Tentative Conference Program and Presentations

Tentative Conference Program

The 2024 UC Tech Annual Conference will be three days in Sacramento and Davis, jam-packed with engaging discussions about current and emerging technologies, individual and panel presentations, opportunities to connect with like-minded professionals at Birds of a Feather sessions, and a chance to set your own learning path with captivating poster presentations. UC Davis and UC Davis Health are excited to have you join us in these insightful conversations centered around collaboration for transformation!

Below is the tentative program for the three-day conference to give you an idea of what to expect during our time together. Please keep in mind that the program is not finalized, and exact times, events, and locations are subject to change as we work to craft the best possible experience for all our attendees, presenters, volunteers, ambassadors, and vendors.

Day 1: October 27 in Sacramento

Location: UC Davis Health, Betty Irene Moore Hall
Time: Begins at 5:00 p.m.
Main Activity: Welcome Reception

Day 2: October 28 in Davis

Location: UC Davis, Gateway District
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. (optional morning activity starts at 6:30 a.m.)
Tentative schedule:
- Check-in (all day)
- Breakfast
- Vendor Tables
- Welcome Event
- Sessions 1-3
- Lunch
- Poster Sessions
- Chancellor Message & Keynote
- Sessions 4-5
- UC Tech Awards
- Evening Reception

Day 3: October 29 in Davis

Location: UC Davis, Gateway District
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. (optional morning activity starts at 6:30 am.)
Tentative Schedule:
- Check-In (All Day)
- Breakfast
- Vendor Tables
- Sessions 1-3
- Vendor Raffle
- Lunch
- Poster Sessions
- Sessions 4-5
- Keynote
- “Pass the Buck”
- Conference Ends

Accepted Presentations

UC Tech 2024 will have an amazing lineup of sessions for you to attend in various presentation formats. While we work on perfecting the final schedule, here’s a sneak peek of the list of accepted sessions. Session titles, tracks, and presentation formats are subject to change. Click here to learn more about program tracks and presentation formats.

Artificial Intelligence & the Future of IT

Avoiding AI Chaos: How Lightweight Guardrails Enable University-Wide Innovation
Brief Introduction to MITRE ATLAS AI framework (Adversarial Threat Landscape for Artificial Intelligence Systems)
How Best to Learn From a Robot
Leveraging AI in Generative Assets and Environments for Play: Insights from the English Department's Digital Media Lab
Speeding Through Red Tape: A Case Study of Fast-Tracking Gen AI at UC Irvine
UCLA Modern Data Platform - Enabling Data-Driven Culture
Unlocking the Potential of Large Language Models: Theory to Practice
Unraveling Potentials and Pitfalls of AI, One Experiment at a Time
ZotGPT Chat: Generative AI Technical Deep Dive

Communications & User Experience (UX)

Addressing Priority Web Problems and How to Fix Them
Beyond Aesthetics: Process Transformation with UX Design
Cultivating Transparent Collaborations in Design in Agile Environments
Designing AI Technical Support Tools for Classrooms
Elevating Community Impact with User-Centered Redesign of a University-Based Research Data Platform
Managing Responsive Images in Drupal ...and Other Platforms
ServiceNow Catalog Builder
The Journey to Berkeley Web Builder: UX/UI and Accessibility Case Study

Community, Collaboration & Culture

A Decade of Evolution: Crafting an Inclusive Accessibility Policy
A Sampling of the IT Leadership Program
Aggie Experts–An Open-Source Expertise Discovery Platform
AntSoft: Building a Low-Cost, Low-Code Software Asset Management as a Service (SAMaaS) Solution Using the Microsoft Power Platform
Designing the Future of User Experience in The Heart of California
DevOps at Work: How Collaboration and Containers Supercharged Our Integration Platform
Diversity on Display in Product Development
Driving AI Innovation: UCSF's Collaborative Model
Empowering Our Community: A Collaborative Approach to Transforming Identity and Access Management
Fostering Community, Collaboration & Culture: A Journey with Super Users at UCLA Health
From Solitary to Solidarity: Building an Agile and Inclusive Education IT Team in a Remote Era
Gemba Walking in the Clouds: A Collaborative Approach to Software Automation Excellence
Journey to Develop an IT Accessibility Program for UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz
Let's Taco 'Bout IT!
Navigating the Depths, Scaling the Heights: UCLA's ERP Rim to Rim Adventure
The IT Masterclass: Our Secrets to Cultivating Top-Tier Student Talent
Unlocking Potential: Empowering Teams Through Project Management
What’s an OSPO? Open-Source Program Offices and the University of California
Womxn Building Bridges: Collaborative Strategies for Navigating UC Career Tracks

