{"id":15,"date":"2018-05-23T17:06:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T17:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-midwest2019\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:59:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:59:25","slug":"agenda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/regional-analytics-sanfrancisco2025\/agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-15\" data-postid=\"15\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-15 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-css_id=\"zb14637\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row header-section fullwidth_row_container tb_zb14637 tb_first tf_w\">\n            <span  class=\"builder_row_cover tf_abs\" data-lazy=\"1\"><\/span>            <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_wdxk637 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_x3xk637   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h1 style=\"text-align: left;\">Agenda<\/h1>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_y4js782 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_y3r4785 first\">\n                    <!-- module timeline -->\n<div  id=\"tb_a0w6780\" class=\"module tf_hidden tf_lazy module-timeline tb_a0w6780 layout-list \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <h3 class=\"module-title\">Friday, September 26, 2025<br>8AM - 7PM PST<\/h3><ul class=\"tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-0\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  8:00 AM - 8:45 AM\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Registration & Check-in\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-1\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  8:45 AM - 8:50 AM\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Official Welcome\/greeting to the INFORMS Conference + Informal instructions\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><strong>Host<\/strong>: Quico Spaen<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-2\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  9:05 AM - 9:08 AM\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   UC Berkeley Welcome Address\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><strong>Host<\/strong>: Dr. Alper Atamturk<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-3\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  9:08 AM - 9:10 AM\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Introduction to the Keynote\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><strong>Host<\/strong>: Dhanashree Lele<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-4\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  9:10 AM - 9:55 AM\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Conference Keynote\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <h3><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Neural Operators for AI+Science: Pushing the Frontiers of Scientific Discovery<br><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Dr. Anima Anandkumar, Bren Professor CalTech<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-5\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  9:55 AM - 10:05 AM\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   ICCRC info session\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><strong>Host<\/strong>: Vinod Cheriyan<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-6\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  9:55 AM - 10:05 AM\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Small Refreshment Break\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-7\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  10:05 AM - 10:40 AM\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Featured Talk 1\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <h3><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Trustworthy Data Agents on an Efficient Inference Platform<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Dr. Anupam Datta, Principal Scientist Snowflake<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-8\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  10:40 AM - 11:25 AM\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Featured Talk 2\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <h3><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">How to collaborate with an AI assistant to structure complex decision models with influence diagrams<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Dr. Max Henrion, Lumina Decision Systems <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-9\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  11:25 AM - 11:35 AM\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Break\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-10\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  11:35 AM - 12:15 PM\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Technical Panel Discussion\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">The Future of AI &amp; OR Convergence: How AI and OR Together Redefine Decision-Making<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><strong>Panel Moderators<\/strong>: Dhanashree Lele, Vinod Cheriyan<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Panelists:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Subramanian Iyer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Yu Zhang (Assistant Professor, UC Santa Cruz)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Aravind Govindarajan (Director of Data Science, Target)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Carlos Zetina (FICO) <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-11\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  12:15 PM - 12:50 PM\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Lunch Break \t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-12\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  12:50 PM - 1:20 PM\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Optional Speed networking for students + practitioners\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-13\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  1:30 PM - 2:10 PM\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   Business panel discussion\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">The Future of Work: How AI\/OR Integration Will Reshape Roles and Skills?