AGENDA: 2025 Oklahoma Higher Ed IT Summit

Monday, May 19, 2025
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM	Breakfast & Registration
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Welcome and Opening Keynote by Chancellor Burrage
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Platinum Sponsor Keynote Presentation: Intelligent Assistants Start with Intelligent Content Most AI assistants fail because the content behind them is a mess. In this keynote, BIS will discuss why preparing your data—scanned files, policies, PDFs, databases, is the real key to making AI work in higher ed. Learn how to get your content RAG-ready and avoid building an assistant that can’t find answers. Tim McMullin, BIS
9:40 AM - 10:15 AM	AI and Technology Buzz Track - Room 113 Optimizing Network Operations and Security Kolten Spradley, NSU Eduardo Olivares, NSU	Cybersecurity, Governance, Risk, and Compliance Track - Room 109 Gold Sponsor Session: Post Quantum Cryptography: Securing the Future John Bruggeman, CBTS Mary LaMack, East Central University		Data All Over Track- Room 123 IPv4 blocklist deep dive: RIRs, ASNs, WHOIS, and PowerShell automation Greg Mackey, UCO		Leadership, Partnerships, Strategy & Support Track - Room 111 Power and Leadership for Project Managers Kevin Fitzgerald, OUHSC
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Break: Sponsored by Palo Alto Networks
10:45 AM - 11:20 AM	AI and Technology Buzz Track - Room 113 AI and Risk Assessments Jeremy Langston, OUHSC	Cybersecurity, Governance, Risk, and Compliance Track - Room 109 Decision-Making Series: Incident Response Workshop This tabletop exercise offers GLBA-compliant training for higher ed IT and security staff, focusing on DR, IR, and BCP. Participants will assess safeguards and response plans through realistic cyber threats to boost readiness and meet GLBA awareness and incident response standards. Jonathan Kimmitt, Alias Cybersecurity Justin Tate, SWOSU Timothy Wills, SWOSU Dian Ray, SWOSU		Data All Over Track- Room 123 Data Guardians & Green Machines: Crafting Sustainable Security in Higher Ed Shirley Griffith, OSU		Leadership, Partnerships, Strategy & Support Track - Room 111 AI-Powered Transformation and the Path to SaaS at Oral Roberts University Michael Mathews, ORU
11:25 AM - 12:00 PM	AI and Technology Buzz Track - Room 113 2 Eyes is Better with AI - Leveraging AI in AV systems Chris Burgin, OUHSC Mike Williams, OUHSC	Cybersecurity, Governance, Risk, and Compliance Track - Room 109 Decision-Making Series (TTX): Business Continuity Workshop This tabletop exercise offers GLBA-compliant training for higher ed IT and security staff, focusing on DR, IR, and BCP. Participants will assess safeguards and response plans through realistic cyber threats to boost readiness and meet GLBA awareness and incident response standards. Jonathan Kimmitt, Alias Cybersecurity Justin Tate, SWOSU Timothy Wills, SWOSU Dian Ray, SWOSU		Data All Over Track- Room 123 User Goal Tracking: Displaying User-based Reports in Slate Portals Van Porter, UCO Cristy Martin, UCO Dylan Schechtel, Carnegie		Leadership, Partnerships, Strategy & Support Track - Room 111 Business Strategy Management for Enterprise Information Technology Aaron Smith, OSU
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch Keynote: A Digitally Transformed University in the Next 5 Years Jim Claunch, Bain & Company
1:10 PM - 1:45 PM	AI and Technology Buzz Track - Room 113 AI 2: Where are we now? Adam Rubin, UCO	Cybersecurity, Governance, Risk, and Compliance Track - Room 109 Ransomware Case Studies Michael Mathews, ORU		Data All Over Track- Room 123 Affordable Research Data Storage in the Era of Data Deluge Henry Neeman, OU		Leadership, Partnerships, Strategy & Support Track - Room 111 Bridging RSI Compliance and Student Engagement: Instructional Design Strategies in Canvas Workshop Alisha Ridenour, SEOSU
1:50 PM - 2:25 PM	AI and Technology Buzz Track - Room 113 Gold Sponsor Session: SWOSU & Ferrilli Present – Intune, Autopilot, & Local Admin Case Study Justin Tate, SWOSU Stephen Breedwell, Ferrilli Cody Dirickson, SWOSU Timothy Wills, SWOSU Chey Hyman, SWOSU		Cybersecurity, Governance, Risk, and Compliance Track - Room 109 Protecting Your Institution’s Surface: Email Security, Threat Remediation and Best Practices Jessica Smith, NSUOK		Leadership, Partnerships, Strategy & Support Track - Room 111 From Service to Strategy: Strengthening Higher Ed Tech Support Through Relationships, Best Practices, and Accountability Randee Wilkinson, OU Anna Moore, OU
2:25 PM - 2:55 PM	Break
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Panel Discussion: Real Talk on Higher Ed IT: Challenges, Changes, & Charting the Path Forward Jonathan Kimmitt, Alias Cybersecurity Michael Mathews, ORU Dian Ray, SWOSU Mark Gower, UCO Amanda Keesee, University of Central Oklahoma Dr. Christine Ormsbee, Oklahomo State Michael Siftar, Tulsa CC Dennis Westman, Southeastern OK State University
