2022 Michigan IT Symposium

The 2022 Michigan IT Symposium was held November 16 and 17, co-chaired by Dush Fernando, Director of Support Services, LSA, and Asmat Noori, Assistant Director, ITS, with a total of 592 members of the Michigan IT community participating over both days. The first day of the Symposium was held virtually with a leadership message from Ravi Pendse, vice president for information technology and chief information officer, a keynote address entitled, “Transforming Relationships in Physical and Digital Spaces” by Dr. Tazin Daniels followed by a virtual poster session. Day 2 marked a return to the Michigan League for the first time since 2019 in a new hybrid format with 163 people attending in person and 310 participating virtually in 20 breakout sessions.

Providing a hybrid format required more coordination and resources but was very much appreciated by participants. Using Fourwaves, a new SaaS platform, allowed presenters and attendees new ways to experience all aspects of the symposium. As an all-in-one tool, it allowed presenters and participants to submit, register, and attend from a common interface. Many aspects proved worthwhile, and the planning committee appreciates everyone’s patience and flexibility in trying it out this year. The hybrid format allowed the flexibility needed to participate in the symposium in person, virtually, or both.

Sharing innovative topics and ideas and taking time out of your busy schedules to meet, learn and grow as a community was worthwhile for building a stronger Michigan IT - together.

Schedule of Events

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16

Time	Agenda
1 p.m.	WELCOME to the 9th Annual Michigan IT Symposium (video) – 2022 Symposium Co-Chairs: Dush Fernando, Director of Support Services, LSA Technology Services & Asmat Noori, Assistant Director, ITS Information Assurance; and members of the 2022 Planning Committee
1:15 p.m.	LEADERSHIP PRESENTATION (video) – Vice President for IT and CIO Ravi Pendse
1:45 p.m.	KEYNOTE SPEAKER (video) – Dr. Tazin Daniels, associate director at the U-M Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT)
2 p.m.	POSTER SESSION

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17

Time	Agenda
9:15 a.m.	WELCOME to Day 2 - A Reflection and An Encouragement (video) – Joel Iverson, ITS Marketing and Communications; Co-Event Coordinator & Communication Lead for the 2022 Michigan IT Symposium Planning Committee
9:40 a.m.	BREAKOUT SESSIONS Special Needs in a Digital Age: Using Technology to Create a More Accessible Classroom (video) Jonathan Gusmano, Michigan Law Bringing It All Together: Leveraging Interprofessional Education Competencies Data to Improve Teaching and Learning for Health Professions Students Pushyami Gundala, ITS | Jennifer Love, ITS Research Computing Package: What happens when people get the right resources? (video) Jeremy Hallum, ITS | Todd Raeker, ITS | Brock Palen, ITS Insights into Peer Reviews: A Text Analysis Pipeline Built on Google Cloud (video) Kapotaksha Das, ITS | Amber Dood, LSA | Lance Sloan, ITS | Kenny Moore, ITS Denodo Use Cases: How and why we used it Rachael Ristau, COE | Lisa Villarreal, COE | Amanda Nephew, COE | Andrea Bolash, COE
10:35 a.m.	BREAKOUT SESSION Putting the Spotlight on Web Privacy (video) Svetla Sytch, ITS | Christopher Billick, VP Communications | Klare Savka, ITS Preparing for a Crisis: An Introduction to Business Continuity and IT Disaster Recovery (video) Stephanie Henyard, ITS | Sasha Womble, ITS | Jessica Johnson, ITS How U-M Networks Enable the Future of Learning, Research, & Care (video) Eric Boyd, ITS How I learned to stop worrying about updates and love GitOps for Windows (video) Sage Belrose, ICPSR | Jared Cohn, ICPSR Platform, Presentations, & Tech, Oh, My! Going Hybrid for the ITS Teaching & Learning Fall Summits (video) Catherine Crouch, ITS | Melinda Kraft, ITS
11:30 a.m.	SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION Digital Vaccines - Can an A.I. enabled metaverse save us from ourselves? (video) Bhargav Sri Prakash, U-M Alum & Founder CEO of FriendsLearn
1:15 p.m.	BREAKOUT SESSION New Normal - Pandemic Changed the Expectations (Panel Discussion) (video) Panelists: Ana Austin, LSA | Nigel Melville, Ross | Benjamin Gottlieb, LSA • Moderated by: 2022 Symposium Co-Chairs - Dush Fernando, LSA | Asmat Noori, ITS Poster Flash Talks - Group 1 Using Ansible Tower to Replace Legacy Deployment Platform - Andrew Staley | HITS Discovering New Learning Tools with Canvas App Explorer - Matthew Jones | ITS Advances in Network Monitoring at the University of Michigan with perfSONAR - Ed Colone | ITS Poster Flash Talks - Group 2 Alumni Association DEI Intranet - Andrew Bloomfield | Alumni Association TeamDynamix Workflows and Reducing Complexity - Andrew Bloomfield | Alumni Association The MCommunity Transformation Project: Accessibility and DEI - Kyle Cochrane, ITS
2:10 p.m.	BREAKOUT SESSION Learn about the Community You are Part of - Michigan IT (video) Cathy Curley, LSA | Jennifer Herron, ITS | Joe Lubomirski, Dearborn ITS The Growth and Development of Research Secure Enclave Services (video) Jeremy Hallum, ITS Trifecta: Unlock Engagement, Creativity, & Digital Fluency via Adobe Creative Cloud (video) Angela Marocco, ITS Using Technology to Enable Inclusion (video) Chris Hable, ITS | Patrick Steffes, ITS | Victoria Green, ITS
3:05 p.m.	BREAKOUT SESSION Straight Talk: Using Strategic Comms for High Impact Results (video) Lisa Ahlgren, LSA | Krista Stelmaszek, Organizational Learning | Ellen Rambo, Organizational Learning From Copper to Cloud: Transforming U-M’s Telephone Service to the Modern Age Andrew Palms, ITS | Hideko Mills, ITS | Pradip Patel, ITS | Karen Winston-Brown, ITS | Joel Iverson, ITS The Value of Enterprise Salesforce (video) Larry Chaffee, ITS | David Schmitke, ITS | Ann Tuttle, ITS Making Course Management Easier with the New Canvas Course Manager (video) Pushyami Gundala, ITS | Samuel Sciolla, ITS | Melinda Kraft, ITS
4 p.m.	CLOSING REMARKS Diane Jones, Assistant Vice President of ITS Administration and Operations

