Program

WiML Symposium

Wednesday July 8th, 2026 

Location: COEX Convention & Exhibition Center, ROOM  E1-E4

The WiML Symposium 2026 Program Book is here!

All events are scheduled in local time (KST). 

The program includes talks, breakout sessions, program breaks, roundtables, and panel discussions (color-coded).

09:15 - 10:00   WiML Symposium Registration

10:00 - 10:15   Introduction & Opening Remarks 

10:15 - 10:40  Talk1: "Knowing When to Help: Lessons from Egocentric AI" - Angela Yao (National University of Singapore)

10:40 - 11:05  Talk2 : "From Biomolecular Prediction Models to Molecular Discovery Systems" - Meghana Kshirsagar (Calico Life Sciences (Alphabet))

11:05 - 11:30   Talk3: "Beyond Foundation Models: Alignment, Hallucination, Understanding, and Bias" - Hyunjung Shim (KAIST)

11:30 - 11:45  15min Short Break

11:45 - 12:30   Panel Discussion: "Career Transitions in ML",  Panel: Lenka Zdeborová (Associate Professor, EPFL), Niloofar Mireshghallah (Assistant professor at CMU), Zechun Liu (Staff Research Scientist, Meta), Haiyan Yin (Senior Researcher, Centre for Frontier AI Research). Moderator: Kimberly Ferguson-Walter.

12:40 - 13:10   Parallel Breakout Q&A with the Speakers

13:30 - 14:30  Lunch and Mentor & Sponsor Roundtables

14:30 - 15:15  Panel Discussion: "What Does Research Look Like in the Presence of AI Tools?", Panel: Giorgia Ramponi (Assistant Professor, University of Zurich), Hwaran Lee (Assistant Professor, Sogang University), Verena Rieser (Senior Staff Research Scientist, DeepMind), Danica Sutherland (Associate Professor, University of British Columbia). Moderator: Zeynep Akata (Professor, Technical University of Munich)

15:15 - 15:25   WiML President Remarks

19:00 - 21:00 Poster Session (HALL A)