Parallel Sessions

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Monday, June 6, 2011 Parallel Sessions 1-5 11:00 - 12:00
Session 1. "In the cloud nobody knows you're a dog."
Jeremy Rosenberg, Simon Fraser University.

Location: MDCL 1105
Session 2. "Transforming Service Delivery-From Decentralized to Shared Services"
Janice Sisson and Marvin Kocay, University of Manitoba.

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Session 3. "The New National Dream: A Vision for Digital Infrastructure in Canada"
Rick Bunt and Jonathan Schaeffer, University of Saskatchewan.

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Session 4. "DNS Security for Dummies, Policy Makers and Engineers"
Russell Sutherland, University of Toronto.

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Session 5. "UVic TSC: Standardization Through Service"
Nav Bassi, University of Victoria.

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Monday, June 6, 2011 Parallel Sessions 6-10 2:45 - 3:45
Session 6. "The elephant who is usually not in the room: research computing"
a panel discussion with
  • Patricia Monger, McMaster University, facilitator
  • Rick Bunt, University of Saskatchewan
  • Hugh Couchman, McMaster University
  • Rob Thacker, St. Mary's University
Location: MDCL 1105

Session 7. "Implementing Drupal-Four Perspectives"
a panel discussion with

  • Richard Dumala, University of Windsor, facilitator
  • Eva Grabinski, University of Waterloo
  • Kris Olafson, University of Waterloo
  • Meron Hrycusko, Brock University
  • Vlad Pavlovic, University of Windsor
  • Karl Jarosweicz (McGill)
  • Andrew Lindsay (McGill)
(extended session-90 min. extends into PS3 time slot)

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Session 8. "Physiology of Information"
Michael Ridley, University of Guelph.

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Session 9. "A walk along identity manager way"
Matt Searle, University of Guelph and
"Web Access Management and SSO: Transitioning from Sun to Oracle"
Zdenek Nejedly, University of Guelph.

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Session 10. "Live Video Streaming: myths, challenges and how the cloud can help"
Nick Cameron, University of New Brunswick, St. John,and
"Deploying the Opencast Matterhorn Lecture Capture Solution"
Christopher Brooks and Keith Jeffery, University of Saskatchewan.

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Monday, June 6, 2011 Parallel Sessions 11-15 3:45 - 4:30
Session 11 . "Transforming the Instructional Landscape at the University of Alberta"
Scott Delinger, University of Alberta

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Session 12. Implementing Drupal - Four Perspectives
Continuation of session 7-panel on Implenting Drupal

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Session 13. "The New Wireless Network Edge - is Wired Ethernet passe?"
Guylain Briand, Pete Wood, Meru Networks (Platinum Sponsor)

Location: MDCL 1305/07
Session 14. "High Availability Without the Cluster (or the SAN)"
Josh Sekel, Brock University.

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Session 15. "Developing a Unified, Federated Deployment Framework"
James A. Peltier, Simon Fraser University

Location: MDCL 1309
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011 Parallel Sessions 16-20 10:15 - 11:15
Session 16. "Embarking on a LMS Switch-Approaches to the Selection Process"
  • Andrea Chappell, University of Waterloo
  • David Hinger, University of Lethbridge
  • Scott Delinger, University of Alberta
  • Maggie Lattuca, McGill University
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Session 17. "IT Security Hot Topics"
a panel of members of the CUCCIO special interest group on Security:

  • George Farah, Queen's University, Moderator
  • Jason Testart - University of Waterloo
  • Eric Van Wiltenberg -University of Victoria,
  • Gordie Mah - University of Alberta,
  • Gerrit Bos - University of Guelph,
  • Keir Novik - Simon Fraser University
Location: MDCL 1307
Session 18. "CANARIE's Next Mandate: Strengthening Canada's Vital Digital Infrastructure"
Mark Roman, CANARIE.

Location: MDCL 1305
Session 19. "Ongoing Strategic Adoption of 802.11n-Based Wireless Solutions at York University"
Ian Lumb, York University.

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Session 20."How can I help you?" Using IT to radically improve service to students"
Richard Spencer, University of British Columbia.

Location: MDCL 1309
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011 Parallel Sessions 21-25 11:15 - 12:15
Session 21. "The Road to fulfilling Legislative, Privacy, and Security Due Diligence-before arriving in the Cloud (and the many pit stops along the way)"
Gordie Mah, University of Alberta.

Location: MDCL 1105
Session 22. "Student Panel on Campus Technologies"
Courtney Sheppard, McMaster University.

