Tentative Program Schedule

Tuesday, June 9

TIME
EVENT
LOCATION
3:00 – 6:00 PM
Registration - snacks and beverages available
Welcome package sponsored by: Ellucian
Festival Theatre - Lobby area
6:00 – 10:00 PM
Opening Reception & Social Mixer - Adam Hines
Sponsored by: Dell Technologies
Axe Lounge, Acadia Students' Union Building

Wednesday, June 10

TIME
EVENT
LOCATION
6:30 – 7:30 AM
Sunrise Event (Run, Walk, Outdoor Yoga)
Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens
8:00 – 8:45 AM
Breakfast
Sponsored by: AVI-SPL
KC Irving Environmental Science Centre - Garden Room
9:00 – 10:00 AM
Vendor Hall Setup
Beveridge Arts Centre (BAC) Level 2 Foyer
9:00 – 10:00 AM
Welcome and Keynote
Sponsored by: Arista Networks
BAC Room 244
10:00 – 10:30 AM
Nutrition Break
Sponsored by: Arista Networks
BAC Level 2 Foyer
10:30 – 11:15 AM
A - Tailoring Tabletop Exercises for your Entire Organization
Michael McGuire, Godrick Egbe Tambe, Sacha Evans (NSCC)
BAC Room 241
10:30 – 11:15 AM
B - From Six Tools to One: A Higher Ed IT Consolidation Story
Heather Meyers (Pathify)
BAC Room 239
10:30 – 11:15 AM
C - Digitizing UNB Transcripts
Julia Meneley and Trevor Thomas (UNB)
BAC Room 234
11:15 – 11:30 AM
Nutrition Break
Sponsored by: TouchNet/Global Payments
BAC Level 2 Foyer
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
A - AI Research Enablement & Scientific Impact (Panel Discussion)
Dana Sanderson (Former CIO - UPEI), Eric Novinscak (AI Global Technical Lead - Arista), Julian L’Enfant (Educational Developer, Educational Development & Technologies - Saint Mary’s University) and Danny Silver (Professor Emeritus - Acadia University, President - CogNova Technologies)
BAC Room 241
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
B - University Data Centre Transition
Robert Harrie, Jody Pace, Curtis Wambolt, Victoria Marcil (Dal)
BAC Room 239
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
C - From Standing Privilege to Just-In-Time Access: Implementing Microsoft PIM in a Hybrid Higher-Ed Environment
Abolaji Ogunmola (Holland College)
BAC Room 234
12:15 – 1:15 PM
Lunch
Sponsored by: Convergint x Genetec
Axe Lounge, Acadia Students' Union Building
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
A - Build Your Empire: Expanding from ITSM to Enterprise Service Management
Erin Tramble and Greg Serafinus (NSCC)

A - From Chaos to Calm~ish
Manjula Devaraj and Diane Oram (Dal)
BAC Room 241
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
B - The Red Team Pressure Test: Using AI to Stress-Test Strategy
Doug Langille (NSCC)

B - Implementing at CAI chatbot at the Saint Mary's Help Desk
Melanie More-Duckworth, Aditya Chopra (SMU)
BAC Room 239
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
C - Beyond the Phish: Building Holistic Cybersecurity Awareness training in Higher Ed
Blair T Sawler (NBCC)

C - From Compliance to Impact: Translating Cyber & AI Risk into Institutional Decision-Making
Darren Gallop
BAC Room 234
2:30 – 2:45 PM
Nutrition Break
Sponsored by: Konica
BAC Level 2 Foyer
2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
A - Leading Change in Higher Education: A Gartner Moderated Panel Discussion
Debra Christmas @ Gartner
BAC Room 241
2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
B - AI-Assisted Security Operations Using Elastic SIEM and Local AI Models
Nikhil Ajit (Acadia)
BAC Room 239
2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
C - Do More With Less: How Network Documentation Streamlined Our Operations
Adrian Cassidy and Ryan Geldart (NSCC)
BAC Room 234
3:30 – 5:00 PM
Vendor Showcase and Social
Highlighting local flavours. Stretch your legs and vocals.
BAC Level 2 Foyer
5:00 – 6:00 PM
Free time: explore Acadia and Wolfville on the way to dinner
BAC Level 2 Foyer
6:00 – 6:45 PM
Cocktails - String Quartet
Sponsored by: IMP/HPE Aruba
Devour!
6:45 – 8:00 PM
Banquet Dinner - String Quartet
Sponsored by: IMP/HPE Aruba
Devour!
8:00 - 11:00 PM
Main Entertainment - The Radical Soul Band
Sponsored by: Telus
Devour!

Thursday, June 11

TIME
EVENT
LOCATION
6:30 – 7:30 AM
Sunrise Event (Run, Walk, Outdoor Yoga)
Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens
8:00 – 8:45 AM
Breakfast - Crepe Bar
Sponsored by: Eastlink
KC Irving Environmental Science Centre - Garden Room
8:00 AM
Vendor Hall opens
Beveridge Arts Centre (BAC) Level 2 Foyer
9:00 – 9:45 AM
A - Retiring Legacy Reporting: Infrastructure, Governance, and Automation in a Microsoft Fabric Architecture
Rebal Mansoor (SMU)
BAC Room 241
9:00 – 9:45 AM
B - AI as Literacy: Rethinking How We Prepare Campus Communities for an AI-Native World
Doug Langille (NSCC)
BAC Room 239
9:00 – 9:45 AM
C - Re-org Roulette: Dalhousie University’s IT Reorganization Journey
Heather Fraser and Manjula Devaraj (Dal)
BAC Room 234
9:45 – 10:00 AM
Nutrition Break
Sponsored by: CDW
Beveridge Arts Centre (BAC) Level 2 Foyer
10:00 AM – 11:00 PM
A - Governance Starts with Access: A Leadership-Driven IT Audit Story
Heather LeBlanc and Annalee Brewer (UNB)

A - Ready, Set, Dashboards!
Duane Currie (Acadia)
BAC Room 241
10:00 AM – 11:00 PM
B - Using Docker to Manage the Acadia Library's Web Infrastructure
Josh d'Entremont (Acadia)

B - How we Utilized Eduroam Visitor Access (eVA) for Great Guest Wi-Fi
Tammy Zinck (Dal)
BAC Room 239
10:00 AM – 11:00 PM
C - Streamlining Device Deployment and Management with Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Intune) and Autopilot
Norm Findlay (SMU)

C - ClassTech It to the Next Level
Mick Bottom (Dal)
BAC Room 234
11:00 – 11:15 AM
Nutrition Break
Sponsored by: Belden
BAC Level 2 Foyer
11:15 AM
Vendor Hall closes
BAC Level 2 Foyer
11:15 – 11:30 AM
Conference wrap-up with prize giveaways
BAC Room 244
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Closing Keynote Session
Sponsored by: Fortinet
BAC Room 244
12:30 PM
Box Lunch and Goodbyes
Sponsored by: Softchoice
BAC Lobby and Café area