Schedule
(All events at the Albuquerque Convention Center unless otherwise noted).
Explore the full schedule for the 38th Annual GMiS Conference, taking place September 17–19, 2026 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. From keynotes and workshops to competitions and networking receptions, find everything you need to plan your experience.
GMiS Conference Agenda
*Schedule updated September 18, 2026. Subject to change.
8:00 AM
OtherGMiS Office📍 West Building - Lower Level 065, Hopi
OtherCAHSI Office📍 West Building - Upper Level 291, Pima
10:00 AM
OtherRegistration Team Training
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Description coming soon.
🕐 10:00 – 11:00 AM👤 Registration Team📍 West Building - Main Level, West Lobby
11:00 AM
OtherRegistration and Check-In
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Description coming soon.
🕐 11:00 AM – 6:30 PM👤 STARS & CAHSI Only📍 West Building - Main Level, West Lobby
12:30 PM
STARSEquinox - Student Voices – STARS Chapter Activity Showcase Box Lunch
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Description coming soon.
🕐 12:30 – 1:00 PM👤 STARS Only📍 West Building - Lower Level 027,029,031, Picuris/Sandia/Santa Ana
STARSEquinox – Quiet Room
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A quiet space available for STARS Equinox attendees.
🕐 12:30 – 5:00 PM👤 STARS Only📍 West Building - Lower Level 023, Nambé
1:00 PM
STARSEquinox – Lunch Plenary
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Description coming soon.
🕐 1:00 – 1:30 PM👤 STARS Only📍 West Building - Lower Level 027,029,031, Picuris/Sandia/Santa Ana
1:30 PM
STARSStudent Voices – STARS Chapter Activity Showcase
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Description coming soon.
🕐 1:30 – 3:00 PM👤 STARS Only📍 West Building - Lower Level 027,029,031, Picuris/Sandia/Santa Ana
3:00 PM
STARSEquinox – Workshop Block 1 – Room 1: Institutionalizing STARS: Fundraising & Sustainability
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Description coming soon.
🕐 3:00 – 4:15 PM👤 STARS Only📍 West Building - Lower Level 020, Laguna
STARSEquinox – Workshop Block 1 – Room 2
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Description coming soon.
🕐 3:00 – 4:15 PM👤 STARS Only📍 West Building - Lower Level 022, San Juan
STARSEquinox – Workshop Block 1 – Room 3: New Chapter Cohort Building
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Description coming soon.
🕐 3:00 – 4:15 PM👤 STARS Only📍 West Building - Lower Level 028, Santo Domingo
4:00 PM
CAHSIAdvocates Building Session
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Description coming soon.
🕐 4:00 – 6:00 PM👤 CAHSI Only📍 The Clyde - Fiesta Room
4:30 PM
STARSMeta-Tuning Justice Game Design and Black Youth Agency
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Description coming soon.
🕐 4:30–5:00 PM👤 STARS Only📍 West Building - Lower Level 027,029,031, Picuris/Sandia/Santa Ana
5:00 PM
STARSSTARS Equinox – Group Photo
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Description coming soon.
🕐 5:00 – 5:15 PM👤 STARS Only📍 West Building - Stairwell near Kiva
5:30 PM
STARSSTARS Equinox Reception
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Description coming soon.
🕐 5:30 – 7:00 PM👤 STARS Only📍 West Building - Lower Level, La Sala
7:00 AM
OtherRegistration and Check-In
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Description coming soon.
🕐 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Main Level, West Lobby
8:00 AM
OtherGMiS Office📍 West Building - Lower Level 065, Hopi
OtherCAHSI Office📍 West Building - Upper Level 291, Pima
OtherStudent Lounge
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Description coming soon.
🕐 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Lower Level, La Sala
General SessionSupercomputing Foundations: Accelerated Edition
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This half-day workshop provides an accelerated introduction to High-Performance Computing (HPC) through hands-on exercises in Linux, parallel programming with MPI, and AI-enabled scientific data analysis. Participants will learn the fundamentals of using an HPC system before applying these skills to analyze real-world power outage data from the U.S. Department of Energy’s EAGLE-I system. Using parallel data processing, visualization, and K-means clustering, attendees will discover how HPC enables scalable machine learning and data analytics while gaining practical experience solving a real scientific problem. This streamlined workshop is ideal for participants seeking a fast-paced introduction to HPC and its role in modern AI workflows.
