2014 BOV meeting Agenda

Sunday, September 21, 2014 Wyndham Pittsburgh, University Center—Lobby Restaurant
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm	Informal dinner (off the menu) in Bridges Restaurant for guests arriving on Sunday (A nice way to catch-up before the meetings begin early Monday morning.) As always, Pittsburgh Board members are welcome to attend!
Monday, September 22, 2014 Morning--Information Sciences Building Evening--Reception and Dinner at the Wyndham Pittsburgh, University Center
8:00 am	Breakfast (Information Sciences Building, 135 N. Bellefield Avenue, 3rd Floor Collaboration Space)
9:00 am	Welcome and introductions from the chair, Al Moye
9:00 am	Welcome by Dr. Moyé and Dean Larsen Dean’s update Introduction of new faculty Review of meeting objectives and process
9:10 am	Dean’s introduction to the agenda, goals for the meeting, and introduction of Giselle Chow from Grove Consultants
9:15 am	Dean’s update
9:40 am	Associate dean’s update on state of the school’s research
9:50 am	Program updates (progress over the past year, challenges and concerns, and long term directions & opportunities) 9:50 Undergraduate program (Bob Perkoski) 10:00 Graduate IST program (Peter Brusilovsky) 10:10 Telecommunications & Networking program (David Tipper) 10:20 LIS program (Sheila Corrall)
10:30 am	Director of Administration update (Sandy Brandon)
10:35 am	Break
10:50 am	Introduction of new faculty 10:50 David Thaw 11:00 Eric Hatleback 11:10 Nora Mattern 11:20 Amelia Acker
11:30 am	Reflections on the morning, introduction to the workshop sessions, preparing for the afternoon breakout groups with instructions and orientation to the Context Map – Giselle Chow
12:00 noon	Lunch
1:00 pm	Environmental Scan - Understanding the university context, technology factors, and relevant trends
2:30 pm	Strengths, Problems, Opportunities and Threats
3:30 pm	Break
3:45 pm	Synergy Hunt / Interdependence Scale
5:30 pm	Walk to Wyndham for reception
6:00 pm	Reception
6:45 pm	Board dinner
7:30 pm	Provost Beeson’s Charge to the Board
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 All events will be held in the Information Sciences Building
8:00 am	Breakfast (Information Sciences Building, 135 N. Bellefield avenue, 3rd Floor Collaboration Space)
9:00 am	Recap from yesterday (Moye/Larsen)
9:15 am	Cover Story Vision
10:30 am	Break
10:45 am	Exploring Opportunities for the Future
11:45 am	Closing Comments
12:00 noon	Lunch
1:00 pm	Board Closed Session
3:00 pm	Provost’s closed executive session (Board members only)
3:30 pm	Break
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Concluding discussion & adjourn