2026 IEEE International Conference on AI and Data Analytics
(ICAD 2026)
June 11 – 12, 2026
Boston, Massachusetts
Program Schedule
THURSDAY JUN 11
TIME
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Registration and Check-in throughout the Day
8:30 – 8:45 AM
Opening Ceremony
8:45 – 9:30 AM
Keynote Speaker Dr. Stefanie Chiras
The New Time Paradigm:
Bridging the AI Gap from Rapid Prototype to Enterprise Reality
9:30 – 10:15 AM
Keynote Speaker Dr. Samantika Sury
Vice President, HPE Fellow, Chief Hardware Architect, HPC and AI Solutions
10:15 – 10:30 AM
Break / Transition to Tracks
11:30 – 12:30 PM
Track 1 – Foundations of AI, Data Science & Analytics
Track 2 – Applied AI & Analytics in Industry and Enterprise
Track 3 – Frontiers in AI and Data Analytics
Track 4 – Responsible AI, Safety & Governance
12:30 – 1:30 PM
Lunch / Posters / Sponsors
1:30 – 2:30 PM
Panel Session / Moderator, Dr. Shahan Nercessian
Music AI: Where We’re At, Where We’re Going, and Who’s Coming With?
2:30 – 3:30 PM
Track 1 – Foundations of AI, Data Science & Analytics
Track 2 – Applied AI & Analytics in Industry and Enterprise
Track 3 – Frontiers in AI and Data Analytics
Track 4 – Responsible AI, Safety & Governance
3:30 – 3:45 PM
Coffee Break
3:45 – 5:30 PM
FRIDAY JUN 12
TIME
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Registration and Check-in Throughout the Day
8:45 – 9:30 AM
Keynote Speaker Dr. Anthony Vetro
IEEE Fellow, President & CEO Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL)
9:30- 10:15 AM
Keynote Speaker Ms. Christine Miyachi
Principal Software Development Manager and Systems Architect, Microsoft
10:15 – 10:30 AM
Break / Transition to Tracks
10:30 – 11:30 AM
Track 1 – Foundations of AI, Data Science & Analytics
Track 2 – Applied AI & Analytics in Industry and Enterprise
Track 3 – Frontiers in AI and Data Analytics
Track 4 – Responsible AI, Safety & Governance
11:30 – 12:30 PM
Track 1 – Foundations of AI, Data Science & Analytics
Track 2 – Applied AI & Analytics in Industry and Enterprise
Track 3 – Frontiers in AI and Data Analytics
Track 4 – Responsible AI, Safety & Governance
12:30 – 1:30 PM
Lunch / Posters / Sponsors
1:30 – 2:30 PM
Panel Session / Moderator, Dr. Mark Maybury, VP Lockheed Martin
The Age of Agents: Progress and Peril in Commercial Deployments of Agentic AI
2:30 – 3:30 PM
Panel Session / Moderator, Dr. Mark Maybury, VP Lockheed Martin
3:30 – 3:45 PM
Coffee Break
3:45 – 4:45 PM
Track 1 – Foundations of AI, Data Science & Analytics
Track 2 – Applied AI & Analytics in Industry and Enterprise
Track 3 – Frontiers in AI and Data Analytics
Track 4 – Responsible AI, Safety & Governance
4:45 – 5:15 PM
Closing / Best Paper Award
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