Presented by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Audience: Undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and researchers interested in learning the fundamentals of HPC and its applications to scientific computing and data analytics. No prior HPC experience is required, although basic programming experience is recommended.
Requirements: Participants must bring a fully charged laptop with Wi-Fi connectivity, a terminal capable of running ssh, and a government-issued photo ID to obtain access to workshop computing resources. Accounts providing access to the workshop HPC cluster will be supplied for all hands-on exercises.
Presented by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Audience: Undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and researchers interested in learning the fundamentals of HPC and its applications to scientific computing and data analytics. No prior HPC experience is required, although basic programming experience is recommended.
Requirements: Participants must bring a fully charged laptop with Wi-Fi connectivity, a terminal capable of running ssh, and a government-issued photo ID to obtain access to workshop computing resources. Accounts providing access to the workshop HPC cluster will be supplied for all hands-on exercises.
🕐 8:00 AM–12:00 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Lower Level, 016, 032, & 015, Acoma/Tesuque/Zuni
STARSSTARS Equinox – Quiet Room
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A quiet space available for STARS Equinox attendees.
🕐 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM👤 STARS Only📍 West Building - Lower Level 022, San Juan
CAHSIGen AI for Faculty
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Description coming soon.
🕐 8:00 – 10:00 AM👤 CAHSI Faculty📍 West Building - Lower Level 019 & 021, Isleta & Jemez
CAHSICybersecurity Workshops I,II,III
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Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Description coming soon.
Description coming soon.
🕐 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM👤 CAHSI Students📍 West Building - Upper Level, Ballroom A
CAHSIMachine Learning: Building AI Agents, Beyond LLM's
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Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Labs
Description coming soon.
Description coming soon.
🕐 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM👤 CAHSI Students📍 West Building - Lower Level 018 & 030, Cochiti & Taos
8:30 AM
CAHSIHow Bias Enters LLMs: Who Taught AI That?
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Description coming soon.
🕐 8:30 – 10:00 AM👤 CAHSI Students📍 West Building - Lower Level 017, Apache
STARSEquinox – Breakfast Plenary
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Description coming soon.
🕐 8:30 – 9:00 AM👤 STARS Only📍 West Building - Lower Level 027,029,031, Picuris/Sandia/Santa Ana
9:00 AM
STARSEquinox – Workshop Block 2 – Room 1: Community Feedback: STARS Courses
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Description coming soon.
🕐 9:00 – 10:15 AM👤 STARS Only📍 West Building - Lower Level 020, Laguna
STARSEquinox – Workshop Block 2 – Room 2
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Description coming soon.
🕐 9:00 – 10:15 AM👤 STARS Only📍 West Building - Lower Level 023 & 025, Nambé & Navajo
STARSEquinox – Workshop Block 2 – Room 3: Alumni Engagement/Recruitment
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Description coming soon.
🕐 9:00 – 10:15 AM👤 STARS Only📍 West Building - Lower Level 028, Santo Domingo
10:30 AM
STARSEquinox – Workshop Block 3 – Room 1: More Than a Major: Create Your Personal Roadmap for College & Beyond
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Description coming soon.
🕐 10:30 – 11:45 AM👤 STARS Only📍 West Building - Lower Level 020, Laguna
STARSEquinox – Workshop Block 3 – Room 2: Chapter Advocate Community of Practice [HYBRID]
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Strategic Planning, Collaborative Writing (papers, conference proposals, etc.)
🕐 10:30 – 11:45 AM👤 STARS Only📍 West Building - Lower Level 023 & 025, Nambé & Navajo
STARSEquinox – Workshop Block 3 – Room 3
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Description coming soon.
