Becky King
Opening Plenary Presentation
Monday, July 15
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

“Administrative Computing: How Did We Get Here From There?”

Becky King is Director of Information Systems & Services at Baylor University. In 2006-2007, she also served as the University’s Interim CIO. King has been involved in higher education administrative computing for over 25 years, leading several major information systems implementations. She served on the Boards of Directors for CUMREC and CAUSE and now serves on the EDUCAUSE Board. She has made many presentations at regional and national conferences, and won the CUMREC Best Paper/Best Presentation awards in 2001, 2003, and 2004. She received the CUMREC Frank Martin Service Award in 1999. King continues to be heavily involved with higher education IT professional organizations.


Robert B. Kvavik
Closing Plenary Presentation
Tuesday, July 17
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

“IT and Student Administration: Where Are We Now and What's Next?”

Robert B. Kvavik, Ph.D., is Professor of Political Science and Associate Vice President for Planning at the University of Minnesota. From 2002-2006, he was a senior fellow at the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research, working on IT security, ERP implementations, business process redesign, and student use of technology.

Kvavik has extensive experience as a consultant to universities worldwide on university planning and administrative systems design and implementation. He was the project director of the University of Minnesota’s $60 million Enterprise Project to install new computer and software systems for student services, human resources, Web-based systems, and infrastructure. Noteworthy administrative assignments at the University include the formulation of a new comprehensive strategic planning process that integrates planning, budgeting, and evaluation (including institutional benchmarks and performance criteria); Responsibility Center Management (RCM); and administrative re-engineering initiatives, especially in the area of student systems.

Michael Rogers: Practical Futurist®
Monday Plenary Presentation
Monday, July 16
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Michael Rogers is Futurist-in-Residence for The New York Times Company, as well as the head of Practical Futurist®—his own speaking, writing, and consulting business in New York. Previously he was Newsweek’s technology guru and the vice president of The Washington Post Company’s new media division.

Practical Futurist® originated with a column and Weblog for Newsweek that rapidly attracted over 200,000 regular readers. Rogers trademarked Practical Futurist® and, when he left Newsweek, went to work full time to build out the brand. He also writes the Practical Futurist® column on MSNBC.com, reaching 22 million readers a month.

During his career Rogers has studied and written about all the key technologies driving this century; he has interviewed or worked with major business figures worldwide; and in his Practical Futurist® consultancy he stays current on topics ranging from technology and demographics to management and education. In each appearance he brings not only his own experience and expertise, but his journalism and research skills to add up-to-the-minute information and insight on every topic he addresses.

In 1993, he produced the world's first CD-ROM newsmagazine for Newsweek, described in the media as a prototype for interactive television, going on to develop interactive areas on Prodigy, America Online and then a series of Internet sites including the award-winning Parents’ Guide to Children’s Software, which also appeared in CD-ROM and book form. In 1999, he received a patent for the bimodal spine, a multimedia storytelling technique, and is listed in Who’s Who in Science and Engineering.

Rogers is a frequent guest on radio and television and regularly addresses audiences worldwide, ranging from venture capitalists and corporate executives to educators, students, and the general public. In 1989, he was founding chairperson of the European Technology Roundtable, an annual CEO gathering, which he continues to moderate along with the newer Asian Technology Roundtable.

Rogers studied physics and creative writing at Stanford University with additional training in finance and management at Stanford Business School’s Executive Program. He lives in New York and is at work on his next novel.