The eighth annual Michigan IT Symposium, “Moving Forward Together,” took place December 14–16, 2021. The three half-day virtual event offered something for everyone, hosting 16 breakout sessions, two spotlight sessions, and 36 poster presentations. Dr. Ravi Pendse, vice president and chief information officer for the university, kicked things off and closed out the symposium, hosting a leadership panel discussion about the role of technology in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and wrapping up a full schedule with closing remarks.
The 2021 breakout sessions spanned the subject areas of Research, Teaching & Learning, Precision Health & Patient Care, Knowledge, Administration, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and fit into one of the following categories:
- Adapting to a rapidly changing environment
- Projects and/or operational changes that have enhanced your services and systems
- Strategies and projects on the horizon
Videos of all 2021 Michigan Symposium breakout and spotlight sessions are now available. Below is a complete list of sessions broken out in alphabetical order by category. You are invited to take time to watch any sessions you may have missed and share presentations with your network to help promote the depth and breadth of knowledge and skill within the Michigan IT community.
2021 Breakout Session Recordings
Adapting to a rapidly changing environment
- Advancing Flexible and Resilient Networks
Eric Boyd | ITS
Areas of Focus: Teaching & Learning, Research, Knowledge, and Administration - Agile, Transformative, and Timely: How Fluency Direct Tested HITS and Providers During a Global Pandemic
Polly Wierzbicki & Barb Zimdars | Michigan Medicine HITS
Areas of Focus: Precision Health & Patient Care, Knowledge, and Administration - Data Citizenship: How do we get to YES when it comes to data management?
Audrey Schmidt | HITS; T. Charles Yun | SI; Vikki Hamilton | OUD; Andrea Bolash | CoE; Denise Stegall | University HR; Moderated by the 2021 Michigan IT Symposium Co-Chairs: Mandie Chapman | ITS and Dave Perhne | LSA
Areas of Focus: All - Data-Informed Decision Making Innovation: An ITS and Student Life Partnership
Amber MacKenzie | ITS & Jay Gandhi | Student Life Technology Services
Area of Focus: Teaching & Learning, Research, Knowledge, and Administration - How Four Academic CIOs Move IT Forward Together
Cassandra Callaghan, CIO | School of Dentistry; Cathleen Curley, CIO | LSA; Kerry Flynn, CIO | Ross School of Business; & Carrie Shumaker, CIO | UM-Dearborn
Areas of Focus: All - Simlab & MiVideo: The No Cost Solution For An Outdated Capture System
Melinda Kraft | ITS, Jim Auge | Medical School, Erik Alderink | Michigan Medicine
Area of Focus: Teaching & Learning
Projects and/or operational changes that have enhanced your services and system
- Automated Web Accessibility Testing Using Browser Automation and Continuous Integration
Michael Wheeler & Michael Skib | Center for Academic Innovation
Areas of Focus: Knowledge and DEI - Denodo Workshop – Part 1: Connect, Combine, Consume
Bryan Hartman, Jeff Jenkins, Dave McLaughlin, and campus partners
Areas of Focus: Research and Knowledge - Denodo Workshop – Part 2: Security & Administration
Bryan Hartman, Jeff Jenkins, Dave McLaughlin, and campus partners
Areas of Focus: Research and Knowledge - Enhancing EndPoint Protection
Kyle Cozad & Kevin Cheek | ITS
Area of Focus: Administration - Improving the Student Experience with My UM-Dearborn
Greta Valmassoi, Cole Motley, & Ethan Savage | Dearborn ITS
Areas of Focus: Knowledge and Administration - ORION: Observatory for Cyber-Risk Insights and Outages of Networks
Michalis Kallitsis | Merit
Areas of Focus: Research and Knowledge - Stop using Excel and Google Sheets as databases! Do this instead.
Mikhail Zolikoff | Michigan Medicine
Areas of Focus: Precision Health & Patient Care and Administration - Will you be ready when disaster strikes?
Stephanie Henyard, Jen Burch, Ed Thierbach, Nancy Medd, & Sasha Womble | ITS
Areas of Focus: Knowledge and Administration
Strategies and projects on the horizon
- Applications of Extended Reality Technologies for Simulation, Education, and Clinical Care Delivery at Michigan Medicine
Mark S. Cohen, MD, Taylor Kantor, & Candice Stegink | Michigan Medicine
Areas of Focus: All - Custom Software Development Service Advances LSA Research
Abbey Roelofs, Michael Egan, & David Wolfe | LSA Technology Services
Area of Focus: Research - Grouper at U-M Info and Panel Discussion
Chris Hable, Liam Hoekenga, Aimee Lahann, Gail Lift, & Brendan Dailey | ITS & Jesse Reets | LSA
Area of Focus: Knowledge - Hardware, Software, Infrastructure, and Equity
Emily Ravenwood | LSA Technology Services
Areas of Focus: Teaching & Learning and DEI - Recreating the Diag for Social Virtual Reality
Jeremy Nelson | Center for Academic Innovation & George Castle | Student – STAMPS School of Art and Design
Areas of Focus: Teaching & Learning and Knowledge - Workflow that Actually Works
Thomas Knox | College of Engineering & Anne Rickert | LSA
Areas of Focus: Knowledge and Administration
