Register for the 2025 IT Professionals Conference

Registration is now open for the 2025 UW–‍Madison IT Professionals Conference on May 29 & 30, featuring keynote speaker UW–‍Madison Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks! Choose your preferred conference experience and register today.

• Hybrid: Attend in person at the Pyle Center on May 29 and on Zoom on May 30
• Virtual only: Attend both days of the conference on Zoom

Register for hybrid attendance

Stay tuned! We’ll share the registration link for virtual-only attendance soon.

Hybrid attendees will join us in person at the Pyle Center on May 29. We’ll provide food and beverages throughout the day. The $50 in-person registration fee covers venue costs. IT Connects will cover the fee for university IT community members who wish to attend but can’t secure funding from their department. Email itproconf@wisc.edu to inquire.

Benefits of attending

Now in its 9th year, the 2025 IT Professionals Conference continues the tradition of professional development created by and for UW–‍Madison’s information technology community. Attendees will:

• Explore more than 25 sessions covering a wide array of IT subjects
• Get inspired with a dynamic keynote by Lois Brooks
• Celebrate our peers’ accomplishments with the annual IT Recognition Awards
• Develop new skills and competencies
• Get in the weeds to discover solutions to technical problems
• Make new connections with colleagues from across campus

Keynote by Lois Brooks

Lois Brooks, UW–‍Madison CIO, will deliver the keynote address at this year’s IT Professionals Conference.

• Joined UW–⁠Madison in Aug 2018 as vice provost for information technology and chief information officer

• Served in leadership and governance roles with the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium, Educause and Internet2
• Co-founded the Sakai Foundation (now Apareo) and UNIZIN Consortium
• Keynote, “The Only Constant is Change,” will be an examination of lessons learned during her career in the higher education community