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><strong>Panel Moderator<\/strong>: Vivek Pandit<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Panelists:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Keith Dierkx (Principal at Princeton Consultants)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Rajat Verma (Sr Staff PM, ServiceNow)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Tingting Lin (Lead PM, SAP) <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.timeline-content-wrap -->\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"timeline-14\" class=\"timeline-post without-icon \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"module-timeline-date tf_box tf_textr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  2:15 PM - 2:30 PM\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content-wrap tf_box tf_right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"module-timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"module-timeline-title\">    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<li id=\"timeline-4\"> 9:10 AM - 9:55 AM <h2> Conference Keynote <\/h2> <h3>Neural Operators for AI+Science: Pushing the Frontiers of Scientific Discovery<br><\/h3> <p>Dr. Anima Anandkumar, Bren Professor CalTech<\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-5\"> 9:55 AM - 10:05 AM <h2> ICCRC info session <\/h2> <p><strong>Host<\/strong>: Vinod Cheriyan<\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-6\"> 9:55 AM - 10:05 AM <h2> Small Refreshment Break <\/h2> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-7\"> 10:05 AM - 10:40 AM <h2> Featured Talk 1 <\/h2> <h3>Trustworthy Data Agents on an Efficient Inference Platform<\/h3> <p>Dr. Anupam Datta, Principal Scientist Snowflake<\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-8\"> 10:40 AM - 11:25 AM <h2> Featured Talk 2 <\/h2> <h3>How to collaborate with an AI assistant to structure complex decision models with influence diagrams<\/h3> <p>Dr. Max Henrion, Lumina Decision Systems <\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-9\"> 11:25 AM - 11:35 AM <h2> Break <\/h2> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-10\"> 11:35 AM - 12:15 PM <h2> Technical Panel Discussion <\/h2> <p>The Future of AI &amp; OR Convergence: How AI and OR Together Redefine Decision-Making<\/p> <p><strong>Panel Moderators<\/strong>: Dhanashree Lele, Vinod Cheriyan<\/p> <p><strong>Panelists:<\/strong><\/p> <ul> <li>Subramanian Iyer<\/li> <li>Yu Zhang (Assistant Professor, UC Santa Cruz)<\/li> <li>Aravind Govindarajan (Director of Data Science, Target)<\/li> <li>Carlos Zetina (FICO) <\/li> <\/ul> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-11\"> 12:15 PM - 12:50 PM <h2> Lunch Break <\/h2> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-12\"> 12:50 PM - 1:20 PM <h2> Optional Speed networking for students + practitioners <\/h2> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-13\"> 1:30 PM - 2:10 PM <h2> Business panel discussion <\/h2> <p>The Future of Work: How AI\/OR Integration Will Reshape Roles and Skills?<\/p> <p><strong>Panel Moderator<\/strong>: Vivek Pandit<\/p> <p><strong>Panelists:<\/strong><\/p> <ul> <li>Keith Dierkx (Principal at Princeton Consultants)<\/li> <li>Rajat Verma (Sr Staff PM, ServiceNow)<\/li> <li>Tingting Lin (Lead PM, SAP) <\/li> <\/ul> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-14\"> 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM <h2> Lightning Talk 1 <\/h2> <h3>Hexaly: A super-fast, super-scalable optimization solver<\/h3> <p><strong>Host<\/strong>: Tony Qin<\/p> <p>Fred Gardi (CEO, Hexaly) <\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-15\"> 2:35 PM - 2:50 PM <h2> Lightning Talk 2 <\/h2> <h3>Introducing a novel decision space learning framework for efficiently solving mixed-integer linear programs (MILPs)<\/h3> <p><strong>Host<\/strong>: Tony Qin<\/p> <p>Yadong (Jeff) Zhang (PhD student, Vanderbilt University) <\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-16\"> 2:55 PM - 3:10 PM <h2> Lightning Talk 3 <\/h2> <h3>Decomposing the Mix: A Bayesian Distillation Framework for Audience-Level Media Mix Models and Budget Optimization<\/h3> <p><strong>Host<\/strong>: Tony Qin<\/p> <p>David Nnamdi (Sr Data Scientist, Intuit) <\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-17\"> 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM <h2> Lightning Talk 4 <\/h2> <h3>Attribution models that integrate deep learning architectures with optimization principles<\/h3> <p><strong>Host<\/strong>: Tony Qin<\/p> <p>Dmitrii Timoshenko (Applied Scientist, AWS) <\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-18\"> 3:35 PM - 3:50 PM <h2> Lightning Talk 5 <\/h2> <h3>The Current Impact of GPUs and Quantum Computers on Mathematical Optimization<\/h3> <p><strong>Host<\/strong>: Tony Qin<\/p> <p>Dr. Ed Klotz, Gurobi Optimization <\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-19\"> 3:50 PM - 4:00 PM <h2> Break for Refreshments <\/h2> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-20\"> 4:00 PM - 4:40 PM <h2> Fireside Chat <\/h2> <h3>What Executives Really Want from AI &amp; OR<\/h3> <p><strong>Hosts<\/strong>: Shubhangi Deshpande, Quico Spaen<\/p> <p><strong>Panelist<\/strong>: Dr. Phil Kaminsky, Senior Principal Scientist Amazon<\/p> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-21\"> 4:40 PM - 5:00 PM <h2> Closing Address <\/h2> <\/li> <li id=\"timeline-22\"> 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM <h2> Networking + Happy Hour <\/h2> <p>At Alumni House Patio<\/p> <\/li> 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