Check in, grab breakfast, and say hello to fellow CIO and CTO colleagues at local universities.

Peter Moore, business strategist and technology adviser will address how to power through a transformational initiative leveraging the Four Zones Framework he co-developed. He'll also speak on how to cross the chasm in higher education to catch the next big wave of disruptive innovation.

From migration strategy to virtual desktops, disaster recovery, and infrastructure optimization, Kevin Epstein, Chief AWS Architect and Evangelist will present on cloud trends in the higher education space and his findings from leading dozens of cloud transformation projects. 

Ryan Matterson, Deputy CIO at Cal Poly and Michael Dobe, Ph.D., Senior Consultant at AWS discuss how Cal Poly, a nationally ranked university expects to save $3.5 million over three years by migrating to the cloud. 

Take a break for lunch and discussions with your peers and our presenters.

Attendees will participate in breakout sessions to discuss business challenges facing their institutions and possible solutions. Some topics may include: optimizing the costs of maintaining legacy systems, effectively aligning future IT investment priorities with critical business outcomes, getting organizational buy in for IT initiatives, the first steps to cloud adoption, and recruiting and developing the relevant IT skills and capabilities necessary to support the modern day higher education institution.

Learn more about professional service offerings and AWS funding programs available for higher education entities. We'll also close out the day by discussing what we learned from our breakout sessions and answer any and all questions you may have.