🕐 10:30 – 11:45 AM👤 STARS Only📍 West Building - Lower Level 023 & 025, Nambé & Navajo
CAHSICrack the Code: Problem Solving
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Description coming soon.
🕐 10:30 – 11:30 AM👤 CAHSI Students📍 West Building - Lower Level 017, Apache
CAHSIQuantum Computing Basics
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Description coming soon.
🕐 10:30 – 11:30 AM👤 CAHSI Students📍 West Building - Lower Level 019 & 021, Isleta & Jemez
11:45 AM
STARSEquinox – Lunch
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Description coming soon.
🕐 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM👤 STARS Only📍 West Building - Lower Level 027,029,031, Picuris/Sandia/Santa Ana
12:00 PM
LuncheonCAHSI Recognition Luncheon & Awards
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Doors open 11:45 AM.
Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
🕐 12:00 – 1:30 PM👤 CAHSI All📍 West Building - Upper Level, Ballroom C
OtherResearch Poster Display and GMIS Commons
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Set-up and display only.
There will be no presenting or judging at this time. Students are encouraged to set their posters up in the GMiS Commons Thursday or Friday so they may be viewed by the public. On Friday night GMiS will have all posters moved to the Career Fair exhibit hall for judging on Saturday morning.
There will be no presenting or judging at this time. Students are encouraged to set their posters up in the GMiS Commons Thursday or Friday so they may be viewed by the public. On Friday night GMiS will have all posters moved to the Career Fair exhibit hall for judging on Saturday morning.
🕐 12:00 – 6:00 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Upper Level, Ballroom B
12:45 PM
STARSChapter Voices – Closing Reflections & Aspirations
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Description coming soon.
🕐 12:45 – 1:30 PM👤 STARS Only📍 West Building - Lower Level 027,029,031, Picuris/Sandia/Santa Ana
1:00 PM
OtherVenture Bot Headquarters📍 West Building - Lower Level, 016, 032, & 015, Acoma/Tesuque/Zuni
CompetitionVenture Bot Competition – Coach & Judge Training
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Description coming soon.
🕐 1:00 – 2:00 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Lower Level, 016, 032, & 015, Acoma/Tesuque/Zuni
CompetitionCollege Bowl Competition – Judge Training
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Description coming soon.
🕐 1:00 – 2:00 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Main Level, Hall 4
CompetitionCollege Bowl Competition – Coach Training
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Description coming soon.
🕐 1:00 – 2:00 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Lower Level 028, Santo Domingo
General SessionQuiet Room
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A quiet space available for all attendees.
🕐 1:00 – 8:00 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Lower Level 022, San Juan
1:30 PM
OtherHackathon Novice & Advanced – Capture the Flag
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Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Labs
Description coming soon.
Description coming soon.
🕐 1:30 – 7:30 PM👤 CAHSI Students📍 West Building - Upper Level, Ballroom A
STEM TalkSTEM Talk #1 – Systems EnginEARing - The Magical Method
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Presenters:
Myles Cupp - Sr. Control Systems Engineer, Disneyland and Guillermo Varela - Manager, Controlls Engineering, Disney Experiences
Description coming soon.
Description coming soon.
🕐 1:30 – 2:30 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Upper Level, Kiva Auditorium
CAHSIGen AI for Students
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Description coming soon.
🕐 1:30 – 3:00 PM👤 CAHSI Students📍 West Building - Lower Level 019 & 021, Isleta & Jemez
CAHSIHuman-Centered AI Collaboration for Rapid UX Design
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Description coming soon.
🕐 1:30 – 3:00 PM👤 CAHSI Students📍 West Building - Lower Level 017, Apache
CAHSIQuantum Computing for Cybersecurity and AI
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Description coming soon.
🕐 1:30 – 3:00 PM👤 CAHSI Faculty📍 West Building - Lower Level 023 & 025, Nambé and Navajo
CAHSIPractical, Ethical & Safe AI for K-12
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Description coming soon.
🕐 1:30 – 3:30 PM👤 CAHSI K-12📍 West Building - Lower Level 020, Laguna
2:30 PM
Invite OnlyGMiS, STARS, CAHSI & MAES – Leadership Photo
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Description coming soon.