Health Sciences

Accelerating Referrals - From Web Referral Form into Epic Workflow
AI for Inclusion: Inside the Year-Long UCSF Project to Address Clinical Trials Jargon
Lab Graff Test Bot (Lab GBT)
Networked Medical Devices – What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Infrastructure, Research Computing & Data Science

Custom Web Application DevOps with Docker and Amazon Web Services Elastic Container Service
Flow, Flex, and Ship: The Daily Practice of Agile Engineering
It Takes a Village - Managing a Website with 80+ Domains
Large Scale Deidentification of DICOM Medical Imaging Data and Clinical Note Text Using UCSF Shared HPC Environment for the
OpenSearch For the Productivity Win; Fostering Adoption Across Teams
RCS3: Cost-Effective backup of Petabytes of Research Data on Lab- using AWS Deep Archive and Rclone
Running Kubernetes on Baremetal for Edge Compute Strategies
Supercharge Data Integration Using a Configuration-Based Approach
UCI’s “Glog”: A Centralized Log Storage and Analysis System, Built with Open-Source Components
UCSF Information Commons Computational Health Science Research Platform
Using Machine-Actionable DMSPs to Connect Research Workflows and Infrastructure
Wrestling with the Bear. The Struggle to Develop Cohesive Data Storage and Compute Resources at Universities of California

Security Compliance & Privacy

Adopting Monthly Operational Review Meetings as a Learning Exercise
Controls in Action: The MSSEI Assessment Service
Migration of GoAnywhere Service Out of UC Berkeley Datacenter to UCOP AWS.
Running a Successful Tabletop Exercise
Safeguarding the Center: Centralized Security in a Decentralizing World
UC Berkeley's IS-3 Risk Assessment Journey
Windows Deployments, the Next Generation: MEM

Teaching, Learning & Student Success

Developing and Refining IT Student Employee Programs
Easy, Medium, Hard: Change Management Through the Lens of Classroom Tech Equipment Implementation
From Collaboration to Transformation: Nurturing a Multi-Campus Community of Practice
GenAI and Convergences of (Teaching) Writing and Coding
Leveraging the Canvas API at UC Santa Cruz
Teaching Drone Photogrammetry with Virtual Machines for a Multi-Campus Short Course
The Value of Student Response Systems for Student Engagement: Results from a Poll Everywhere Pilot at UCSC

Birds of a Feather Sessions

Participants with common interests gather and discuss issues which may not fit within other presentation formats, or for which longer discussions are preferable.

Adapting to Growth: Supporting Teaching in Large Courses
Communities of Practice: AV Professionals
Forecasting the Future of Computer Classrooms and Labs
Open Source Birds of a Feather
REDCap Services Across the UC Community
SiteImprove Meetup
Student Information Systems
UC Tech Black Excellence: Impact and Influence
UC Womxn in Technology Munch and Mingle
UC Womxn in Technology Social Summit
Workgroup Apps and Central IT Support

Poster Sessions

A poster session demonstrates the use of an emerging technology or innovative practice, typically in the early stages of development. Presenters briefly discuss the poster topic with attendees.

APeX Enabled Research
Classroom of the Future
Digital Davis GEN AI Sandbox
Empowering Students, Enriching IT
Enhancing Document Tagging Efficiency with Generative AI: A Case Study in Medical Education Knowledge Management
From Digital Jungles to Murmurations: Capability Mapping for Making Sense of Our Digital Jungles!
Gamifying Student Success Analytics
GenAI to Objectively Assess Surgical Competency
Improving Jupyter Notebook Accessibility at UC Berkeley: A Collaborative Approach
Online & Hybrid Course Design Institute Focused on Inclusive Teaching and Learning
Open Source Customer Relationship Management System (CRM) for Pre-Med and Pre-Health Outreach and Targeted Messaging: A Case Study of the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine Office of Outreach and Pathway Programs
Post-Living Donor Program Transition; A Collaborative Experience
SDOH as a Vital Sign
Snackable Sessions: Palatable Webinars for the AI Skeptics and Slow Adopters Within Us All
Synergizing Learning: Collaborative Innovations for Transformative Education
The AI Assist: How Public Health Researchers Leveraged AI to Launch California’s New COVID-19 Data Catalog
Transitioning to Integrated Video Visits: Successes and Challenges