Conference Schedule
Conference Schedule

Sunday, June 21:
5:30 P.M. Early Registration
6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. Reception - Marist College Historic Cornell Boathouse

Monday, June 22:
8:30 A.M. - 10:00 A.M. Continental Breakfast/Registration/Networking
10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. Nelly Goletti Theatre
  • Welcome and Keynote Speaker:
    • Nick Donofrio, IBM Fellow and Retired Executive Vice President for Innovation & Technology, IBM Corp
11:10 A.M. - 12:20 P.M. Nelly Goletti Theatre
  • Enterprise Computing: Bridging the gap to Generation-Y with RDz and zLINUX Web
    • David Douglas and Christine Davis, U of A
  • Education Advisory Council & Development & Use of DB2 Educational Material
    • Jasminder Singh, IBM, with Teng Moh, San Jose University, and Gene Fuh
Room 348
  • Bringing Open System and Open Source Software to Large-Scale Enterprise Systems
    • Chu Jong and Kyoungwon Suh, Ill. State University
  • Inclusion of Virtualization on the Mainframe in an Intro Mainframe Course
    • Cameron Seay, North Carolina Central University
Room 349
    In Search of the 21st Century Systems Programmer
    • Joseph Sinnott, Verizon
  • Mainframe Jobs at Verizon
    • Heather Bruchey, Verizon
12:20 P.M. - 1:20 P.M. Cabaret
  • Lunch
Room 348
  • Birds of a Feather Session:
    DB2 Education and Panel Discussion
    • Jasminder Singh, IBM and Gene Fuh, IBM
1:20 P.M. - 2:20 P.M. Nelly Goletti Theatre
  • IT Workforce Trends Implications for Curriculum & Hiring
    • Christine Bullen, Stevens Institute of Technology
Room 349
  • Enterprise Computing is more than just the mainframe
    • Linda Grigoleit, IBM
2:20 P.M. - 2:50 P.M. Nelly Goletti Theatre
  • Industry Panel Discussion
3:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. Nelly Goletti Theatre
  • Mainframe 2.0: Changing the way the mainframe is managed forever
    • Scott Fagen, CA
Room 348
  • Converged Networking for Next Generation Enterprise Data Centers
    • Casimer DeCusatis, IBM
Room 349
  • Ways to include Enterprise Computing content in current curriculum
    • Angelo Corridori, Marist College
3:30 P.M. - 3:50 P.M. Break
3:50 P.M. - 4:20 P.M. Nelly Goletti Theatre
  • Attaining the Next Edge in Data Center Resiliency and Energy Efficiency
    • Peter Curtis, Power Management Concepts
Room 348
  • Binghamton University Enterprise Computing Program
    • Merwyn Jones, Director of Linux Technology Center, Binghamton University
Room 349
  • Practice of Mainframe Education in Tongji University
    • Qin Liu and Jie Huang, Tongji University
      Presented by: Gene Fuh, IBM
4:30 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. Nelly Goletti Theatre
  • Curriculum Panel Discussion
Room 349
  • The Mettle Test: Demonstrating the Self-Optimizing & Self-Healing Capabilities of WebSphere on z/OS
    • Carl Parris, IBM
6:00 P.M. Buses leave for Dinner Cruise
6:30 P.M. - 9:30 P.M. Hudson River Dinner Cruise
10:00 P.M. Buses arrive back at Marist Campus

Tuesday, June 23:
8:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M. Continental Breakfast/Networking
9:00 A.M. - 9:30 A.M. Nelly Goletti Theatre
  • Top 10 "Declassified" Secrets and Community Favorites
    • Kathleen Pfeiffer and Don Resnik, IBM
Room 348
  • Business Oriented System Infrastructure Development Life Cycle for Enterprise Systems
    • Min Jiang. Illinois State University
Room 349
  • Mainframe Course Syllabus provided in Tongji University
    • Jinsong Feng
9:40 A.M. - 10:20 A.M. Nelly Goletti Theatre
  • Widener University and JP Morgan Experience Developing Large Systems Computing Program
    • Suk-Chung Yoon, Widener University and Noah Pascarell, JP Morgan Chase
Room 348
  • Undergraduates Exploring Enterprise Systems at Illinois State University
    • Justin Provost, Phil Maira and Ryan Hull, Illinois State University
Room 349
    Cloud Computing within the Enterprise
    • Andrea Greggo, IBM
10:20 A.M. - 10:40 A.M. Break
10:40 A.M. - 11:40 A.M. Nelly Goletti Theatre
  • IBM Global Technology Outlook
    • Guru Rao, IBM Research
11:40 A.M. - 12:20 A.M. Nelly Goletti Theatre
  • Student Panel Discussion
Room 348
  • Bringing FOSS to Enterprise Computing Systems - The Kuali Project
    • Andrew Austin, Illinois State University
Room 349
  • Skills demands of the New Age Enterprise IT
    • Arunn Ramadoss, Micro Focus
12:30 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. Cabaret
  • Sponsored Luncheon and Networking
Room 348
  • Evaluators Focus Group #1
Room 349
  • Evaluators Focus Group #2
2:00 P.M. Conference Closes