🕐 2:30 – 2:45 PM👤 Invite Only📍 West Building - Stairwell near Kiva
WorkshopWorkshop Block 1: Leveraging Personality Diversity in STEM
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Description coming soon.
Presented by MAES
Presented by MAES
🕐 2:30 – 4:15 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Lower Level 027,029,031, Picuris/Sandia/Santa Ana
CompetitionCollege Bowl & Venture Bot Student Check-In
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Description coming soon.
🕐 2:30 – 4:00 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Main Level, Hall 4
3:30 PM
CompetitionCollege Bowl & Venture Bot Pep Rally
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Description coming soon.
🕐 3:30 – 4:30 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Main Level, Hall 4
CAHSICAHSI Gathering: Embedded Ethics, Gen AI & HACU
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Description coming soon.
🕐 3:30 – 4:30 PM👤 CAHSI Faculty📍 West Building - Lower Level 019 & 021, Isleta & Jemez
CAHSICrack the Code: Mock Interviews Coding Round
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Description coming soon.
🕐 3:30 – 5:00 PM👤 CAHSI Students📍 West Building - Lower Level 017, Apache
4:00 PM
CAHSIDSN Panel - Personal Journeys from PhD to Career
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Description coming soon.
🕐 4:00 – 5:00 PM👤 CAHSI K-12📍 West Building - Lower Level 023 & 025, Nambé and Navajo
CAHSIPlayers to Creators: Exploring STEM through Game Design for K-12
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Description coming soon.
🕐 4:00 – 5:30 PM👤 CAHSI K-12📍 West Building - Lower Level 020, Laguna
4:30 PM
STEM TalkSTEM Talk #2 – Quantum Computing and AI
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Sponsored by Sandia National Laboratory
Welcoming Presenter: Rita Gonzales, Deputy Laboratories Director – Nuclear Deterrence & Science and Chief Technology Officer, Sandia National Laboratories
Presenters: Nathan Brown, PhD, Mike Descour, PhD – Sandia National Laboratories
Join Sandia National Laboratories for a discussion on the future of Quantum and AI. Speakers will explore how AI is being used at Sandia to accelerate the engineering design process and deliver solutions that are stronger, faster, and lighter in a fraction of the time. The discussion will highlight a wide range of AI-driven engineering applications, including emerging tools for 3D modeling, simulation, and additive manufacturing. Additionally, the speakers will cover quantum topics in quantum computing and quantum sensing, key challenges, and some cautious predictions for when these technologies are likely to have impact on Sandia's mission.
Welcoming Presenter: Rita Gonzales, Deputy Laboratories Director – Nuclear Deterrence & Science and Chief Technology Officer, Sandia National Laboratories
Presenters: Nathan Brown, PhD, Mike Descour, PhD – Sandia National Laboratories
Join Sandia National Laboratories for a discussion on the future of Quantum and AI. Speakers will explore how AI is being used at Sandia to accelerate the engineering design process and deliver solutions that are stronger, faster, and lighter in a fraction of the time. The discussion will highlight a wide range of AI-driven engineering applications, including emerging tools for 3D modeling, simulation, and additive manufacturing. Additionally, the speakers will cover quantum topics in quantum computing and quantum sensing, key challenges, and some cautious predictions for when these technologies are likely to have impact on Sandia's mission.
🕐 4:30 – 5:30 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Upper Level, Kiva Auditorium
CompetitionCollege Bowl Competition
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Co-Sponsored by Panasonic
Description coming soon.
Description coming soon.
🕐 4:30 – 5:30 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Main Level, Hall 4
CompetitionVenture Bot Breakout Session
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Description coming soon.
🕐 4:30 – 5:30 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Lower Level, 016, 015, & 032, Acoma/Zuni/Tesuque
6:00 PM
ReceptionWelcome Reception – Co-Hosted By Hispano Chamber and New Mexico Technology Council
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Meet members of the GMiS Board of Directors.
