Western Regional 2008: The Balance Between Institutional and Individual User Needs

The 2008 Western Regional Conference, "One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Finding Practical and Innovative Solutions for Your Campus," will be held March 31–April 2 in San Francisco. View the program and register by March 3 to save money with low early-bird rates.

The conference will focus on these topic areas:

• Engaging Today's Learners
• Leadership and Management Challenges: Rapid Change, New Demands, and Limited Resources
• New Models for Providing Technology Services
• Corporate and Campus Solutions

General Session Speakers

• Up Against the Firewall
  Monday, March 31, 1:00–2:15 p.m.
  Brenda Laurel, Chair and Professor, Graduate Program in Design, California College of the Arts
  Rob Tow, Science and Technology Consultant, California College of the Arts
  
• Don't Download This Panel
  Wednesday, April 2, 10:45 a.m.–12:00 noon
  Closing panel with Kenneth C. Green, Campus Computing Project; Greg DePriest, NBC Universal Vice President, Technology Policy; and Fred Von Lohman, EFF Senior Staff Attorney; moderated by Kent Wada, Director, IT Policy, UCLA

Half-day preconference seminars will cover important issues such as privacy practices for academic organizations, effective leadership strategies, and fitting new technologies into existing infrastructures.