources
Washington University in Saint Louis
Vice President, Visual Resources Association
Phone: 314-935-5256
bwhitlow@artsci.wustl.edu

The European Conference on e-Government (ECEG), now in its 6th year, is of interest to academics, practitioners and policy makers working in this extensive field. ECEG offers an exceptional opportunity to share the latest ideas and experiences with others working and researching under growing demands of both legislation and public awareness.

This conference offers an opportunity to hear from and be heard by key federal policy makers about new laws, legislative and regulatory developments, and emerging policy trends in IT that have an impact on higher education.

The 2006 Western Regional Conference, "Building Bridges: Spanning New Horizons," is fashioned as a smaller, more intimate version of the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference. It offers a convenient and cost-efficient way to learn, share, and connect with others in higher education IT from your part of the country.

The ACRL/CNI/EDUCAUSE Virtual Conference, April 20–21, 2006, presents an online forum for discussing technology and academic librarianship. The conference will explore how the technological revolution has and will affect academic librarianship and higher education and the role we can take to shape its course.
The conference will take place in a LearningTimes online conference community, where participants can gather electronically to learn, collaborate, and network. It will offer both synchronous and asynchronous sessions, and the online conference community will remain active for one year after the event.

Join us for the WiscNet Future Technologies Conference 2006 on April 18-19th at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison, WI. We have an exciting group of speakers and sessions planned for the event.

We are excited to welcome Dr. Roger Schank as our keynote speaker on April 18th. Roger will talk about Why Virtual Education Matters and How to do it Right. Annie Stunden, Chief Information Officer at the University of Wisconsin Madison will give the keynote talk on April 19th about The State of Research and Education Networking in the US.

We have some very cool sessions planned. Check out the agenda. We also are holding a social event with a video conference with the ReefHQ folks in Australia, who will be giving us a live tour of their Coral Reef exhibit. We hope to see you there!

Sessions include:

*Augmented Reality and handhelds
* Open source tools for schools
* Academic CoLab Update
* National, regional & State Networking 101
* Municipal WiFi
* WiscNet Network Upgrade
* Interne2 Demos
* Podcasting
* Learning Management Systems in K-12
* Video Games for School Leadership
* Supporting Online Programs in Higher Education
* WiscNet Services
* Wireless LAN Implementations
* Open Source ePortfolio project - UW Stevens Point
* Games and Professional Practice Simulations
* Digital Districts Online
*Digital Academic Television Network using Multicast (DATN)
*WiscNet annual business meeting and State of WiscNet talk

The WiscNet workgroups (LMS, DDO, Security Issues and Internet2 K20) will hold their annual face-to-face meetings. And as we do each year, we hold our annual elections for the WiscNet Board of Directors.

This meeting brings together IT security officers and practitioners from across the higher education landscape to hear from industry leaders and discuss technical solutions, policies and procedures, and management issues for information security. Sponsored by the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force.

Join us in the near-idyllic climate of San Diego for CSMS 2006—the Computer Services Management Symposium of ACM's Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services. This symposium is unique in that it brings together a blend of IT leadership from large universities as well as small colleges with a broad range of ideas, viewpoints, problems, and solutions.

To help foster the much-needed communication among campus IT officers, university officials, faculty, and others interested in and concerned about IT and e-learning issues in South American colleges and universities, the University of Sao Paolo's School of the Future is sponsoring this first-ever conference for IT leaders from higher education institutions in
Latin America. The conference will follow these tracks:
- Emerging IT Technologies and Practices
- Enterprise Computing and Information Systems
- Information Resources, Digital Content, and Libraries
- Leadership, Management, and Funding
- Networking, Infrastructure, and Advanced Computing
- Teaching and Learning

A wide variety of disciplines are embracing Tablet PC's and similar pen-based devices as tools for the radical enhancement of teaching and learning. Deployments of Tablet PCs have spanned the K-12, higher education, and graduate levels and have dealt with an amazingly diverse range of subject areas including nursing, veterinary science, geology, ethno-musicology, anthropology, landscape architecture, writing, mathematics, computer science, Japanese language, physics, engineering, art, and economics. Despite the diversity of content areas, many deployments have been similar in terms of the passion they have generated among students and teachers. The First Workshop on the Impact of Pen-based Technology on Education (WIPTE) is intended to leverage this shared passion and to identify best practices in the educational use of pen-based computing so that all educators may benefit from this next generation of technology.

This focus session, "Mobility and Mobile Learning: The Next Phase of Anytime, Anywhere Learning," will explore the challenges and promises presented by mobile devices to IT professionals, faculty, librarians, administrators, learning designers, and others involved in teaching and learning with technology.

Eighth annual conference on collaborative audio/video conferencing, streaming video, and video-on-demand in the higher education and research community. Also post-conference workshops on IP-based digital video topics. Location: Georgia Tech Hotel in Atlanta.

TechEd 2006 is the world's leading Technology in Education Conference and Exposition. Our 11th Annual, this year's conference promises to be the best with over 250 concurrent sessions focusing on issues related to Technology in the Learning Environment including eLaearning, Accessibility, Ethics, Intellectual Property Rights & Creative Funding Strategies. Keynotes include David Cavallo of MIT Research Labs co-developer of the $100 Laptop Project. Exposition features over 200 Leading Technology Companies featuring real-world solutions to critical issues facing the Education Community. CEU Credits Available. Hosted by LAUSD, Chaffey Community College, and DeVry University.

NERCOMP 2006, "Innovation and Reliability: Finding the Balance," offers a convenient and cost-efficient way to learn, share, and connect with others in higher education IT from the Northeast. Headlining the program this year are keynote sessions with author, columnist, and consultant Paul Glen and EDUCAUSE president Brian L. Hawkins.

The International Conference on i-Warfare and Security offers an opportunity for those working and researching in this important field to come together and exchange ideas and experiences. Following the highly successful European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, it invites researchers to present current research findings. It offers an opportunity for discussion and deliberation and networking.

The 2006 Midwest Regional Conference, "Leadership, Strategy, and Collaboration: Making IT Work at All Levels," is fashioned as a smaller, more intimate version of the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference. It offers a convenient and cost-efficient way to learn, share, and connect with others in higher education IT from your part of the country.

The Alliance 2006 conference is an annual event for all higher education, government, and public sector users of Oracle applications. The Alliance conference is organized and managed by the Higher Education User Group (www.heug.org). This is the 9th annual event for the HEUG. The Alliance 2006 conference is open to all employees of Higher Education Institutions, State and Local Government Entities, or Federal Organizations with licensed Oracle products. In addition, employees of vendors accepted by the conference as exhibitors and those individuals who are co-presenters may attend.

