Schedule of Events
The following is a tentative schedule of events.
Thursday 4/11/2019
| Time | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 6:00pm – 9:00pm | Opening Social & Dinner at the Camden Adventure Aquarium Dinner Provided. The Aquarium is home to the largest collection of sharks on the East Coast and offers a beautiful view of the Philadelphia skyline. Buses to the Camden Aquarium will leave from the Cambria Hotel at 5:30pm. Guests are encouraged to register for the conference in the Cambria Hotel lobby upon their arrival. | Camden Aquarium
1 Riverside Drive |
Friday 4/12/2019
| Time | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00am -9:45am | Registration and Continental Breakfast | Registration desk: first floor of Alter Hall, main entrance.
Continental breakfast: MBA Commons, 7th floor of Alter Hall |
| 9:45am – 10:00am | Welcome | MBA Commons, 7th floor of Alter Hall |
| 10:00am – 10:45am | Keynote #1 and Competition Kick Off | MBA Commons, 7th floor of Alter Hall |
| 10:45am – 11:00am | Break | MBA Commons, 7th floor of Alter Hall |
| 11:00am – 1:00pm | Competitions Student teams should wait in the MBA commons until the judges call them to present. | |
| The Computational Society Case Study Challenge | Alter Hall 032 | |
| The University of Arkansas Blockchain Hackathon Challenge | Alter Hall 034 | |
| The Software Innovation Challenge | Alter Hall 035 | |
| The Alexion Analytics Challenge | Alter Hall 746 | |
| 11:00am – 1:00pm | Workshop (sponsored by IBM) Enterprise Data Encryption in the Age of Cybersecurity Matthew Cousens, IBM Developer Advocate for students and faculty free during the competitions | Alter Hall 745 |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Lunch | MBA Commons, 7th floor of Alter Hall |
| 2:00pm – 3:00pm | Student Led Workshops and Panels | |
| Best Practices in Chapter Leadership (Panel Discussion)
Moderated by Reagan Siggard (Utah State University) | Alter Hall 745 | |
| Competition Tips and Advice (Panel Discussion)
Moderated by Zoe Weiner (Temple University) Panelists: | Alter Hall 746 | |
| Women in IT (Panel Discussion)
Moderated by Tristan Johnson (University of Utah) Panelists: | Alter Hall 032 | |
| Dialogflow Chatbot (Technical Workshop)
Presented by: | Alter Hall 034 | |
| 3:00pm – 4:00pm | Student Led Workshops and Panels | |
| Paying it Forward with 3-D Printing (Presentation)
Ireland Nelson (Bloomsburg University), | Alter Hall 034 | |
| Best Practices in Alumni Engagement (Panel Discussion)
Moderated by Patricia Ventura (Florida International University) Panelists: | Alter Hall 745 | |
| Location Analytics using “Business Analyst” (Technical Workshop)
Presented by Brittany Watson and Samantha Bilinsky (Roger Williams University) Software to install beforehand: Business Analyst Overview: Free trial: | Alter Hall 035 | |
| Ethical Hacking (Technical Workshop)
Presented by Eric Clinger (Brigham Young University) Software to install beforehand:
| Alter Hall 032 | |
| Salesforce (Technical Workshop)
Presented by Christine Lee (University of Memphis) | Alter Hall 746 | |
| 4:00pm – 5:00pm | AIS Chapter Leadership Breakout Sessions
Facilitated by Jeremy Shafer (Temple University) | MBA Commons, 7th floor of Alter Hall |
| New Chapter Information Session
Led by Tom Meservy (Brigham Young University) Panelists: Yonatan Hailu (Central Connecticut State University), | Alter Hall 746 | |
| 5:00pm – 5:30pm | Break | |
| 5:30pm – 7:30pm | Keynote #2 and Awards Dinner | Mitten Hall, Great Court |
| Evening | Social Activities (on your own) | Please see “Fun things to do on Friday night” on the Hotel & Travel page. |
Saturday 4/13/2019
| Time | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30am – 9:00am | Faculty Adviser Breakfast sponsored by The Max Labs Project (Faculty Advisers Only) | Alter Hall 745 |
| 8:30am – 9:00am | Continental Breakfast | MBA Commons, 7th floor of Alter Hall |
| 9:15am – 10:15am | Mobility as a Platform
Pablo Mora, Mobile Application Manager, AmerisourceBergen | Alter Hall 032 |
| Lessons Learned from an Enterprise Analytics Initiative
Aidan Doyle, Director, Enterprise Data Management & Analytics, Alexion Hope Watson, Data Scientist Business Analyst, Alexion | Alter Hall 033 | |
| 10:30am – 11:30am | An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in the Media Landscape
Moin Haque, VP/Chief Architect, Analytics Center of Excellence, NBCUniversal interactive session – bring your laptop | Alter Hall 032 |
| Let’s Launch a Product!
Michael M. Luckenbill, Technology Manager, Capgemini | Alter Hall 033 | |
| 11:30am-1:00pm | Closing Lunch | MBA Commons, 7th floor of Alter Hall |