Technologies of Tomorrow
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Thursday (12 April 2018)
| Time | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 6PM – 8PM | Opening Social Activity & Dinner
Dinner Provided. Transportation to Southfork Ranch provided from both Hotels. Buses will depart hotel promptly at 5:15 pm. Bring your cowboy boots and gear and get ready for some BBQ and line dancing! RSVP required. Click here to RSVP. | Southfork Ranch
3700 Hogge Dr |
Friday (13 April 2018)
| Time | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 AM | Check-In Starts, breakfast is served | Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at the University of Texas at Dallas
800 W Campbell Rd, Richardson, TX 75080 |
| 8:00 AM | Welcome Matthew Cocco, Immediate Past President AIS Student Chapter at UT Dallas | Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (DGAC) 1.102A-B |
| 8:15 AM | Keynote Speaker “The Fourth Industrial Revolution” presented by Russ Finney – Advisor, Researcher, Keynote Speaker, Moderator, & Panelist, itmWEB Group LLC | DGAC 1.102A-B |
| 9:00 AM | Local Industry Site Visits
DataBank: Data Centers, Essilor, Toyota, State Farm | Local Company Sites Transportation provided |
| 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM | “Digital Solutions for Data Sharing across Healthcare Silos”, Collaboration between AT&T and UT Dallas, Udbhab Sahai, Pranav Kalyanpur | DGAC 1.102 C |
| 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM | Break | |
| 10:45 AM – 12 PM | Automation as a Lifestyle: Agile IT Infrastructure Management – Henry Popp, Co Founder at Codedge | DGAC 1.102 C |
| 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | Lunch & Learn Lunch and Student Panel Discussion on Student Chapter Best Practices | DGAC 1.102A-B |
| 1:30 PM | Leadership Sessions 1
1.1 “NEMO, Medicine for Guaranteed Success” with Gaurav Shekhar, DTM, Program Manager at the University of Texas at Dallas, Secretary, SIGITProjMgmt, AIS 1.2 “Analytics for Understanding and Making Choices” with Pankaj Setia Founder, the Computational Society, Executive Director of ISYS Ph.D. Program and Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas 1.3 “Project Management: Failure IS an option!” with Gerry Cocco, Co-founder, AUStound Solutions | DGAC 1.102C: 1.1 Lessons in Leadership
JSOM 12.202: 1.2 Analytics for Understanding and Making Choices JSOM 12.206: 1.3 Project Management: Failure IS an option! |
| 2:15 PM | Leadership Sessions 2 2.1 “Landing the Job” with Matthew Cocco, Programmer, Walmart Labs 2.2 “Digital Transformation – Industry trends, challenges and Career opportunities”, Asim Syed, Director of Business and Platform Solutions, Atos 2.3 “Keys to running an effective organization”, Emily Beck, Shashank Rajani at Arizona State University 2.4 “Presentation/Speaking Skills”, Shivam Patel at University of Michigan-Dearborn | JSOM 12.206: 2.1 Landing the Job
JSOM 12.202: 2.2 Digital Transformation – Industry trends, challenges and Career opportunities JSOM 12.218: 2.3 Keys to running an effective organization DGAC 1.102C: 2.4 Presentation/Speaking Skills |
| 3:00 PM | Break | Food Trucks on the patio – Kung-Fu Tea, Kona Ice |
| 3:00 PM | Judges Meeting | JSOM 12.506E |
| 3:30 PM | Competition Kickoff | DGAC Lobby |
| 4:00 PM | Competition Sessions
While the competition sessions are going on, students not competing are encouraged to go to the DGAC Lobby for some fun team building activities. | Blockchain Hackathon Challenge; DGAC Meeting Room 1.135 Computational Society Case Study Challenge; DGAC Meeting Room 1.131 Software Innovation Challenge; DGAC Meeting Room 1.128 NBC Universal Analytics Challenge: JSOM CMC Seminar Room 12.402 |
| 6:00 PM | Break | |
| 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM | Awards Dinner and Evening Keynote Charles Haseman, Haseman Associates | Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center Main Hall (DGAC) 1.102A-B |
| 8:30-10:30 PM | Faculty Advisor and Industry Reception | DGAC 2nd Floor Balcony |
| 9:00 PM | Evening Student Social Activity | If you would like to get together after the conference, here some recommendations for places that are close to campus:
Sweet Hut Bakery & Café ~ Desserts & Drinks Sharky’s Bar and Grill ~ Billiards, Darts, Karaoke AMF Richardson Lanes ~ Bowling |
Saturday (14 April 2018)
| Time | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 AM | Texas Breakfast | Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (DGAC) 1.102A-B |
| 7:30 AM | Faculty Advisor Breakfast sponsored by The Max Labs Project | DGAC 1.128 |
| 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Faculty Session
Student Success in Teaching Introduction to Management Information Systems, Fred Niederman, Professor Shaughnessy Professor, Saint Louis University | Jindal School of Management (JSOM) 1.517 |
| 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM | Workshops, Session 1
1.1 “Data Analytics in the Insurance Industry” with Anil Bariki, Head of Data Mgmt Group at National Life Group 1.2 “Diversity in the Workplace” with Angel Hoang 1.3 “Tableau Workshop”, Prateek Jalan, Jatin Jain, University of Texas at Dallas 1.4 Professional Headshots courtesy of Mai Nguyen | JSOM 2.106: 1.1 Data Analytics
JSOM 2.115: 1.2 Diversity in the Workplace JSOM 1.211, Computer Lab: 1.3 Tableau Workshop DGAC: 1.4 Professional Headshots |
| 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM | IS Job Index presented by Maria Boggi, Temple University combined Panel Discussion on Job Readiness with Fred Niederman, Professor Shaughnessy Professor, Saint Louis University and Stacie Petter, Associate Professor, Baylor University | JSOM Davidson Auditorium |
| 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM | Break | |
| 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM | Workshops, Session 2
2.1 “IT Industry Trends” with Adam Perry, Sr Account Systems Engineer at DELL EMC 2.2 “Strengthsquest” with Sean Owens, Senior Technology Analyst at Gallup Organization 2.3 “Blockchain 101” with Michael Lewellen, President of UTD Blockchain 2.4 “Tableau Workshop”, Prateek Jalan, Jatin Jain, University of Texas at Dallas 2.5 Professional Headshots courtesy of Mai Nguyen | JSOM 2.106: 2.1 IT Industry Trends
JSOM 2.115: 2.2 Strengthsquest JSOM 1.517: 2.3 Blockchain JSOM 1.211, Computer Lab: 2.4 Tableau DGAC: 2.5 Professional Headshots |
| 1 PM | Lunch | Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center (DGAC) 1.102A-B |
| 1:30 PM | Future Conference Leaders – Conference debrief and future conference discussion. | JSOM 11.210 |