What: SEC 504 - Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling

This course addresses the latest cutting-edge insidious attack vectors and the "oldie-but-goodie" attacks that are still so prevalent, and everything in between. Instead of merely teaching a few hack attack tricks, this course includes a time-tested, step-by-step process for responding to computer incidents, a detailed description of how attackers undermine systems so you can prepare, detect, and respond to them, and a hands-on workshop for discovering holes before the bad guys do. Additionally, the course explores the legal issues associated with responding to computer attacks, including employee monitoring, working with law enforcement, and handling evidence.
Instructor: Ed Skoudis
When: March 6-11, 2006
Where: VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060
Cost: EDU (K-12, community college, higher ed), state/local law enforcement -
$600/person (course only), $900/person (course + cert exam)
Commercial IT staff - $2895/person (course only), $3195/person (course + cert
exam)

The ECURE 2006 program will focus on the topic of biomedical information, the infrastructure required to collect, sustain and make available associated research data and administrative records, and the policy and regulatory environments that drive this activity at the institutional or national level. Specifically ECURE will seek presenters who are investigating the nature of biomedical research data and designing information systems that accommodate appropriate use, reuse and preservation. Research faculty and administrators, policy analysts, technology professionals, librarians, records managers and archivists would be potential speakers and the target audience for this conference.

These themes will be enunciated through two sets of session tracks: The first track focusing specifically on biomedical data and related knowledge management systems, and the second track dedicated to generalized electronic records, institutional repository and digital asset management issues.

Representatives from colleges and universities across the United States are invited to Wake Forest University's Technology Consortium to discuss best practices in campus technology and prepare for technology demands on the horizon.

The 2006 Technology Consortium will focus on mobility and convergence, two issues on the top of every CIO's hot topic list. We are thrilled to have one of IBM's top mobility evangelists, Igor Jablokov, as our keynote speaker. Participants will hear about Wake Forest's MobileU™ pilot program and the lessons learned from students testing all-in-one PocketPC phones, the importance of communicating technology initiatives to constituents, cooperation between the Help Desk and the computer repair shop, and how a university's Information Systems department can become a catalyst for student development. Note: Registration is limited to 150 participants.

Bryn Mawr College, Drexel University, and Haverford College are organizing a Philadelphia area Educational Technology Conference to be held February 22 at Haverford College. We invite you to submit proposals for presentations and poster sessions. We will have several formats for the presentations. Some will be standard 15-20 minute per presenter panel sessions, but we would also like to see suggestions for shorter presentations with more time for discussion and perhaps longer presenations of 30 minutes or more. In addition, we will have a poster session. When submitting your proposal, please let us know what format you'd prefer. We also welcome submissions of entire panels. Submissions accepted until January 15.

We hope to continue this event in the future as a way for the many area technologists to gather and share ideas. If you don't wish to submit a presentation proposal, we hope you will consider attending.

The 2006 Southwest Regional Conference, "Building the IT Community of the Future," is fashioned as a smaller, more intimate version of the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference. It offers a convenient and cost-efficient way to learn, share, and connect with others who work in higher education IT from your part of the country.

Intellectual Property in Academia Online Workshop

Copyright and Academic Culture

Moderated by Siva Vaidhyanathan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Culture and Communication at New York University.

GOALS--Workshop participants will:
*Review the history of copyright law and how it has interacted with culture;
*Discuss the digital revolution and how it impacts the academy;
*Consider varying perspectives in the debate over ownership, control, and access of material;
*and more...

Early registration--only $125--closes FEBRUARY 3.

Register online at https://nighthawk.umuc.edu/CIPReg.nsf/Application?OpenForm.

Additional information: call 240-582-2965

La Information Systems Audit and Control Association®(ISACA®) tiene el gusto de anunciar la primera conferencia annual Latinoamericana de Seguridad de Información, diseñada para satisfacer una variedad de sesiones que atañen a la comunidad responsable de seguridad de la tecnología de información. El evento presentará temas relacionados con el aspecto gerencial de la seguridad de información y con problemáticas del programa de seguridad de información. Esta combinación de sesiones de alto nivel y de detalle en el material, permitirá a los asistentes, asociar la experiencia de la conferencia a intereses específicos y a sus necesidades profesionales. Profesionales interesados en estos temas, así como quienes cuentan con la certificación Certified Information Security Manager®(CISM®), encontrarán valor, en este evento.

The outreach event to promote the Access For All approach to accessibility for learning technology will be held at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. on February 14th in the afternoon. The goal is to promote the IMS/ISO standard to stakeholders in higher education, K-12, the distance learning industry, and the disability community. Press contacts will also be alerted. The event will include a panel of speakers and a number of demonstration stations showing tools and prototypes based on the standard.

More information about Access For All is available at:
http://support.imsglobal.org/accessibility/

"Leveraging Campus Authentication Across Boundaries" is a CAMP workshop designed for both management and technical staff who are challenged with supporting authentication beyond the boundaries of their local identity management systems, offering a venue for learning about the roles, methods, and requirements involved. A preexisting familiarity with authentication and identity management is recommended.

This meeting brings together the Net@EDU membership and others to discuss new developments in academic networking, connect with other higher education IT leaders and policy makers, and contribute ideas for future Net@EDU and EDUCAUSE policy initiatives. Broadband policy, identity management, integrated communications strategies, state education networks, and wireless campus networking—issues addressed year-round by Net@EDU working groups—are key areas of focus at the meeting.

The use of peer instruction and electronic classroom feedback devices provides instructors with an opportunity to assess student learning while requiring only minimal changes to the instructional environment. Such electronic feedback devices can help shift to new pedagogical techniques shown to encourage high-level thinking skills and promote student intellectual development.

The Feedback Devices in Effective Pedagogy web conference will review how to effectively use electronic response systems to increase student engagement and improve student performance. Specifics on both technology and pedagogy will be covered.

Institutions of higher education want to use the internet to reach faculty, staff, and students. However, failing to create an architecture that can be accessed by those with disabilities can create a climate of discrimination. Understanding the current legal landscape of online accessibility - and the techniques to design accessible web environments - grows more important as universities rely more on the web to communicate with all their constituents. Accessible Websites: Compliance And Design will both address modern compliance requirements and provide modern design techniques to address this issue.

As distance learning becomes part of the educational delivery system of most colleges, those responsible for its development and delivery must be able to think strategically about its implementation. The issues that higher education leaders face concerning online education include market research, budgets, funding, faculty preparation, marketing, and of course, technology.

Strategic Planning for Online Education will help collegiate administrators improve their planning for new or struggling online programs. This two-day event will explore the key topics associated with the successful launch and/or expansion of an online program. Presenters will emphasize solutions and each session will ask participants to apply the ideas presented to their local situation. Participants will leave the conference with concrete strategies that they can apply on their return.

Intellectual Property in Academia Online Workshop

DRM in Higher Education

Moderated by Kimberly Kelley, Ph.D., and by Clifford Lynch, Ph.D.
Dr. Kelley is Associate Provost, Information and Library Services, and Executive Director of the Center for Intellectual Property, UMUC.
Dr. Lynch is Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information and the 2004-2006 Intellectual Property Scholar at the Center for Intellectual Property.

GOALS--Workshop participants will:
*Review the background and history of DRM;
*Gain clarity on fact versus fiction in the realm of DRM;
*Explore the complex issues involved in managing copyrights in higher education;
*Learn about copyright policy development;
*and more...

