Conference Themes

• Artificial Intelligence/Deep Learning/Automation

Our interest this year is looking into both the implementation of systems, successes and failures, as well as ethical issues surrounding these topics.

• Cloud Computing

Our interest in this topic is also on the practical side. What are companies doing with respect to their cloud infrastructures?  Are companies using public clouds, private clouds, or a hybrid of the two?  We're interested in hearing about the strategies behind these decisions, as well as successes and failures.

Features

• Presentation Awards for 1st & 2nd place in three catagories 

• Welcome video from Conference Committee

• Keynote presentations on Conference themes

• Invited speaker presentations

• Monday Evening Networking Event, a Virtual Wine Tasting

• Birds of a Feather Networking Sessions

• Seminars on the latest enterprise technologies

• Educational tracks for researchers, educators and students

• Panel discussions

• Sponsors' Rooms

Sample Topics

Research

• Open Mainframe Project
• The Future of Computing
• Cognitive Dynamic Software Defined Enterprise

Industry

• Advances in Higher Capacity in Fiber Optic Communication
• Securing Commercial Blockchain Networks
• IBM Design Thinking- Transforming z Systems

Curriculum

• Enterprise Computing Topics and their Integration into an Established Information Technology Program
• IBM Z Academic Initiative Update
• zD&T: Learning with a Personal Mainframe
• Online Enterprise Systems Classes for Matriculating Students