2017 Michigan IT Symposium photo viewbook

More than 500 people attended the 2017 Michigan IT Symposium. (Joel Iverson, ITS Communications) Click the image to enjoy the complete photo gallery from the event.
Dr. Andrew Rosenberg, CIO of Michigan Medicine, helped to welcome symposium attendees Tuesday morning. (Joel Iverson, ITS Communications)
Kim Cameron, William Russell Kelly Chair of Management and Organizations; Professor of Higher Education and Co-founder of Center for Positive Organizations at U-M served as the keynote speaker for this year's symposium. (Joel Iverson, ITS Communications)
Fifty-four posters were on display during the symposium. (Joel Iverson, ITS Communications) Click the image to enjoy the complete photo gallery from the event.
The poster preview and reception on Monday, November 20 served as a great introduction to the 2017 Michigan IT Symposium. (Joel Iverson, ITS Communications)
Chris Kretler and Luke Tracy exchanged ideas during the 2017 Michigan IT Symposium poster preview and reception. (Joel Iverson, ITS Communications)
Networking and sharing ideas across the U-M IT community is a goal of the Michigan IT Symposium. (Joel Iverson, ITS Communications) Click the image to enjoy the complete photo gallery from the event
Paul Wiklanski discusses his poster and the developments his team made leveraging Tableau capabilities during the 2017 Michigan IT Symposium poster session. (Joel Iverson, ITS Communications)
The annual Michigan IT Symposium offers attendees an opportunity to connect and share ideas. (Joel Iverson, ITS Communications)
Over lunch, participants gathered in several rooms throughout the Michigan League for Birds of a Feather conversations or to hold their own discussions about what they were learning. (Joel Iverson, ITS Communications)
Some colleagues gathered over lunch to discuss what they were learning. (Joel Iverson, ITS Communications)
A breakout session in the Mendelssohn Theatre: When "The Cloud" Fit and When It Didn't (Joel Iverson, ITS Communications)
Kerry Flynn, senior IT director from the Ross School of Business, presented "How to Transform an IT Department" during one of the afternoon breakout sessions. (Joel Iverson, ITS Communications)
115 people filled out a Michigan IT Academy survey at the symposium. Information from the survey will be used as a baseline to construct the Academy program. Organizers received interest from 63 people who expressed interest in helping to build the program. (Joel Iverson, ITS Communications)
Hands on training sessions exposed Symposium attendees to a sampling of what is possible in the cloud. (Joel Iverson, ITS Communications)
Sometimes you need to get comfortable to collaborate. (Joel Iverson, ITS Communications)

More than 500 IT professionals from across U-M came together on November 21–22, to celebrate the expertise, innovation, and talents of the Michigan IT community. We thank all those who attended either in person or online, and we hope you enjoyed the event. Posters and presentations from the symposium are available to view on the CIO website.

Look for a full report on the 2017 Michigan IT Symposium in February. In the meantime, take some time to enjoy the complete photo gallery from the event.

Just released: Watch video of the keynote presentation.
NOTE: A camera tracking issue occurs during the first two minutes and 30 seconds of this video. Audio is fine throughout.