Early registration--only $125--closes JANUARY 6.

Register online at https://nighthawk.umuc.edu/CIPReg.nsf/Application?OpenForm.
Additional information: 240-582-2965

The internet is the primary method of communication with advancement constituents and partners, and a comprehensive, well-articulated strategy is required to maximize what the web has to offer. The Leveraging Advancement Through the Web : web conference will address a myriad of web tools, strategies and ideas to help channel all advancement activities through the web.

The journey over the last 15 years has been a remarkable one: from the beginnings of email, to HTML, to the first search engines, data-driven web sites, e-commerce, and much more. Everyone needs to be more effective in using technology and move towards becoming increasingly web-centric over the next 15 years. This session will help you take full advantage of current technologies and those just around the corner.

Over the past several years, undergraduate students have moved from primarily using a landline/email/voicemail model of communications to one using IM and cellular voice. The "Blackberry" lifestyle has already become more pervasive in higher education. Taking full advantage of these shifts can be a challenge for institutions. The Improving Campus Communications with Wireless Technologies web conference explains how colleges and universities can harness the power of wireless technology and use it to enhance campus communications in three critical areas of campus interaction: pedagogy, student life, and overall institutional value. A detailed case study and examination of overall wireless trends in higher education will provide specific action steps for any institution desiring to incorporate wireless technologies into its communications network strategy.

The 2006 Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, "Staying Agile, Maintaining Balance: Solutions from a Sea of Technology," is fashioned as a smaller, more intimate version of the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference. It offers a convenient and cost-efficient way to learn, share, and connect with others in your field and from your part of the country.

Hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University, Trani Center and Virginia Biotechnology Research Park

This workshop targets the broad range of life science researchers involved in data and computationally intensive areas of study in biology, genetics, neurosciences, physiology, biomedical imaging, biotechnology, biopharmaceutical development, translational research, molecular chemistry, zoology, botony and the environment.

High-performance computing and communication technologies are enabling researchers involved in the data-intensive life sciences to study and better understand complex systems from the micro tot he macro scale, in both time and space. These grid technolgoies enhance the ability to process, analyze, store, disseminate, and share large and complex data and information on unprecendented scales, immediately benefiting the scientific community and ultimately, everyone else as well.

Specific areas of research application may include bioinformatics and computational biology, image reconstruction and alaysis, sequence analysis, evolution and phylogeny, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, networks and systems biology, structural bioinformatics, neuroinformatics, bio-ontologies, biological data modeling and integration, agriculture and drug discovery.

Life science researcher computer scientists, application developers, collaborative project teams, reserach officers, strategic planners and funding agencies are invited to attend.

The workshop addresses several topics of interest including:

* Unique benefits of the grid to life science researchers;
* Various definitions of "grid" and grid-based applications;
* Presentation of a broad range of life sciences applications, middleware and interfaces that utilize grids;
* Designing and building data intensive life science applications;
* Solutions to data management, storage, visualization, mining, annalysis, retrieval and transmission of massive datasets;
* Roadmaps for deployment and integration of grid-enabled life science applications and tools;
* Planning and implementation approaches to grid infrastructure, application development, organizational structures, policies and procedures, security and privacy, sharing resources, web services and usage models;
* Life science grid initiatives and funding opportunities; and
* Interactive sessions with application and grid experts providing depth on key topics.

Examines the future of IT products in higher education as it relates to minorities. Especially profiles african-american and hispanic benefits and new technology geared towards these ethnic groups. Streamline of financial aid and other topics will be examined. New products, future concepts and idealogy to be presented.

The hands-on workshop is being led by Cynefin Centre founder Dave Snowden and is targeted to professionals working in business, non-profit, and government that deal with tough, seemingly intractable issues.

The course includes an introduction to Cynefin principles and components, the notion of sense-making for complex issues, the role and the use of narrative and social networks, the application of Cynefin techniques to business problems, as well as how to assemble a Cynefin project. Certified Cynefin practitioners and mentors Cory Costanzo and Ian Littlejohn will join Snowden as instructors. Costanzo and Littlejohn have worked with Snowden on multiple Cynefin projects in a variety of settings around the world and have helped to develop Cynefin methods, tools, and techniques.

The Cynefin methods, tools, and techniques have been successfully applied to a broad range of challenging issues such as innovation, strategy, culture, workforce transitions, mergers and acquisitions, product development, customer relationship management, and retiring employees. It is particularly useful in large organizations where complex processes and patterns of interaction are difficult to understand and decipher.

Register online at http://www.thekennedygroup.biz/cynefin.php or contact The Kennedy Group directly at feedback@thekennedygroup.biz. The workshop is limited to 40 participants.

As higher education institutions become savvier about enrollment management, they are increasingly turning to constituent relationship management (CRM) tools to develop, track, and sustain relationships with students through their lifecycle. Developed by the business world to meet the needs of the service economy and increase market share, these sophisticated technological vehicles enable campus professionals to leverage information in such a way that it has a noticeable impact on their ability to meet student and institutional needs. As competition for students increases among institutions, CRMs can certainly be a valuable resource for proactive colleges and universities.

Yet, while their benefits are widely recognized and touted, there are still a number of questions associated with the use of CRMs in higher education. The Using CRMs as Effective Enrollment Management Tools web conference will explore both costs and benefits of specific CRM systems and also examine how such a system can fit with your institution's long-term plans.

Electronic portfolios enable the collection of, reflection on, and presentation of any type of digital file. As such, they can serve as a powerful tool to enhance teaching and learning, providing authentic evidence of achievement for assessment purposes, and supporting advising and job search activities. Join us for the Electronic Portfolios: Enhancing Teaching, Learning and Assessment web conference to explore why and how a variety of institutions are implementing ePortfolios and examine specific benefits being realized and challenges being faced by each institution. Specifics on the process of selecting and deploying an ePortfolio system on your campus will also be covered.

Hosted by the Texas Advanced Computing Center, UT Austin

Many universities and research networking organizations are actively planning and implementing shared cyberinfrastructure as a tool to enable their researchers, faculty and students to participate in e-Science initiatives. This workshop is targeted towards insuring that grid infrastructure development and deployment will meet the requirements of advanced applications. The event provides an opportunity for attendees to:
* extend their understanding of various definitions of "grid" and grid-based applications;
* gain insight into a broad range of applications that are benefiting from grids;
* share recommendations and roadmaps for successful grid application deployment;
* ask grid experts about specific project needs and meet others interested in collaboration and peer support for deploying grids today.

Presentations from major grid application initiatives will illuminate the broader uses of grids, followed by case studies of "grid-enabled" application deployment in settings that range from institutional to international. Interactive sessions will provide additional depth on key topics, and wrap-up presentations on networking, funding, technology trends and support will leave you better prepared to move ahead with your own grid application deployment.

