Connectivity 2020: McMaster IT Forum
Feb 20, 2020
8:30AM to 4:00PM
1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Canada
Date/Time
Date(s) - 20/02/2020
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Location
Peter George Centre for Living and Learning
Categories
Join us for Connectivity 2020: the 3rd Annual McMaster IT Forum! This year’s forum is sponsored by the Office of the AVP and CTO and promises to be an engaging opportunity for McMaster’s IT professionals and business partners to come together as One IT Community.
Connectivity 2020 will focus on themes of inclusion, collaboration, and transformative technologies, providing a fun and interactive setting to connect with peers as you learn about new technologies and cross-campus IT collaborations. McMaster AVP & CTO, Gayleen Gray, and President of Cisco Canada, Rola Dagher, will kick off the day of learning with an animated armchair discussion
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, network, and create a more inclusive tech community on campus!
REGISTER HERE.
Connectivity 2020 Agenda | February 20, 2020
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | PGCLL Atrium (ground level) | Registration & Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | PGCLL Auditorium (ground level) | Welcome + McMaster IT Strategy Update McMaster AVP & CTO, Gayleen Gray |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | PGCLL Auditorium (ground level) | Armchair Discussion on the ROI of DEI McMaster AVP & CTO, Gayleen Gray Rola Dagher, President of Cisco Canada |
| 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Level M Hallway | Networking Health Break |
| 10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | PGCLL M21 | Birds of a Feather This session will be an opportunity for IT community members to float between 13 informal presentation and discussion tables to find “birds of a feather” who share similar challenges or recognize shared opportunities. |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | CIBC Hall | Lunch
Ask Me Anything (AMA) |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | PGCLL M12 PGCLL M22 PGCLL M24 PGCLL M25 |
Deep Dive Concurrent sessions
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| 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Level M Hallway | Networking Health Break |
| 2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m | PGCLL M12 PGCLL M22 PGCLL M24 PGCLL M25 |
Deep Dive Concurrent sessions
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| 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m | PGCLL Auditorium (ground level) | Wrap-up Closing remarks & prize raffle |