Jack Wilson
President of the University of Massachusetts
Presentation (video)

Workshop #1 9:45-10:30

Jim Hurley provided a brief overview of the many facets of Open Source, then moved to an open discussion session to examine these questions further exploring one of the most interesting technological and social developments that affect computer software development in recent years.

Transforming the Massachusetts healthcare industry required unique collaborations between state government, caregivers and insurers. Information technology and business educators learned why innovative technology is central to achieving affordable healthcare while continuously improving quality across the system. This presentation provided an overviewed of the Information Technology envisioned in this transformation and the benefits and opportunities anticipated through these collaborations.

The presentation provided an overview of RFID, how it works, and why it has/is receiving considerable press within industry. It also included a briefed technology demo from Wavemark, a solutions vendor, and the overview of how two companies, Staples and Boston Scientific, are addressing the significant opportunities and challenges it presents.

Learned how academic and research institutions have deployed cost effective Web based solutions to make information sharing safer and easier for the whole campus community. Reviewed real world examples of student and faculty collaboration systems, showed how medical schools improved regulatory compliance and discovered how to reduce general administrative document processing costs

In this presentation she describes how Oracle Database 10g has been enhanced for the life sciences market. She showed how the Database can be used to access distributed data, integrate a variety of data types, manage vast quantities of data, enable secure collaboration, and find patterns and insights.

In the last year, Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) have received considerable attention because they offer a viable solution to the integration and consolidation problem that most IT departments are facing today. More importantly, this adaptable, flexible approach is setting a new foundation not only for cost savings, but also a greater ROI and new kind of competitive advantage.

The presentation covered the core concepts of a service-oriented architecture and how organizations should be structured to take full advantage of its benefits. Additionally, Molecular presented a real life scenario of how an SOA is implemented

The presentation provided an overview of RFID, how it works, and why it has/is receiving considerable press within industry. It also included a briefed technology demo from Wavemark, a solutions vendor, and the overview of how two companies, Staples and Boston Scientific, are addressing the significant opportunities and challenges it presents.

Alan compared effective management strategy to that of Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots and why he is a master of creating winning football teams. Many of the key elements employed by Belichick to produce a Super Bowl team such as player selection, goal setting, trust, commitment, accountability, creative thinking, feedback, and focus are essentials to creating a winning team, whether in football, business, government or academia. With real life examples taken from businesses, Alan demonstrated how these elements have been brought together to create winning teams that have reduced manufacturing costs, improved productivity, increased profitability and fostered the personal growth necessary for the strong development of the workforce

Back Bay Technologies is a recognized leader in the field of Identify and Access Management and has completed strategic projects for both Harvard and Tufts Universities. During his briefing, former Forrester CIO and Back Bay Technologies executive, Paul Warren, discussed his views on the opportunities that education has to derive significant value from Identity initiatives.

Former Forrester executive and Vice President for Sales and Marketing, BackBay Technologies, Paul will discussed his views...

Dave Nelson presented new technologies that is committed to helping educators use and adapt through their Strategic Programs, which create business partnerships with Primary and Secondary (K12) & Higher Education institutions.

The presentation discussed Grid Computing, including what it is, why it's growing and how it works. There are different perspectives as to why Grid Computing should be implemented. TCO, ease of administration, consolidation of data centers, and enabling business all were discussed while looking into Grid Computing.

This presentation covered the evolution of communications from TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) to IP Telephony and what features and benefits are available to help schools today.

This panel discussed current hiring trends in the IT arena and focused on knowledge, skills and attributes needed for successful employment and advancement.

The workshop and conversation focused on the use of web based collaboration tools highlighting ElluminateTs position with VOIP and use of application sharing, remote control, assessment tools and recordings as it applies to both the commercial and academics worlds. Elluminate is an established partner of Sun Microsystems leveraging the use of Java Web Start as a key element to connection people across the globe into on-line meetings.