The workshop is appropriate for:
* Faculty and researchers wanting to learn more about grids;
* Project groups beginning to use grids;
* Application developers who want to better understand implementation considerations for grid deployment;
* Funding agencies wanting to disseminate information on funding opportunities;
* Strategic planners wanting to learn more about regional grid infrastructure needs;
* Research officers who need to understand the "language of grids";
* Campus teams from IT, application, policy and funding areas who are working collaboratively on grid deployments.

Information Systems Audit and Control Association® (ISACA®) and the IT Governance Institute® (ITGI) are pleased to announce a new and unique educational event exclusively designed for users of Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT®). This two-day event will feature case studies and facilitated discussion groups that will address how COBIT is employed from both a governance and assurance perspective. Erik Guldentops, chair of the ITGI's COBIT Steering Committee, and Gary Hardy, a prominent member of the COBIT Steering Committee, will join a number of COBIT users to present implementation strategies, lead discussions, answer questions and provide COBIT updates.

Presented by Information Systems Audit and Control Association® (ISACA®), Training Week provides a unique educational experience. If you are an IS/IT audit, control or security professional in need of proven strategies and techniques for meeting the challenges you face every day, join your peers at Training Week. These intensive events, led by accomplished practitioners, offer in-depth coverage on the topics important to you. Training Week provides a great way to earn valuable continuing professional education (CPE) hours while learning more about your profession.

LISA '05: 19th Large Installation Systems Administration Conference
December 4-9, 2005
San Diego, California
http://www.usenix.org/lisa05/
Contact: Conference Department, conference@usenix.org
510-528-8649

The annual LISA conference is the meeting place of choice for system and network administrators. System administrators of all specialties and levels of expertise meet at LISA to exchange ideas, sharpen old skills, learn new techniques, debate current issues, and meet colleagues and friends.

key words: security unix linux system administrator networking

"Podcasting" seems to be as popular a buzzword today as "mp3" was in 1999 when it became the number one search word on the internet. However, just as in 1999, many still do not know what this new technology is or how to take full advantage of it in an academic setting. The Implementing Podcasting in the Classroom web conference will examine how existing technology infrastructure can be used in conjunction with podcasting technology to reach students in new and meaningful ways. Join us to examine a fully-deployed classroom podcasting program and explore how this new technology could be deployed on your campus.

Online Educa Berlin 2005 is the conference for technology supported learning and training with the largest international audience (1703 participants from 66 countries worldwide). Meeting the networking needs
of the international e-learning and distance education community, the annual Online Educa Berlin conference is the key networking venue for strategists and practitioners from all over the world. ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN delegates are high-level decision makers from education, business and government - the three key areas driving e-learning adoption and innovation. The conference is accompanied by an exhibition.

ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN is an international conference on technology supported learning and training. Meeting the networking needs of the international e-learning and distance education industry, the annual Online Educa Berlin conference is the key networking venue for strategists and practitioners from all over the world. Last year 1703 participants from 66 countries attended the Berlin event. ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN delegates are high-level decision makers from education, business and government - the three key areas driving e-learning adoption and innovation - making it the most important networking venue for experts, practitioners and newcomers from all over the world. The conference is accompanied by an exhibition.

The Sloan-C ALN Conference provides the latest information on asynchronous learning programs, processes, packages, and protocols. It is geared to both experienced professionals and interested newcomers to online learning who hail from a variety of work sectors.

We invite you to submit a proposal for the 11th Sloan-C ALN Conference: "The Power of Online Learning: Mobilizing to Expand Community." The conference strongly encourages proposals that reflect the implications for the field of specific e-learning experience and practices. PROPOSALS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY APRIL 15, 2005.

PROGRAM TRACKS:
* Growth Challenges: Access and Scale
* Effective Online Instruction
* Institutional Transformation

For complete details on online submission of proposals, visit our Website at www.aln.ucf.edu

The ALN Conference is the premier event in asynchronous learning and attracts over 600 participants to more 120 presentations. This year’s conference focuses on the theme of The Power of Online Learning: Mobilizing to Expand Community” and will feature presentations from 3 tracks: Growth Challenges, Effective Online Instruction, & Institutional Transformation.

The LORNET Network is holding its second international conference in Vancouver, Novembrer 16 to 18, 2005.
This year Conference Theme focuses on the international innovations for sharing learning resources and contents by their integration in technological frameworks on the New Internet.
The LORNET research network aims to develop new knowledge, methodologies and tools both in the domain of computer science and cognitive science, in order to have better frameworks and applications for teaching, learning and managing knowledge.

The Network Security Conference is uniquely designed to meet the education and training needs of the seasoned IS security professional, as well as the newcomer. Whether you are an experienced IS security professional keeping pace with complex network environments, an IS audit professional seeking detailed knowledge and competencies on specific topics, or an IS control professional wanting to discuss guarding one of your organization’s most important assets, the Network Security Conference education is your key to success.

Featuring topics vital to experienced information security managers and those who have information security management responsibilities.

The first annual Information Security Management Conference in Europe, hosted by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association® (ISACA®), will be held in Amsterdam. This conference is designed for experienced information security managers and those who have information security management responsibilities. This two-and-one-half-day event will feature a series of information security managerial sessions as well as others focusing on information security programme issues. This combination of high-level and detailed sessions will provide the attendee with an opportunity to customise the conference learning experience to specific interests and professional needs. Those holding the Certified Information Security Manager® (CISM®) certification and those aspiring to become CISMs will find great value in this conference.

A comprehensive training event for information assurance, security and governance professionals

This conference presents an opportunity for professionals involved in the support of Information Technology (IT) at institutions of higher education to network with peers, learn and share ideas about supporting clients and delivering services, and discuss the future of IT support on campus.

Typical attendees include: User Services Staff, Help Desk Staff, Instructional Technologists, Lab Supervisors & Consultants, IT Managers and Directors, Media Specialists, Technical Staff, Technical Writers, Trainers, Web Developers, and Librarians.
The SIGUCCS Fall Conference is widely known as the premiere event for IT support professionals. It's the one time of the year when we can meet with our IT support colleagues who share our challenges, understand our angst, and can empathize with our tales. It's also an opportunity to gain insights, discover how others have solved similar problems, and perhaps save ourselves from reinventing the proverbial wheel.

Attendees in this seminar will learn about the telecom and IT services students are demanding plus cost-effective ways by which to deliver them. Presenters will explore services such as cell phones, IM, PDAs, cable TV, and IP video. Techniques to manage student use of bandwidth, virus protection, patch management, spam filtering, and acceptable uses of technologies will also be examined.

At this seminar, attendees will learn how to evaluate competing projects and select those that maximize strategic business value to the institution. Campus case studies will provide examples of financial analyses, strategic technology plans, migration strategies, and business plans.

