Thursday November 8, 2012

8:00 – 9:00AM    REGISTRATION/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Tiffany Lobby)

9:00 – 10:30AM  WELCOME AND OPENING PLENARY (Hudson Theatre)

Introductory Remarks:

     - H. Carl McCall- Chairman, SUNY Board of Trustees

Welcome:

     - Nancy Zimpher- Chancellor, The State University of New York 

In Search of System 3.0- the Future of Public Systems
     - Moderator: Jason E. Lane- Director of Education Studies and Senior Fellow, Rockefeller Institute of
       Government
     - Molly Corbett Broad- President, American Council on Education
     - Charles Kolb- President, French American Foundation
     - Robert M. Zemsky- Chairman, The Learning Alliance for Higher Education

10:45 – 12:00PM  CONCURRENT BREAKOUTS (Conference Center 3rd and 4th Floor)

Higher Education’s Challenges: Can systems make an impact?
1. Cost and Productivity
     - Curtis Carver- Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer, University System of Georgia
     - Brian Hutzley- Vice Chancellor for Financial Services and CFO, SUNY
     - Rick Staisloff- Founder/Principal, RPK Group

2. Access and Completion 
     - Ken O'Brien- President, SUNY University Faculty Senate and Associate Professor of History, SUNY  
       Brockport
     - Laura Perna- Professor, Graduate School of Education and Faculty Fellow, Institute for Urban
       Research, University of Pennsylvania
     - Travis Reindl- Program Director of Postsecondary Education Work, National Governors Association's
       Center for Best Practices

3. Improved Organization for Meeting Broad State Needs
     - Elizabeth Bringsjord- Vice Chancellor for Academic Programs and Assessment and Vice
       Provost, SUNY
     - Timothy Killeen- President, SUNY Research Foundation and Vice Chancellor for Research, SUNY
     - Aims McGuinness- Senior Associate, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems

4. Closures, Consolidations, and Expansions of Major Functions and Campuses
     - Moderator: Thomas L. Gais- Director, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
     - Mike Klein-  Executive Director, New Jersey Association of State Colleges and Universities
     - Shelley Nickel- Associate Vice Chancellor for Planning and Implementation for the Board of Regents,  
       University System of Georgia
     - Candace Vancko- President, SUNY Delhi and Oficer-in-Charge, SUNY Cobleskill

5. Economic and Demographic Trends- Offered by the TIAA-CREF Institute
     - Moderator: Ron Pressman- Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, TIAA-CREF
     - David Gearhart- Chancellor, University of Arkansas
     - David P. Richardson- Senior Economist, TIAA-CREF
     - Laurita Thomas- Associate Vice President for Human Resources, University of Michigan

12:00 – 1:45PM  LUNCHEON PLENARY (Gallery 8)

Are Systems Needed?
     - Moderator: Scott Jaschik- Editor, Inside Higher Ed
     - Dennis Jones- President- National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
     - C. Judson King- Director, Center for Studies in Higher Education- University of California, Berkeley  
     - George Pernsteiner- Chancellor, Oregon University System
     - William G. Tierney- Director, Pullias Center for Higher Education
   

2:00 – 3:15PM  CONCURRENT BREAKOUTS (Conference Center 3rd and 4th Floor Meeting Rooms)

Changing System Roles in Functional Areas
1. Academic Affairs
     - David Lavallee- Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, SUNY
     - Rebecca Martin- Deputy Director, U.S. Education Delivery Institute's Higher Education Team
     - Ellis Rubinstein- President and CEO, New York Academy of Sciences

2. Finance
     - Marvin Barth- Senior Director, Diversified Financial Services - Endowments, TIAA-CREF
     - David Breneman- Professor, University of Virginia
     - Darryl Greer- Senior Fellow, Higher Education Strategic Information and Governance
     - Michael Klein- Executive Director, New Jersey Association of State Colleges and Universities
     - Jane Wellman- Executive Director, National Association of System Heads

3. Student Success
     - Jim Applegate- Vice President for Program Development, Lumnia Foundation
     - Carey Hatch- Associate Provost for Academic Technologies and Information Services, SUNY
     - Bethany Little- Managing Partner, America Achieves