🕐 6:00 – 8:00 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Upper Level, Ballroom C
8:00 PM
CompetitionCollege Bowl Workspace
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Description coming soon.
🕐 8:00 – 11:59 PM👤 College Bowl📍 West Building - Main Level, Hall 4
CompetitionVenture Bot Workspace
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Description coming soon.
🕐 8:00 – 11:59 PM👤 Venture Bot📍 West Building - Lower Level, 016, 015, & 032, Acoma/Zuni/Tesuque
7:30 AM
Meal CenterGrab and Go Breakfast for Students
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Description coming soon.
🕐 7:30 – 8:30 AM👤 All Students📍 West Building - Lower Level, La Sala
OtherRegistration and Check-In
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GMIS, STARS, and select CAHSI students only. CAHSI students attending the Supercomputing course should pickup theirbox lunches in Ballroom A.
🕐 7:30 AM – 6:30 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Main Level, West Lobby
8:00 AM
General SessionQuiet Room
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A quiet space available for all attendees.
🕐 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Lower Level 022, San Juan
OtherGMiS Office📍 West Building - Lower Level 065, Hopi
OtherCAHSI Office📍 West Building - Upper Level 291, Pima
OtherVenture Bot Headquarters📍 West Building - Lower Level, 016, 032, & 015, Acoma/Tesuque/Zuni
OtherStudent Lounge
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Description coming soon.
🕐 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Lower Level, La Sala
OtherResearch Poster Set-up and Display
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Set-up and display only.
There will be no presenting or judging at this time. Students who didn’t set there poster up Thursday must do so Friday in the GMiS Commons so they may be viewed by the public. On Friday night GMiS will have all posters moved to the Career Fair exhibit hall for judging on Saturday morning.
There will be no presenting or judging at this time. Students who didn’t set there poster up Thursday must do so Friday in the GMiS Commons so they may be viewed by the public. On Friday night GMiS will have all posters moved to the Career Fair exhibit hall for judging on Saturday morning.
🕐 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Upper Level, Ballroom B
CAHSISupercomputing Foundations: Extended Edition
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CAHSI students registered for Supercomputing will receive a box lunch that will be served in Ballroom A.
🕐 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM👤 CAHSI Students & Faculty📍 West Building - Upper Level, Ballroom A
CAHSIHow Bias Enters LLMs for K-12
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Description coming soon.
🕐 8:00 – 9:30 AM👤 CAHSI K-12📍 West Building - Lower Level 023 & 025, Nambé and Navajo
8:15 AM
CAHSIIgnite Tomorrow's Innovators: Connect, Learn, Grow
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Description coming soon.
🕐 8:15–10:00 AM👤 CAHSI Faculty📍 West Building - Lower Level 027,029,031, Picuris/Sandia/Santa Ana
8:30 AM
STEM TalkSTEM Talk #3 – Two Paths to the Final Frontier: Careers, Innovation, and the Future of Space
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Presenters: Dr. Joeletta Patrick, Patrick and Associates, Former NASA Engineer; Casey deRaad, CEO, New Space Nexus
There has never been just one path to a career in space—and today, the possibilities are expanding faster than ever. In this special STEM Talks program, two accomplished leaders will share distinctly different journeys through America's evolving space sector. Dr. Joeletta Patrick, a longtime NASA flight control engineer and STEM leader, will offer an inside look at building a career within America's storied space program, from the technical challenges and teamwork behind complex missions to the opportunities available for the next generation of engineers and scientists. Casey Anglada DeRaad, founder of NewSpace Nexus and a driving force in New Mexico's rapidly growing commercial space economy, will share her journey from the U.S. Air Force and national security community to entrepreneurship and her work helping build the partnerships, companies, and innovation ecosystem powering the emerging private space sector.
Following their individual STEM Talks, Patrick and DeRaad will come together for a dynamic fireside chat exploring the next frontiers in space—from the growing intersection of government and commercial space to emerging technologies, new career pathways, and the opportunities awaiting today's students and young professionals. Together, their stories demonstrate that the future of space will be built not through a single pathway, but by people willing to explore new ones.