This workshop is intended for faculty and academic administrator teams and/or individuals interested in:

• Creating ePortfolios that document assessment of student learning
• Developing ePortfolios that address accreditation requirements
• Designing ePortfolios that integrate departmental, college and campus strategic plans

Participants will also have the opportunity to view the UNO student ePortfolios and myMAPP/faculty (Mapping Academic Performance through ePortfolios) which provides a highly customizable and comprehensive structured collection of academic and professional activities, practices, achievements, as well as self-reflections on current practice.
If you have questions about the workshop email: unomymapp@mail.unomaha.edu

Following the success of two international conferences - Poitiers 2003, La Rochelle 2004 - and the national events in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, ePortfolio 2005 will once again bring together ePortfolio experts and practitioners from all over the world to present and discuss progress in this rapidly developing field. This year’s conference aims at eliciting how ePortfolio practice is embedded (blended) into a variety of environments and the real results obtained. It also aims to celebrate the richness and diversity of ePortfolio practice.

A plugfest will be organised on Wednesday 26 October to demonstrate the interoperability of ePortfolio systems with workshops, demonstrations, tests…
http://www.eife-l.org/portfolio/ep2005/plugfest/

You can find on line :
the call for contributions: http://www.eife-l.org/portfolio/ep2005/papers
sponsorship and exhibition packages : http://www.eife-l.org/portfolio/ep2005/exhibit/
event location information : http://www.eife-l.org/portfolio/ep2005/access/

EACUBO Post-conference workshop providing a thorough presentation of the Administrative Systems (ERP) project management process from tactical information technology planning and business process review, through finalizing agreements and roles with all project partners and implementation teams.

The 2005 AACRAO Student Services Technology Conference will bring together technology practitioners and managers from admissions, bursar, enrollment management, financial aid, and registrar organizations, to share ideas, information, and solutions.

Attend the AACRAO Technology Conference and participate in an array of comprehensive and timely workshops designed to give you the knowledge you need to apply technology in support of student services on your campus. This year's program offers over 60 sessions to suite your needs. Topics include:

· Innovative Applications of Technology to Improve Services

· Data Warehouse

· Document Imaging and Storage

· ERP Implementation

· ERP Management

· Identity and Access Management

· Open Source

· Web Applications

· Web Services


The 2005 AACRAO Student Services Technology Conference will bring together technology practitioners and managers from admissions, bursar, enrollment management, financial aid, and registrar organizations, to share ideas, information, and solutions.

Attend the AACRAO Technology Conference and participate in an array of comprehensive and timely workshops designed to give you the knowledge you need to apply technology in support of student services on your campus. This year's program offers over 60 sessions to suite your needs. Topics include:

· Innovative Applications of Technology to Improve Services

· Data Warehouse

· Document Imaging and Storage

· ERP Implementation

· ERP Management

· Identity and Access Management

· Open Source

· Web Applications

· Web Services

www.aacrao.org/teech05/

This year's conference focuses on the ways that digital image libraries and newly developed digital tools are reshaping the practice of teaching art and art history.

Recent developments in social software make it possible to reclaim the valuable and serendipitous interactions of the slide library within the digital image repository. Such tools allow students and faculty to link images to each other and integrate them into blogs and Eportfolios. Students can link text to sections of an image using newly developed image annotation software, encouraging close visual analysis and interaction. Integrating such tools into digital image libraries creates a far more powerful environment for socially constructed learning and research.

Small Tools/Big Ideas: Integrating Technologies for Teaching Art and Art History will explore important new ideas and tools that will redefine teaching in the coming decade.

Tools that will be presented include: Pachyderm, an Image Annotation Tool, Scholar's Box, VUE, and Connexions. Large repository initiatives presented will include the New York Public Library Digital Gallery, Dspace, Connexions, and Lionshare.

The purpose of the Southeastern Scholarship Conference on e-Learning (SSCEL) is to provide an opportunity in our region not currently available for faculty in all academic disciplines to come together and share scholarship of teaching and research in the specific area of e-Learning. It is designed for participants from the novice to the advanced veteran in e-Learning. It is our hope to bring participants from all over Georgia and the southeast annually in order to dramatically enhance the opportunities for sharing e-learning topics.

By e-Learning, we mean areas including fully online courses, hybrid courses, web-assisted primary or secondary instruction, online support for classroom communities, and other computer based or assisted teaching and learning.

The third annual Blackboard Southeast Users Group (BbSEUG) Conference will take place on September 29th and 30th in historic Savannah, Georgia, and is being hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design. This year's conference promises intellectual stimulation, great fun, plenty of good food, and excellent networking opportunities. Topics range from technical support to exemplary teaching practices. The cost of registration is only $200 by July 31st, and $250 thereafter. Registration includes all sessions, a Wednesday evening welcome reception, a Thursday evening social event, two breakfasts, two lunches, two breaks, and a very nice conference bag full of excellent goodies. Proposals are being accepted now on the website. Presenters receive half off registration fees. You don't have to be in the southeast region to attend or present. All are welcome!

TechLearn is a leading event focused on technology-, process-, and people-related issues for business, education and government leaders using learning and training to develop workforce skills, engage customers and provide interactive programs in their organizations. This annual event attracts over 2,000 attendees worldwide.

TechLearn is the most powerful, practitioner-led conference available with learning executives from more than 60 of the world’s leading organizations speaking at this year’s program.

Corporate, higher education, and government learning and training professionals, will gain critical insights and actionable advice on how to align learning with enterprise goals and objectives. TechLearn also serves as a valuable forum for learning and training professionals to network and share ideas with their peers. Additionally, participants are invited to hear keynote speakers:

• John Cleese, Actor, Author, Comedian, and Learning & Training Expert
• Ann Rhoades, Culture Transformation Guru and Former Executive Vice President of JetBlue Airways
• David Batstone, Entrepreneur, Professor, Journalist, and Author, Saving the Corporate Soul

A significant portion of student learning occurs outside the classroom in informal environments. Although educators consider the design of classrooms and laboratories, designing information spaces to encourage learning is often neglected. This focus session will explore the design of technology-enabled informal learning spaces.

DESCRIPTION:
The Roundtable is a highly interactive and participative event, incorporating focused presentations, ‘roundtable discussions’, panel debates, “devil” and “angel” critiques and “Wild Card” sessions. A group of 150 invitation-only participants will gather to contribute and debate on the latest in research, developments and commentaries in e-Learning, e-Training and knowledge
management issues in a stimulating and engaging environment.

The e-Agenda idea was conceived in 2002 when a need was identified for a forum where executives, decision makers and leading practitioners could connect with their counterparts to explore the rapidly changing e-learning landscape and to debate and to challenge existing educational paradigms. From this initial concept, e-Agenda has progressively evolved into an annual series of events which are held across the globe and that strive to derive more tangible outcomes and to influence the future direction of e-learning.

Speakers at the International Roundtable will include: Allison Rossett, San Diego University, USA; Martyn Sloman, Chartered Institute of Professional Accountants, UK; Jon Mason, education.au Limited, Australia; Karl Engkvist, CERNET-Blackboard, China; Terry Hilsberg, NextEd, Australia; Thomas R. Hazard, Naval Postgraduate School, USA; Doug Vogel, City University of Hong Kong, HK; Erik Duval, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; James Dalziel, Macquarie University, Australia; John Hedberg, University of Macquarie, Australia; Ron Oliver, Edith Cowan University, Australia; Shirley Alexander, University of Technology, Australia; Tom Reeves, University of Georgia, USA.

