Sunday, June 14, 2015
Reception at the Marist College Historic Cornell Boathouse

5:30 PM

Early Registration

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Welcome Reception
Sponsored by Robbins Gioia

Monday, June 15, 2015
Student Center - Third Floor

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Registration and Continental Breakfast 
Sponsored by NewEra Software
– Student Center – 3rd Floor

9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

Welcome and Opening remarks
Roger Norton, Dean, Marist College 
– Nelly Goletti Theatre

9:20 AM - 10:20 AM

Keynote Speaker
Michael Desens, IBM Vice President and Business Line Executive, z Systems 
– Nelly Goletti Theatre

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

Coffee Break and Technology Showcase

10:40 AM - 11:10 AM

Concurrent Sessions

Additional Enhancements to the Powerful Web-based GUI Workflow to Assist with z/OS Platform Product Migration 
Marna Walle, IBM
– Room SC3102/3103

Online Enterprise Systems Classes for Matriculating Students
PCameron Seay, North Carolina A & T State University
– Room SC3104/3105

OpenPOWER Foundation: Opportunities for Education, Research and Collaboration
Misty Decker, IBM
– Room SC3101

11:20 AM - 12:00 PM

Concurrent Sessions

Panel Discussion: Cybersecurity Education
Casimer DeCusatis , Marist College
Alma Cole, Robbins Gioia
Aparicio Carranza, City Tech/CUNY
Christopher DeRobertis, IBM
Christopher Korpela, West Point Military Academy
Julie Raines, Marist College
– Room SC3102/3103

Teaching System z Assembly Language with VisibleZ
David Woolbright, Columbus State University
– Room SC3104/3105

Cognitive Computing on Z (Presentation and Demonstration)
Donna Dillenberger, Matthew Thoennes, IBM Watson Research
– Room SC3101

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Sponsored Lunch: Great Hall overlooking the Hudson River 
Sponsored by NewEra Software
– Student Center – 2nd Floor

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Keynote Speaker
Why Watson Worked: An Academic Perspective
Dr. Jim Hendler, RPI Tetherless World Professor of Computer and Cognitive Sciences
– Nelly Goletti Theatre

2:10 PM - 2:40 PM

Concurrent Sessions

Cloud Computing at the New York Times
Michael Buzzetti, New York Times
– Room SC3102/3103

z/OS Documentation: Navigating IBM Knowledge Center and Beyond
Sue Shumway, Toshiba Burns-Johnson, Rita Beisel, Geoffrey K. Smith, IBM
– Room SC3104/3105

Inciting Cloud Virtual Machine Reallocation with Supervised Machine Learning and Time Series Forecasts
Eli Dow, Clarkson University and IBM Research
– Room SC3101

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

Coffee Break and Technology Showcase

3:00 PM - 3:40 PM

Open Source Cloud Technology for Enterprise Computing
Brad Hinson, Red Hat
– Room SC3102/3103

Creating Learning Experiences for Undergraduate Students to Better Understand Production Management, Master Production Scheduling with the Enterprise Resource Planning Tool used in Classes at Farmingdale State College
Jill Anne O’Sullivan, SUNY Farmingdale
Gene Caiola, Synergy Resources

– Room SC3104/3105

Innovating with Chef Watson and Cognitive Computing
Patrick Wagstrom, IBM Watson Research
– Room SC3101

3:50 PM - 4:20 PM

Concurrent Sessions

Technology The Affordable Supercomputer
Harrison Carranza, Aparicio Carranza, Jose Reyes Alamo, CUNY, College of New York City
– Room SC3102/3103

Enterprise Computing - Hands On! (ECHO!)
Angelo Corridori, Marist College
– Room SC3104/3105

Test Engineers and Hackers - Common Threads
Christopher DeRobertis, IBM 
– Room SC3101

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Concurrent Sessions

Applying Cognitive Computing to Message Delivery in Enterprise Systems: A Multidisciplinary Team Approach
Ann DePaolo, Jodi Everdon, Barbara Neumann, Molly Stevens, IBM
– Room SC3102/3103

UMES and IBM: Preparing Students for an Enterprise Computing Testing Career
Abuobida Osman, University of Maryland Eastern Shore Paul Wojciak, IBM
– Room SC3104/3105

Open Platform for Network Functions Virtualization
Robert Cannistra, Marist College
– Room SC3101

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

FDR Presentation
Featured Speaker Dr. David Woolner, Marist College
– Nelly Goletti Theatre

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM 

Reception at "The Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential  
Library and Home"
Sponsored by IBM

Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Student Center - Third Floor

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Hot Breakfast: Great Hall overlooking the Hudson River
Sponsored by CA Technologies
– Student Center – 3rd Floor

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Keynote Speaker
Carrie Crot, Special Agent with the FBI, Cybersecurity
– Nelly Goletti Theatre

10:10 AM - 10:40 AM

Concurrent Sessions

Extending z/TPF using IBM API Management (APIM)
Mark Gambino, Jim Johnston, IBM
– Nelly Goletti Theatre

IBM z Systems Academic Initiative 2.0 - Scaling Up and Out
Don Resnik, Troy Crutcher, Greg Lacey, IBM
– Room SC3102/3103

The Integration of BeagleBone and Kali Linux for Wireless Network Attacks
Rachel Rackal, Christopher Robledo, Aparicio Carranza, CUNY,
New York City College of Technology
– Room SC3102/3103

z/OS – The New Disruptive Technology in Cloud
Frank DeGilio, IBM
– Room SC3101

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

Coffee Break and Technology Showcase

11:00 AM - 11:40 AM

Concurrent Sessions

Adopting Agile for Enterprise Software
Peter Melko, Joseph Bedell, Jason Breen, CA Technologies
– Room SC3102/3103

Virtual Computing Cloud for Education and Development
Paul Clark, Chu Jong, Central New Mexico Community College
– Room SC3104/3105

z13: Simultaneous Multithreading and System Level Testing
Ali Y. Duale, Dennis Wittig, Shailesh Gami, IBM
– Room SC3101

12:10 PM - 1:10 PM

Sponsored Lunch: Great Hall overlooking the Hudson River
Sponsored by CA Technologies
– Student Center – 3rd Floor

1:10 PM - 2:10 PM

Keynote Speaker
Dean Marsh, IBM Vice President, Client Success, IBM Analytic Solutions
– Nelly Goletti Theatre

2:20 PM - 3:10 PM

Student/Recent Hires Panel
Moderator: Alan Labouseur, Marist College Chris Ahmed, Marist College
Joseph Bedell, CA Technologies
Connor Bratten, Compuware
Jason Breen, CA Technologies
Michael Lyons, IBM
Emily Metruck, IBM
Steven Whyte, Verizon
– Nelly Goletti Theatre

3:10 PM

Closing Remarks
Roger Norton, Dean, Marist College
– Nelly Goletti Theatre