Biography

Didier Contis joined UW–Madison as vice provost for information technology and CIO in July 2025. Before that, he served as executive director of academic technology, innovation and research computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is active nationally in the higher education community, having served in leadership and governance roles with EDUCAUSE and has co-authored publications on cybersecurity, network intrusion detection and educational technology and is an advocate for the safe and responsible use of extended reality technologies in higher education. During his 26 years at Georgia Tech, he co-founded innovative technology initiatives, serving in leadership roles on projects advancing research computing and academic technology infrastructure. He has taught classes focused on using data to make better decisions and is interested in applying knowledge graphs for data analytics.

2026 Sessions

Raised on Anime, Working in IT: How Japanese Anime Inspired Careers in IT and Cybersecurity