Agenda

Thursday, November 21
In Person (simultaneously livestreamed)
1-8 PM CST

• 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

  Attendee Check-in
• 1:00 PM - 1:10 PM

  Welcome & Opening Remarks

  Message from INFORMS CEO/President and INFORMS Chicago Chapter President

• 1:10 PM - 1:15 PM

  DePaul/Host Welcome

  Dean Ba

• 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

  Speaker: John K. Thompson

  GenAI: Today, Tomorrow, and the Future

• 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

  Speaker: Coleen Griffin
• 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

  Break
• 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

  Speaker: David Giard
• 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM

  Speaker: Kristian Hammond

  Managing Transformation: Business and Technology in the Age of Language Models

• 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

  Break
• 4:45 PM - 5:15 PM

  Speaker: Danny Henken
• 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM

  Award Ceremony & Winner Presentation
• 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

  Panel Discussion

  Kristina Chambers, Tim Dickson, Tim Turner, Meera Dugar

• 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

  Closing Remarks