There has never been just one path to a career in space—and today, the possibilities are expanding faster than ever. In this special STEM Talks program, two accomplished leaders will share distinctly different journeys through America's evolving space sector. Dr. Joeletta Patrick, a longtime NASA flight control engineer and STEM leader, will offer an inside look at building a career within America's storied space program, from the technical challenges and teamwork behind complex missions to the opportunities available for the next generation of engineers and scientists. Casey Anglada DeRaad, founder of NewSpace Nexus and a driving force in New Mexico's rapidly growing commercial space economy, will share her journey from the U.S. Air Force and national security community to entrepreneurship and her work helping build the partnerships, companies, and innovation ecosystem powering the emerging private space sector.
Following their individual STEM Talks, Patrick and DeRaad will come together for a dynamic fireside chat exploring the next frontiers in space—from the growing intersection of government and commercial space to emerging technologies, new career pathways, and the opportunities awaiting today's students and young professionals. Together, their stories demonstrate that the future of space will be built not through a single pathway, but by people willing to explore new ones.
🕐 8:30 – 9:30 AM👤 All📍 West Building - Upper Level, Kiva Auditorium
CAHSIData Analytics Challenge
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Description coming soon.
🕐 8:30 – 11:30 AM👤 CAHSI Students📍 West Building - Lower Level 018 & 030, Cochiti & Taos
CompetitionCollege Bowl
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Co-Sponsored by Panasonic
Description coming soon.
Description coming soon.
🕐 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM👤 College Bowl Teams📍 West Building - Upper Level, Ballroom C
CompetitionVenture Bot Competition Hall
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Description coming soon.
🕐 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM👤 Venture Bot Teams📍 West Building - Lower Level, 016, 015, & 032, Acoma/Zuni/Tesuque
9:00 AM
CAHSICAHSI Gathering: AI and Cybersecurity Curriculum
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Description coming soon.
🕐 9:00 – 10:00 AM👤 CAHSI Faculty📍 West Building - Lower Level 019 & 021, Isleta & Jemez
9:15 AM
CompetitionCollege Bowl Breakout Session 1 – Room 1
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Description coming soon.
🕐 9:15 – 10:30 AM👤 College Bowl Teams📍 West Building - Lower Level 028 (Santo Domingo)
CompetitionCollege Bowl Breakout Session 1 – Room 2
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Description coming soon.
🕐 9:15 – 10:30 AM👤 College Bowl Teams📍 West Building - Lower Level 010 (Anasazi)
10:00 AM
CAHSINAIRR Research Accelerator: Strengthening AI Research Ideas
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Description coming soon.
🕐 10:00 – 11:00 AM👤 CAHSI Faculty📍 West Building - Lower Level 019 & 021, Isleta & Jemez
CAHSITeaching Coding with Gen AI for K-12
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Box lunches for K-12 teachers to be served in this workshop room, 23&25.
🕐 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM👤 CAHSI K-12📍 West Building - Lower Level 023 & 025, Nambé and Navajo
OtherExhibitor Move-In
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📍 East Building - Hall 2
STEM TalkSTEM Talk #4: STEM, Technology, and AI with Purpose
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Doors open 9:45 AM
Presenter: Guillermo Diaz, Founder and CEO, Conectado
What could become possible for you—and for the people you help—when STEM, technology, and AI meet with purpose? Join Guillermo Diaz, Jr. as he shares his journey from Pueblo, Colorado, through the U.S. Navy to technology leadership at Cisco and the corporate boardroom. Discover how learning, perseverance, and people who opened doors shaped his career—and why he believes expanding opportunity matters so deeply in this moment of AI. You’ll leave with a human perspective on AI, renewed confidence to pursue your own next chapter, and concrete ways to help others move forward. Come ready to see new possibilities and ask yourself: “Why not me?”
About Guillermo Diaz
Guillermo is a transformative global business leader and the Founder and CEO of Conectado Inc., an innovative Immersive AI digital education platform. Conectado's mission is to accelerate access for all—especially historically underrepresented communities—to opportunities and increased representation in AI and STEAM fields.
