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CSG Workshops and Business Meeting Agenda

Duke University
24-26 September, 2024


Tuesday:  CSG Short Workshops
Ballroom CDE, JB Duke Hotel

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
The Marketplace 
9:00Welcome & Conference Introduction (Tracy Futhey or John Board)
Ballroom CDE
9:05 CSG Short Workshop:  State of enterprise architecture for higher ed
Coordinators:  Mary Stevens (Illinois), William Deigaard (TAMU), J.J. Du Chateau & Tomomi Imamura (UW-Madison), Tony Rimovsky (Notre Dame), Tanisha Raiford (NYU), Carl Harris (VT), Glenn Donaldson (OSU), Jeremiah Hackler (UMN)
Please see Addendum A for the detailed agenda.
10:45 Break
12:30Adjourn

  
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
The Marketplace

 
1:30 CSG Short Workshop: Strategic Infrastructure Planning for the next 5 years
Coordinators: Mark McCahill (Duke), Jim Jokl (UVa), Bill Allison (UC Berkeley), Kemal Badur (Chicago), John Mulhern III (Penn), William Deigaard (TAMU), Ben Rota (Harvard), Damian Doyle (UMBC)
Please see Addendum B for the detailed agenda.
Ballroom CDE
3:15
 Break
5:00 Adjourn

Tuesday: CSG Group Dinner
Picnic Barbecue

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


Wednesday:  CSG Short Workshop
Ballroom CDE, JB Duke Hotel

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
The Marketplace
8:00 - 9:00
 Steering Committee Breakfast
Boardroom A
9:00 CSG Short Workshop:  Research Computing: Services, Data, and Security
Coordinators: Jennifer Sparrow (NYU) & Sarah Christen (Cornell) & Amy Hovious (Illinois), Michael Stedelin (PennState), Steve Barnet (UW-Madison), Damian Doyle/someone (UMBC), David Raymond (VT); Josh Baller (UVa), Jeremy Hallum (UMich), Katie Kilroy (Duke), Ginger Breon (OSU), John Huffman (UD)
Please see Addendum C for the detailed agenda.
Ballroom CDE
10:45 Break
12:30 Adjourn

 
12:30 - 1:45 Lunch
The Marketplace


12:45 - 1:30
 Duke Quantum Center Tour & West Campus Walking Tour
Quantum Center tour departs from JB Duke Hotel lobby.
Walking tour meets John Board outside Ballroom CDE.

Wednesday:  CSG Business Meeting
Ballroom CDE, JB Duke Hotel

1:45             I. Introductory Remarks and Roll Call (Bridges for Christen)
1:50
 II. Short Slots and Breaking News (Bridges)
Steering/Membership Committee Issues (:05)
Workshop Summaries (:05)
Consortial Updates (:15)
2:15III. Short Discussion 1: Coordinating AI work within our IT unit(s)
Coordinators: Todd Shechter (UW-Madison), Brandon Rich (ND), somone from ASU, Tamara Walker (UW-Madison), John Mulhern III (Penn), Lynn Sanbe (OSU), Sam Daniel (UD)
3:15
 Break
3:45
 IV. Timely Topics and Gossip (Bridges)
Topics TBA
4:45 V. Topic Selection for Next Meeting (Bridges)
5:00 Adjourn

Wednesday: CSG Group Dinner
The Roof at The Durham

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 Business Meeting
Ballroom CDE, JB Duke Hotel

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
The Marketplace
9:00 VI. Organizational Issues (Bridges)
  1. Ratification of nominated new Stone Fellow Donna Kidwell (Bridges)
  2. Ratification of nominated new Steering Committee Member Ben Maddox (Bridges)
  3. Treasurer's Report (Antonelli for Fleagle)
  4. Logistics for Next Meeting (Antonelli)
  5. 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:  Strategic staffing and benchmarks: How do you build your future organization while running your current one? & IT Operating Models in a New Day
Coordinators:  Jane Livingston / Tracy Weber (Notre Dame) & Ben Maddox (Cornell), Mark Campbell (Penn State)
10:15Break
10:45 VIII. Short Discussion 3:   The future of student information systems; will we actually need a SIS?
Coordinators:  Tracy Weber (Notre Dame) & Carol Coupet (UVa) & Lynne Sanbe (OSU), Scott Owczarek & Kim Channpraseut (UW-Madison), Neha Bansal (Minnesota), Stephen Burke (Cornell), Jack Suess (UMBC)
11:45 Adjourn

 
11:45 Lunch (box lunches available at 10:30)
Outside Ballroom CDE


Addendum A: Short Workshop:  State of enterprise architecture for higher ed
Detailed Agenda

  1. Enterprise Architecture Session
  2. What is a modern architecture practice? (45 minutes)
    1. What does industry say
    2. How does that translate to in Higher Ed
    3. What are different types of practices
      1. Does central vs. distributed influence that
      2. Value of different types
    4. What architects do vs. people with just the title of architect.
      1. The role of architect
      2. Areas where people may do architecture but it isn't called architecture
  3. Architecture success stories (30 minutes)
    1. What does successful architecture look like?
    2. NYU
    3. TAMU
  4. Questions for the audience ( 10 minutes)
  5. Break time (30)
  6. Itana - what it is why it matters (5 minutes)
  7. How does an architecture practice integrate with other parts of the IT ecosystem (30 minutes)
    1. Panel
  8. Conway's Law (20)
  9. AI and Architecture (25)
    1. Architecture in a dynamic and rapidly changing environment
  10. Audience Engagement (15) (if necessary / there is time)
    1. Survey and other questions for the audience
    2. Questions the audience has for us


Addendum B: Short Workshop:  Strategic Infrastructure Planning for the next 5 years
Detailed Agenda


Addendum C: Short Workshop:  Research Computing: Services, Data, and Security
Detailed Agenda

  1. Introduction and Questions for the CSG Community
  2. Data Packrats: Research Storage, Growth, and Account Lifecycle: Michigan, Wisconsin Delaware
  3. Research Data Lifecycle Management Panel: VT, Duke, ND, Delaware, Michigan
  4. Research Services for all: Who are serving, what are we doing, and how are we lowering the barrier of entry: Duke, VT, PSU, ND, Illinois, UVA, NYU
  5. Wrap up and Go Do's