2024 UT IT Symposium Schedule
Scheduling Items to Note
- 15-minute breaks between sessions to provide you with time to visit vendors and converse with peers.
- Registration, information, and vendors will be open all day.
- The Lecture Hall will remain open and available for impromptu break-out sessions and conversation.
Jump to Scheduled Presentation Blocks
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Registration, Networking, and Opening Remarks |
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Morning Breakout Session 1 |
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Morning Breakout Session 2 |
11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch & OIT Keynote Session |
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Afternoon Breakout Session 1 |
2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Afternoon Breakout Session 2 |
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Networking, Community Fair, Raffle |
Registration, Networking, and Opening Remarks
Time (all sessions ET) | Location | Title |
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Lecture Hall Level 2 | Registration/Check-in, Breakfast, Networking |
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Park Exhibit Hall Concourse Level 2 | Vendors are open all day |
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Lecture Hall Level 2 | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
15 Minute Break for Vendors & Networking
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Morning Breakout Session 1
Presentation Options | Location | Title | Presenter |
Option 1* | 200 A | Discover the Benefits of UT Verse Chat AI for Teaching, Research, and Communication *session continues until 11:15 | Multiple Presenters |
Option 2 | 200 B | Automated Categorical Data Cleaning Using AI | Lamis Ghoualmi |
Option 3 | 200 C | Maintaining Positive Energy; Techniques to Stay Energized and Avoid Burnout in High-Demand Scenarios | Will Ploskonka |
Option 4 | 200 D | Using Globus to Transfer Data within the National Cyberinfrastructure | Gary Rogers |
Option 5 | 200 E | NetInfra – A Framework for Expressing Network Infrastructure as Code | Multiple Presenters |
15 Minute Break for Vendors & Networking
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Morning Breakout Session 2
Presentation Options | Location | Title | Presenter |
*Option 1 | 200 A | *…Session continued 9:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Discover the Benefits of UT Verse Chat AI for Teaching, Research, and Communication | Multiple Presenters |
Option 2 | 200 B | Unleashing the Potential of Microsoft Teams – From Chats to Channels and Project Management | Multiple Presenters |
Option 3 | 200 C | Human AI: Demystifying Language Models Through Interactive Experience | Mikhael Loo |
Option 4 | 200 D | The National Institute for Computational Sciences – Its Role within the University and Contributions to the UT Community and Beyond | Tabitha Samuel |
Option 5 | 200 E | Technology & Information Intertwined: Library services behind the scenes | Multiple Presenters |
15 Minute Break for Vendors & Networking
Lunch and OIT Keynote Session
Time | Location | Title |
11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Ballroom Level 3 | Box Lunch – Please register to reserve a meal |
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Ballroom Level 3 | State of OIT with Ramon Padilla & Dan Harder Watch the Streaming Session Online |
15 Minute Break for Vendors & Networking
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Afternoon Breakout Session 1
Presentation Options | Location | Title | Presenter |
Option 1 | 200 A | SharePoint, Power Apps, and Power Automate: Utilizing A5 to its Full Capacity | Multiple Presenters |
Option 2 | 200 B | Refactoring Legacy Applications and Migrating from On-Premises Infrastructure to Azure App Service | Multiple Presenters |
Option 3 | 200 C | Laugh, Learn, Link: AI-powered Networking via Kahoot & Sky | Mikheal Loo |
Option 4 | 200 D | Good Enough for Government Work – Software Development Practices for Non-Developers | Adam Howard |
Option 5 | 200 E | Automating MacOS Configuration with Ansible – A Student-Driven Project | Multiple Presenters |
15 Minute Break for Vendors & Networking
2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Afternoon Breakout Session 2
Presentation Options | Location | Title | Presenter |
Option 1 | 200 A | The Cross-Institutional Research Engagement Network (CIREN) for Cyberinfrastructure Professionals | Lonnie D. Crosby |
Option 2 | 200 B | Using Open OnDemand in Your Datacenter | Tom Krobatsch |
Option 3 | 200 C | Talk Tech Team Up | Multiple Presenters |
Option 4 | 200 D | Using Conversational AI in a VR Classroom to Explore Languages, Literature, and the Late Medieval Anglo-Norman World | Multiple Presenters |
Option 5 | 200 E | Beyond the Cables: UTK’s Network Wellness | Gary Pickens |
Networking, Community Fair, Raffle
Time | Location | Title | Presenter(s) |
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Ballroom Level 3 | Networking, Community Fair, Raffle | Ramon Padilla & Dan Harder |
Questions?
For Questions about this exciting symposium, please email the IT Symposium Committee at utitsymposium@utk.edu.