In conjunction with the e-Agenda 2005 Roundtable, there will be a post-conference dinner, featuring Terry Hilsberg, CEO of NextEd discussing “The Effect of Disruptive Technologies”, followed by a day long seminar designed to build on the e-Agenda theme.

KEYWORDS:
e-Learning, e-Training, e-Knowledge, knowledge management, online IT,
learning technology, education technology, interactive media, learning objects, learning systems.

LOCATION:
Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore

DATE:
16 to 19 August, 2005

CONTACT DETAILS:
NgLC@ntu.edu.sg

URL:
http://eagenda2005.ntu.edu.sg/

REGISTRATION:
http://TEAMS.ntu.edu.sg/eagenda/

The Seminars in Academic Computing presents three distinct programs, each focused on a different aspect of leadership in higher education information resources and services. The secluded setting and small, dynamic group of participants make this event uniquely valuable, enabling the development of fresh ideas, innovative strategies, reenergized vision, and stronger professional relationships.

EDUCAUSE and the Dartmouth PKI Lab are sponsoring a nuts-and-bolts meeting to dig into practically focused, real-life PKI deployment issues in higher education.
- Benefit from the valuable technical and policy experiences of others deploying client-side PKI in higher education.
- Learn about and influence the implementation of higher education inter-institutional PKI trust fabrics (Higher Education Bridge Certification Authority and U.S. Higher Education Root).
- Learn about EDUCAUSE-negotiated PKI vendor deals.
- Find out how PKI bridges can enable grid resource sharing.
- Hear about the federal government's far-reaching end-user PKI deployment plans.
- Learn about different Certification Authority options from those who have successfully used them.
 Network with others who are deploying PKI in higher education and elsewhere.

Over the last 15 years, we have learned a great deal about using integrated marketing to help you achieve brand, recruiting, and fundraising goals. So with a special emphasis on "lessons learned," our 8th annual SIM conference will draw together integrated marketing experts and ideas from across the country and provide you with the insights you need to:

*Determine whether or not integrated marketing can help your campus
*Win internal buy-in
*Use research to guide strategy
*Understand the relationship between integrated marketing, brand marketing, and strategic planning
*Write and fund an integrated marketing plan
*Understand how to integrate multiple channels around a common message
*Evaluate the effectiveness of your integrated marketing efforts

Featured keynote speakers will be Jack Trout and Arthur Levine.

Join us for the 6th annual Web Communications and Strategies Conference held at Salisbury University. Meet and share, explore, and learn with your peers in Web communication, marketing and development from over 25 higher education institutions.

Great opportunity for first-rate professional networking at this educational event. Daily general session presentations plus approximately 50 break-out sessions covering voice, data and video technology-related issues relevant to higher education. About 100 communications technology vendors in the exhibit hall. Satisfaction guaranteed.

The EDUCAUSE Institute Management Program is tailored to higher education IT professionals who are new to the role of manager and who would like to enhance the various practical skills important to effective management, such as interpersonal communication, time management, and performance management. It offers a unique opportunity to share information and experiences with peers and seasoned IT managers from campuses across the country.

The program is designed for individuals who work in instructional design or related fields and have significant experience in such areas as enhanced classroom delivery, hybrid and blended learning, and online educational systems. This program is not designed for entry level individuals.

The Institute for Computer Policy and Law is the nation’s premier forum for discussing and learning about technology policies in higher education. Nationally recognized technologists and legal experts will be on hand to offer their views on the Internet’s impact on campus policies, procedures, and judicial systems.

The annual FIRST Conference is a unique event. It focuses on the field of computer security incident handling and response. In recognition of the global spread of computer networks and the common problems faced by computer owners, service providers, networking communities and companies, the conference is held in a different part of the world each year. The presentations are international in scope and include the latest in incident response and prevention, vulnerability analysis, and related aspects of computer security. Additionally, these events serve as the foundation for the improvement of computer security worldwide via the sharing of viewpoints, ideas, and information.

FIRST conferences promote worldwide coordination and cooperation among Computer Security Incident Response Teams. It provides a forum for sharing goals, ideas, and information on how to improve global computer security. The five-day event is comprised of two days of tutorials and three days of technical sessions where the most recent security issues will be discussed.

Scope

This Conference focuses on the field of computer security incident handling and response. The emphasis is on collaborative and cooperative approaches to the multiple disciplines involved in computer and network security incident response. The conference will discuss recent practical computer and network security issues, focusing on strategies, experiences and techniques with regards to the incident process including pro-active measures.

Topics

Papers are invited on...
Incident Response
Response Team Operational Issues and Tools
Response Team Cooperation, Collaboration and Legal Issues
Traffic monitoring, detection, and real-time situational awareness
Vulnerability Handling, and software assurance
New Technologies, New Vulnerabilities
Risk Assessment and Information Analysis
New threats and incident trends such as spyware, unsolicited email, and phishing attacks

Specifications

Authors are invited to submit papers; preferably in PostScript or PDF format (RTF and HTML are also accepted). The length should not exceed 12 pages typeset in a 12-point font. A detailed extended abstract (2 pages minimum) will be considered if it gives a clear reflection of the contents and key points of the coming paper.

All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should email their paper or detailed abstract and the completed submission form available at official website.
Submission/Contact Address
Yurie Ito (Program Committee Co-Chair)
Email: first-2005papers@first.org

Details of Workshop Proposals/Tutorials/Lectures and other supplementary events
Tutorials: Two tutorial tracks are planned. Tutorials should have either a technical or business focus. Technical tutorials should be targeted to a technical audience consisting of IT professionals. Business tutorials should be targeted for an audience of directors, managers, policy makers, and IT professionals who may have managerial responsibilities. Ideas for subject matter may be pulled from the example topics previously listed above.

Tutorials may be a half or full day in length and can cover topics either at an introductory or advanced level.

All tutorial submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should email the completed submission form available at official website.
Additional Information about the event
Panels are solicited that examine innovative, controversial, or otherwise provocative issues of interest.

All panel submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should e-mail the completed submission form available at official website.

Note: Tutorial and panel proposals, as well as papers (or detailed abstracts, as described above) are expected to arrive prior to the submission deadline in order to be considered.

Experienced managers and current and aspiring directors who want to refresh and broaden their perspectives will find the Leadership Program ideal for discovering new ways to develop vision, execute plans, and lead change at their institutions. The program's lively and interactive sessions focus on refining the visioning, thinking, planning, and organizing skills that are essential to framing productive discourse in the workplace. And the small-scale setting is excellent for exchanging experiences and developing new professional relationships with colleagues and faculty.

The ResNet Symposium is the premier gathering for professionals at the intersection of IT, academics, and college/university housing. The Symposium offers attendees a variety of opportunities to learn about new technologies, investigate support models, develop staff management techniques, discuss academic initiatives, and interact with peers and colleagues.

