2019 USA Study Tour [1]
Things are beginning to take shape for the 2019 US Study Tour.
Commencing in the afternoon of the 17 October in Chicago, Illinois, directly after the EDUCAUSE conference, we are planning to visit a number of Chicago-based universities before moving across to San Francisco, California, and finally heading north to conclude in Seattle, Washington. The tour will conclude on 25 October with a visit to Microsoft HQ. Other vendors we will be visiting include Salesforce, Amazon Web Services and ServiceNow.
We have approached several universities in the Chicago, San Francisco and Seattle areas with an invitation to host an international CIO contingent. A number of these have responded positively indicating they would be more than happy to host the contingent.
An outline of the DRAFT ITINERARY as at the 6 SEPTEMBER 2019 is below. This draft is very fluid at this stage and subject to change as visits are confirmed, so please check back regularly for the latest updates.
| DAY | DATE | TIME | UNIVERSITY VISITS | VENDOR VISITS |
| CHICAGO | ||||
| Thu | 17-Oct | morning | EDUCAUSE 2019 Chicago (concludes 11:45am) |
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| Thu | 17-Oct | afternoon | Northwestern University (confirmed) |
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| Fri | 18-Oct | morning | University of Illinois at Chicago (confirmed) |
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| Fri | 18-Oct | afternoon | Loyola University Chicago (confirmed) |
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| Sat | 19-Oct | Travel Chicago to San Francisco Free time over weekend |
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| Sun | 20-Oct | Travel Chicago to San Francisco Free time over weekend |
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| Sun | 20-Oct | evening | Salesforce dinner (TBC) | |
| SAN FRANCISCO | ||||
| Mon | 21-Oct | morning | Salesforce (confirmed) |
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| Mon | 21-Oct | 2:00pm - 4:30pm | University of California, Berkeley (confirmed) |
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| Mon | 21-Oct | evening |
ServiceNow dinner (TBC) |
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| Tue | 22-Oct | morning | Stanford University (confirmed) |
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| Tue | 22-Oct | afternoon | ServiceNow (confirmed) Visit time to be confirmed |
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| Tue | 22-Oct | evening | Travel to Seattle | |
| SEATTLE | ||||
| Wed | 23-Oct | 10:30am - 2:30pm | University of Washington (confirmed) Lunch provided |
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| Wed | 23-Oct | evening | Amazon Web Services Dinner (TBC) |
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| Thu | 24-Oct | All day | Amazon Web Services | |
| Thu | 24-Oct | evening | Microsoft Dinner (TBC) |
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| Fri | 25-Oct | All day | Microsoft HQ | |
| Sat | 26-Oct | End tour and fly home from Seattle, WA | ||
The map below highlights the locations across the United State of the universities and vendors we are hoping to visit.
McCormick Place - the EDUCAUSE 2019 conference venue is represented by the maroon pin in the Chicago region. Zoom down into each location to separate and click on each pin for information on the organisation it represents.
Enquiries: contact Steven Turner at project-support@caudit.edu.au [2]