AGENDA: 2026 Oklahoma Higher Ed IT Summit

Monday, May 18, 2026
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM	Breakfast & Registration
8:30 AM - 8:35 AM	MC Welcome and Houeskeeping
8:35 AM - 8:40 AM	President Lamb Welcome
8:40 AM - 8:50 AM	Keynote Presentation by Chancellor Burrage
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	Featured Speaker: Tai Phan, Oklahoma Chief AI Officer
9:40 AM - 10:15 AM	Track 1: Resilient - Room 304 Mary Fallin The Rural Smart Campus: Navigating Modernization and the Digital Divide at the Edge Ricardo Brien, Oklahoma Panhandle State University, Goodwell Jerome Ortiz, Oklahoma Panhandle State University, Goodwell Daniel Byers, Oklahoma Panhandle State University, Goodwell	Track 2: Intelligent - Room 301 Robert S. Kerr Managing Varying Device Types with Microsoft Intune Stephen Breedwell, Ferrilli Justin Tate, SWOSU	Track 3: HX - Room 314 Henry Bellmon An employee recognition and engagement programs Dana Saliba, OU	Track 4: Value-Driven - Room 300 Carl Albert Synchronized IT: Balancing Operations and Projects with Lean Kanban Michael Manning, UCO
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Break Sponsored by Arctic Wolf
10:45 AM - 11:20 AM	Track 1: Resilient - Room 304 Mary Fallin Hardening your Campus Security Caleb Hulsey, Oral Roberts University Eberechukwu Mbam, Oral Roberts University	Track 2: Intelligent - Room 301 Robert S. Kerr Navigating an Intelligent Transfer Journey: Turning Student Data into Retention Strategy Hoda Soltani, OU	Track 3: HX - Room 314 Henry Bellmon Canvas Technical Deep Dive on Recent Security Incident Webinar	Track 4: Value-Driven - Room 300 Carl Albert From Patch Tool to Platform: How IUP Got More from a Tool They Already Owned Doug Thompson, Tanium Ben Dadson, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
11:25 AM - 12:00 PM	Featured Session: InfoTech - Top 5 CIO Priorities 2026 Mark Roman
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch Presentation Giovanni McKinney, Palo Alto Networks
1:10 PM - 1:45 PM	Track 1: Resilient - Room 304 Mary Fallin Operational Resilience: Detect–Repair–Validate Yeng Thao, NSU	Track 2: Intelligent - Room 301 Robert S. Kerr Numbers You Can Trust: Documenting Analytics in Higher Education Mark Gunter, OU	Track 3: HX - Room 314 Henry Bellmon AI for the Modern University: Redefining Efficiency in Higher Education Michael Mathews, ORU Stan Sargent, Clear Winds Technologies	Track 4: Value-Driven - Room 300 Carl Albert Transforming IT Teams by Rethinking Leadership: A Case Study Tim Whitley, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
1:50 PM - 2:25 PM	Track 1: Resilient - Room 304 Mary Fallin GLBA in a Box: Compliance Without Budget Jonathan Kimmitt, Alias Cybersecurity	Track 2: Intelligent - Room 301 Robert S. Kerr From AI Adoption to Institutional Trust: Designing Fair, Data-Informed Policies for the Intelligent Institution Alisha Ridenour, SEOSU	Track 3: HX - Room 314 Henry Bellmon From Fragile Integrations to Institutional Resilience: Modernizing Banner–LMS Data Exchange with ILP Kevin Boydstun, OU Tomika Cox, OU Michelle Meazell, OU Kevin Buck, OU	Track 4: Value-Driven - Room 300 Carl Albert Power and Leadership for Project Managers Kevin Fitzgerald, OUHSC
2:25 PM - 2:55 PM	Afternoon Break
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Featured Panel: Ideas are Easy, Action is Hard! InfoTech Facilitated Panel with CoIT Executive Committee John Hennessey, OSHRE Michael Mathews, ORU Richard Reif, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah Nishanth Rodrigues, University of Oklahoma, Norman Michael Siftar, Tulsa CC
4:15 PM - 4:50 PM	Track 1: Resilient - Room 304 Mary Fallin Stopping Impersonation at the Source: Strengthening Service Desk Identity Verification with OUIDPIN JEB Sheriff, OU	Track 2: Intelligent - Room 301 Robert S. Kerr OneOklahoma Cyberinfrastructure Initiative AI Consultants Program Henry Neeman, OU	Track 3: HX - Room 314 Henry Bellmon IT Media Services & Athletics: A High-Impact Campus Partnership Caleb Howard, UCO Julio Mata, UCO	Track 4: Value-Driven - Room 300 Carl Albert Beyond INFO Tables: Banner Table Documentation Gabriel Berres, NSU
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Evening Reception Sponsored by Howard Technologies
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Optional Attendee Meetup at The Mule
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
8:00 AM - 8:25 AM	Breakfast & Registration
8:25 AM - 9:00 AM	Keynote: Gideon DiMeglio
9:10 AM - 9:45 AM	Track 1: Resilient - Room 304 Mary Fallin Vulnerability Management in Higher Education: Pitfalls, Practices, and Real World Impact Joshua Shoffner, Oklahoma Baptist University Geoff Wilson, Go Security Pro Thomas Carter, Oklahoma Baptist University	Track 2: Intelligent - Room 301 Robert S. Kerr AI 3: A New Path Adam Rubin, UCO	Track 3: HX - Room 314 Henry Bellmon Visualizing ZIP Code Data with Power BI Joseph Cole, OU	Track 4: Value-Driven - Room 300 Carl Albert Crisis-Ready Leadership: Are you ready for the next pandemic? Dr. Victor Ekwere Jnr, Oral Roberts University
9:50 AM - 10:20 AM	Morning Break
10:25 AM - 11:00 AM	Track 1: Resilient - Room 304 Mary Fallin The Policy Playbook (Practical Implementation) April Dickson, University of Oklahoma JEB Sheriff, OU	Track 2: Intelligent - Room 301 Robert S. Kerr Google and UCO: Navigating the AI Journey Together Sonya Watkins, UCO Shane Cole, Google Mark Gower, UCO Amanda Keesee, UCO Michael Martin, UCO	Track 3: HX - Room 314 Henry Bellmon “It’s Fine. Everything’s Fine.” –Upgrading Colleague Servers Shamus Moore, SWOSU Dian Ray, SWOSU Justin Tate, SWOSU Ryan Henson, SWOSU	Track 4: Value-Driven - Room 300 Carl Albert Let's Talk about IT: IT Communication in Higher Ed Katie Couch, OU
11:05 AM - 12:05 PM	The Grand Finale - Summit Lightning Rounds Celena Fisher, OMES OK-ISAC Troy Milligan, Redlands Community College Michael Manning, UCO Kaitlyn McLaughlin, UCO Sonya Watkins, UCO Madeline Mitchell, UCO
12:05 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch & Prize Drawing