Conference Registration Dates: March 21, 2005 till May 20th, 2005

Proposal Submission:
You may submit your proposals online at the ResNet 2005 Submission Site. All proposals must be submitted by March 2, 2005.

Digital Stories are created by combining images, music and voice. People from all walks of life are discovering digital stories as a powerful medium to express themselves. This conference will bring experts from across the country to present a variety of perspectives on digital storytelling in education.

This event will provide opportunities to network with your Canadian colleagues, to see what's new with WebCT, and to discuss innovative ideas and best practices for teaching and learning using WebCT.

The Information Systems Audit and Control Association® (ISACA®) is pleased to present its 33rd annual International Conference, which will be held in Oslo, Norway, during its centennial anniversary as an independent nation. The International Conference has long been recognised throughout the world for providing in-depth coverage of the leading-edge technical and managerial issues facing IT governance, control, security and assurance professionals.

TITLE: Pirates, Thieves and Innocents: Perceptions of Copyright Infringement in the Digital Age.
INVITATION: The Center for Intellectual Property at the University of Maryland University College invites you to attend its annual symposium that has proven to be of interest to college and university faculty, university counsel, administrators, librarians, and professionals in the fields of distance learning, instructional design, information technology, and intellectual property law.
THEME: The 2005 CIP Symposium will seek to explore and understand just a few of the various ways in which individuals and organizations think and talk about copyright infringement in our digital age and what actions they take based upon those perceptions. We will focus in particular on issues relevant to the higher education community and the delivery of quality copyrighted content. Facilitating our exploration, discussion, and reflection will be representatives from the academy, library, law, corporation, nonprofit organization, technology sector, and Capitol Hill.
TOPICS: Topics to be addressed by speakers and panelists will include:
*The Impact of Copyright Law and Policy on Academic Culture
*Regulatory Copyright: How Will Universities be Affected?
*P2P File Sharing: Pirates or Revolutionaries?
*Culture and Copyright: A Creative Clash?
*Copyright Infringement in the Digital Age: What Universities Need to Know
*The Copyright Legislative Landscape
*Responses to Copyright Infringement at University Campuses: Best Practices
PARTICIPANTS will include: Clifford Lynch (Coalition for Networked Information); Mark Luker (Educause); Patrick Ross (Progress & Freedom Foundation); Gigi Sohn (Public Knowledge); Siva Vaidhyanathan (New York University); Alec French (Office of Congressman Howard L. Berman); and Kim Kelley (University of Maryland University College, Center for Intellectual Property).
REGISTER early since space is limited. Early registration (before May 16, 2005) is $275. Regular registration is $350. Please visit the website for details and other affiliation discounts.

Innovative combinations of technology and pedagogy are allowing institutions to make learning more interactive. Student learning and engagement improve as interactivity increases. This session explores emerging principles and practices in interactive learning and explores how institutions can rethink their learning environments.

TOM PETERS TO HEADLINE KAN-ED FORUM

World-Renowned Business Management Expert to Address Wichita Event

(TOPEKA) - Tom Peters, a national figure in the world of business
management, will headline the Kan-ed Membership and Leadership Forum in
Wichita on Wednesday, June 15. The three-day conference is themed
Re-imagine Kansas in the 21st Century.

Peters will kick off the three-day Kan-ed Forum from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00
p.m. at the Century II Convention Center. Peter's appearance, which
will build from his current best-selling management book Re-imagine:
Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age, is being co-sponsored by Cox
Communications and Sprint.

"Tom Peters pulls no punches in giving his views on how businesses, and
public sector entities, such as schools, hospitals, and libraries are
run today," says Hal Gardner, Executive Director of Kan-ed. "He's one
of the most sought-after management speakers in the world today. We are
excited and encouraged that he can be a part of triggering the
re-imagination of Kansas in the 21st Century."

The Peters presentation and book-signing, and the entire Kan-ed Forum,
is open to the public. Interested individuals can register online at
http://conference-kan-ed.org. The cost for the Peters' event is $50,
for those registered before May 15, and $75 thereafter. The cost for
the entire conference is $100, for those registered before May 15, and
$125 thereafter.

The conference focus will be centered on re-imagining all that we do.
How do we re-imagine teaching and learning? How do we re-imagine
healthcare? How do we re-imagine Kansas in the global marketplace? How
do we re-imagine how rural areas receive the same opportunities as
larger cities and how Kansas retains excellent leadership? Peters will
engage the audience in this re-imagining process.

Peters has authored a number of best-selling books including In Search
of Excellence, which has been called one of the top three business books
of the 20th century. This management book, by Peters and Robert
Waterman, was published in 1982 and remains one of the best-selling and
widely-read business books ever published.

Kan-ed, a division of the Kansas Board of Regents, was established
through an act of the Kansas Legislature. It is designed to give
Kansans a competitive advantage in the global marketplace by connecting
the state's hospitals, libraries, higher education institutions, and
K-12 public and private schools with high-speed bandwidth to bring
members together through Interactive Distance Learning and the exchange
of data. Kan-ed membership benefits can include shared databases,
video-conferencing, telemedicine, and other content otherwise
unavailable or at costs too prohibitive for most schools, libraries and
hospitals.

This four-week online workshop will provide examples and case studies from leading institutions including the University of Southern California, the University of Memphis, Case Western Reserve University and others, all focused on sharing examples and best practices for developing and supporting online communities for faculty development and support, instructional technology staff development, and collaboration. Workshop participants engage with leading practitioners through live online meetings and also work together in a collaborative online environment to learn about and define projects for their own institutions.

Canaudit provides Professional Development events at key locations throughout the United States. These seminars are all state of the art and constantly upgraded as a result of our audits, to ensure you receive the best audit and security training.

Professional Development Week
Tulsa, OK - June 6-10, 2005

Hilton Tulsa Southern Hills
7902 South Lewis
Tulsa, OK 74136
Reservations: 1800-365-1701
Fax: 703-394-2162

Sleeping Room Rate: $78.00 + tax (Deadline 5/5/05)
*Ask for the Canaudit, Inc group rate*

Local Airports: Tulsa Int'l (Distance from hotel: 15 miles, 20 min)

June 6-10, 2005 - The Ultimate Network Penetration Class (HANDS-ON)

June 6-7, 2005 - Control & Security of Oracle

June 8-9, 2005 - Control & Security of PeopleSoft

For the priceing for each class please check out our website.

Class Requirements:

Ultimate Network Penetration Class:

Class is limited to 20 participants on a first come first served basis.
Participants must bring the following to participate in this class:

* A network enabled laptop computer with an Ethernet cable (not Token Ring)
*
Windows NT4/ 2000/XP operating systems is required
* Basic understanding of the O/S you bring
* Local administrator rights on the computer you bring
* Office suite which includes spreadsheet capabilities

The Southeast Regional Conference, like the other EDUCAUSE regional conferences, offers nearby higher education IT professionals a smaller, more intimate version of the EDUCAUSE annual conference in a location that is easy and affordable to reach. If you're from the Southeast, take this opportunity to learn, share, and connect with others in your field and from your part of the country.

