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SessionTimes 

Description, Location, Presenters

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Reimagining IT:Ted Talk-Like Tech Updates
Tilden, 5th Floor MLK

ReIT will host Ted Talk-style sessions from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. to provide updates on various tactics that are currently in progress in support of the strategies and goals of our strategic plan. Here's the speaker line up:

  • David Greenbaum - Welcome, ReIT Update
  • Liz Marsh, Gabe Gonzalez, Barinder Dhillon-Flanagan - New Strategy on Diversity and Inclusion
  • Jenn Stringer - Digital Learning Strategy
  • Jeremy Rosenberg - Campus Security Strategy

Introduction to Restorative Justice in the Workplace
Stephens Lounge, 3rd Floor MLK | Presenter: Julie Shackford-Bradley & Martha Chavarin

This introductory workshop will open dialog about new trends in responding to workplace conflict and bias cases through Restorative Justice. Participants will consider how alternative processes offer people who have directly or indirectly experienced conflict or harm a way to express their needs, develop strategies for repairing harm and envision structural change.

Tell Me Game
Kerr Lobby, 3rd Floor MLK | Presenter: Aaron Culich & Kelly Werner

Teams are more effective and engaged when there is trust between members. Authentic conversation can build trust. Tell Me...is a card game designed to invite authentic conversation by facilitating: connection with each other by attentatively listening to group members talk about meaningful or light topics; connection with yourself by mindfully sensing your body, senses, and breath as you listen and speak. Created by one of our own Cal Bears, Kelly Werner, a clinical psychologist who received her Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD degrees here at UC Berkeley. For more information visit: Tell Me...

Panel: Student Voice
West Pauley, 3rd Floor MLK | Moderated by: Meggan Levitt & Anne Marie Richard

This is an opportunity to hear directly from a panel of UC Berkeley students on their technology experiences. A group of students will provide insights to the IT community on their needs, thoughts, and opinions on using or supporting different technologies, methods and tools.

Panelists (Major): Rebecca Zhuge (Poli Sci with Journalism minor), Riley Price (Math), Danny Toth (Computer Science with Data Science minor), Rohan Castelino (Mech Eng with German or EECS minor), Omar Esa (Undeclared), Marcela Lacayo (Ethnic Studies and Anthropology), Angel Klyce (Cognitive Science), Brenden Kallaby (Applied Math with Physics minor).

10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Reimagining IT: Ted Talk-Like Tech Updates
Tilden, 5th Floor MLK

ReIT will host Ted Talk-style sessions from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. to provide updates on various tactics that are currently in progress in support of the strategies and goals of our strategic plan. Here's the speaker line up:

  • Lyle Nevels - IT Service Level Assessment Framework
  • Jon Conhaim - Telling Our Story
  • David Greenbaum - Wrap-up

Get Ready to Be Secure!
Stephens Lounge, 3rd Floor MLK | Presenters: Allison Henry & Isaac Orr

Get Ready to bSecure! "The bSecure project is a joint initiative from the Network Operations & Services (NOS) and Information Security & Policy (ISP) teams. The mission of the bSecure project is to replace aging Campus firewall and VPN technologies, and offer additional threat prevention and enhanced security services on Campus networks. Data Center migration to the new Palo Alto Networks firewall service is well underway, with campus firewalls and VPN services to follow this summer and fall.

In this session, we’ll offer a live tour of the bSecure firewall management interface (“Panorama”) and demonstrate the “next generation” features that will protect your systems from today’s advanced security threats. We’ll cover the many benefits of bSecure, including:

  • Better security and simplified management with application and user based policies.
  • Secure VPN services including integration with CalNet 2-Step.
  • Firewall protection for departments of all sizes through the Shared Firewall Service.
  • Visibility into threats to your systems with detailed logging and reporting.

Come with your questions, and get ready to bSecure!

Enrollment Working Group - A Collaboration to Improve Enrollment at UC Berkeley
Kerr Lobby, 3rd Floor MLK | Presenter: Ben Hubbard, SIS Director of Service Design

The Enrollment Working Group (EWG) is a collaborative effort between the Council of Undergraduate Deans (CUD), Office of the Registrar (OR), Student Information Systems (SIS), and SMEs from campus units. Members of the EWG were asked to evaluate the enrollment experience at UC Berkeley, identify critical service improvements, plan/coordinate system updates, and engage our user community (e.g., students, instructors, and staff).

Panel: Women in IT
West Pauley, 3rd Floor MLK | Moderated by: Jenn Stringer

A panel of women leaders in IT at all levels of the UC organization will answer facilitated questions on their real life experiences with gender in the workplace and offer insights on ways to create broader environmental change. The audience will have an opportunity to ask questions as well. 

Panelists (Title, Organization/Department): Viji Murali (CIO & Vice Provost, UC-Davis), Marlita Kahn (Service Manager, IST-Architecture Platform & Integration), Patricia Donnelly (CIO & Assistant Dean, Instructional and Information Technology and Services - Berkeley Law),  Laurie Graham (Production Control Operations Manager, IST), Vanessa Kaskiris (Senior Technology Project Manager, Educational Technology Services), Barinder Flanagan (Director & Deputy CIO - Haas, School of Business), Traci Young (Program Manager, Student Computing at Cal), Lynne Grigsby (Head, Library IT), Peggy Huston (Chief Operating Officer for Campus Shared Services), Anne Marie Richard (Director, Student Technologies)