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CIO / Executive Team Special Dinner Event

(By invitation only)

The Annual NJEDge.Net Conference is hosting a special executive team dinner event, Wednesday November 2, 2005. CIO's are invited to bring their executive colleagues to explore the delivery and promise of business processes in higher education. We have crafted a unique program designed to stimulate critical thinking, explore developing trends and facilitate planning for institutional resources in these fast-changing times.

Our program will feature Dr. Robert Kvavik, Associate Vice President, University of Minnesota and Senior Fellow, EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research.

A short biography of Dr. Kvavik can be found here.

Dr. Kvavik will speak on his latest Educause study titled, "Good Enough! IT investment and business process performance in higher education."

What return has higher education received for its sizeable investment in improving its business processes? Further, have all the gains been wrung out of administrative process improvements or are there higher levels of process performance that can and should be attained? And are there additional gains to be had from existing technology and how can they be harvested? The answers are based on quantitative and qualitative survey data provided by 335 higher education institutions in the US and Canada.

Click here to download Dr. Kvavik's presentation slides (Microsoft PPT)

In addition Leslie Maltz, Deputy VP for IT Planning and Standards, Columbia University will guide our discussion following Dr. Kvavik's talk.

A short biography of Leslie Maltz can be found here.

This dinner program is an excellent opportunity for today's university executives who are facing major academic, fiscal, and cultural challenges in meeting the needs of today's students. Senior staff will have the opportunity to engage in discussion with national experts and colleagues to gain insight into fast-moving national trends and learn what others are doing to create a vital campus in a climate of restricted resources.

This event is by invitation only and open to each CIO and up to 2 members of the executive team per institution. There is no charge for this evening of dining and open discussion.

Earlier on Wednesday will be preconference workshops. Our formal conference begins the following morning and will include our fourth CIO Leadership Summit for those CIO's attending the conference. Any guest wishing to stay over and attend the main conference can register through our web site for the two-day conference.

The dinner is scheduled for 6:00 - 9:00 pm at the Harrison Conference Center at 900 Scudders Mill Road in Plainsboro, NJ.

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Please RSVP by October 15th.

CIO Registration Form

Please note: The leadership forum requires registration for the conference. Questions can be sent to Andre Sharrief at the NJEDge.Net office via email (Sharrief@njedge.net) or by calling her at 973 596-5491.

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CIO Leadership Forum

(By invitation only / conference registration required)

The NJ Higher Education Chief Information Officers are organizing the 4th CIO Leadership Forum at this year's NJEDge.Net Annual Conference. This peer event will run on Thursday, November 3, 2005 from 11:30 until 2:00, including lunch. This forum will provide an opportunity for you to network with your peers and rub elbows with Bob Kvavik Associate Vice President,University of Minnesota and Senior Fellow, EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research and Leslie Maltz of Columbia University.

The discussions will cover three topics:

1. Vendor Management, Michael V. McKay, Vice President for Information Technology Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. A review of the progress that has been made since the CIO February meeting; discussion of future courses of action and direction; and, presentation of an overview of the newly organized Vendor Management Office at Rutgers.
2. A follow up discussion on the promise and delivery of business processes with Bob Kvavik, University of Minnesota
3. A panel on the culture and politics of being a CIO in higher education today with Susan Bowen, Camden County College; Ed Chapel, Montclair State University; Joe Konopka, DeVry University

In addition to this exciting CIO Leadership Forum, the Annual NJEDge.Net Conference is hosting the executive team dinner event where institutions are encouraged to send key members of their executive team to explore the promise and delivery of business processes. We have crafted a unique program designed to stimulate critical thinking, explore developing trends and facilitate planning for institutional resources in these fast-changing times.

The CIO Forum is by invitation only and open to CIOs of NJ's colleges and universities attending the conference. Our conference begins with preconference workshops on Wednesday, followed by the executive team dinner. The formal program begins on Thursday morning and runs through Friday afternoon.

Of special interest to the CIOs is the concurrent track session on Policy Issues and Institutional Strategic Planning:

• Emerging Technologies, Leslie Maltz
• Student use of information technology in higher education: convenience, communications, and control, Bob Kvavik
• Dark Fiber, Panel

After registering for the conference, please register seperately for both the Leadership Forum and the CIO Dinner by October 15th. Each CIO may bring 2 additional members of the executive team at no cost, if you would like to registrar more than 2 please contact Sheri Prupis, prupis@njedge.net to work out payment.

CIO Registration Form

Please note: The leadership forum requires registration for the conference. Questions can be sent to Andre Sharrief at the NJEDge.Net office via email (Sharrief@njedge.net) or by calling her at 973 596-5491.

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