WILU 2005: A Kaleidoscope of possibilities
May 18 - 20, 2005
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario


This year's program will challenge participants to reflect on the placement of information literacy in the broader context of other forms of literacy. Join us to explore a broad range of the theories and practices of the many faces of literacy: reading and writing, computer, information, media, visual, statistical and academic literacy. What role do libraries and librarians play in addressing, promoting, and collaborating with partners to advance these forms of literacy?

Registration for the 34th Workshop on Instruction in Library Use (WILU) opens Wednesday, March 9, 2005.


This year’s conference is offering an exciting new format!


WILU 2005 will include an added half-day of workshops for all participants! On Wednesday afternoon, May 18, we will offer a choice of hands on workshops. Details are available on our website (www.lib.uoguelph.ca/wilu).

The registration fee is $290 CDN (approximately $234 USD) which includes

· one of the four Wednesday workshops

· a full day of sessions on Thursday

· Friday morning sessions

· opening and closing plenaries

· Wednesday evening banquet

· Continental breakfasts on Thursday and Friday

· Lunch on Thursday and Friday

· All coffee breaks




We are pleased to announce that our keynote speakers are Sheila Webber and Bill Johnston. Check out their work at Bill and Sheila’s Information Literacy Place (http://dis.shef.ac.uk/literacy).

WILU 2005 - Call for Papers! The 34th Annual Workshop on Instruction in Library Use will be held in Guelph, Ontario, May 18 - 20, 2005.

A kaleidoscope of possibilities is our theme. This year's program will challenge participants to reflect on the placement of information literacy in the broader context of other forms of literacy, including visual, media, statistical, and computer literacy.

WILU 2005 will pose the question: What role do libraries and librarians play in addressing, promoting, and collaborating with partners to advance these forms of literacy?

Proposal submission deadline is on or before Friday, November 26, 2004. The proposal submisssion form is available at http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/wilu/proposal.html.

For more information send an email message to: wilu@uoguelph.ca or contact a member of the Steering Committee (http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/wilu/contacts.html).

Cisco Systems Online Webcast
Protect Your Campus Network with Cisco Clean Access
Webcast, May 17, 2005, 10 a.m. Pacific Time

You’ll have the opportunity to hear Jeff Birch, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Azusa Pacific University, and Ryan Makinson, Clean Access Product Specialist, Cisco Systems, discuss how to protect your network more effectively using Cisco Clean Access.

Learn how Azusa Pacific University implemented a Cisco Clean Access solution and the results the university has realized. Discover how Cisco Clean Accessa software solution that is easy to deploycan automatically detect, isolate, and clean infected or vulnerable devices that attempt to access your network.

Find out why Cisco Clean Access is ideal for:
• Managing the multitude of students returning from the holidays
• Protecting residential networks from viruses and worms
• Securing networks that offer both wired and wireless access
• Administering network access for campus guests and visiting faculty

With Cisco Clean Access, your network will experience far fewer viruses and worms and you will expend fewer resources finding and fixing infected machines.

Who Should Attend
Professionals in higher education, including network managers and directors, engineers, security managers and directors, IT/IS directors, CIOs, CTOs, deans of IT, and technology purchasing managers.

Topics
Topics include:
o Challenge: securing networks in higher education institutions
o Using Cisco Clean Access to identify and eliminate threats before they reach the network
o Customer case study: challenge, solution, and results
o Live Q&A

CUMREC is A Higher Education Administrative Technology Conference. The purpose of CUMREC is to provide a forum for higher education professionals to share their expertise and experiences with computer systems in our ever-changing world of technology. The CUMREC Annual Conference, founded in 1956, is the longest running continuing conference devoted to promoting the understanding and use of information technology in higher education. This year is the 50th Anniversary of the conference.

ONLINE EDUCA Madrid will be the fifth in a series of successful Online Educa Conferences organized in Spain. Last year's event attracted around 527 e-learning professionals active in higher education, government, industry and commerce. Participants came from 32 different countries, including 13 Latin American. Of a very high academic level as well as being of great interest to corporate e-learning professionals, ONLINE EDUCA Madrid has become a key annual networking venue, enabling participants to enhance and exchange their knowledge and to develop multinational and cross-industry partnerships throughout Spain, Portugal and Latin America. Official Conference Language is Spanish.

The NSDI conference focuses on the design principles of large-scale networks and distributed systems. Systems as diverse as Internet routing, peer-to-peer file sharing, sensor nets, scalable Web services, and distributed network measurement share a set of challenges. Progress in any of these areas requires an understanding of how researchers are addressing the challenges of large-scale systems in other contexts. Our goal is to bring together researchers from across the networking and systems community—including computer networking, distributed systems, and operating systems—to foster cross-disciplinary approaches and to address shared research challenges.

The Western Regional Conference, like the other EDUCAUSE regional conferences, offers nearby higher education IT professionals a smaller, more intimate version of the EDUCAUSE annual conference in a location that is easy and affordable to reach. If you're from the West, take this opportunity to learn, share, and connect with others in your field and from your part of the country.

Make plans now to attend the 35th annual North America Conference on Computer Audit, Control and Security (North America CACS). Presented by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association® (ISACA®), North America CACS is well known for addressing the complex issues facing professionals responsible for information assurance, security and governance. Industry experts from around the world will be on hand to provide solutions and practical approaches to enable and equip you to meet the challenges ahead.

USENIX has always been the place to present groundbreaking research and cutting-edge practices in a wide variety of technologies and environments and 2005 is no exception.

Join us in Anaheim for:

* An extensive Training Program, covering crucial topics and led by highly respected instructors

* General Session Refereed Papers, discussing original work on topics in modern computing

* FREENIX/Open Source Refereed Papers, showcasing the latest developments and interesting applications of open source software

* Guru Is In Sessions, where you can ask noted experts your most burning technical questions and get practical solutions

Digital technologies have the potential to radically change the way we
learn and form knowledge. We need to understand how the procedures and
policies that have been built up within educational institutions over the
past should be changed to exploit the capabilities that technology is now
able to provide.

The day will comprise of two debates: in the morning we will get a chance
to listen to the views of real learners at schools and university who will
debate the question:

"Should technology revolutionize education?"

In the afternoon we will debate the motion:

"It is teachers not government that prevent innovative technology changing
education."

There will also be two keynote speakers.

What are the key factors that impact on the implementation and adoption of
innovation in e-learning?

Proposals in the following areas are particularly encouraged:

*Empowering students to create their own learning resources, from
simple web sites to creating their own computer games

*Using novel forms of assessment, particularly initiatives to replace
summative assessment by paper based examinations

*Sharing and self-publishing academic content, in particular managing
the legality of publishing through unconventional means

*Personal publishing for students. What issues arise if students are
introduced to discussion boards, weblogs and Personal Development
Planners?

*Utilising new channels of communication. Are PDAs, mobile phones and
handheld devices useful tools in our armoury