Join us at the Monona Terrace in Madison on May 13-14, 2024

WiscNet Connections logo in purple and green

Registration closes on May 7

(We’re not going to turn you away at the door, though)

ATTENDEES

ATTENDEE REGISTRATION (FULL CONFERENCE: 2 DAYS)
ATTENDEE REGISTRATION (FULL CONFERENCE: 2 DAYS)
$200.00
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ATTENDEE REGISTRATION (HALF CONFERENCE: 1 DAY)
ATTENDEE REGISTRATION (HALF CONFERENCE: 1 DAY)
$100.00
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EXHIBITORS

Exhibitor space is now SOLD OUT.

Schedule of events

If you need to download a PDF agenda, you can find that here.

Monday, May 13

8:00am - 9:00am: Registration and continental breakfast

9:00am - 9:45am: Introduction of new WiscNet CEO

9:45am - 10:15am: 2024 WiscNet Board of Directors candidate introductions

10:15am - 10:30am: Refreshment break

10:30am - 11:30am: Presentation sessions

  • Security Basics for Education: Ben Dumke, Lawrence University

  • Lessons Learned: Creating an Incident Response Plan from Scratch: Heidi Genthner, WiscNet

  • Positively Changing Workplace Culture with Intentional Leadership Strategies: Jocelyne Sansing, Middleton Public Library

  • Male Allyship: Diane Doersch, Digital Promise; David Gundlach, Oshkosh Area School District; Tom Lange, BrainStorm Events

  • Cultivating a Customer Service Attitude: Mike Pullen, School District of Baraboo

  • Creating a Digital Safety Family Night in Your District: Jami Goodman, Jennifer Gossen, Ashley Knapp, Nicci Verbeten, and Jen Wathke, West De Pere School District

  • All Things E-Rate: Aneta Kosturova, WiscNet, Bill Herman, Wisconsin DPI, and Rachel Schemelin, Wisconsin DPI

11:30am - 1:00pm: Lunch

1:00pm - 2:00pm: Presentation sessions

  • Effective Team Management: Kevin May, Oregon School District

  • You Can't Legislate Your Way Out of the AI Conundrum: Justin Kuehl, McDonnell Area Catholic Schools

  • Student MFA: Brigit Pettit, Marinette School District

  • eduroam: Wireless mobility for students, parents and community members: Steve Devoti, UW-Madison; Tom Jordan, UW-Madison; Brian Remer, WiscNet

  • WiscNet Network Update: Josh Gorton, Eric Hammons, and Chris Wopat, WiscNet

  • From Rookies to Experts: Security Awareness Training for K12 Staff AND Students: Brad Johnson, Fortinet

  • Web Content Filtering: An Integral Cybersecurity Layer: Anthony Bruno, Netsweeper

2:15pm - 4:15pm: Special session: The WiscNet Secure Platform

4:15pm - 5:30pm: Reception

Tuesday, May 14

8:00am - 8:30am: Breakfast 

8:30am - 8:45am: “Business After Bacon” (breakfast continues during this time)

8:45am - 9:45am: Keynote address: Diane Doersch, Digital Promise

10:00am - 11:00am: Connecting People and Strategies Roundtables (topics collected during registration)

11:00am - 11:15am: Refreshment break

11:15am - 12:15pm: Presentation sessions

  • IT Succession Planning & Documentation: Tim Neubeck, City of Whitewater

  • Leveraging AI to Enhance Productivity: Jason Schmidt, Oshkosh Area School District

  • Leading Organizational Change in Challenging Times: Kent Gerberich, UW-Eau Claire and Tom Lange, Brainstorm Events

  • Automate Your Way to Freedom: Ryan Radschlag, School District of Hartford Jt. #1

  • WiscNet Listening Session: Kika Barr, WiscNet

  • Resilient Futures: How Incident Response, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, and Business Impact Analysis Shape Tomorrow's Success: Todd Heinz, Heartland Business Solutions

  • Empowering Educators, Transforming Learning: The Power of Student Analytics: Dave Klug and Eric Vandenburg, Core BTS

12:30pm - 1:00pm: Lunch

Keynote speaker

Diane Doersch, an older Asian woman with short black hair and glasses

Diane W. Doersch, a longtime member of the WiscNet community, is the Director of Technology for the Verizon Innovative Learning schools (#DPVILS) program and works at Digital Promise. She was formerly a Chief Technology & Information Officer of a large Wisconsin School District. As a former teacher, she has been involved in education for over 34 years. Diane holds a Masters Degree in Educational Technology from Lesley University and possesses her Certified Education Technology Leader (CETL) National Certificate from CoSN.

Diane was a founding member and President of the WISEDash Local Consortium, a group of Wisconsin School Districts who built their own data warehouse. She is currently president of Northeast Wisconsin Women in Technology (WIT), an organization devoted to attracting, educating, and supporting women in the field of Technology. She also serves on the Consortium of School Networking’s (CoSN) Board of Directors and is chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the #EquityEDU nonprofit. Diane is passionate about providing technology and opportunities to ALL students to be college, career, and community ready.

Diane’s keynote speech is titled: Everything I Learned about Leadership, I Learned from Fishing.

Hotel accommodations

We have reserved rooms for WiscNet Connections 2024 at the Hilton Madison Monona Terrace. You can find further details on our hotel accommodations page.

The WiscNet room block fills up quickly, so we recommend booking as early as you can.

2024 WiscNet Board of Directors elections

The 2024 WiscNet Board of Directors election will open on Thursday, March 14.

There are three board positions open this year, representing the following member segments:

(1) Technical College seat
(2) At-Large seats

For details about eligibility for these seats and further information about what service on the Board of Directors entails, visit our Board of Directors page.

WiscNet Code of Conduct

Our WiscNet Code of Conduct applies to every event we host, including WiscNet Connections. Please see our Code of Conduct page for more information.

Questions?

For questions, concerns, or anything else related to WiscNet Connections, contact Sarah Miller at sarahmiller@wiscnet.net or (608) 210-3957.