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Agenda

CSG Workshop and Meeting Agenda
Duke University
3-6 January 2006


Tuesday 3 January 2006
CSG Vendor Discussion
**OIT Offices, American Tobacco Campus 

**Transportation to CSG vendor discussion is on your own
**Please see http://www.stonesoup.org/Meetings/0601/atcparking.html
**for directions from the Thomas Center to the American Tobacco Campus


12:00   CSG Vendor Discussion:  Oracle
        Coordinator:  Michael Gettes
        Please see Addendum A for the detailed agenda.

6:00    Adjourn


Wednesday 4 January 2006
CSG Long Workshop
**Geneen Auditorium, Fuqua School of Business
**Registration outside Geneen Auditorium


8:30    Continental Breakfast
**Outside Geneen Auditorium, Fuqua School of Business

9:00    CSG Long Workshop:  Governance and funding of IT functions in research universities
**Geneen Auditorium, Fuqua School of Business
        Coordinators:  Jack McCredie, Bernard Gulachek, Jim Jokl,
                       Bill Clebsch, Alan Usas
        Please see Addendum B for the detailed agenda.

10:10   Break

12:00   Lunch
**Executive Dining Room, R. David Thomas Executive Conference Center

1:15    CSG Long Workshop (continued)
**Geneen Auditorium, Fuqua School of Business

3:15    Break

5:00    Adjourn


Group Dinner - Chamas Churrascaria, 905 W Main St, Durham (919 682 1309)
5:30 - 7:00    Bus(es) circulate between hotel and restaurant
5:45           Cocktails
6:30           Dinner
7:30 - 9:30    Bus(es) circulate between resturant and hotel


Thursday 5 January 2006
CSG Short Workshop and CSG Meeting
**Geneen Auditorium, Fuqua School of Business
**Registration outside Geneen Auditorium


7:30    Continental Breakfast
**Outside Geneen Auditorium, Fuqua School of Business

8:00    CSG Short Workshop:  PIM on parade
**Geneen Auditorium, Fuqua School of Business
        Coordinators:  Greg Jackson, Oren Sreebny, Gavin Eadie,
                       Paul Hill, Michael Gettes, Tim Gleason
        Please see Addendum C for the detailed agenda.

10:00   Break

12:00   Lunch
**Executive Dining Room, R. David Thomas Executive Conference Center

** Campus Walking Tour featuring Cameron Indoor Stadium and Duke Chapel
** Meet tour guide at Thomas Center main entrance
** Tour Leaves Thomas Center at 12:30
** Approx return to Thomas Center at 1:15


CSG Meeting
**Geneen Auditorium, Fuqua School of Business

1:30    I. Introductory Remarks (CSG Coordinator)


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

        Federated network testing and performance (Antonelli)
	uPortal Support (Stunden)
        Other items TBD


2:00    III. Policy Discussion 1:  Institutional processes and tools to
                                   assure that identity and identifiers
                                   are linked; initially, and over time
        Coordinators:  Bruce Vincent, Tom Barton, Gary Chapman


3:00    Break


3:30    IV. Chandler Update (McCredie)


4:00    V. OOOSS "Educore+" Discussion (Courant)


5:00    VI. Timely Topics and Gossip (Eadie)

        The following topics will be covered:

        Challenges/issues/costs/pains of implementing administrative applications/systems (Stunden)

        Others as time and interest allow.

        Please send other Topics to Gavin


5:30    Adjourn


Group Dinner - University Club, 3100 Tower Boulevard, Durham (919 493 8099)
5:30 - 7:00    Bus(es) circulate between hotel and restaurant
6:00           Cocktails
7:00           Dinner
8:30 - 9:30    Bus(es) circulate between resturant and hotel


Friday 6 January 2006
CSG Meeting (continued)
**Geneen Auditorium, Fuqua School of Business
**Registration outside Geneen Auditorium


7:30    Continental Breakfast
**Outside Geneen Auditorium, Fuqua School of Business


CSG Meeting
**Geneen Auditorium, Fuqua School of Business

8:00    VII. Organizational Issues (CSG Coordinator)

        A. Steering/Membership Committee Issues (Jackson)

        B. Treasurer's Report (Duwe)

        C. Logistics for Spring 2006 Meeting (Antonelli)
        (University of Wisconsin - Madison, 10-12 May 2006)

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


8:15    VIII. Session Proposals for Winter 2006 Meeting (Jackson)


9:00    Break


9:30    IX. Policy Discussion 2:  Continuity & recovery
        Coordinator:  Charlie Leonhardt


10:30   X. Policy Discussion 3:  Network security models
        Coordinators:  Bill Clebsch, someone from University of Chicago

