Agenda
Event Locations
The UMass IT Conference Reunion 2025 will be held across two main venues on the UMass Dartmouth campus:
- Charlton College of Business (CCB)
- Claire T. Carney Library (LIB)
All conference sessions and activities will take place in classrooms and meeting spaces within these two buildings. Please refer to the agenda below for activity locations.
| Time | Session | Location |
| 8:00am – 3:00pm | Registration / Check-in | CCB Lobby |
| 8:00am – 10:00am | Continental Breakfast | CCB Lobby |
| 9:45am – 9:50am | Welcoming Remarks with CIO Holger Dippel |
CCB-149
& streamed to CCB-247 |
| 9:50am – 10:20am | Moderated Fireside CIOs Chat |
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| 10:20am – 10:35am | How Much Do YOU Know? Kahoot! Activity (Or use Kahoot! app) |
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| 10:35am – 11:30am | Keynote | AI in Higher Education with Vala Afshar, Chief Digital Evangelist at Salesforce and UMass Lowell Alumnus |
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| 11:30am – 11:45am | Refreshment Break | CCB Lobby |
| 11:50am – 12:40pm | Breakout Session 1 |
CCB Classrooms |
| 12:40pm – 1:40pm | Lunch |
LIB Living Room |
| 1:45pm – 2:35pm | Breakout Session 2 |
CCB Classrooms & LIB Computer Lab |
| 2:35pm – 2:50pm | Refreshment Break | CCB Lobby |
| 2:50pm – 3:40pm | Breakout Session 3 |
CCB Classrooms |
| 3:45pm – 4:00pm | Wrap Up | CCB-149 |
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