Schedule of Events
See below for session details!
Schedule by Room:
Stibbs | Rechler | Race | Qatar Ballroom
Stibbs 203
10:30am - 10:45pm | Welcome and Opening remarks
Mike Griffith | Director of Strategic Academic Technology Innovation and the Innovative Learning Center, Tulane University
Noel Wong | Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Tulane University
10:45am - 12:00pm | Keynote Panel: Our Future with AI
Carlos Pereira | Head of Governance & Policy, Meta
Kaleb Smith | Sr. Data Scientist and NVIDIA AI Technology Center-UF Site Lead, NVIDIA
Lukas Bukovich | Sr. Vice President of School Partnerships, Ocelot
Andy Lin | Vice President of Strategy and Innovation, Mark III Systems
Moderated by Mike Griffith
1:00pm - 2:00pm | AI in Academia, Healthcare, & Research
Abdallah “Alex” Attia | School of Medicine, Research Surgery, Machine Learning, AI Integration, TU4E1 Large Language Model for Medicine
Patrick Button | Director Connolly Alexander Institute for Data Science
Aron Culotta | Director, Center for Excellence in Community-Engaged AI
J. Quincy Brown | Associate Prof. Biomedical Engineering & Director, Tulane Center for Aging Spatial Multiomics Core
Moderated by Blaine Fisher - Instructional Technologist, Innovative Learning Center
2:00pm - 3:00pm | The State of Cybersecurity
Keith Rosprim | Customer Success Manager, Crowdstrike
Matt Singleton | Executive Strategist, Crowdstrike
Moderated by Jeremy Pelegrin - Chief Information Security Officer, Tulane University
Rechler 202
1:00pm - 2:00pm | Design Your Destiny: Maximizing Adobe Resources to Elevate Your College to Career Journey
Eric Rowse | Senior Solutions Consultant, Adobe
Sarah Van Oss | Career Educator, Tulane Career Services
Kayla Sturm | Career Educator, Tulane Career Services
Moderated by Steven Watson - Senior Customer Success Manager, Adobe
2:00pm - 3:00pm | Immersive Education: Exploring the Role of VR/AR in Higher Ed and Implementation at Tulane
Kay McLennan | Senior Professor of Practice, Business and Leadership Studies, Tulane School of Professional Advancement
Abeer Al-Mohsen | Assistant Director of Language Education, Tulane School of Liberal Arts
Eric Anderson | Technical Support Specialist, Tulane School of Liberal Arts
Roxanne Davila | Associate Dean for Language Pedagogy and Initiatives Senior Professor of Practice, Tulane School of Liberal Arts
Madeline Kawanaka | Career Consultant, A.B. Freeman School of Business
Moderated by Rebecca Rouse - Associate Director, Professor of Practice, Emergency & Security Studies, Tulane School of Professional Advancement
Race 201
12:00pm - 1:00pm | Digital Twins & NVIDIA Omniverse Workshop – Mark III/HPE/NVIDIA
In this hour long workshop, Mark III (HPE/NVIDIA Elite Partner) will overview and live demo the process of building 3D assets from the ground up to baseline the path to building a digital twin, in this case, a smart hospital room. This technique and motion could be applied to any digital twin initiative or research at Tulane from architecture to engineering to health/life sciences research and beyond. Tooling used in this session will include Blender, NVIDIA Omniverse Nucleus, NVIDIA Omniverse USD Composer, HPE systems with NVIDIA GPUs, and will include multiple ways to collaboratively build and view the 3D scene, including AR/VR.
Facilitated by Robert Rios, Mark III Systems
1:00pm - 2:00pm | Generative AI for Accessible Education: Initiatives and Applications
Samone Collins | Digital Accessibility Coordinator, Tulane University Goldman Center
Sarah Moore | Learning Specialist, Tulane University Goldman Center
2:00pm - 3:00pm | Unlocking the power of AI: Top Hat Ace
Sumi Voora | Course Implementation Specialist, Top Hat
Adrian Gazzoli | Senior Product Manager, Top Hat
Hong Bui | Chief Product Officer, Top hat
Moderated by Spencer Cheng - Senior Customer Success Manager, Top Hat
Qatar Ballroom
Coffee and water will be available throughout the day.
Lunch refreshments will be provided following the the keynote.
Lightning Talks
10am - 10:30am | Virtual Reality Station with Blaine Fisher
11:15am | HELP!!!.edu by Angel Williams
11:35am | Take a Tour: Tulane Libraries Digital Collection by Sean Knowlton
12:00pm | Hacking Multifactor Authentication by Rob Tompkins
12:00pm - 1:00pm | Virtual Reality Station with Blaine Fisher
12:15pm | Driving Student Engagement with ShareStream Playback Experience by David Weinstein
12:30pm | Cybersecurity Concerns with AI: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly by Rob Tompkins
1:00pm | Name Identity Likeness with Tulane Cybersecurity Team
1:15pm | InfoSec IQ: Cybersecurity Awareness Overview by Janet Bode
1:30pm | WaveWorks!: Tulane’s Transformative Journey to the Cloud by Judy Vitrano
2:00pm | Secure Networking with WireGuard: A Deep Dive by Kris Knight
2:30pm | Securing Research: InfoSec Synergies by Adrian Fleenor