TKF 2018 Call for Presentations Now Open
Apply to Present at TKF 2018
Fill out our call for presentations online application form to submit your application to present, teach, or discuss IT topics at TKF 2018 by March 28, 2018.
Ways to Participate
PRESENT
Conference presenters will be able to host a 50 minute session to showcase their work to the conference delegates. Proposals are welcomed across all IT topics relevant to higher education technology, communication tools, management and leadership.
TEACH
Do you have a great skill and always wanted to teach a course? TechKnowFile is offering an opportunity to interested community members to teach a 50 minute hands on tutorial during the conference.
DISCUSS
We are looking for individuals who are interested in participating in vibrant and dynamic discussion panels on key IT issues. The panels will be 50-90 minutes long, depending on the topic.
Looking for Topics?
Not sure about what you might want to present? Over the last few weeks, we consulted with different communities to learn what they’d be interested in learning about. Here are some of the popular topics:
- Innovative ways to use videoconferencing tools in classroom or meeting room settings
- Learning about active classrooms and new teaching station technologies
- Opportunities for accessing the University’s research computing facilities
- Updates and information sessions on the newest enterprise systems – Office 365, Quercus, the Learning Management System, Voice Over IP Telephony
- Newly released functions for ACORN and the Next Generation Student Information Services (NGSIS)
- Information Security topics such as Next-generation firewalls, experience in information security awareness campaigns, anti-phishing exercises, multi-factor authentication
- New electronic services for employees via the HRIS portal and ESS
- Service Excellence using ITSM, new service management tools, portfolio and project management techniques, experiences in selecting project and portfolio management tools
- Developing resilient IT organisations, building diversity, planning for succession
- Practices for onboarding and offboarding employees and a window into new HR policies
- Communicating and educating the community on IT services
- Working collaboratively across divisional boundaries