[AISWorld] Save the Dates! Main Street Agile Conference May 17-19, 2017 | Winona State University | Winona, MN

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Save the Dates! Main Street Agile Conference May 17-19, 2017

Winona State University | Winona, MN



2017 New Directions in IT Education:

Main Street Agile/DevOps, Cybersecurity, and Analytics Conference is an opportunity to interact with your peers, influence curriculum in Information Technology education, and seek input from industry colleagues on the status of Agile/DevOps, cybersecurity, and data analytics issues. This conference is brought to you by Winona State University College of Business and Advance IT Minnesota.



Conference Schedule

Wednesday, May 17: Pre-conference Workshops

Thursday, May 18 & Friday, May 19: Main Street Agile/DevOps, Cybersecurity, and Analytics Conference.



The Three Themes of the Third Annual New Directions in IT Education Conference:



Agile/DevOps



Enhancing student success in career pathways is critically important to address the need to grow IT talent in Minnesota. The conference will engage community and industry leaders to work on enhancing student preparedness in using Agile/DevOps methodology and to consider challenges in continuous deployment of applications and infrastructure. These include internal applications, security issues, open stack employment, IoT data, emerging technologies, cloud technologies, and web development.



Cybersecurity



Participants will consider challenges in securing organizations against the latest security threats, and discuss steps to prevent and mitigate breaches.



Data Analytics



To keep up with the ever-growing amount of data being generated by an increasingly digital world, the conference will engage faculty, government, and industry leaders in a meaningful discussion to address the importance of date analytics in the State of Minnesota.



Make plans now to attend this innovative conference to learn the latest developments and contribute to the future of IT education and business needs. This year's conference is being held on the campus of Winona State University.



For More Information contact

Pat Paulson

Professor of Management Information Systems

Winona State University

College of Business

507.457.5581 | PPaulson at winona.edu | www.winona.edu/business