BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20160728T123000Z DTEND:20160728T140000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:IoT Roundtable Breakfast - July 28 DESCRIPTION:"IoT and Digitization of UT Dallas"\n\nFeaturing\, Scott Willett\, Associate Vice President\, UT Dallas\n\n\n\nSince joining the Office of Information Technology at UT Dallas just over a year ago\, the transformation of the Department has been on a fast track. Working with VP/CIO David Crain\, Scott Willett and his colleagues have brought together an entirely new leadership team\, and established new offices of Project Management\, Financial Services\, and Research Computing Shared Services.\n\n\n\nOne of the key projects being undertaken is the development of a complete digital campus experience incorporating the Internet of Things utilizing sensors\, mobile technologies\, digital signage\, smart learning\, and navigation all enhancing the campus experience.\n\n\n\nThis a joint project with the Department of Student Affairs\, the Student Council\, and the student workforce\, as they contribute their input to the success of the project. The range of smart IoT devices found at UT Dallas today includes e-books and tablets\; sensors in hallways\, entrances\, classroom spaces\, and campus vehicles\; all sorts of fitness bands and wearables\; virtual and augmented reality headsets\; robots\; video sensors\; and smart displays\, lights\, and locks. Our goal is to leverage all of these to provide the most robust experience possible the Comets of UTD!\n\n\n\nThe IoT benefits can be huge. If higher education fails to provide students with the advances and benefits of the IoT\, students will look elsewhere. The key is to design student\, faculty\, and administrator experience that will have the highest value for all parties involved. \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Scott Willett:\n\nScott Willett is the Associate Vice-President of Information Technology for the University of Texas at Dallas. As part of his duties\, Willett oversees the key areas of Project Management\, Research Computing\, Financial Services\, Customer Support and Enterprise Architecture.\n\n\n\nWillett is a seasoned Information Technology Executive with over 20 years experience in the field. He has served in multiple CIO roles in State governments in Kentucky and Missouri during a 15 year span.\n\n\n\nWillett joined Cisco Systems as a Senior Account Executive covering major accounts in government and higher education for 7 years during which he was able to modernize their infrastructure for unified communications and immersive video collaboration.\n\n\n\nHe has achieved numerous distinctions and awards throughout a diverse career\, and now brings that experience and accomplishment to the University of Texas at Dallas. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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\n"\;IoT and Digitization of UT Dallas"\;
\nFeaturing\, Scott Willett\, \;Associate Vice President\, UT Dallas
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\nSince joining the Office of Information Technology at UT Dallas just over a year ago\, the transformation of the Department has been on a fast track.  \;Working with VP/CIO David Crain\, Scott Willett and his colleagues have brought together an entirely new leadership team\, and established new offices of Project Management\, Financial Services\, and Research Computing Shared Services.
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\nOne of the key projects being undertaken is the development of a complete digital campus experience incorporating the Internet of Things utilizing sensors\, mobile technologies\, digital signage\, smart learning\, and navigation all enhancing the campus experience.
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\nThis a joint project with the Department of Student Affairs\, the Student Council\, and the student workforce\, as they contribute their input to the success of the project.  \;The range of smart IoT devices found at UT Dallas today includes e-books and tablets\; sensors in hallways\, entrances\, classroom spaces\, and campus vehicles\; all sorts of fitness bands and wearables\; virtual and augmented reality headsets\; robots\; video sensors\; and smart displays\, lights\, and locks.  \;Our goal is to leverage all of these to provide the most robust experience possible the Comets of UTD!
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\nThe IoT benefits can be huge. If higher education fails to provide students with the advances and benefits of the IoT\, students will look elsewhere. The key is to design student\, faculty\, and administrator experience that will have the highest value for all parties involved. \;
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\nAbout Scott Willett:\n
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Scott Willett is the Associate Vice-President of Information Technology for the University of Texas at Dallas.  \;As part of his duties\, Willett oversees the key areas of Project Management\, Research Computing\, Financial Services\, Customer Support and Enterprise Architecture.
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\nWillett is a seasoned Information Technology Executive with over 20 years experience in the field.  \;He has served in multiple CIO roles in State governments in Kentucky and Missouri during a 15 year span.
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\nWillett joined Cisco Systems as a Senior Account Executive covering major accounts in government and higher education for 7 years during which he was able to modernize their infrastructure for unified communications and immersive video collaboration.
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\nHe has achieved numerous distinctions and awards throughout a diverse career\, and now brings that experience and accomplishment to the University of Texas at Dallas.
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\n LOCATION:H5 Colo 12712 Park Central Dr # 200\, Dallas\, TX 75251 UID:e.9090.3238 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260422T110454Z URL:https://business.techtitans.org/events/details/iot-roundtable-breakfast-july-28-07-28-2016-3238 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR