Communications Infrastructure & Applications Community Group Top 10 IT Challenges

Friday, October 02, 2026 | 9:15AM–10:00AM MT | Mile High Ballroom 3C, Lower Level
Session Type: Breakout Session
Delivery Format: Panel Session
With over a thousand members, including executive directors, IT directors and managers, plus practitioners in communications and networking, we invite community groups to gather to discuss and address key connectivity and communication challenges commonly faced by our institutions. This session will solicit the top challenges currently faced by our community group members and collaboratively offer options to address them.

Presenters

  • Arthur Brant

    Chief Information Officer, McMurry University

  • Ryan Johnston

    Associate Director of Platform Engineering and Security, DePaul University

  • Mark Wehrle

    Technical Director of Unified Communications Technologies, University of Pennsylvania

Resources & Downloads

  • CIA Community Group Slides to facilitate discussion on the Top 10 IT Challenges at our institutions

    Updated on 10/1/2026