Strategies for Managing Research and Education Data

Strategies for Managing Research and Education Data

By ORION

Date and time

Wed, Nov 12, 2014 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Location

Hart House at the University of Toronto, Debates Room

7 Hart House Circle Toronto, ON M5S 3H3 Canada

Description

There is an explosion of documents and records created by researchers and educators that needs to be managed, stored, backed-up and archived. This has resulted in data management challenges for research and educational institutions as they seek to implement the best strategies and practices to meet requirements for data protection, business continuity and disaster recovery.

Join us for Strategies for Managing Education and Research Data on November 12th! Brought to you by ORION, this workshop will connect you with expert data management practitioners with real world experience for a valuable morning of learning about the business necessity of data management by educators and researchers.

Who should attend? Insights for technology management professionals in research and education:

  • Chief Information Officers (CIO)
  • Enterprise Architects
  • Infrastructure & Operations
  • Research Directors
  • Security & Risk
  • Procurement/Sourcing & Vendor Management
  • Technology Management Professionals


Agenda

8:00 AM: Registration and Breakfast

9:00 AM: Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:05 AM: Strategies for Storing and Managing Research Data in a University Environment

    • Jason Brodeur, Manager, Maps/Data/GIS, McMaster University

9:45 AM: Tackling the Challenge of Complying with Ontario School Records (OSR) Guidelines, Archiving and Retention Periods

    • Shulin Dave, Sr. Manager, Information Management, Toronto District School Board
10:25 AM: Break

10:40 AM: Current Cloud Storage Practices in Ontario

    • Markus Latzel, President & CEO, Palomino Inc.
    • Bruce McKnight, VP of Service Delivery, Stage2Data

11:20 AM: Panel Discussion (Moderator: Elizabeth Moyer, Director of Business Development, ORION)

    • Bill Appelbe, Project Director, ORION
    • Deepak Gupta, Director, Applied Research and Innovation Centre (ARIC), Centennial College
    • Markus Latzel, President & CEO, Palomino Inc.
    • Jacques Swanepoel, CTO, Stage2Data

12:00 PM: Wrap-up, Lunch and Close

Interested? Register today! We look forward to meeting you on the 12th!

Presented by:

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In partnership with:

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ORION is a not-for-profit organization committed to actively supporting Ontario's researchers, educators, and innovators. Since 2001, we've facilitated new discoveries and learning by connecting institutions and regions, enabling collaboration, forging partnerships, and providing our community with the digital tools they need to make the world a better place.

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