Call For Proposals

This type of session works best if your primary objective is to provide an overview of an innovative product or service. Select this delivery format if you want to showcase a product or service you implemented, built, or created. This is a great way to tell your “it worked for us” story. These will be 30-minute sessions. You may have a maximum of two presenters for this session type.

This type of session works best for presenters wanting to share opinions/thoughts on current, significant issues facing the profession. Critical conversation sessions involve the audience, and is a great opportunity for event attendees to share campus challenges and solutions through conversational exchange. By actively engaging audience participants in dialogue about hot topics or broad issues, presenters of these sessions will rely on the collective community experience among session attendees. These will be 30 or 45-minute in-person sessions. You may have a maximum of two facilitators for this session type.

These sessions are opportunities to share topics of interest, lessons learned, foresight, or case-making evidence related to a conference theme. Presenters, whether one person or a group, should include ways to actively engage the audience in the session. These will be either 30-minute or 45-minute in-person sessions. You may have a maximum of four presenters for this session type.

Workshops provide participants with a deeper examination of various topics, facilitated by leaders with extensive experience in those areas. They are highly interactive and give participants the chance to not only discuss in-depth approaches to challenges they are facing on campus, but share solutions and learn hands-on strategies to address the challenges on their campus. Preconference workshop presenters may receive modest compensation in the form of an honorarium and complimentary conference registration. Workshops will be scheduled the day prior to the main conference on Monday, October 9, 2023 and will be half- or full-day. You may have a maximum of four presenters.

Posters give participants and presenters the opportunity to share and examine problems, issues, and solutions in a casual, personal environment. Poster presenters are expected to engage with individuals, either one-on-one or in small groups, for short periods of time throughout the time slot allocated. Presenters will use a physical poster display to visually present their topics. These will be 45-minute sessions. You may have a maximum of two presenters for this session type.

Live sessions happen in real time, beginning at specific scheduled times within the online event platform. While watching the sessions, attendees can submit questions that presenters will have the opportunity to answer at the end of the session during a dedicated Q&A. These will be 20- or 45-minute sessions. You may have a maximum of two presenters for this session type.

Simulive presentations are prerecorded sessions that run at a scheduled time during the online program. These sessions are opportunities to share lessons learned, case studies, demonstrations/simulations of a technology or solution, and/or evidence of impact related to the proposed conference tracks. While the recording is being played, the presenters are actively engaged in the chat, answering questions and interacting with audience members throughout the 20-minute session. Because simulive sessions provide the opportunity for presenters to interact/answer questions in the chat pod, there will be no dedicated Q&A time, thus allowing the entire time for the recorded presentation. Note: Presenters will be required to attend their session on their scheduled date/time to monitor the chat. These will be 20-minute sessions. You may have a maximum of two presenters for this session type.

Lightning Talks give presenters the opportunity to share the highlights or core ideas of a topic in a fast-paced and lively (virtual) environment. These sessions are informal and interactive. Lightning Talk presenters are expected to present their short talk (5 mins) and then engage with attendees for Q&A (5 mins) A wide range of appropriate topics can be covered in a Lightning Talk, such as demonstrating the effect of a new tool or process at their institution or program, or the project itself. These will be 10-minute talks. You may have a maximum of two presenters for this session type.

Security, privacy, and compliance continue to be top-of-mind initiatives at each of our organizations. With the pace of change picking up speed and the focus on privacy and security at the start rather than as an afterthought, we seek proposals focused on strategic themes, as well as highly technical and tactical talks. Also welcomed are proposals relating to proactive initiatives to protect against increasingly sophisticated attacks and breach response events.

Explore the application of data, information, and analysis to institutional challenges. The goal? Build a data-informed culture to facilitate decision-making at all organizational levels and across all areas. Topics include data ethics, privacy, data literacy, and data-informed decision-making.

Where we work, how we work, and the work we do are changing. Our institutions are working hard to adapt to the financial, social, technological, and pandemic-driven changes in our workforce. Explore leading practices and lessons learned, discuss the future of employment, and engage with others facing similar challenges as our workforce and work continue to evolve.

The practices of IT service delivery and digital transformation rely on the successful convergence of information systems, cloud computing infrastructure, and a support-and-skills model that makes it all work across the breadth of higher education institutions, not just central IT. Modernizing infrastructures can increase agility and flexibility, bolster data protection, and encourage innovation. Topics in this track include infrastructure services and enterprise architecture/systems, as well as frameworks and strategies for effective, efficient IT service management, including agile, DevOps, ITIL, chatbots, and pedestrian ERPs.

Our organizations need to change, but technology and innovation can be disruptive. How is technology changing your organization? What’s new, what’s innovative, what’s next, and how can it serve higher education? Explore artificial intelligence, ubiquitous technology and connectivity, next-generation ERPs, digital transformation initiatives, and other emerging technologies as we look into the future together while discussing the impact innovation and cutting-edge technology are having now.

IT plays a key role in serving the needs of the entire institution. IT leadership must ensure that technology resources and efforts are strategically aligned with the institution’s vision and goals. Leaders must also ensure that the IT organization is a strategic partner in the operations of the institution. What successes or challenges have you experienced that would be helpful for your peers?

The digital student experience is evolving to support learners from recruitment and throughout their careers. Technology informs, supports, and transforms the way colleges and universities recruit, educate, and retain students and connect with alumni. Institutions with adaptable and student-centered technology designs can effectively connect students with the campus through engagement in institutional activities and academic success tools to enrich their experience. Explore the ways higher education has successfully responded to the changing expectations of learners, families, and alumni.

IT is a key partner in support of institutional research missions. IT supports aspects of research administration, such as pre- and post-award support, interaction with federal grant systems, regulatory compliance, intellectual property management, and infrastructure support for research activities, which includes centralized versus decentralized approaches, high-performance computing, advanced networking, informatics, and enabling multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and inter-institutional work.

What effective principles and practices for teaching and learning have you established? How have you anticipated/adjusted to the needs of your students, encouraged successful learning, or transformed student learning and engagement? Some areas of focus include artificial intelligence, learning analytics, learning tools, learning spaces, hybrid learning (learning modalities), and accessibility.

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