Everyone has heard the term “esports” lately, but do you know what it entails? In this session we’ll be chatting about the what, why, who and how of esports, plus give you steps to get started, directly from Lenovo’s Senior Global Esports and CTE Manger, Jeff Palumbo. As an added bonus, he will be bringing along Higher Education guests to share the stage to hear their stories and answer your questions!

Attend to learn:
• Why top-ranked institutions are adding esports to their lineups
• Quick first steps to launching a program
• Industry trends on esports programming

We’ll be hearing from industry experts (for full bios see Meet Your Speakers):
Jeff Palumbo, Senior Global Esports and CTE Manager, Lenovo
Lee Hyde, Director of ITS ResNET, Co-Director of the Carolina Esports Program, UNC-Chapel Hill
Victor Gomez, Adjunct Professor, Stillman School of Business, Manager, Seton Hall University Esports, Seton Hall University
Moderator – Kevin Hogan, eSchool News, Editor-at-Large