2024 Professional Development Seminars

December 2024

Date Location Topic Speaker(s) Moderator Status Audience
Dec 6            
Dec 13 Online Jira REST API Overview Kurtis Girard, Computing Consultant Netzach Straker Confirmed Administrators

November 2024

Date Location Topic Speaker(s) Moderator Status Audience
Nov 1            
Nov 8            
Nov 15            
Nov 22            
Nov 29            

October 2024

Date Location Topic Speaker(s) Moderator Status Audience
Oct 4            
Oct 11            
Oct 18            
Oct 25 Online An overview of cloud-based computer management in IST, using Intune to manage Windows and macOS devices John Mayall, Systems Integration Specialist, Workstation Services; Jeremy Trueman, Systems Integration Specialist Online Confirmed Administrator, IT staff

September 2024

Date Location Topic Speaker(s) Moderator Status Audience
Sept 6            
Sept 13            
Sept 20 Online AI State of the Union Pavol Chvala, Manager, Systems Development and AI Technologies Chris Calzonetti Confirmed General
Sept 27            

June 2024

Date Location Topic Speaker(s) Moderator Status Audience
Jun 7 Online Operationalizing cyber security incident response with the Incident Management System (IMS) Jason Testart is the Director, Information Security Services at the University of Waterloo Jordan Barnartt Confirmed General
Jun 14            
Jun 21            

May 2024

Date Location Topic Speaker(s) Moderator Status
May 3 Online TMI! But not for this new Teams member management Tool Paul Dietrich, Systems Integration Specialist, Infrastructure Communications Emily Goodwin Confirmed
May 10 Online High Impact Threats Jason Testart, Director, Information Security Services Netzach Straker Confirmed
May 24          
May 31 Online Case Studies: Generative AI in Practical Applications and What We Learned from Them Mike Li, Learning Technologies Analyst
Centre for Extended Learning; Yasin Dahi, Learning Technologies Analyst
Centre for Extended Learning
Jordan Barnartt Confirmed

April 2024

Date Location Topic Speaker(s) Moderator Status
Apr 5 Online Jira Software Premium - What's new and how to use it Kurtis Girard, Computing Consultant Netzach Straker Confirmed
Apr 12 Online The More We Get Together for Research Computing (The Less Silo'd We'll Be) Ian Milligan, Associate Vice-President, Research Oversight and Analysis; Alison Hitchens, Associate University Librarian Christopher Calzonetti Confirmed
Apr 19          
Apr 26 Online Open Sourcing Software at UW: Why? How? Mirko Vucicevich, Lead Developer, Science Computing; Pavol Chvala, Manager of Development and AI Technology, IST Christopher Calzonetti Confirmed

March 2024

Date Location Topic Speaker(s) Moderator Status
Mar 1 Online Together we can make UW secure Riyin Wan, Information Systems Specialist Jordan Barnartt Confirmed
Mar 8          
Mar 15          
Mar 22          

February 2024

Date Location Topic Speaker(s) Moderator Status
Feb 2          
Feb 9 Online M365 Updates Stephen Markan, Computing Consultant/Liaison for Faculty of Science; Jamie Shigeishi, Computing Consultant/Software Coordinator  Stephen Markan Confirmed
Feb 23          

January 2024

Date Location Topic Speaker(s) Moderator Status

Jan 12

Jan 19 Online LinkedIn Learning - Content Mapping and an OHD Use Case Chun Chih Chen, Instructional Digital Media Developer, OHD; Pam Fluttert, Director, ITMS; LinkedIn Learning Representative Pam Fluttert Confirmed
Jan 26