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Conference

The LSP Conference is scheduled for April 23 in Newcomb Hall.

The Spring Conference is your opportunity to get together with your fellow LSPs in a social and educational setting to learn about ongoing and upcoming technologies.

The working schedule is posted below.

LSP Conference Schedule

TIME PLACE EVENT
8:30 Newcomb Hall Third Floor Conference sign-in begins; coffee and breakfast snacks in South Meeting Room

9:00 South Meeting Room Morning Plenary Session:

  • Keynote Speaker: Karen Jackson, Director of the Commonwealth’s Office of Telework Promotion and Broadband Assistance
  • LSP-Pro Presentation
  • LSP Steering Committee election
  • ITC Announcements and other business

10:15 Commonwealth Room iKey Bootcamp

  • Tracy Smith, Associate Director, Communications and Systems, ITC

Are you an iKey veteran? Are you new to iKeys? iKeys are widely deployed at UVA for 2-Factor authentication. iKey Bootcamp will provide a comprehensive overview of iKey Authentication as a part of Identity Management along with tips on distribution, installation and use.


10:15 NHL 389 Key Server - Network License Services and Desktop Monitoring

  • Eric Field, Architecture School LSP
  • Jym Kelley, ITC Labs

Keyserver is a little tool with big results, enabling cost savings and ease of management for application software through a lightweight, cross-platform license serving system. It further enables extensive monitoring, reporting, auditing, and asset tracking of machines on your network to help discover what’s going on on your machines, track trends and make decisions about resource use and allocation.


10:15 Board Room Using HooView — UVa’s Digital Signage Network

  • Roxanne Chandler, Information Technology Specialist, ITC

HooView is a network-based LCD display system. Find out how schools and departments around Grounds are using this system to communicate information about upcoming events, daily news, and more, and find out how your department can join the network.


11:15 Commonwealth Room Student Information Systems: a high-level overview

  • Johann Reinicke, Student Informations Systems LSP
  • Teresa Wimmer, Student Informations System

Curious as to what technologies make up the new Student Information System and how they all work together? Teresa Wimmer and Johann Reinicke from the Student System Project will give a quick demonstration and overview of what the SIS looks like to Students, Faculty and Staff. Topics will focus on using the SIS portal, new document imaging technology and some tips to prepare you for the questions that you may receive from your users.


11:15 NHL 389 From MS Access forms to Adobe Flex applications

  • David Moody, Webmaster, Health Systems Library
  • Michael J. Prichard, President, WillowTree Consulting Group, Inc

A real world example of using Adobe Flex to modernize and improve a health data management system. Discover what Adobe Flex is and what it can do.


11:15 Board Room ITC Lab Transitions Roundtable

  • Stephanie Conley, Asst. Director for Instructional Technology, ITC

Stephanie will lead a round-table discussion on proposals to transition ITC computing labs to a virtual solution.


Noon Newcomb Hall Ballroom Lunch and LSP-Pro Awards

1:15 South Meeting Room From Windows XP to Windows 7

  • Kevin Dean, Microsoft Higher Ed

Come to this session to see what’s new in Windows 7, the next version of Windows for PCs. Windows 7 was built around your feedback, so you’ll see a lot of things you’ve asked for, such as making everyday tasks faster and easier, make your PC work the way you want it to, and make new things possible. See how all that is coming to life. We will also compare & contrast Windows 7 with Windows XP and Windows Vista.


1:15 Commonwealth Room Using the iPhone in the University

  • David Moody, Webmaster, Health Systems Library
  • Michael J. Prichard, President, WillowTree Consulting Group, Inc

A discussion on the iPhone SDK and its uses in an educational environment. For web site managers, discuss and see a demonstration regarding how existing web sites can be optimized to deliver great content to the iPhone.


1:15 Board Room Collab Course Management and SIS

  • Trisha Gordon, Portal Webmaster, ITC

This session will focus on course features in UVaCollab and work being done to integrate with the Student Information System (SIS) and how LSPs may assist their faculty with these systems.


2:15 South Meeting Room Capstone talk by James Hilton, VP/CIO