"Bringing It All Together" is the theme of I.T.S. Day 2008 scheduled for Thursday, May 22.  The key note speaker, AT&T Executive Michael Kehoe, will elaborate on AT&T's U-Verse in Baker Center Ballroom A.  Other panels and speakers include:

10:10   Alumni panel, Baker 240
11:10   Marty Fierbaugh, Cisco Systems - 
           "Anatomy of IPTV," Baker 240
12:10   luncheon
  1:10   Keynote:  Michael Kehoe, "AT&T's U-Verse: 
           Delivering Video and More,"  Baker Ballroom A
  2:10   Special topic panel, Baker 240  
  3:10   Jeffrey Carr, SinglePipe Communications -
           "Launching Innovation Ventures in 
           Communications," - and presentation of 
           Accenture Challenge Awards,
           Baker 240 

The McClure School hosted ITS Day 2007 on Thursday, May 10, where educators, industry professionals, and alumni came to the Ohio University campus to participate in panels, lead group discussions, and explain the latest developments in the industry to students, professors, and to one another. Organized by students with the assistance of faculty chairs, Andy Snow and Philip Campbell, ITS Day provides students in Information and Telecommunication Systems current information about new and expanding areas in telecommunications and an opportunity for students to meet industry leaders from all over the world.

The alumni panelists  Matt Christian '99, Nationwide Insurance; Zach Eyen '06, the Paragon Group; Wrienne Mitchell '05, MCPc;  Neil Okonak '02, Accenture; and Adam Tiffany '03, Kroger; spoke about their experiences after graduation.

Mike McCurry,  Former White House Press Secretary, gave the key note speech "The Case Against Net Neutrality: A Dissent from the Left" to an engaged audience.  Listen to Mr. McCurry's speech at http://streaming.cns.ohiou.edu/COMS. 

Frank Macioce, Senior Consulting Architect with Nationwide Insurance, spoke on "Network Security."  A security panel followed with Tom Fisher '98, Interactive Intelligence; Matt Raider '03, Accenture; and Shawn Ostermann, Ohio University.

The final panel of the day, on "VOIP Security:  Hype vs. Reality,"  included Tom Fisher '98, Interactive Intelligence Systems, and Ian Carlson '95, Tympani Inc. 
               
The Awards Banquet, which acknowledged students for their hard work and achievements, ended the day.  The following students were awarded scholarships at the banquet: 

Steve Allen, Ruth and Otto Kruse
Krystal LaFontaine, Scripps College of Communication
Adam Luck, John F. Smith Memorial
Josh Pittman, John F. Smith Memorial
Ben Rawson, McClure School Advisory Board
Mike Robinson, Scripps College of Communication
Jason Showalter, Ruth and Otto Kruse
Scott Snowden, Ruth and Otto Kruse
Clinton Swart, Scripps College of Communication
Kathryn Wargo, Ruth and Otto Kruse