Conference Schedule

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To get a taste of what the 2026 conference program might be like, you can browse the schedule for last year’s event here.

Keynote Speakers

Vicki Boykis

Founding ML Engineer, Malachyte

Vicki is a founding ML engineer at Malachyte. Previously, she built LLM-evaluation tooling at Mozilla.ai and search/recommendation systems at Duo and Tumblr. She writes about scalable ML in production, information retrieval, and human-centric AI. She previously organized NormConf, a conference about everyday machine learning. She keynoted PyData Amsterdam and PyCon Italia. In her "free time", she writes short stories, learns to DJ by making terrible mixes and loves Nutella.

David Luebke

Co-founder of NVIDIA Research

Dr. David Luebke helped found NVIDIA Research in 2006 after eight years on the faculty of the University of Virginia. Luebke received his Ph.D. under Fred Brooks at the University of North Carolina in 1998. His principal research interests are computer graphics, generative neural networks, and virtual reality. Luebke is a Fellow of the IEEE and an inaugural inductee into the IEEE VR Academy. His other honors include the NVIDIA Distinguished Inventor award, the IEEE VR Technical Achievement Award, and Test of Time Awards at ACM SIGGRAPH Asia and the ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics. Dr. Luebke has co-authored a book, a major museum exhibit, and over two hundred papers, articles, chapters, and patents. Luebke is currently Vice President of Research at NVIDIA, where he runs a group of about 35 researchers focused on "New Experiences".

Friday, April 17, 2026: Talk Day

The first day of the conference will feature keynote presentations, multiple tracks of 30-minute talks, lightning talks, ample networking opportunities, and sponsor exhibitions at the Violet Crown Cinema in Downtown Charlottesville.

Saturday, April 18, 2026: Tutorial Day

The second day will feature multiple tracks of practical, 90-minute tutorials at the University of Virginia’s School of Data Science.