The below vendors have expressed an interest and are very keen to host a USA 2019 Study Tour session.
San Francisco Region (21 - 22 October)
Salesforce (21 October - confirmed)
Salesforce Tower
415 Mission St
San Francisco CA 94105
While the agenda is still being developed, current thinking from Salesforce is around the below points.
- Trends and Insights
- Salesforce Higher Education Strategy (Salesforce.org and Salesforce merger and what it means for Australian institutions)
- Salesforce Education Cloud overview
- The Future (AI, Blockchain etc)
ServiceNow (22 October - confirmed)
2225 Lawson Lane
Santa Clara, CA , 95054
Seattle Region (23 - 25 October)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) (24 October - confirmed)
410 Terry Ave N
Seattle WA 98109
While the agenda is still being developed, current thinking from AWS is to focus on their history of innovation - with the day encompassing visits to the Amazon Spheres, domes ranging from 3 to 4 stories tall that house 40,000 plants as well as meeting space and retail stores; and, Automation and Robotics with a visit to Amazon Distribution Warehouses, AWS AI/ML Overview in Education and AWS Twitch ESports Platform and AWS Security Services.
Microsoft (25 October - confirmed)
Microsoft Headquarters
One Microsoft Way Redmond WA 98052
Microsoft Australia is organising an Executive Briefing at Microsoft’s HQ in Seattle, on 25 October covering the below topics:
- Microsoft’s Strategy in Higher Education
- Cyber Security (Executive and Technical tracks, plus tours of our ‘Cyber Security Operations Center’ and ‘Digital Crimes Unit’ facilities)
- Smart Campus (including building tours)
- eResearch Services (HPC, Artificial Intelligence, IoT / Big Data / Advanced Analytics services)
- Student Lifecycle Management
- Digital approaches to Teaching and Learning