Collage of presenters and attendees actively participating in last year's conference.
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Metamorphosis: Transforming Tomorrow

IT@UofT 2025 conference May 6-7

St. George campus

Registration is now closed.

Overview

Presented by Information Technology Services, the IT@UofT conference is a forum for people to share ideas, learn about information technology innovations and make lasting connections with colleagues from across the tri-campus community.

This year’s conference theme is Metamorphosis: Transforming Tomorrow. IT@UofT 2025 will feature five streams on the following topics:

Technical innovations

Leadership

The future of work (research, teaching and administration)

Information security

Artificial intelligence

The conference is an in-person event open to faculty and staff across U of T, including IT leaders, technical specialists, decision-makers, communications professionals and administrators.

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The power of inclusion: Amplifying women’s voices in tech

Join conference co-chair and University of Toronto Acting CIO Dr. Donna K. Kidwell for a panel featuring women’s voices and perspectives from across the IT@UofT community. Panelists will share career journeys, discuss challenges in the field and explore ways to drive meaningful change to better support women in tech.

Three female staff members attending an ITS event

Resources

Looking forward to the conference? Use our branded templates for your MS Teams calls and email signature to let others know about the event.

Conference co-chairs

Dr. Donna K. Kidwell

Acting Chief Information Officer, U of T

Dr. Kidwell is an accomplished information technology leader with 18 years of experience in large R1 public institutions, including a pivotal role at Arizona State University as Deputy CIO and Chief Information Security and Digital Trust Officer. She is known for driving innovative information security initiatives and fostering a positive organizational culture. Dr. Kidwell’s expertise in technology commercialization and her executive sponsorship of the Trusted Learner Network position her to significantly advance U of T’s mission.

Donna Kidwell
Susan McCahan

Professor Susan McCahan

Associate Vice-President and Vice-Provost, Digital Strategies and Vice-Provost, Innovations in Undergraduate Education, U of T

Susan McCahan is currently the Associate Vice-President and Vice-Provost, Digital Strategies and Vice-Provost, Innovations in Undergraduate Education at the University of Toronto. She is also the Provostial Advisor on Artificial Intelligence, and is Chairing the Taskforce on AI, which will wrap up its work in spring 2025. Her Vice-Provost role includes strategic leadership on IT systems and data systems that support academic processes and teaching; and leadership on key pedagogical initiatives such as experiential learning. Professor McCahan’s current research projects include analysis of technology use in Active Learning Classrooms, and investigation of the impact of emerging AI technologies on engineering curricula.

Susan McCahan

Sponsors

Gigabyte sponsors:

Apple
AWS
CDW
Palo Alto Networks
Cloudflare
Compugen
Dell Technologies
ISA Cybersecurity
SentinelOne

Megabyte sponsors:

Canvas by Instructure
Crowdmark
Gartner
INSA Integra
Insight Equipment Finance
logitech
Microsoft
SHI Canada
Softchoice, a world wide technology co.

Gallery

Last year’s conference sparked insightful discussions on the transformative power of collaboration across diverse teams and departments, and the integration of cutting-edge technologies and methodologies used to amplify our impact at U of T.

Collage of presenters and attendees actively participating in last year's conference.

Statement of Land Acknowledgment

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto operates. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land. Read about U of T’s Statement of Land Acknowledgement.