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Agenda

CSG Workshop and Meeting Agenda
Penn State University
11-13 May 2005


Wednesday 11 May 2005

CSG Workshop
**Room 206, Penn Stater Conference Center


8:30    Continental Breakfast
**Room 206, Penn Stater Conference Center

9:00    CSG Long Workshop:  Next generation media services & educational spaces
        Coordinators:  Oren Sreebny, Dan Updegrove, Tim Sigmon,
                       Chuck Powell, Kitty Bridges
        Please see Addendum A for the detailed agenda.

10:30   Break

12:00   Lunch
**Gardens Restaurant, Penn Stater Conference Center

1:00    CSG Long Workshop (continued)

3:00    Break

5:00    Adjourn

** IST Building Tour (led by building staff)
** Meet Tracy Leitzel at 5:45 in Nittany Lion Inn lobby, walk to IST Building
** Tour starts at 6:00 PM at the IST Building
** Tour ends at 7:00 PM

Group Dinner - Nittany Lion Inn
5:30 - 7:00    Bus circulates between conference center and inn
6:00           Cocktails
7:00           Dinner
8:30 - 9:30    Bus circulates between inn and conference center


Thursday 12 May 2005
CSG Workshop and CSG Meeting
**Room 206, Penn Stater Conference Center


7:30    Continental Breakfast
**Room 206, Penn Stater Conference Center

8:00    CSG Short Workshop:  Device convergence on campus
        Coordinators:  Paul Hill, Jim Jokl, Bob Johnson,
                       Charlie Leonhardt
        Please see Addendum B for the detailed agenda.

10:00   Break

12:00   Lunch
**President's Hall IV, Penn Stater Conference Center


CSG Meeting
**Forum Room 107, Penn Stater Conference Center

1:30    I. Introductory Remarks (CSG Coordinator)


1:35    II. Short Slots and Breaking News (CSG Coordinator)

        TBD

2:00    III. Policy Discussion 1:  Identity Management as a campus
                                   business process
        Coordinators:  Sandy Senti, Mike Gettes, Keith Hazelton

3:00    Break


3:30    IV. Chandler Update (Lam)


4:00    V. Timely Topics and Gossip (Eadie)

        The following topics will be covered:

        TBD

        Others as time and interest allow.

        Please send other Topics to Gavin


5:30    Adjourn

** Penn State Campus Tour (led by campus guides)
** Two half-hour walking tours, starting at 6:00 PM and at 6:30 PM
** Tours start and end at the the Alumni Center

Group Dinner - Hintz Family Alumni Center
5:30 - 7:00    Bus circulates between conference center and alumni center
6:00           Cocktails
7:00           Dinner
8:30 - 9:30    Bus circulates between alumni center and conference center


Friday 13 May 2005
CSG Meeting (continued)
**Forum Room 107, Penn Stater Conference Center


7:30    Continental Breakfast
**Forum Room 107, Penn Stater Conference Center


8:00    VI. Organizational Issues (CSG Coordinator)

        A. Election of CSG Coordinator

        B. Steering/Membership Committee Issues (Jackson)

        C. Treasurer's Report (Duwe)

        D. CSG Secretariat Renewal (CSG Coordinator)

        E. Logistics for Fall 2005 Meeting (Antonelli)
        (Carnegie-Mellon University, 21-23 September 2005)

        F. Venues and Dates for Future CSG Meetings (Antonelli)
        Please see Addendum C for the current list.


8:15    VII. Session Proposals for Fall 2005 Meeting (Jackson)

9:00    Break

9:30    VIII. Policy Discussion 2:  Organizational and staff development,
                                    Project management (two hours)
        Coordinators:  Annie Stunden, Tracy Futhey, Bill Clebsch, Larry Levine

        Introduction (Annie Stunden)
        Staff Strategy and Development (Bill Clebsch)
        Discussion
        Organizational Development from a Process Management Viewpoint (Carrie Regenstein)
        Discussion


11:30   Adjourn


11:30   Lunch (box lunches available)
**Forum Room 107, Penn Stater Conference Center


Addendum A:  CSG Long Workshop:  Next generation media services & educational spaces
             Detailed Agenda

Morning - New educational spaces (Dan Updegrove coordinating)
   - Big academic centers
   - Libraries/Stanford Wallenberg Center
   - Residential spaces
   - Penn State IS&T building
   - Issues associated with new technology in new buildings
   - panel discussion

Early afternoon - Software Spaces (Kitty Bridges coordinating)
   - Survey results
   - Connection Project
   - iSpace Project
   - Sakai as collaboration framework
   - Yale blog service

Late afternoon - Next generation media services (Chuck Powell coordinating)
   - plans for implementation of Croquet@ UW
   - Classroom videotaping/lecture capture
   - Media delivery (films)
   - Cdigix


Addendum B:  CSG Short Workshop:  Device convergence on campus
             Detailed Agenda

8:00 Setting the Stage (Paul Hill)
       - Introduction to the broad range of device and rich media convergence 
         (blending of typed text, hand writing, still and video cameras, OCR, voice 
         recording, and text to speech)
       - Metrics and the Market
       - Results of mini-survey to CSG Schools

     Device Convergence at MIT (Paul Hill)
       - MIT's IS&T support of email and calendaring on Palm devices (how and 
         why we reached our decisions)
       - MIT ITAG's architectural position regarding PDAs and Smartphones that 
         provides direction regarding these devices to software development teams 
       - MIT's Environmental Health and Safety system and its intended directions
       - Some information about iCampus projects that have used converged devices

9:00 Integration of VOIP and Video over IP and the extension of the wireless
     network at Dartmouth (Bob Johnson)
       - Access to content based on time and location
       - Virtual attendants
       - Video on demand for traveling faculty
       - Virtual office

9:30 The Future of Device Convergence (Jim Jokl)
       - Cellular, Wireless, VOIP

10:00 Break

10:30 E-Mail and Calendar Integration on Blackberry and Treo Handhelds
      at Georgetown (Dan Baker)			
       - Understanding the Blackberry Web Client Architecture
       - Integration of the Blackberry Web Client at Georgetown
       - Technical and Support Issues - Lessons Learned

11:00 Implementing a PDA Requirement at Georgetown School of Medicine (Brian Boston)
       - Patient and Clinical Encounter system (PACE) mobile application
       - Challenges in supporting PDAs without a requirement
       - Components of successful PDA requirement rollout

11:30 Summing Up:  Panel Discussion, Q&A


Addendum C:  Venues and Dates for Future CSG Meetings

Fall   2005 (Carnegie-Mellon University, 21-23 September 2005)
Winter 2006 (Duke University, 4-6 January 2006)
Spring 2006 (University of Wisconsin - Madison, 10-12 May 2006)
Fall   2006 (University of Delaware, 13-15 or 19-21 September 2006)
Winter 2007 Available!
Spring 2007 (Columbia University, 9-11 May 2007)
Fall   2007 (MIT, 26-28 September 2007)
Winter 2008 Available!