IOptimize '26

Conference Agenda

Explore the full conference agenda below and plan your path through talks, posters, and connections that push intervention optimization forward.

Monday, May 18

7:00 am
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2:00 pm

Registration open

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8:00 am
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9:00 am

Session 1: Welcome and opening plenary

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Linda M. Collins, Billie Nahum-Shani, Bonnie Spring

9:00 am
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10:00 am

Lightning Round poster session preview #1

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10:00 am
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10:30 am

Break

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10:30 am
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12:00 pm

Session 2: New experimental designs

Chair/Discussant

Tianchen Qian

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Walter Dempsey, Devin Tomlinson

12:00 pm
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1:30 pm

Lunch (provided) + posters from Lightning Round #1

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1:30 pm
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3:00 pm

Session 3: Implementation Science and Intervention Optimization I

Chair/Discussant

Donna Shelley

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Kate Guastaferro, E. Jennifer Edelman

3:00 pm
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3:30 pm

Break

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3:30 pm
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5:00 pm

Session 4: Innovative applications

Chair/Discussant

Kate Guastaferro

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Kelly Rulison, Elizabeth Lockhart, Angela Pfammatter

5:30 pm
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7:30 pm

Opening reception (all attendees welcome)

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Tuesday, May 19

7:00 am
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11:30 am

Registration/poster setup

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8:00 am
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9:30 am

Session 5: Ideas from computer science and engineering

Chair/Discussant

David Conroy

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Susan A. Murphy, Daniel Rivera

9:30 am
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10:30 am

Lightning Round poster session preview #2

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10:30 am
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11:00 am

Break

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11:00 am
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12:30 pm

Session 6: Decision-making and economic considerations

Chair/Discussant

Megan E. Piper

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Jillian C. Strayhorn, David J. Vanness

12:30 pm
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2:00 pm

Lunch (provided) + posters from Lightning Round #2

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2:00 pm
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3:30 pm

Session 7: Implementation Science and Intervention Optimization II

Chair/Discussant

Dror Ben-Zeev

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Daniel Almirall, David Wetter

3:30 pm
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4:00 pm

Break

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4:00 pm
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5:30 pm

Session 8: Community engaged research and intervention optimization

Chair/Discussant

Jillian C. Strayhorn

Speakers

Borsika Rabin, Kate Merrill

6:00 pm
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8:00 pm

Early career networking reception (by invitation)

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Wednesday, May 20

8:30 am
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10:00 am

Session 9: Spotlight on early career investigators

Chair/Discussant

Maureen Walton

Speakers

Danielle Ostendorf, Lindsey Potter, Simon Goldberg

10:00 am
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10:15 am

Break

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10:15 am
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11:30 am

Obtaining funding for intervention optimization

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11:30 am
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12:00 pm

Conference wrap-up

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