Vendor Spotlights

2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Monday, February 28

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Alcatel-Lucent

An Education Revolution: Teaching the Millennials
Gus Vasilakis, Vice President of Enterprise Sales, Alcatel-Lucent
Cullen Auditorium

Never before in human history has a generation grown up with the wide variety of connected devices and instantaneous communications as our digital native "Millennials" have. Educators are now in the unenviable position of competing for - and winning - the attention of these students. This presentation will provide, through case studies and examples, an overview of the solutions that Alcatel-Lucent and Bell Laboratories have created which leverage social media, video conferencing, interactive whiteboard collaboration, augmented reality and digital textbooks to help a university evolve or revolutionize their pedagogical practices.

Gus Vasilakis is the Vice President of North American Sales for the Enterprise Division of Alcatel-Lucent. In this role Gus is responsible for Enterprise Data, Voice, Wireless, Security, and Video product sales. Gus’ sales organization includes geographical teams that cover the 50 states in addition to vertically-focused sales teams that engage Healthcare and Education institutions, creating strategic alliances and customized solutions.

AT&T

Introducing: The AT&T Learning Studio
Presented by Xavier Williams, Senior Vice President, AT&T
AT&T Learning Studio - Brown Library 3rd floor

Join AT&T and ACU in a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour as we celebrate the opening of the AT&T Learning Studio, located upstairs in the Brown Library on the campus of ACU. The new AT&T Learning Studio will support students and faculty as they explore the way we live, learn, and communicate in a digital world. The Learning Studio provides students and faculty a place to develop new ideas, approaches or mobile learning solutions and share them with a global audience.

As AT&T's Senior Vice President – Public Sector & Healthcare, Xavier Williams is responsible for supporting state & local government, education and healthcare clients across the country. He was appointed to his current position in March 2008.
 

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