Podcasts and E07

In November of 2006, Brian Hawkins, EDUCAUSE President, announced his plans to retire from the presidency of EDUCAUSE at the end of the 2007•2008 academic year. At the 2007 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, he was asked to share the important lessons he has learned in his nearly 40-year career in higher education regarding management, leadership, and professional life. In this 42-minute podcast of that address, entitled "Learning To Drive (and Other Lessons Learned Along the Way)", he discusses issues including personnel management, professional development, and how to map a course for good leadership and a successful career.

In this 11 minute podcast, we feature a phone interview with David Ward, President of the American Council on Education. A leading spokesperson for American higher education, David Ward became the 11th president of the American Council on Education on September 1, 2001. Ward is chancellor emeritus of the University of Wisconsin•Madison and the former Charles Kendall Adams University Professor at UW•Madison. Ward participated in a panel session at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference entitled, "The Role of Information Technology in an Age of Access, Affordability, and Accountability".

In this 26 minute podcast, we feature an interview with Martin Ringle, Chief Technology Office at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. For more than 20 years, Marty Ringle has contributed to the higher education IT profession as a change agent, a collaborator, and an organizer. A deep believer in the role and mission of small liberal arts colleges, his career has been marked by his ability to meld diverse entities into a coherent whole. This interview was recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington.

In this 13 minute podcast, we feature an interview with Dr. Chris Adie, Academic Liaison Director for the College of Science and Engineering in the Information Services Group of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He provides a key strategic link between the College and Information Services, covering the entire portfolio of IT, Library, eLearning and learning spaces technology. Previous positions have included Head, Specialist Services Division of Edinburgh University Computing Services. A physicist by training, Chris has many years experience of software development in commercial and academic support roles.

This interview was conducted at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington. It was conducted by Bill Hogue, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer for the eight campuses of the University of South Carolina.

In this fifteen minute podcast, we feature an interview with Cedric Bennett, Emeritus Director for Information Security Services at Stanford University. Mr. Bennett also serves on the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force. We interviewed him at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington, where he was presenting a session entitled, "Stop, Drop, and Roll: Prevent and Douse Cyber Incidents".

In this 43 minute podcast, we feature a keynote speech by Bruce Schneier, author and Chief Technology Officer for BT Counterpane, Inc. This speech was delivered at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington on October 26th, 2007. It is entitled "Bruce Schneier on Information Security: Ten Trends".

Surveying current trends in information security, it’s clear that a myriad of forces are at work. But fundamentally, security is all about economics: both attacker and defender are trying to maximize the return on their investments. Economics can both explain why security fails so often and offer new solutions for its success. For example, often the people who could protect a system are not those who suffer the costs of failure. Changing these economic incentives will do more to improve security than will more technology.

This 11 minute podcast features a preview of the Policy and Security issues and sessions at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference with insights from Mark Luker, Vice President of EDUCAUSE and head of the EDUCAUSE office of government relations and policy analysis in Washington, DC; Rodney Petersen, Government Relations Officer with EDUCAUSE and Coordinator of the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force; and Steve Worona, Director of Policy and Networking Programs at EDUCAUSE and host of the EDUCAUSE Live! Webcast series.

Some helpful links for those attending the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference in Seattle: