The 2020 Diana G. Oblinger Innovation Forum will explore the ways in which diversity accelerates and improves innovation and how to remove impediments to more diverse, equitable, and inclusive environments in higher education technology. Experts from industry and academia will explore how to reduce bias, build diverse and inclusive teams, and move beyond impediments to diversity, such as racism and ageism. Higher education technology leaders will reflect on their efforts to advance DEI in their organizations and institutions and higher education at large. The forum will provide you with new insights, new techniques, new allies, and new reasons to participate in advancing diversity.
Forum sessions will include:
Diverse and Inclusive Teams: The New Engines of Innovation
Frans Johansson, CEO, Medici Group
Technically Racist
Shaun Harper, Executive Director, University of Southern California Race and Equity Center
A Fireside Chat with Karen Catlin, author of "Better Allies"
Karen Catlin, Advocate for Inclusive Workplaces, Karen Catlin Consulting
How CIOs Can Accelerate Innovation through Diversity
Susan Grajek, Vice President, Communities and Research, EDUCAUSE
DP Harris, VP-CIO, Loma Linda University
Orlando Leon, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, California State University, Fresno
Jackie Malcolm, CIO and Vice President for Enrollment, Marketing, and Communications, SUNY Buffalo State
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
Jennifer Eberhardt, Social Psychologist