4:10 PM - 4:45 PM	AI and Technology Buzz Track - Room 113 AI in Higher Education - An Instructional Technology Perspective Tomika Cox, OU		Cybersecurity, Governance, Risk, and Compliance Track - Room 109 Decision-Making Series: Disaster Recovery Workshop This tabletop exercise offers GLBA-compliant training for higher ed IT and security staff, focusing on DR, IR, and BCP. Participants will assess safeguards and response plans through realistic cyber threats to boost readiness and meet GLBA awareness and incident response standards. Jonathan Kimmitt, Alias Cybersecurity Justin Tate, SWOSU Timothy Wills, SWOSU Dian Ray, SWOSU		Data All Over Track- Room 123 Winning the War Against Data Fatigue in Cybersecurity Victor Ekwere Jnr, Oral Roberts University
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Evening Reception
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
8:00 AM - 8:25 AM	Breakfast & Registration
8:25 AM - 9:00 AM	AI and Technology Buzz Track - Room 113 Accelerating Your Mind in Times of Change - Disrupting the Disrupters Michael Mathews, ORU	Cybersecurity, Governance, Risk, and Compliance Track - Room 109 Evolving Challenges: The Lifecycle of Digital Risks in Higher Ed Courtney Bellah, OSU		Data All Over Track- Room 123 Data Detectives: Where is that Banner Data? Elizabeth Jones, UCO		Leadership, Partnerships, Strategy & Support Track - Room 111 Enhancing Endpoint Protection & Best Practices In Higher Education Joshua Campbell, NSU
9:10 AM - 9:45 AM	AI and Technology Buzz Track - Room 113 Fostering Collaboration: Building a Strong Library-IT Partnership to Enhance Student Resources and Services Julio Mata, UCO Nicole Sump-Crethar, UCO	Cybersecurity, Governance, Risk, and Compliance Track - Room 109 Building resilient infrastructure through system hardening Jonathan Brinkley, NSU Joshua Campbell, NSU		Data All Over Track- Room 123 Scheduling in Argos – Getting What You Want When You Want Troy Milligan, Redlands Community College		Leadership, Partnerships, Strategy & Support Track - Room 111 Strategies for Bridging the IT Talent Gap: From Pipeline to Promotion Victor Ekwere Jnr, Oral Roberts University
9:55 AM - 10:25 AM	Break
10:35 AM - 11:10 AM	AI and Technology Buzz Track - Room 113 Empowering Growth: Professional and Student Technology Skill Development at OU Michelle Meazell, OU Kevin Buck, OU	Cybersecurity, Governance, Risk, and Compliance Track - Room 109 Harnessing Digital Governance: Building a Framework to Empower Academic Partners Matt Barnes, OSU		Data All Over Track- Room 123 Enhancing New Student Enrollment Through CRM Recruit and Colleague Automated Provisioning at SWOSU Shamus Moore, SWOSU Erica Majors, SWOSU Dian Ray, SWOSU		Leadership, Partnerships, Strategy & Support Track - Room 111 Unleashing Your IT Team’s Potential by Leveraging New Technologies and Active Management Eduardo Olivares, NSU
11:20 AM - 11:55 AM	AI and Technology Buzz Track - Room 113 Understanding GenAI in the Classroom and Beyond Michael Hanegan, Rose State	Cybersecurity, Governance, Risk, and Compliance Track - Room 109 Zero Trust Heroes: IT Engineers Empowering Campus Leadership in GRC and Cybersecurity Landon Wynn, OSU		Data All Over Track- Room 123 Colleague - Schedule Student Restrictions Dynamically Allen Scroggins, Carl Albert State College		Leadership, Partnerships, Strategy & Support Track - Room 111 Securing Oklahoma through the Power of Community Celena Fisher, OMES OK-ISAC
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch Keynote & Prize Drawing : AI Readiness: From setting your institutional AI Ambition to how AI will impact the work of the Information Technologist Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is dramatically changing many aspects of work across industries. This session will discuss what it means to be an AI-First Organization, how to set your AI ambition, and how AI is changing the work of the information technologist. Gartner predicts that within this year (2025), 90% of service and support organizations will be using generative AI to improve operational efficiency, and that by 2026, GenAI will facilitate an increased use of other AI technologies (aside from GenAI) by 1,000%. Additionally, by 2028, more than 60% of search engines will be GenAI-driven and conversational, up from less than 20% today. Considering these predictions, we will discuss what we might do to help facilitate our enterprise AI ambition and what we can do as IT professionals, today and tomorrow, to successfully integrate AI into our organizations and into our own work. Dan Stoneman, Gartner