The U-M Green IT Symposium (October 7, 2009)

The U-M Green IT Symposium is a half-day conference for U-M IT professionals. The event, hosted by Climate Savers Computing Initiative @ U-M, will share and encourage the adoption of green IT practices. Learn what other campus units are doing and how you can incorporate similar money- and resource-saving tactics in your own department!


Handout Materials

Opening Keynote Address

Speaker: Dan Atkins, Associate Vice-President for Research Cyberinfrastructure
Presentation: Greener and Better IT: A systematic challenge and opportunity

Block 1 Sessions

Presentation: Green IT on Campus: A Panel Discussion

Description: Representatives from a wide array of campus units will share their stories and on sustainable IT practices. Units face different challenges, recognize lessons learned and bring information back to your unit.

Presenters:
Ed Adams, Chief Technology Officer and Director, Ross School of Business
Joan McCollum, IT Manager, Enterprise Device Engineering and Management, UMHS
Roger Wilfong, Systems Programmer / Analyst Lead, UMHS
Bob Jones, ITS Campus Computing Sites Printing Coordinator and Power/Climate Savers Lead
Suzanne Weintraub, Search/Review Specialist, Medical School Dean's Office
Ken Keeler, Office of Campus Sustainability

Presentation: Budgeting Impacts of Green IT

Description: The College of Literature Science and the Arts (LSA) is now allocating energy costs to each of its units to raise accountability and responsibility. Learn what the college has done, how it is working, and future plans for increasing awareness about energy consumption. Penner-Hahn will also discuss the importance of sustainability to LSA and the University.

Presenter:
James Penner-Hahn, Associate Dean for Budget, LSA

Presentation: Server Virtualization / VaaS Infomercial

Description: Leveraging server virtualization in datacenters and server rooms is a CSCI @ U-M best practice. Server virtualization reduces the need for rack space, power, cooling, and administration while lowering total cost of ownership.  Learn how the new Virtualization as a Service (VaaS) offering will help you save money on floor space, power, cooling, and administration while delivering a feature rich enterprise service.s. 

Presenters:
Chris Wood, Storage and Server Virtualization Manager, Information and Technology Services
Mark Personett, Storage and Server Virtualization Senior, Information and Technology Services

Vendor Presentations

Presentation: Cisco: EnergyWise

Description:  A new innovative technology enables Cisco to optimize Greenhouse Gas (GhG) emissions by measuring, reporting, and reducing energy consumption across the entire corporate infrastructure. Learn how this innovation changes the way customers conduct their business while adopting collaborative environmental sustainability practices.

Presenter:
Dan Wasson, Systems Engineering Manager, Cisco

Presentation: Sun: Why Datacenter Design Really Does Matter!

Description: Sun’s datacenter experts speak candidly on industry trends, what it really takes to go green, and datacenter design. They will share tips and a case study on the building of Colorado’s greenest data center.

Presenter:
Michael Ponke, Principal, Sun Microsystems


Presentation: Dell: Green IT- Compute More, Consume Less

Description: Learn Dell's vision of a greener planet and it's lifecycle approach to green. Focus on data centers, end-user computing, packaging, and carbon offsets.

Presenter: Frank Krieber, Account Manager


Block 2 Sessions

Title: U-M Data Centers' Status

Description:  Get a cohesive explanation of data center activities on campus. Topics include: data center and server room inventories, capacity needs assessment, strategies to increase capacity, management of existing space, consolidation, costing, and long term and short term strategies.

Presenter:
Andy Palms, Director of Networks and Data Centers, Information and Technology Services

Title: Desktop Technologies Behind the Scenes

Description: IT professionals have the power to save power for individuals in their unit. A group of cross-campus volunteers developed CSCI @ U-M Desktop Best Practices. Learn the ups and downs of implementing green practices and how it can be done.

Presenter:
Andrew Wilson, Team Supervisor, ITS and CSCI @ U-M Desktop Team Lead

Title: 10 Ways You Can Motivate Lasting Change

Description: General awareness campaigns and typical marketing incentives are extremely effective for building awareness, changing attitudes, and gaining momentum in the near-term.  However, once the incentives stop and the publicity dies people tend to revert to their old ways. Learn 10 methods to create sustainable change based on behavior change science and theory.  These tools and principles are very effective as they focus on individual internal and external psycho-social drivers.

Presenters:
Kris Kolevar, Planet Blue Project Manager
Joan Witte, Director of Communications, Information & Technology Services


Afternoon Keynote Address

Speaker: Laura Patterson, Associate Vice President of Information and Technology Services and Chief Information Officer
Presentation: The Critical Role of IT in Sustainability