Midwest Regional 2008: The Evolving Challenges Facing IT in Higher Ed

The 2008 Midwest Regional Conference, "New Directions in Higher Ed IT: Navigating the Course While Still Drawing the Map," will be held March 17–19 in Chicago. View the program and register by February 19 to save money with low early-bird rates.The conference will focus on these topic areas:

• Collaborate from Where You Are
• IT Agility for a Constantly Changing Environment
• IT Infrastructure: Adding Value and Helping Organizations Achieve Their Strategic Objectives
• Technology to Support Learning
• Libraries, Information Resources, and Literacy (New!)
• Corporate and Campus Solutions

Keynote Speakers

• Susan E. Metros, Deputy CIO & Associate Vice Provost, University of Southern California, Challenging IT Leaders to Mashup, Twitter, Tag, and Poke: New IT Strategies for a Digital Society
• Bradley Wheeler, Vice President for Information Technology & CIO and Professor of Information Systems, Kelley School of Business (Topic TBA)

Half-day preconference seminars will offer a close look at important current issues, such as essential privacy practices, rendering animations and images for more dynamic courses, and using communication as an effective leadership strategy.