WITX
April 9, 2019
Growing the IT Community in Southeast North Carolina
About WITX
WITX (Wilmington Information Technology eXchange) is now in
its sixteenth year. It brings together students, faculty, staff and local
information technology professionals to share their experiences and demonstrate their leading technology endeavors. In addition, leading IT professionals will share their ideas through keynotes, learning eXchanges and 5 minute Ignite! presentations.
Registration
Registration is required by all attendees prior to April 7th, 2019. There is no cost for students to attend.
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Featured Speakers
Supervisory Special Agent
Michael Nauert
Supervisory Special Agent
FBI Cyber Division
Topic: Current Cyber Threats and Trends
Retired Lieutenant General
William C. Mayville, Jr
Vice Commander,
US Cyber Command
Topic: The State of Cyber Security
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Learning eXchanges
Workshops / panels / presentations to increase your IT skills.
Topics include:
- Agile Development Workshop
Mike Claes, Cisco
- Create your Business in the Cloud
Albert Steed, Hybrid Athlete Foundation and Velocity Solutions
- Data Privacy and Regulatory Environments
Chris Bartosik, CastleBranch
- Disaster Recovery: Do You Have a Plan?
Carey Gibson, UNCW
- Future of HealthCare and What it Means to be Human
Chris Hillier, NHRMC
- Technology Startup's - Getting to know the Investor that is right for you!
Diane Durance, CIE
- What is GraphQL Anyway
Adam Larson, nCino
Alex Arzaghi, nCino
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Exhibitors
Over 25 exhibitors from UNCW, tekMountain, CIE and local industry.
Students, Faculty and Staff from UNCW
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CCDE Opening Ceremony
Ignite
What is Ignite?
Ignite is a geek event in over 100 cities worldwide. At the events Ignite presenters share their personal and professional passions, using 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds for a total of just five minutes
Presenters Include:
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Sponsors
Special thanks to the UNCW Cameron School of Business, Information Systems and Operations Management Department and the Computer Science Department for their support. WITX is underwritten by Castle Branch/TekMountain and other sponsors.
Other sponsors include:
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Schedule
Tuesday, April 9 - Computer Information Systems Building, UNCW Campus
- 12:30 p.m. - Learning eXchanges (students only)
- Agile Development Workshop
- What is GraphQL?
- 1:30 p.m. - Learning eXchanges
- Agile Development Workshop
- Future of Health Care and What it Means to be Human
- What is GraphQL?
- 2:30 p.m. - Learning eXchanges
- Create your Business in the Cloud
- Data Privacy and Regulatory Environments
- Disaster Recovery: Do You Have a Plan?
- Technology Startup's - Getting to know the Investor that is right for you!
- 3:30 p.m. - Featured Speaker:
Michael Nauert, Supervisory Special Agent ,FBI Cyber Division
Topic: Current Cyber Threats and Trends
- 4:15 p.m. - Announcement of UNCW's recognition of a "Center of Academic
Excellent" for Cyber Defense Education
- 4:30 p.m. - Featured Speaker:
Retired Lieutenant General,William C. Mayville, Jr.,
Vice Commander, US Cyber Command
- 4:45 p.m. - Exhibits Open
- 5:45 p.m. - Welcome from CastleBranch / tekMountain
- 6:00 p.m. - Ignite