CAUDIT is participating in the 2017 CHEITA Study Tour of institutions located on the east coast of the USA in partnership with our international counterparts in Canada, the UK, Europe, South Africa and the USA, coinciding with the EDUCAUSE 2017 Conference in Oct/Nov this year.

The EDUCAUSE conference is being held from 31 October 2017 to 3 November 2017, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – see https://events.educause.edu/annual-conference – providing the opportunity to visit premier institutions (and potentially vendor campuses) in north eastern states/cities of e.g. Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington DC, New York, Boston etc in the days immediately after the conference close.

Depending upon interest, participants could include CIOs (and their supervisors or immediate reports) from these and other countries – giving you the opportunity to make connections and broaden your network.  Please note that we are looking to cap numbers at 30 in order to maximise the quality of your interactions.

Day	Date	Travel / Location	Activity/visit
Sat	28-Oct	Pre EDUCAUSE fly into Philadelphia, PA
Sun	29-Oct	Pre EDUCAUSE fly into Philadelphia, PA
Sun	29-Oct	Philadelphia	6pm participant pre-tour meet up At venue to be decided – drinks/dinner.
Mon	30-Oct	Philadelphia	To schedule any of: University of Pennsylvania Penn State University  Villanova University Temple University Drexel University and other to be suggested sites eg Comcast
Tue	31-Oct	Philadelphia	To schedule any of: University of Pennsylvania Penn State University  Villanova University Temple University Drexel University and other to be suggested sites eg Comcast
Wed	1-Nov	Philadelphia	EDUCAUSE 2017 conference
Thu	2-Nov	Philadelphia
Fri	3-Nov	Philadelphia	EDUCAUSE 2017 conference
Fri	3-Nov	Philadelphia	Morning - EDUCAUSE 2017 conference
Fri	3-Nov	Afternoon/evening - Leave Philadelphia	Travel by train to New York City (Amtrak)
Sat	4-Nov	New York	Free time
Sun	5-Nov	New York	Free time
Sun	5-Nov	New York	6pm participant pre-tour meet up At venue to be decided – drinks/dinner
Mon	6-Nov	New York	To be scheduled: Columbia NYU SiliconAlley
Mon	6-Nov	New York	To be scheduled: Columbia NYU Silicon Alley?
Mon	6-Nov	Evening Train Travel:	From New York to Boston [Amtrak's Acela Express high-speed train takes ~3.5 hours]
Tue	7-Nov	Boston, Massachusetts	To be scheduled: Harvard MIT Boston University
Tue	7-Nov	Boston, Massachusetts	To be scheduled: Harvard MIT Boston University
Wed	8-Nov	Boston, Massachusetts	To be scheduled: Harvard MIT Boston University
Wed	8-Nov	End tour and fly home from Boston, MA

If you are interested in participating in this study tour, please contact Steven Wojnarowski asap - steven.wojnarowski@caudit.edu.au