CANHEIT is the sole national conference for IT professionals in higher education in Canada. CANHEIT offers an opportunity for IT professionals to share their expertise with colleagues, learn, and network.
CANHEIT 2021 was hosted virtually by Concordia University. Framed by an easy-to-use and visually appealing conference tool, there were various interesting technologies used to make the conference experience just so much better. With an added cool factor.
uOttawa had a solid presence and presented a wide gamut of topics ranging from allyship and inclusivity to the implementation of an Enterprise Architecture program.The nine sessions were well-attended and garnered a lot of interest. So much so that there are plans to rerun our sessions this summer for the University IT community.
Some conference WOW factors:
Highlights
- More than 800 participants
- More than 70 presentations
- More than 16 exhibitors
Trivia
AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCES
Concordia's CIO and associate vice-president of information systems, France Bigras, delivered her opening remarks via hologram. There, in the middle of the living room she stood about a foot away!
SCIENCE-BASED WELLNESS BREAKS
Very cool energy breaks like a massage ball break using conference swag) that quickly became highly anticipated 15-minute sessions not to be missed!
A REMOTE CULINARY EXPERIENCE
Hosted from Montreal's old port and facilitated by a swag bag kit that contained a miracle berry and Szechuan peppercorns.
THE NETWORKING FORUM, 'LE LOUNGE'
Participants created an avatar and could join circles of people, as big or as small as they wanted to partake in.
IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES
The Gala had incredible acrobatic performances and you felt you were there!
What an awesome way to learn what other universities are doing. It was a fantastic opportunity to be exposed to ideas that can be accelerators for our initiatives in the upcoming year.