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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)
LocationTitle
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 OptionsLocationTitlePresenter
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 2200 BAutomated Categorical Data Cleaning Using AILamis Ghoualmi
Option 3200 CMaintaining Positive Energy; Techniques to Stay Energized and Avoid Burnout in High-Demand ScenariosWill Ploskonka
Option 4200 DUsing Globus to Transfer Data within the National CyberinfrastructureGary Rogers
Option 5200 ENetInfra – 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 OptionsLocationTitlePresenter
*Option 1200 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 2200 BUnleashing the Potential of Microsoft Teams – From Chats to Channels and Project ManagementMultiple Presenters
Option 3200 CHuman AI: Demystifying Language Models Through Interactive ExperienceMikhael Loo
Option 4200 DThe National Institute for Computational Sciences – Its Role within the University and Contributions to the UT Community and Beyond Tabitha Samuel
Option 5200 ETechnology & Information Intertwined: Library services behind the scenesMultiple Presenters

15 Minute Break for Vendors & Networking


Lunch and OIT Keynote Session

Time LocationTitle
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 OptionsLocationTitlePresenter
Option 1200 ASharePoint, Power Apps, and Power Automate: Utilizing A5 to its Full CapacityMultiple Presenters
Option 2200 BRefactoring Legacy Applications and Migrating from On-Premises Infrastructure to Azure App ServiceMultiple Presenters
Option 3200 C
Laugh, Learn, Link: AI-powered Networking via Kahoot & SkyMikheal Loo
Option 4200 DGood Enough for Government Work – Software Development Practices for Non-DevelopersAdam Howard

Option 5200 EAutomating MacOS Configuration with Ansible – A Student-Driven ProjectMultiple Presenters

15 Minute Break for Vendors & Networking


2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Afternoon Breakout Session 2

Presentation OptionsLocationTitlePresenter
Option 1200 AThe Cross-Institutional Research Engagement Network (CIREN) for Cyberinfrastructure ProfessionalsLonnie D. Crosby
Option 2200 BUsing Open OnDemand in Your DatacenterTom Krobatsch
Option 3200 CTalk Tech Team UpMultiple Presenters
Option 4200 DUsing Conversational AI in a VR Classroom to Explore Languages, Literature, and the Late Medieval Anglo-Norman World Multiple Presenters
Option 5200 EBeyond the Cables: UTK’s Network WellnessGary Pickens

Networking, Community Fair, Raffle

TimeLocationTitlePresenter(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.