East Coast Meeting 2026

Dates

Monday, June 15 – Tuesday, June 16

Location

Chesterfield Building 701 W Main St, Durham, NC 22701 (Map)

Please contact Crystal (crystal.noel@duke.edu) if you have any questions.

Confirmed Speakers/Panelists

Sajant Anand (Harvard University)

Charles Cao (Virginia Tech)

Crystal Noel  (Duke University)

Brian Swingle (Brandeis University)

Norman Yao (MIT)

Schedule
Monday, June 15

• 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Optional Lab Tours and Collaboration Time (2nd Floor Common Area)

• 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Arrival and Lunch (Room 550)

• 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM: Welcome and Workshop Overview

• 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM:  Charles Cao

• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM: Discussion

• 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM: Brian Swingle

• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM: Discussion

• 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Break

• 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM: Panel Discussion (Norman Yao, Brian Swingle, Charles Cao, Crystal Noel)

• 5:30 PM: PI Dinner
  
  

Tuesday, June 16

• 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM: Crystal Noel

• 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM: Discussion

• 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM: Sajant Anand

• 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM: Discussion

• 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Coffee Break

• 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM: Poster Session

• 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM: Group Lunch

• 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM: Breakout Sessions

• 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM: Group Reports and Discussion

• 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM: Closing Remarks