About the Michigan IT Symposium

The annual Michigan IT Symposium provides sessions to create connections between community members, showcase the innovation occurring across our four U-M campuses, and dig deeper into the technology and solutions involved. The event is composed of multiple types of interactions, including plenary and breakout events, and poster sessions. It is open to all University of Michigan IT and technology professionals and advocates.

The Michigan IT Symposium is sponsored by the office of the VPIT-CIO. The symposium is one of several activities organized by the Michigan IT Steering Committee to build community and encourage collaboration among U-M’s 2,700 IT professionals.

The 2022 Michigan IT Symposium was the university’s ninth event of this kind. See past events.

The 2022 Michigan IT Symposium Planning Committee

Co-Chairs
Dush Fernando, Director of Support Services College of Literature, Science and the Arts, Technology Services
Asmat Noori, Assistant Director, ITS Information Assurance

Committee Members
Joel Iverson, ITS, Event Coordinator and Publicity/Marketing Coordinator
Kim Wooton, ITS, Event Coordinator
Alyssa Longo, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, Registration Coordinator
Brian Simko, Health Information Technology and Services, Poster Coordinator
Brian Slaght, College of Engineering, A/V Coordinator
Chris Taylor, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, A/V Coordinator
Gus Malmgren, Health Information Technology and Services, A/V Coordinator
Jennifer Herron, ITS, Presentation Coordinator
Jenny Kirshman, ITS, Poster Coordinator
Josh Simon, College of Literature, Science and the Arts TS, Member at Large
Kat Hanchon, ITS, Marketing and Communication Assistant Lisa Leutheuser, Ross School of Business IT, Registration Coordinator
Michelle Zuelke, ITS, Presentation Coordinator
Mike Jacobs, Health Information Technology and Services, Presentation Coordinator
Mrunmayi Kokardekar, ITS, Volunteer Coordinator
Raine Baker, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, A/V Coordinator
Tom Bray, Duderstadt Center Ground Connect, A/V Coordinator
Tom Knox, College of Engineering, Website Assistant