4. Public Affairs/Outreach
     - Jeff Edmondson- Managing Director, Strive Network
     - Virginia Horvath- President, SUNY Fredonia
     - David Weerts- Associate Professor and Director of Jandris Center for Innovative Higher Education, 
       University of Minnesota- Twin Cities

5. Shared Governance
     - Moderator: Kevin Kinser- Associate Professor, SUNY University at Albany
     - Tina Good- President, SUNY Faculty Council for Community Colleges and Professor, SUNY Suffolk  
       County Community College
     - Karen Markoe- Professor, SUNY Maritime and  Project Director, National Endowment for the
       Humanities for Summer 2012
     - Gary Rhoades- Professor and Director, Educational Policy Studies and Practice at the University of
       Arizona

3:45 – 5:30PM  AFTERNOON PLENARY (Hudson Theatre)

What Else is Out There: What system models can be found outside public higher education?
     - Moderator: D. Bruce Johnstone- Distinguished Service Professor of Higher and Comparative Education 
       Emeritus, University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education
     - Roger Ferguson- President and Chief Executive Officer, TIAA-CREF
     - Zakri Abdul Hamid- Science Advisor to the Prime Minister,  Malaysia
     - Kenneth W. Kizer- Director, Institute for Population Health Improvement, UC Davis Health Center
     - Craig Swenson- Chancellor, Argosy University System and Chief Academic Officer, Education
       Management Corporation
   

6:00 – 8:00PM  COCKTAIL RECEPTION (NASDAQ MarketSite)

Friday November 9, 2012

8:00 – 9:00AM  CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Tiffany Lobby)

      Book Signing: SUNY Critical Issues Series, Volume 1; Universities and Colleges as Economic
      Drivers; Measuring Higher Education's Role in Economic Development 
            With Editors: Jason E. Lane and D. Bruce Johnstone

9:00 – 10:30AM  MORNING PLENARY (Hudson Theatre)

Political Challenges to System Effectiveness 
What does that mean for leadership and agenda setting?
     - Moderator: Peter McPherson- President, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
     - Bruce N. Gyory- Strategic Consultant, Corning Place Communications and Adjunct Professor of
       Political Science, University at Albany
     - Kevin Reilly- President, University of Wisconsin System
     - Shirley Robinson Pippins- President, Victory University
     - Mark Yudof- President, University of California

10:45 – 12:00PM  CONCURRENT BREAKOUTS (Conference Center 3rd and 4th Floor)

Finding a New Path for Systems: New Behaviors and Practices
1. Advocacy and Public Policy Creation
     - Peter Beard- Senior Vice President for Impact Priorities, United Way Worldwide
     - Pat Callan- President, Higher Education Policy Institute
     - Joni E. Finney- Professor, University of Pennsylvania and Director, Institute for Research in Higher  
       Education
     - Mario Martinez- Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

2. Resource Allocation and Development
     - Ed Driscoll- Vice President Higher Education GDO, Xerox
     - Larry Isaak- President, Midwestern Higher Education Compact
     - Hilary Pennington- Independent Consultant for Higher Education and Leader, The Bridges Initiative

3. Internationalization
     - Moderator: Sally Crimmins Villela- Assistant Vice Chancellor for Global Affairs, SUNY
     - Jason E. Lane- Director of Education Studies and Senior Fellow, Rockefeller Institute of
       Government
     - Mitch Leventhal- Vice Chancellor for Global Affairs, SUNY
     - Paul Primak- Director of International Programs,  Oregon University System 
     - Leo Van Cleve- State University Dean of International and Summer Programs,  California State    
       University System

4. SUNY's New Path
     - David King- Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, SUNY Oswego and Director, SUNY   
       Professional Science Master's Consortium
     - Brian Hutzley- Vice Chancellor for Financial Services and CFO, SUNY
     - Timothy Killeen- President, Research Foundation and Vice Chancellor for Research, SUNY

12:30-2:00PM  CLOSING PLENARY/ LUNCHEON (Gallery 8)

Finding System 3.0:
What are the essential attributes for system-level effectiveness?   
What can we do without-within systems? Any policy agenda to advance?

Introductory Remarks:
     - Nancy Zimpher- Chancellor, The State University of New York

Keynote:
     - Bruce Mau- Founder, Bruce Mau Design and Massive Change Network