About the Meeting

“Mobilizing Intelligent Data to Better Serve Your Students”

The effective and appropriate use of technology (in its many forms) is integral to meeting our personal, departmental, and institutional goals and missions. Technology is (just) a tool—but a pervasive and powerful one. AACRAO's Technology Conference provides a forum for practitioners to share their knowledge and experience and to come away with an understanding on how to better serve students by applying I.T. to student services and systems. 

Whether you use homegrown software, vendor solutions, open/community source applications, or a mix of all three, the Technology Conference is your leading forum to understand the next generation of information management.

Has cloud computing affected you? Did your department implement a sustainable “green” computing strategy this year? Did you re-engineer a manual process using electronic workflow? Did social networking contribute to a better and larger incoming class? Have you deployed an effective “Dashboard” or been engaged in defining a business intelligence environment for your institution? Do you have “mashup” on your home page? Have you been involved with your campus identity management implementation?

If you answered “yes” to any of the above questions, then the AACRAO Technology Conference is your primary resource to obtain and share the latest technology innovations needed to develop integrated student systems and services on your campus.

Registrar Forum @ Tech

Held in conjunction with the AACRAO Technology Conference, The Registrar Forum @ Tech is a dedicated, pre-conference set of sessions that will be offered on Saturday (June 30) and on Sunday (July 1). The Registrar Forum @ Tech will provide an environment to discuss the principles, issues, foundations, trends, and future directions of our profession both enabled and bounded by information technology. The Forum will challenge registrars to consider the principles of our work, the current environment in which we operate (fiscal constraints, ERP administration, pervasive network, remote services, electronic security, plethora of service providers), the tools we use or should be using, and the opportunities (and challenges) that technology affords.

The session content will be sequential and continuous and will build upon previous sessions; however, each session will have a separate topic and theme. Note that the last two sessions of the Registrar Forum will be running concurrently with Tech Conference break-out sessions. Attendance and participation in the Registrar Forum @ Tech will be limited to those who register specifically for it. You may enroll in the Registrar Forum @ Tech by registering online or completing the registration form. The Registrar Forum is considered a preconference workshop, so be sure to add it to you registration under the ticketed items portion of registration.

Why should you attend?

This is your opportunity to network with more than 400 of your peers–all engaged in the many facets of student services technology. Learn about new systems and services from our corporate partners, and share your experiences with peers in informal discussions and at roundtables. With more than 60 sessions, numerous workshops, and plenary presentations given by renowned technology leaders, you will have access to some of the most innovative work in our fields.

What will you learn?

·         How to lead a successful technology implementation

·         How XML will impact your institution

·         How to approach implementation of a new SIS or individual applications

·         What security threats should be of concern

·         Who to ask when questions arise later

·         How to change your staff as technology changes your office

·         How other schools are using technology for service and budget savings