Please note, agendas are subject to change.
Tuesday | October 20th, 2026
2:00 pm Check-in for Overnight Attendees (Aspen Lodge)
3:00 - 5:30 pm Snacks & Mingling (Timp C)
6:00 pm Dinner (Emerald Dining Hall)
7:00 pm Welcome - David Wingate | Brigham Young University (Timpanogos Main)
Engineers Like Problems: Counting the Water Cost of AI - Dr. Shaolei Ren | University of California, Riverside
7:45 pm The Tables
Breakout 1 - Answering the Question
9:00 pm Optional Activities (Timp C)
Wednesday | October 21st, 2026
6:30 - 7:30 am Optional Morning Hike/Walk
8 - 8:45 am Breakfast (Emerald Dining Hall)
Day guests are welcome to join
8:00 am Non-residential Check-in (Aspen Lodge)
8:30 am Optional: Conversation w Martin Tisné (Timpanogos Main)
9:00 am Welcome - Ballard Center Director, Eva Witesman | Brigham Young University (Timpanogos Main)
9:20 am The Model Is Half the Story: The Human Reality of AI for Social Impact - Dr. Milind Tambe | Harvard University & Google Research
10:15 - 10:45 am The Tables
Breakout 2 - Bottlenecks
11:00 - 11:30 am The Promise and Pitfalls of Geospatial AI for Food Security - Dr. Hannah Kerner | Arizona State University & NASA Harvest (Timpanogos Main)
11:30 am - 12:30 pm The Tables
Breakout 3 - Ideation
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch (Emerald Dining Hall)
Optional Axe Throwing (Aspen Plaza)
1:30 pm H.E. Muhammadou M.O. Kah | The Gambia's Permanent Representative & UN CSTD Data Governance Vice-Chair (Timpanogos Main)
2:00 - 3:30 pm The Tables
Breakout 4 - Prototype
Snacks Available
3:45 - 5:00 pm The Problem Wall: (Timp Main)
6:00 - 7:00 pm Dinner (Emerald Dining Hall)
Optional Evening Activities
Thursday | October 22nd, 2026
7:30 am Luggage Drop available in Fir Room (Aspen Lodge)
Check-out of Room
8 - 8:45 am Breakfast (Emerald Dining Hall)
9:00 - 9:45 am H.E. Muhammadou M.O. Kah | The Gambia's Permanent Representative & UN CSTD Data Governance Vice-Chair (Timpanogos Main)
9:45 - 10:40am Final Breakout: Commit!
10:45- 12:30pm Group Reports & Next Steps
12:00-12:30 Closing Remarks (David Wingate)
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch (Emerald Dining Hall)
Conference Dismissed
2:00 pm Leave Aspen Grove
Last Updated: 10.15.2026