• Meals, snacks and beverages
• Numerous technology presentations and educational sessions
• Free parking
• Technology Showcase all day
• Free Symposium T-shirts to the first 500 pre-registered participants

Summary:

OU's 2005 IT Symposium will feature speakers and presentations in three main tracks: Security, Emerging Technologies and Grid Computing. Participants can choose to attend all the presentations in one track or pick and choose based on their interests.

If you cannot come to the Symposium this year, but you'd like to stay informed about next year's event, click here to send us an e-mail.

IT Security Training Workshop April 25-27, 2005

(This event is optional and requires a separate registration process - see link below)

The Universities of the Big 12 have partnered with Vigilar, Inc. http://www.vigilar.com to offer the 2005 IT Security Conference, (April 25-27, 2005) - a security training workshop opportunity that would normally cost over $3500.

Through this strategic education alliance, the 2005 IT Security Conference, organized by the Universities of the Big 12, has been developed and is being offered at a significant savings to participants. Early Bird Registration, before March 15, 2005, is only $599 ($999 for non-academic participants). NOTE: Academic pricing applies to all current faculty, staff and students of accredited institutions. After March 15th, the prices will be $899 for academic participants and $1399 (for non-academic participants) you will receive the following:

• Three security certification track options to choose from, covering three days of classroom instruction:
• CISSP: http://www.vigilar.com/cissp.pdf
• Security +: http://www.vigilar.com/secplus.pdf (Laptop required for this course)
• Free admission to the 2005 IT Spring Symposium, which will focus on Security, Emerging Technologies, Project/Portfolio Management, Wireless & Web Applications, and will be held in Norman, on Thursday, April 28th, at the NCED Training Center on Highway 9 East.
• Monday and Tuesday Dinner provided during Birds of a Feather Sessions
• Free admission to the 2005 IT Spring Symposium Welcome & Vendor Networking Reception during the evening of Wednesday, April 27, 2005
• Lunch for four days
• All instructional materials provided.
• Free parking for the entire event.
• For Universities, for every 10 public "seats" sold, the University will receive two "university seats" for free.

To register for the 2005 IT Security Conference, please click here.

For information on the OK Supercomputing Symposium (October 5, 2005) CLICK HERE