 
11:30   Adjourn


11:30   Lunch (box lunches available)
**Registration Tables outside Geneen Auditorium, Fuqua School of Business


Addendum A:  CSG Vendor Discussion:  Oracle
             Detailed Agenda

11am-12pm: People arrive
12pm:      Lunch and start of Oracle presentation (presentation should be
           60-90 mins)
3pm:       Break
6pm:       End Meeting
6:30pm:    Cocktails served at Washington Duke Inn.  The Duke is located  
           across the street from the Thomas Center where most people are
           staying.   It's about a 5 minute walk.  There is parking if you
           want to drive over as well.
7pm:       Dinner for those who have responded with their order.  If you  
           have not responded then, well, um, ahem.

Dinner is provided by Oracle and there will likely be Oracle sales  
people attending the dinner as well.

Topics to be discussed are:

(1) Introduction to OCS 10g - Focus on Content Services, Records  
    Management, Workspaces, integration (incl. Portal, Web services,
    BPEL -- integration could be separate section altogether)

(2) OCS 10g management (installation, upgrades, high availability,  
    identity management)

(3) Calendar roadmap - Oracle DB, CalDAV, co-existence w/ exchange,  
    Mozilla, event calendars, Late Binding of Groups to Calendar Objects,
    External Management  of Groups, Feed formats for calendar events
    including RSS, iCal, etc

(4) Standardization effort and product plans for mobile email,  
    presence and voice

(5) Next Generation OCS - Vision, key requirements, architecture, fit  
    within Fusion, client and platform strategy


Addendum B:  CSG Long Workshop:  Governance and funding of IT functions in research universities
             Detailed Agenda

9:00 - 10:10   (a) An IT Governance framework  and (b) the results of the IT Governance, Funding, and Structure External Review Committee work at UC Berkeley - (Jack McCredie and Shel Waggener)

10:10 - 10:30 break

10:30 - 11:30 Institutional Views of Governance and Funding:
The format is "mini-panel" with Dr. Trask and Provost Lange each sharing their views on a series of questions posed by moderator, Jack McCredie, and from the floor.

11:30 - 12:00 Discussion of the CSG Governance and Funding Survey (Alan Usas)

12:00 - 1:15 Lunch

1:15 - 1:45 Observations about best practices in IT Governance, Architecture, and Procurement - the GAP model (From a presentation by Jonathan Murray - Vice President and European CTO, Microsoft Corporation)  McCredie, Jackson, and Waggener

1:45 - 2:15 Transition to a saner set of IT funding models - What will work going forward?  (Bill Clebsch)

2:15 - 3:15  Panel and discussion on emerging models at CSG universities
   * University of Minnesota (Bernard Gulachek)
   * Yale University (Phil Long)
   * University of Chicago (Greg Jackson)
   * University of Wisconsin service groups (Annie appoints or leads)

3:15 - 3:45 Break

3:45 - 4:45 Continuation of the panel and open discussion

4:45 - 5:00 Wrap up and next steps


Addendum C:  CSG Short Workshop:  PIM on parade
             Detailed Agenda

PIM on Parade: Dimensions and Degrees of Integration (Thursday 5 Jan 2006, 8am-12)

8am
Prologue: In which the characters and context are introduced, cables are connected, and so forth (G Jackson, Chicago)

8:15am
Act I: Triage and information lifecycles: An iterative approach to managing your personal information (M Yin, OSAF)

9am
Act II: Some Minimalist Approaches to Integration: Depending on the PDA, Exchange without Exchange, etc. (R Hanson, Wisconsin; T Gleason, Harvard)

10am
Break

10:15am
Act III: So where's the other end of the continuum, anyway? That is, what's the plausible endpoint we might call "integrated" if we could ever get there? What's the value of actually getting there? Or is this all a scam?
(G Jackson, Chicago; O Sreebny, Washington)

11am
Act IV: What standards or other common solutions are necessary for us to move forward, be they within domains such as calendaring or communications or contacts or interconnections among them, and what's the state of progress on those? What can we do to move things forward, if only for ourselves? (P Hill, MIT; G Eadie, Michigan)

Addendum D:  Venues and Dates for Future CSG Meetings

Spring 2006 (University of Wisconsin - Madison, 10-12 May 2006)
Fall   2006 (University of Delaware, 19-21 September 2006)
Winter 2007 (University of Southern California, 3-5 January 2007)
Spring 2007 (Columbia University, 9-11 May 2007)
Fall   2007 (MIT, 26-28 September 2007)
Winter 2008 Available! (9-11 January 2008)
Spring 2008 (University of Michigan, 14-16 May 2008)
Fall   2008 Available! (24-26 September 2008)