🗓️ When

Monday, May 18, 2026 -
Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Sessions begin 8am Monday
and conclude 4pm Wednesday.

📍Where

Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center

Steps from North Bethesda station
on the D.C. Metro Red Line.

5701 Marinelli Rd, Rockville, MD 20852

✅ Important Dates

Poster Abstract Submission Opens September 9: See Guidelines

Registration Opens: Date TBA

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Who will be there

Conference Presenters
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Linda M. Collins

New York University

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Susan A. Murphy

Harvard University

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E. Jennifer Edelman

Yale School of Medicine

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Daniel Almirall

University of Michigan

Science and practice, present and future

Conference Objectives

Establish intervention optimization as a distinct multidisciplinary field.

Highlight the breadth and variety of ideas in the field of intervention optimization.

Facilitate networking, collaboration, and innovation among intervention optimization scholars.

Encourage and support early-career scholars pursuing intervention optimization research.

Gague interest in establishing an ongoing, regular conference on intervention optimization.

Envision a future where intervention optimization is standard operating procedure.

What to Expect

Receptions, Sessions, and Other Events
Networking Reception
Poster Sessions
Welcome and Opening Session
New Experimental Designs
Implementation Science and Intervention Optimization I
Implementation Science and Intervention Optimization II
Decision-making and Economic Considerations
Spotlight on Early-Career Investigators
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Registration opens this fall.

Join researchers, practitioners, and scholars at the first-ever academic conference dedicated exclusively to intervention optimization. Be part of a community shaping the future of optimized interventions across disciplines.

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Meet the Conference Co-Sponsors

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Resources on intervention optimization—the Multiphase Optimization Strategy [MOST], factorial designs, and more—including training opportunities, recommended reading, concept summaries, and more .

Visit CADIO
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Resources specific to the optimization of adaptive interventions, including project summaries, online courses, experimental design and intervention framework overviews, and open-source code.

Visit d3center
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