Collaboration for Innovation and Student Success
A Symposium for CAOs and CIOs
This symposium brings together chief academic officers (CAOs) and chief information officers (CIOs) to strengthen collaboration with a focus on integrating emerging technologies, including AI, to advance academic planning, improve student success, and strengthen data-informed decision-making.
Register today.The relationship between the CAO and the CIO is critical to ensure timely, effective, and financially responsible attention to our institution’s most critical student success issues.
To better understand and support this relationship, AASCU and EDUCAUSE will bring CAOs and CIOs together to gain knowledge and skills to bridge the gap between academic goals and IT capabilities, foster a culture of teamwork and shared vision, and build capacity to support academic priorities. Participants will learn about future trends and technological advancements in higher education and hear from institutional leaders supporting innovation and transformation on their campus.
Program Highlights:
- AASCU and EDUCAUSE partner to bring cutting-edge research, strategy, and tools
- Nationally recognized speakers with expertise in academic and IT planning
- Small venue to foster meaningful engagement with content
- Interactive sessions
Who Should Attend:
- Chief Academic Officers and Chief Information Officers from the same AASCU institution
- Institutions must be a member of both AASCU and EDUCAUSE
Benefits of Participation:
- Strengthen collaboration
- Leverage emerging technologies for academic planning and student success
- Improve data-informed decision making
- Understand future trends in higher education
Preliminary schedule
| 8-8:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:30-8:45 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions
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| 8:45-9:15 a.m. | The Changing Role of the CAO and CIO
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| 9:15-10:15 a.m. | Strengthening Collaboration
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| 10:15-10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30-11:45 a.m. | Collaboration to Prepare for Future Trends in Higher Education
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| 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. | Artificial Intelligence
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| 12:45-1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30-2:30 p.m. | Collaborating to Improve Data-Informed Decision-Making
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| 2:30-3:45 | Aligning Strategy to Student Needs: Technology Prioritization Informed by Student Voice
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| 3:45-4 p.m, | Break |
| 4-4:45 p.m. | Building Your Action Plan Part One |
| 4:45-5 p.m. | Day One Closing
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| 5-6:30 p.m. | Reception (Dinner on your own) |
| 8-8:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:30-8:45 a.m. | Welcome and Overview of Day Two
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| 8:45-10 a.m. | TBD |
| 10-10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15-11 a.m. | Collaborate to Leverage Emerging Technologies for Academic Planning and Student Success
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| 11 a.m.-11:15 a.m. | Break |
| 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | Building Your Action Plan Part Two |
| 12:15-12:30 p.m. | Closing |
| 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
confirmed speakers
Terry
Brown
Vice President of Academic Innovation and Transformation
AASCU
Thomas
Cavanagh
Vice Provost for Digital Learning
University of Central Florida
Christina
Hubbard
Managing Director, Digital Holistic Student Support
The Ada Center
Vince
Kellen
Chief Information Officer
University of California, San Diego
Vanessa
Kenon
Associate Vice President Technology Compliance and Community Engagement
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Andrew
Magliozzi
CEO
Mainstay
John
O’Brien
President and CEO
EDUCAUSE
David
Weil
Vice President, Information Technology & Analytics
Ithaca College (NY)
Benjamin
Wiles
Chief Student Success & Empowerment Officer
Clemson University (SC)
The deadline to register is Feb. 21, 2025.
The registration fee is $300 per person. Both the CAO and CIO from the same institution must participate.
Symposium Partner
Accommodations
The Viceroy
1430 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Room rate: $289 plus 15.95% tax per night
Check-in Time 3 p.m. / Check-out Time 12 p.m.
Cutoff: Monday, February 10
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