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CSG Workshops and Business Meeting Agenda

Texas A&M University
28-30 January, 2026


Wednesday:  CSG Short Workshops
Room 601, Rudder Tower

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
Rooms 501 & 504 
9:00Welcome & Conference Introduction (TBD)
Room 601
9:05 CSG Short Workshop:  AI & Automation in Administrative Systems
Coordinators:  Tracy Weber (Notre Dame), Anand Vangipuram (UW-Madison), Becky Joffrey (Cornell), Jennifer Sparrow (NYU), Mark McCahill (Duke), John Mulhern III (Penn), Conor Waladay (CU-Boulder), Frank Mathew (Yale), Jen Swain (FSU), Bob Jones (UMich)
Please see Addendum A for the detailed agenda.
10:45 Break
12:30Adjourn

 
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
Rooms 501 & 504

 
1:30 CSG Short Workshop: Future state of SIS: Real Options
Coordinators: Patti Pate (UVA), Tracy Weber/someone (ND), Tom Jordan & Kim Channpraseut (UW-Madison), Dwane Sterling (VT), Jack Suess (UMBC), Chris Keith/someone (Brown), Jen Stedelin (WashU--Workday), Alan Crosswell/someone (Columbia)
Please see Addendum B for the detailed agenda.
Room 601
3:15
Break
5:00 Adjourn

Wednesday: CSG Group Dinner
TBD

5:30
5:45
6:00
7:00
8:30
First bus leaves hotel for dinner venue
Last bus leaves hotel for dinner venue
Cocktails
Dinner
Buses leave dinner venue for hotel


Thursday:  CSG Short Workshop
Room 601, Rudder Tower

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
Rooms 501 & 504
8:00 - 9:00
Steering Committee Breakfast
Room 502
9:00 CSG Short Workshop:  Trust as a Strategic Asset: Building and Sustaining Confidence in IT
Coordinators: Orrie Gartner (CU-Boulder) & Becky Joffrey (Cornell), John Mulhern III (Penn), Todd Shechter (UW-Madison), Damian Doyle (UVA), Carrie Shumaker (UMich), Keith Donnelly (UVA), Ryan Wellar (VT); someone from distributed IT (UVA), Dale Henrickson (Yale), Michael Warden (NYU)
Please see Addendum C for the detailed agenda.
Room 601
10:45 Break
12:30 Adjourn

 
12:30 - 1:45 Lunch
Rooms 501 & 504


12:45 - 1:30
Campus walking tour
Tour departs from and returns to the Rudder Tower

Thursday:  CSG Business Meeting
Room 601, Rudder Tower

1:45             I. Introductory Remarks and Roll Call (CSG Coordinator)
1:50
II. Short Slots and Breaking News (CSG Coordinator)
Steering/Membership Committee Issues (:05)
Workshop Summaries (:05)
Consortial Updates (:15)
2:15III. Short Discussion 1: How do we upskill and reskill our technical teams to meet emerging needs?
Coordinators: Patti Pate & Damian Doyle (UVA), Ben Rota (Harvard), Lucrecia Kim-Boswell (Stanford), Frank Mathew (Yale), Martin Sager (UMich), Tom Flitter (UW-Madison)
3:15
Break
3:45
IV. Timely Topics and Gossip (Christen)
Topics TBA
4:45 V. Topic Selection for Next Meeting (Christen)
5:00 Adjourn

Thursday: CSG Group Dinner
TBD

5:30
5:45
6:00
7:00
8:30
First bus leaves hotel for dinner venue
Last bus leaves hotel for dinner venue
Cocktails
Dinner
Buses leave dinner venue for hotel


Friday: CSG Business Meeting
Room 601, Rudder Tower

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
Rooms 501 & 504
9:00 VI. Organizational Issues (CSG Coordinator)
  1. Treasurer's Report (Pitt)
  2. Logistics for Next Meeting (Antonelli)
  3. Venues and Dates for Future CSG Meetings (Antonelli)
    Please see http://www.stonesoup.org/future.html
    for the current list.
9:15 VII. Short Discussion 2:  Metrics for IT Success
Coordinators:  Rebekah Dorn (FSU), John Mulhern III (Penn), Patti Pate (UVA), Patrick Johnson & Lauren Bruce (UW-Madison), Michael Worden (NYU)
10:15Break
10:45 VIII. Short Discussion 3:   How to support the special needs of Medical Schools
Coordinators:  Chris Shull (WashU) & Dima Tawakkol (UMich) & Heath Tuttle (UBuff) & Rick Haugerud (Nebraska) & Frank Mathew (Yale) & Jeff Latimer (FSU), Jeff Korab (UW-Madison), Lance Bolton and someone else (Iowa), someone from Michigan, Brett Bieber/someone from Nebraska
11:45 Adjourn

 
11:45 Lunch (box lunches available at 10:30)
Outside Room 601


Addendum A:
Short Workshop:  AI & Automation in Administrative Systems
Detailed Agenda

TBD

Addendum B: Short Workshop:  Future state of SIS: Real Options
Detailed Agenda

TBD

Addendum C: Short Workshop:  Trust as a Strategic Asset: Building and Sustaining Confidence in IT
Detailed Agenda

TBD