CLAC Conference, 2025

CLAC Conference, 2025

Todd Watson

Kalamazoo College

CIO

Kalamazoo, MI

is.kzoo.edu

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5:00pm EDT

Opening Reception, Sponsored by Ellucian Tellus360

6:30pm EDT

Dinner on your own

7:30am EDT

Breakfast & New Attendee Breakfast Restaurants at Ben Franklin Hall

9:00am EDT

TBD Lisa Bonchek Adams AuditoriumDr. Nina Kollars, Former Adjunct Senior Fellow, Defense Program, Associate Professor, Cyber & Innovation Policy Institut

10:30am EDT

Break: coffee, tea and water all day Martin Library of Science

11:00am EDT

Level-Setting as Step 1 of the AI Debate-Even if it makes someone cry Harris Center for Business, Government and Public PolicyJames D'Annibale, Director of Academic Technology, Dickinson College Roundtable and open Q&A with keynote, Dr. Nina Kollars Harris Center for Business, Government and Public Policy

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Restaurants at Ben Franklin Hall

1:30pm EDT

From Ambassadors to Infrastructure: Real-World Approaches to AI Implementation in Higher Ed Harris Center for Business, Government and Public PolicyAhmad Khazaee, Director of Creative Technologies, Engagement and Support, Colgate University • Rachel Schnepper, Senior Director of Academic and Emerging Technologies, Wesleyan University • Karen Warren, AVP for Information Technology, Wesleyan University IT with Integrity: Ethical leadership in an Ethically Ambiguous Era Harris Center for Business, Government and Public PolicyRon Griggs, Vice President for Library and Information Services, Kenyon College

2:30pm EDT

Break Martin Library of Science

3:00pm EDT

Integrated by Intention: Advancing Institutional Strategy through Learning Environments Harris Center for Business, Government and Public PolicyKevin Hearn, Manager of Academic Technology, Trinity University • Arturo de los Santos, Senior Director of ITS Strategy & Partnerships, Trinity University

5:00pm EDT

Reception and Dinner sponsored by Boldyn Roschel Performing Arts Center

7:00am EDT

CLAC Business Meeting & Breakfast Restaurants at Ben Franklin Hall

9:00am EDT

CLAC Attack(Ed): Why are you going to a place like that?" The special value of liberal arts colleges today. Lisa Bonchek Adams AuditoriumAlan Caniglia, Vice President for Institutional Research and Chief Strategy Officer and Professor of Economics, Franklin

10:30am EDT

Break Martin Library of Science

11:00am EDT

Leadership Harris Center for Business, Government and Public Policy TBD Data Mgmt topics Harris Center for Business, Government and Public PolicyAnthony Machamer, Director of Planning and Project Managment, Haverford College • Kelli Van Wasshenova, Associate Director of Data Governance, Denison University

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Restaurants at Ben Franklin Hall

1:30pm EDT

AI Mindshare Report Out Harris Center for Business, Government and Public PolicyJanet Scannell, Chief Technology Officer, Carleton College • Liv Gjestvang, Chief Information Officer, Denison University Building a Data-Informed Culture: Implementing a Data Fluency Training Program Aligned with Institutional Strategy Harris Center for Business, Government and Public PolicyMegan Fitch, Chief Information Officer, Haverford College From Concept to Campus: The Journey of Implementing Amplify GenAI Harris Center for Business, Government and Public PolicyDon Vosburg, Academic Technologist of Learning Innovation, Carleton College • Wiebke Kuhn, Director of Academic Technology, Carleton College • David N. O’Steen, Director, Research & Instructional Support, Wellesley College • Lisa McFall, Director, Digital Initiatives, Scholarship, and Collaboration, Hamilton College

2:30pm EDT

Supporting Digital Natives: Developing a Workshop for New Faculty to Navigate Research Resources and Enhance Student Success Harris Center for Business, Government and Public PolicyAlex Wohnson, Senior Research Librarian for Academic Initiatives & Experiential Learning, Hamilton College