Agenda 2609

CSG Workshops and Business Meeting Agenda

Cornell University
23-25 September, 2026

Wednesday: CSG Short Workshops
Kerkorian Kemper Amphitheater, J Williard Marriott Executive Education Center

7:30 - 9:00	Breakfast Taylor & Rowe Rooms
9:00	Welcome & Conference Introduction (Kavita Bala, Charles Antonelli) Kerkorian Kemper Amphitheater
9:05	CSG Short Workshop: AI Cyber Resilience & Defense: Surviving and thriving under constant vulnerabilities and exploits Coordinators: Martin Sager (UMich) & Tracy Weber (ND), Ryan Horrisberger (Wisc), someone from Brown, Sean Dilda (Duke), Matt Bidlingmeyer (UMich), Damian Doyle (UVA), Keith Donnelly (UVA), Kelsey Cook (NYU), Mark Dieterich (Brown) Please see Addendum A for the detailed agenda.
10:45	Break
12:30	Adjourn

12:30 - 1:30	Lunch Taylor & Rowe Rooms

1:30	CSG Short Workshop: Unlocking Service Delivery Value Coordinators: William Cochran (ND) & Michael Warden (NYU), Rebekah Dorn (FSU), Larry Storey (UMN), Patti Pate (UVA), Rochelle Matthies (CU-Boulder), Frank Mathew (Yale), Amy Walter (WashU), Brett Bieber (Nebraska), Becky Joffrey (Cornell), Jamie Gutkowski (UW-Madison) Please see Addendum B for the detailed agenda. Kerkorian Kemper Amphitheater
3:15	Break
5:00	Adjourn

Wednesday: CSG Group Dinner
Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room and Terrace
136 Ho Plaza, 4th floor

Thursday: CSG Short Workshop
Kerkorian Kemper Amphitheater, J Williard Marriott Executive Education Center

7:30 - 9:00	Breakfast Taylor & Rowe Rooms
8:00 - 9:00	Steering Committee Breakfast Room C
9:00	CSG Short Workshop: Organizing Our Data with and for AI: Virtual and Traditional DataWarehouses, Data Curation Coordinators: Mark McCahill (Duke) & Donna Tatro (Princeton), Jess Langager/someone (ND), Charley Kneifel (Duke), Martin Sager (UMich), Angela Chen (UD), Ed Hill/Lance Bolton (Iowa), John Mulhern/someone (Penn) Please see Addendum C for the detailed agenda. Kerkorian Kemper Amphitheater
10:45	Break
12:30	Adjourn

12:30 - 1:45	Lunch Taylor & Rowe Rooms

12:45 - 1:30	Campus walking tour Tour departs from and returns to the J Williard Marriott Executive Education Center

Thursday: CSG Business Meeting
Kerkorian Kemper Amphitheater, J Williard Marriott Executive Education Center

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)
2:15	III. Short Discussion 1: AI tools check-in and outcomes Coordinators: Todd Shechter (UW-Madison), Carl Harris/someone (VT), Evan Levine (Duke), Kelsey Cook (NYU), Frank Mathew (Yale), John Mulhern III (Penn), Jenn Stedelin (WashU)
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
Inn at Taughannock Falls
2030 Gorge Rd, Trumansburg

5:15
5:30
6:00
7:00
8:30

Bus leaves the Statler for the Inn, via the falls
Bus leaves the Statler for the Inn, direct
Cocktails
Dinner
Buses leave the Inn for the Statler

Friday: CSG Business Meeting
Kerkorian Kemper Amphitheater, J Williard Marriott Executive Education Center

7:30 - 9:00	Breakfast Taylor & Rowe Rooms
9:00	VI. Organizational Issues (CSG Coordinator) Treasurer's Report (Pitt) Logistics for Next Meeting (Antonelli) 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: Rethinking Resilience for Mission-Critical SaaS Coordinators: Damian Doyle (UVA), Keith Donnelly (UVA), Tracy Weber/someone (ND), Michael/someone (NYU), Steve Duncan (Brown), Amad Sheikh (UD), Becky Joffrey/someone (Cornell), Dave Long (Iowa), Julie Schloss (Stanford), Kim Channpraseut (UW-Madison)
10:15	Break
10:45	VIII. Short Discussion 3: Quantum (need we say more?) Coordinators: Donna Tatro (Princeton) &, Becky Joffrey (Cornell), Mark McCahill (Duke), Tony Rimovsky & Brandon Rich (ND), Charles Kruger (Princeton) Please see Addendum F for the detailed agenda. Kerkorian Kemper Amphitheater
11:45	Adjourn

11:45	Lunch (box lunches available at 10:30) Outside Kerkorian Kemper Amphitheater

Addendum A: Short Workshop: AI Cyber Resilience & Defense: Surviving and thriving under constant vulnerabilities and exploits
Detailed Agenda

9:05 – 9:25 | The Why
Complexity and challenges of cybersecurity in higher ed
Martin Sager & Matt Bidlingmeyer

9:25 – 10:00 | Vulnerability Management
From vulnerability lists to real-world risk and action
Keith Donnelly & Ryan Horrisberger

10:00 – 10:45 | Layered Protections
VPN alternatives, observability, and faster response
Sean Dilda & Damian Doyle

10:45 – 11:15 | Break

11:15 – 12:00 | Culture
Expectation setting, sustainable security, and accountability
Matt Bidlingmeyer & Keith Donnelly

12:00 – 12:30 | Back to Basics / Open Discussion
What still works, what needs to change, and next steps
Tracy Weber & Kelsey Cook

Addendum B: Short Workshop: Unlocking Service Delivery Value
Detailed Agenda

TBD

Addendum C: Short Workshop: Organizing Our Data with and for AI: Virtual and Traditional DataWarehouses, Data Curation
Detailed Agenda

9:00  -  9:05 Introduction - Mark McCahill
9:05  -  9:25 Stage Setting / Survey Results - Satya Kunta
9:25  -  9:45 Case Study: Penn - Tim Bouffard
9:45  - 10:05 Case study: Notre Dame - Jessica Langager
10:05 - 10:25 room discussion: What are other schools doing?

10:30 - 10:50 BREAK

10:50 - 11:10 Case Study: ASU - Nate Wilken
11:10 - 11:30 Starting from all data silos - Charley Kneifel (Duke) / Martin Sager (UMich)
11:30 - 11:50 Governance Models: Data Warehouse+AI - Richard Biever (Duke) + Others
11:50 - 12:10 AI enabling your data warehouse, what is on the horizon? - Katie Staley
12:10 - 12:30 room discussion: Funding models, Return On Investment

12:30 C'est Fini

Addendum F: Short Discussion: Quantum (need we say more?)
Detailed Agenda

Quantum for Dummies
WWDD (What would Duke Do?)
What are vendors doing? 
What should we be doing?