OLD AGENDA (May 2026)
Our Agenda is open to the public (no email or signup necessary), so you can decide for yourself if you want to attend.
Click on picture for short bio and abstract. A checkmark means the slides will be shared with attendees after the conference; an X means they will not.
DAY 1
9:30-10:00 PM
Paul Debjyoti
Data Scientist at Amazon
10:00-10:30 AM
COFFEE BREAK
Grab a coffee and enjoy the snacks!
11:00-11:30 AM
Ahsaas Bajaj
Machine Learning Tech Lead at Instacart
11:30-12:00 AM
Milda Aksamitauskas
Chief Administrative Officer at University of Wisconsin–Madison
12:00-1:30 PM
Network over full lunch buffet with other attendees, speaker, and board members!
2:30-3:00 PM
Muhammed Yunas Chirayath
Principal Data Engineer at Discover Finanvial Services
3:00-3:30 PM
Prerana Jakhotia
Lead AI Product Manager at Blue Cross Blue Shield
3:30-4:00 PM
COFFEE BREAK
Grab a coffee and enjoy the snacks!
4:00-4:30 PM
Lan Nguyen
Digital Marketing Manager at LinkedIn
4:30-5:00 PM
Shivendra Srivastava
Software Development Manager at Amazon
DAY 2
7:00-8:30 AM
REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST
Grab your name tag, enjoy the full breakfast buffet!
8:30-9:20 AM
Robert L. Grossman
Partner, Analytic Strategy Partners and Director, Center for Translational Data Science, University of Chicago
9:20-10:00 AM
Tabish Azeem
Team Manager, Business Intelligence at Box
10:00-10:30 AM
COFFEE BREAK
Grab a coffee and enjoy the snacks!
10:30-11:00 AM
Dmitrii Timoshenko
Applied Scientist at Amazon (AWS)
11:00-11:30 AM
Mariusz Gąsiewski
CEE Mobile Gaming and Apps Lead at Google
11:30-12:00 PM
Holly Baker
Policing Lab
12:00-1:30 PM
Network over full lunch buffet with other attendees, speaker, and board members!
2:30-3:00 PM
Danaïl Davidov
Senior Actuary at Desjardins
3:00-3:30 PM
COFFEE BREAK
Grab a coffee and enjoy the snacks!
3:30-4:00 PM
Tejas Pravinbhai Patel
Software Development Engineer at Amazon
4:00-4:10 PM
Closing Remarks
Michael Tsiappoutas
Conference Chair
BACKUP SPEAKERS
Ian Pytlarz
Principal Data Scientist at Purdue University
Maggie Wolff
Data Scientist at Box
Prakhar Srivastava
Data & Applied Scientist at Zurich North America