Location: MDCL 1307
Session 23. "Integrating Central and Distributed IT Groups"
Simon Sharpe, University of Calgary.

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Session 24. "Deployment of IPv6 in Canadian higher education"
Eriks Rugelis, York University, facilitator, hosts panelists from participants in the pan-Canadian IPv6 working group constituted after CANHEIT 2010.

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Session 25. "Consultant in a Box-effective, efficient, amazing"
Andrzej Gadomski, Wilfrid Laurier University and
"Balancing Customer Service and IT Security-ITIL Based Solutions for a Service Desk Conundrum"
Stephen Hennessey, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011 Parallel Sessions 26-30 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Session 26. "Out of the Fog and into the Cloud: Memorial University's Cloud Computing Investigation"
  • Albert Norman, Memorial University of Newfoundland
  • Ashley Stirling, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Session 27. "SFU Wireless: Shifting Strategies to Address the Mobile World"
Craig Simons, Simon Fraser University.

Location: MDCL 1102
Session 28. "Payment Card Compliance and Lessons Learned"
  • Tim Russell, McMaster University
  • Stacey Farkas, McMaster University
  • Sharon Farnell, University of Western Ontario.
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Session 29. "Virtual Desktop Computing for Graphically and Computationally Resource Intensive Applications"
  • Michael Curwin, McMaster University
  • Thomas E. Doyle, McMaster University
Location: MDCL 1110
Session 30. "A new system for submission and review of research proposals: a comparison of in-house development vs. external software",
  • Sally Gray,Wilfrid Laurier University
  • Andrzej Gadomski, Wilfrid Laurier University
  • Gordon McDonald, Wilfrid Laurier University

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"Getting the lead out-The journey from paper forms to online surveys for course evaluations"

  • Lucia Costanzo, University of Guelph
  • Peter McCaskell, University of Guelph
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011 Parallel Sessions 31-35 4:00 - 4:45 pm
Session 31. Machine to Machine (M2M) Solution Enablement within the Education Sector, Mansell Nelson, Vice President, M2M, Rogers Wireless - Platinum sponsor.

Location: MDCL 1105
Session 32. "ERP Security-A Complex Balance"
George Farah, Queen's University.

Location: MDCL 1102
Session 33. "Small is the Next Big Thing: Supporting a Mobile Strategy"
  • Rick Bunt, University of Saskatchewan
  • Ed Pokraka, University of Saskatchewan
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Session 34. "McMaster Lab Virtualization, UTS and Ron Joyce Centre"
  • Laura Seely, McMaster University
  • Riley O'Brien, McMaster University
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Session 35. Dave Toonders, VMware - Platinum sponsor

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011 Parallel Sessions 36-40 10:00 - 10:45
Session 36. "The Portal is dead, long live the portal"
David Wolowicz, University of Victoria.

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Session 37. "DIY to CMS: Modernizing SFU's Web Presence"
  • Frances Atkinson, Simon Fraser University
  • Jeremy Rosenberg, Simon Fraser University
Location: MDCL 1307
Session 38. "Peering" Into the Future"
Jim Ghadbane, CANARIE.

Location: MDCL 1305
Session 39. "The Evolution of Adaptive Technology within The Commons at Memorial University"
Shawn Pendergast, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Location: MDCL 1110
Session 40. "The use of the Computer Systems Validation process as part of a Project Management Framework"
Paul McDonald, University of Guelph, Ontario Veterinary College.

Location: MDCL 1309
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011 Parallel Sessions 41-45 10:45 - 11:45
Session 41. "Building and Integrating Federated Applications", and "Deploying eduRoam on your Campus"
Chris Phillips, CANARIE.

Location: MDCL 1105
Session 42. "Maturing IT governance practices through effective PPM change management"
  • Sandro Gentile , Carleton University
  • Kiron D. Bondale, Solution Q Inc.
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Session 43. "A Comprehensive Client-Centered Approach to Prioritizing and Managing Development Projects"
Garry Sagert, University of Victoria.

Location: MDCL 1305
Session 44. A panel of special interest group members reporting on SIG activities (Instructional Technologies, Portal Technologies and Common CV).
Lori MacMullen, CUCCIO, facilitator.

Location: MDCL 1110
Session 45. "Malware Incident Strategies"
Jared Perry, Memorial University of Newfoundland,
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"Trend Micro deployment"
Kelvin Hwang, University of Windsor.

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