IT Strategies for 2021
Hear how IT leaders are combining what their organizations do well with new innovative technology to create a greater advantage as they face an uncertain future.
- 12:00 PM
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Description
The health and safety of our members is the UWEBC’s top priority. UW–Madison is monitoring the COVID-19 situation in collaboration with local, state and federal agencies. Based on campus' guidance, this meeting will be held via web only to allow our members a convenient and safe way to attend.
The December 2nd IT Peer Group meeting will allow members to learn and discuss various exciting new technologies and innovative opportunities. IT leaders are guiding their organizations into an uncertain future. The best are combining what their organizations do well with new innovative technology. We will cover the strategies that, even in uncertainty, create greater advantage. Our event will feature interactive roundtables so that attendees will get their questions answered. These are highly engaging and interactive sessions, where you can explore applications and implications of these technologies and assess its applicability within your organization.
Topics will likely include:
- Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
- Robotic Process Automation
- Internet of Things
- Cloud, DevOps and Agile Infrastructure
- Security and Risk Management
- Digital Workplace — The Future of Work
This meeting is the perfect opportunity to join your peers to exchange ideas, experiences, and visions of the future and collaboratively work on a future state of technology that will very soon be our reality. This is a fantastic opportunity to network and discuss with a great group of IT leaders how these emerging technologies will impact our organizations.
Agenda Items
| 9:00 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| Doug Barton, Director, UWEBC | |
| 9:10 AM | Staying Human Amid Digital Transformation |
| Dr. Steven Shepard, Keynote presenter and Author | |
| 9:40 AM | Analytics and AI |
| Neal Silbert, American Family Insurance | |
| 10:10 AM | End-to-end ML Workflows and Data Processing Pipelines in Cloud-native Environments |
| William Benton, Principal Product Architect, Nvidia | |
| 10:40 AM | Break |
| (10 Minutes) | |
| 10:50 AM | Building Analytics Teams |
| John Thompson, Global Head, Advanced Analytics & AI, CSL Behring (and Author) | |
| 11:25 AM | Questions and Roundtable Discussion |
| Dr. Steve Shepard, Neal Silbert, Will Benton, and John Thompson | |
| 11:55 AM | Wrap-up |
| Doug Barton, Director, UWEBC |