If you’re an information technology professional, you need to know how the IT community interacts with other organizations at Cornell. That’s the theme of the 2014 IT@Cornell Community Conference, June 18, which features a panel of faculty members and administrators discussing how technology can aid in “innovation, collaboration and administrative practices.”

The all-day event is a chance for IT workers to connect with colleagues, but is open to the entire Cornell community; preregistration is requested.

Talks and a series of breakout sessions will be held in the Biotech Building and ILR Conference Center.

“Because this year’s conference is designed to address issues, challenges and opportunities that occur at the intersection of information technologies and administrative processes, I am pleased to also welcome colleagues from other administrative units with whom we work on many IT-related issues,” said Ted Dodds, vice president for information technologies, in his announcement.

Dodds will deliver the keynote, accompanied by Anne Margulies, CIO of Harvard University.

Following the keynote, a panel will answer questions from the audience. Panelists are: Sam Bacharach, the McKelvey-Grant Professor of Labor Management and director of ILR’s New York City-based Institute for Workplace Studies and of the Smithers Institute; Ed Baptist, associate professor of history and co-instructor with Louis Hyman of American Capitalism: A History, one of the first four CornellX MOOCs; Bob Buhrman, senior vice provost for research; Susan Murphy, vice president for student and academic services; and Mary Opperman, vice president for human resources and safety services.

Morning and afternoon breakout sessions will address business practices, the student experience, management of research data, leadership development and collaboration. The conference will conclude with an ice cream social.