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Creating IT Futures: 2016 Summit

Creating IT Futures

CREATING IT FUTURES: 2016 SUMMIT (May 19-20, 2016 free for IT CTC faculty)

You are invited…

Who: Up to two IT CTC Faculty from each college (Note: a $300 (maximum) per faculty stipend to offset travel costs will be allocated upon delivery of receipts totaling up to $300 for faculty from Central, Eastern, North and South Western Washington to encourage attendance and engagement at this event) and select IT industry professionals.

Faculty who attended the May 15/16, 2015 IT Futures Summit will be given the two slots to attend. If faculty who did not attend that event register and those slots aren’t filled with the 2016 attendees, then their registration will be accepted in their place. Be sure to coordinate with your Academic or Workforce Administrator to ensure this attendance coordination is understood. If you want to send more than three educators from your college, please contact the Center at maureen.majury@bellevuecollege or call 425.564.4229.

What: Will be happening? This group will take up and complete issues that were addressed at the May 2015 Summit (held at the Mercer Island Community & Events Center), including:

  • Industry Panel discuss disruptive technologies impacting workforce and IT programs (robotics, automation, entertainment technology, security, hacking, web design/UX, and data analytics),
  • IBM Research, Dr. Yunyao Li, will present on SystemT: An Algebraic Approach to Declarative Information Extraction
  • the ten IT common courses that have been finalized and are now called CTC IT Courses (CTCIT proceeds the course title) and find out how every,
  • A robotic presentation by Spokane Valley’s Mark Neufville who will also demonstrate the Center’s NAO robot,
  • IT program marketing materials presentation,
  • Progress on the exploratory research of state robotics/drone workforce demand, curriculum, and academic and career pathways,
  • Hot topics and areas of interest for the IT faculty community,
  • And, assess how the IT Faculty Forum is being used.

The 2016 Agenda

Read Dr. Yunyao Li’s biography here…YunYao Li IBM

 

 

 

Where: Mercer Island Community & Event Center, 8236 SE 24th Street, Mercer Island, WA 98040/tel (206) 275-7609, The Mercer Room.

When: 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Thursday, May 19, 2016 & 10:0 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Friday, May 20, 2016

Why: Everyone has worked very hard to collaborate and create solutions that make it easier for IT faculty and students access and succeed in completing an IT program of study in the CTC system and enter the workforce prepared to meet employer needs. We need to continue our collective work together and explore and create new innovative solutions for our system.

Requirements:
1. After you register, you will be sent additional information as we near the event (with enough time if there is something to consider or work on). You will also receive an agenda for the two-day event as we come closer to the May event.
2. Register by Friday, April 29, 2016.
3. Review materials that will be sent to you before the Summit and be prepared to discuss, brainstorm, and make decisions.
4. If possible bring your laptop or tablet. There is wifi at the event.
Food will be provided (Thursday: breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack, Friday: breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack).
Recommended hotel: The Hyatt House near Bellevue College (easy access to 1-90, and then you can hop off and reach the Mercer Island Community Center very easily). However, for our out-of-town guests, with the stipend you can decide where you want to stay. Mention my name, the Center of Excellence, and Bellevue College to get the government rate.

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