Thursday, May 29th (Hybrid)
Registration and Zoom Lobby Open | 8:30 am
Check-In for In-Person Attendees
Outside Alumni Lounge & Lee Lounge
Opening Remarks & Keynote | 9:00 – 10:15 am
Welcome & Keynote – Change is The Only Constant
Alumni Lounge & Virtual
Presented by: Lois Brooks
Opening Remarks: David Berg & Elizabeth Kraege-Soechting
Concurrent Session 1 | 10:30 – 11:00 am
AI in Action: Two Anecdotal Experiences
Alumni Lounge & Virtual
Presented by: Scott Winger & Julie Zachman
It is Possible to Take Down Old Websites: How WCER Manages the Website Lifecycle
Lee Lounge/109 & Virtual
Presented by: Elizabeth Kraege-Soechting & Pete Boguszewski
Making Digital Accessibility Work: Practical Strategies that Stick
Room 112 & Virtual
Presented by: Al Nemec & Mark Whittaker
Concurrent Session 2 | 11:15 – 11:45 am
Collaborating in Support of RISE
Alumni Lounge & Virtual
Presented by: Todd Shechter
Present Harms and Future Risks: A Case for Responsible AI
Lee Lounge/109 & Virtual
Presented by: Lanya Yu, William Anderson, Kaushal Dasika, Alka Lakadia & Viktoria Sakman
Planned Obsolescence: Turning a Technology Fallacy into a Leadership Strategy
Room 112 & Virtual
Presented by: Jay Ray
Concurrent Session 3 | 12:00 – 12:30 pm
Countdown to Workday: Hot topics and a Peek of What’s to Come
Alumni Lounge & Virtual
Presented by: Sabrina Messer
Unlocking Potential: Streamlining Processes with Low Code Solutions
Lee Lounge/109 & Virtual
Presented by: Jeanne Hains & Joel Herron
Empowering Expert Authors with the KnowledgeBase API
Room 112 & Virtual
Presented by: Jonathan Dedering
Lunch Break | 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Lunch
Alumni Lounge
Concurrent Session 4 | 1:30 – 2:30 pm
Meet IT Connects
Alumni Lounge & Virtual
Presented by: Elizabeth Kraege-Soechting
Flash Talks
Lee Lounge/109 & Virtual
Presented by: Andrew Petro, David Lee, Mary Murphy & Lindsay Bolan
From the Notebook to the Cluster
Room 112 & Virtual
Presented by: Erwin Lares
Concurrent Session 5 | 2:45 – 3:15 pm
Collaborating and Planning for AI Across the Universities of Wisconsin
Alumni Lounge & Virtual
Presented by: Todd Shechter, Beth Schaefer & Suzanne Traxler
Networking / Virtual Networking
Lee Lounge/109 & Virtual
Presented by: Philip Doll (In-Person) & Megan O’Rourke (Virtual)
Meet the Wisconsin Cyber Response Team
Room 112 & Virtual
Presented by: Jamie Glass & Eric Franco
IT Recognition Awards | 3:30 – 4:30 pm
2025 IT Recognition Awards Presentation
Alumni Lounge & Virtual
Presented by: IT Professionals Peer Committee
In-Person Reception & Networking | 4:30 – 5:30 pm
Reception/Unstructured Networking
Alumni Lounge
Friday, May 30th (Virtual)
Concurrent Session 6 | 9:00 – 9:30 am
Concurrent Session 7 | 9:40 – 10:40 am
Unlock Your Creative Thinking
Presented by: David Berg
What’s “Unconference” And Do We Need One Here?
Presented by: Tomomi Imamura & Tom Jordan
Concurrent Session 8 | 10:50 – 11:50 am
Lunch Break | 11:50 am – 12:50 pm
Lunch Break
Concurrent Session 9 | 12:50 – 1:50 pm
END OF CONFERENCE
Thank you for joining us for this year’s conference! We’ll see you next year!
P.S. Keep an eye out for our post-conference survey!