Coming Soon to a Convention Center Near You!

By Claudia Lynch, Benchmarks Online Editor

The 2003 EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference (formerly EduTex) is coming to Dallas February 19-21, 2003. This year's theme is "IT in Higher Education: Mobilizing the Mission." By attending this conference you can find new ways to learn, share ideas, and connect with others in your field and from your region. If you register by January 22 and reserve your room by January 28 you will save money.

• You can register at:
  http://www.educause.edu/meeting/registration.asp?meeting=SWRC03

• Explore the conference program: http://www.educause.edu/conference/swrc/2003/program.asp
  Make sure and check out the "how-to" sessions. They offer valuable, region-specific information on topics ranging from faculty training and wireless technologies to portals and enterprise security. You can also take a deeper look at security and wireless networks at the half-day pre-conference seminars held on February 19.

• For information on other EDUCAUSE learning and networking
  opportunities, see http://www.educause.edu/conference/

• For a look at some of the topics covered at last year's conference see: http://www.unt.edu/benchmarks/archives/2002/april02/edutex.htm