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May 7th, 2026 (Thursday)
DAY 1
SESSION 1
Advancing Intelligent Machines for Human Partnership
7:30am - 8:45am | Registration, Coffee, and Light Breakfast
8:45am - 9:00am | Welcome and Opening Remarks by Organizers
9:00am - 10:00am | Keynote Talk (Aaron Young, Georgia Tech)
10:00am - 10:30am | Block 1A: Talk by Jeremy Brown + 8 poster pitches
10:30am - 10:45am | Coffee/tea break
10:45am - 11:35am | Block 1B: Talks by Dylan Losey, Hao Su, and Ye Zhao + 8 poster pitches
11:35am - 12:30pm | Poster session
SESSION 2
New Domains of Partnership Between Humans and Intelligent Machines
12:30pm - 2:00pm | Lunch & NSF Information Session led by Dr. Alexis Lewis, Deputy Directorate Head, Directorate for Engineering, followed by Q&A - Slides
2:00pm - 3:00pm | Keynote Talk (Missy Cummings, George Mason University)
3:00pm - 3:40pm | Block 2A: 15 poster pitches
3:40pm - 4:30pm | Poster Session 2 + coffee/tea break
4:30pm - 5:15pm | Block 2B: Talks by Burcin Becerik-Gerber, Jiannan Cai, Xi Wang, and Jing Yang
END OF REGULAR PROGRAM FOR DAY 1
5:30pm - 7pm | (Sign up at the registration desk in the morning only) One-on-one meetings with the NSF Program Directors (names below)
May 8th, 2026 (Friday)
DAY 2
SESSION 3
Leveraging Human Physiology, Cognition, and Behavior for Advancing Partnership with Intelligent Machines
8:00am - 9:00am | Registration, Coffee, and Light Breakfast
9:00am - 10:00am | Keynote Talk (Wendy Ju, Cornell University)
10:00am - 10:30am | Block 3A: Talk by Aine Grady + 8 poster pitches
10:30am - 10:45am | Coffee/tea break
10:45am - 11:35am | Block 3B: Talks by Anne Martin, Sam Burden, Antonia Zaferiou + 8 poster pitches
11:35am - 1:00pm | Poster session & lunch
1:00pm - 2:00pm | M3X PIs Panel on Pitfalls and Lessons Learned Writing NSF Proposals, by Sam Burden, Hao Su, Laura Blumenschein, and Jonathon Schofield
2:00pm - 3:00pm | Proposal Writing Workshop Targeting Aspiring PIs (all PIs welcome), by Alena Talkachova, Alex Medina-Borja, and Jordan Berg - Slides
END OF REGULAR PROGRAM
3:00pm - 5pm | (Sign up at the registration desk in the morning only) One-on-one meetings with the NSF Program Directors (names below)
NSF staff available for one-on-one meetings
Alex Medina-Borja (M3X and FRR -HRI): both days
Jordan Berg (FRR, M3X, and DCSD): both days
Alena Talkachova (DCSD): Thursday only
Harrison Kim (EDSE, ISP, Digital Twins): Thursday only
Steven Zehnder (DARE, EBBS): Thursday all day, Friday after 4pm
Simon Fischer-Baum (CRCNS): Friday only
Marcello Canova (DCSD, ISP, and OE): Friday only