The Ceremony is Virtual this year and there is no charge. Click here to Register:

Program for the Evening:

Greeting by Susan Norton

Jennifer Wheeler from State GIS Speaking on statewide Arkansas COVID-19 Reporting 

This year’s honorees are:

 Mr. Don Benton, Assistant Commissioner of Research and Technology at the Arkansas Department of Education, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Dr. Susan Bristow, Teaching Associate Professor of Information Systems at the University of Arkansas

Dr. Jackson Cothren, Director of the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies at the University of Arkansas

Mr. Alan Gardner, Principal & Senior Vice President of Operations at RxResults

Dr. Greg Holland, Senior Data Scientist and Director at the Arkansas Research Center

Dr. Xiuzhen Huang, Professor of Bioinformatics and Biomedical Informatics at Arkansas State University

Ms. Adita Karkera, Deputy State Chief Data Officer, Database Administration Lead at the Arkansas Department of Information Services

Mr. Arijit Sarkar, Chief Information Officer and Director of Information Systems at Arkansas Department of Education, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Mr. Scott Spradely, Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer at Tyson Foods

Mr. Tony Warren, Managing Director at Euronet Worldwide

Dr. Panneer Selvam, Professor of Civil Engineering at University of Arkansas

Additionally, Dr. Peter Ungar, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arkansas will be recognized at the October 23 event as he was a member of the Class of 2019 but unable to attend his formal induction.