Events

The SUNY Technology Strategy Forum 2022

The SUNY Council of CIO’s invites you to an interactive day designed to discuss the future of technology within SUNY. This program is directed toward technology leaders throughout SUNY, particularly those who are interested in understanding the direction SUNY is intending to move to further collaboration among institutions

We invite participation from CIO’s, SUNY IT providers (SICAS, ITEC, SUNY Administration, SUNY SOC), campus IT leaders, business leaders who determine technology strategy and support technology at their institution (Directors, Assistant Directors, Managers, Technical architects, CISOs, ISOs and others) to address these questions as a collaborative effort.

This year’s event will be a hyflex event coordinated with SUNY Conference on Instructional Technology. If you are interested in joining us for the face-to-face event, we will be in the Marano Campus Center at SUNY Oswego. Those who join remotely will be provided the Zoom link.

Date and Time:
Date: May 31, 2022
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: SUNY Oswego Morano Campus Center Room 114 AND via Zoom

Registration:

To register for the SUNY Tech Strategy Forum 2022, please complete our registration form

Schedule for the Day
10:00 - 10:20	Welcome and Introductions (Eileen Wirley, Mary Hand, Pete Grizzaffi, Sean Moriarty)
10:20 - 12:00	Shared Campus IT Services from SICAS & ITEC As all IT shops move into this era of The Great Resignation, what are current models that we can build on and strengthen to ensure that we can deliver streamlined services in an effective and efficient manner that meet the needs of our schools? Bill Grau, Mike Notarius, Joe Hoot and Don Erwin will discuss existing services and new services that ITEC and SICAS are supporting to help SUNY collaborate at a high. Among the items covered will be ITEC’s new Service Catalog.
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch Break
1:00 - 2:30	SUNY, Security and the great resignation How can all SUNY schools continue to ensure our digital assets are safe at a time when risk is escalating and we have fewer staff to contribute to this important work. Paul Hebert and Mike Notarius will discuss a proposed new ITEC service that may be able to assist all of us. We will also bring in other SUNY security service providers such as the SOC and the SUNY CISO to assist in how we can work together to secure our campus's virtual infrastructure.
2:30 - 2:45	Break
2:45 - 3:45	SUNY & the DLE SUNY’s move to a new Digital Learning Environment is moving at breakneck speed as Cohort One campuses focus on implementing D2L Brightspace for Fall 2022. Kim Scalzo, Harry Cargill, and other SUNY DLE team members will be present to provide updates and answer questions on many schools’ largest summer priority.
3:45 - 4:00	Closing Comments

Intended Audience

We invite participation from technology leaders throughout the SUNY system to address these questions as a collaborative effort. This includes:

CIOs and members of the SUNY Council of CIOs
SUNY IT providers (SICAS, ITEC, SUNY Administration, SUNY SOC)