Previously, he was a transformational innovator across Cisco Systems, serving as Global Chief Information Officer responsible for the global IT organization, strategy, and services. Never forgetting where he came from, Guillermo also championed equity and connection as an active leader and sponsor for Cisco's Hispanic and Veteran Employee Resource Groups. His technology career began with a U.S. Navy scholarship leading to a B.S. in Business Administration from Regis University in Denver, Colorado, followed by leadership roles at respected Silicon Valley companies including Silicon Graphics, Ingram Micro, and Alza Corporation.
Deeply committed to fostering a community of inclusion and growth, Guillermo is the immediate past Chairman of the Hispanic Technology Executive Council (HITEC). In the boardroom, he currently serves on the boards of Blue Shield of California, Stellarus, Jack in the Box, and the University of California, Santa Cruz. Furthermore, he continues to drive innovation as an active advisor and investor to fast-growing tech startups and small businesses.
Presenter: Guillermo Diaz, Founder and CEO, Conectado
What could become possible for you—and for the people you help—when STEM, technology, and AI meet with purpose? Join Guillermo Diaz, Jr. as he shares his journey from Pueblo, Colorado, through the U.S. Navy to technology leadership at Cisco and the corporate boardroom. Discover how learning, perseverance, and people who opened doors shaped his career—and why he believes expanding opportunity matters so deeply in this moment of AI. You’ll leave with a human perspective on AI, renewed confidence to pursue your own next chapter, and concrete ways to help others move forward. Come ready to see new possibilities and ask yourself: “Why not me?”
About Guillermo Diaz
Guillermo is a transformative global business leader and the Founder and CEO of Conectado Inc., an innovative Immersive AI digital education platform. Conectado's mission is to accelerate access for all—especially historically underrepresented communities—to opportunities and increased representation in AI and STEAM fields.
Previously, he was a transformational innovator across Cisco Systems, serving as Global Chief Information Officer responsible for the global IT organization, strategy, and services. Never forgetting where he came from, Guillermo also championed equity and connection as an active leader and sponsor for Cisco's Hispanic and Veteran Employee Resource Groups. His technology career began with a U.S. Navy scholarship leading to a B.S. in Business Administration from Regis University in Denver, Colorado, followed by leadership roles at respected Silicon Valley companies including Silicon Graphics, Ingram Micro, and Alza Corporation.
Deeply committed to fostering a community of inclusion and growth, Guillermo is the immediate past Chairman of the Hispanic Technology Executive Council (HITEC). In the boardroom, he currently serves on the boards of Blue Shield of California, Stellarus, Jack in the Box, and the University of California, Santa Cruz. Furthermore, he continues to drive innovation as an active advisor and investor to fast-growing tech startups and small businesses.
🕐 10:00 – 11:00 AM👤 All📍 West Building - Upper Level, Kiva Auditorium
10:30 AM
CAHSICrack the Code: Problem Solving
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Description coming soon.
🕐 10:30 – 11:30 AM👤 CAHSI Faculty📍 West Building - Lower Level 017, Apache
11:00 AM
CompetitionCollege Bowl Breakout Session 2 – Room 1
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Description coming soon.
🕐 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM👤 College Bowl Teams📍 West Building - Lower Level 028 (Santo Domingo)
CompetitionCollege Bowl Breakout Session 2 – Room 2
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Description coming soon.
🕐 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM👤 College Bowl Teams📍 West Building - Lower Level 010 (Anasazi)
11:15 AM
WorkshopWorkshop Block 2: BWSI RACECAR: From Engineering Concepts to Autonomous Racing
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Description coming soon.
🕐 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Lower Level 019 & 021, Isleta & Jemez
WorkshopWorkshop Block 2: Marketing the Product: YOU
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Presented by MAES
Description coming soon.
Description coming soon.
🕐 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Lower Level 027,029,031, Picuris/Sandia/Santa Ana
WorkshopWorkshop Block 2: The Human Signature: Creativity and Storytelling with AI
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Presenter: Oszie Tarula, Chief Creative Officer, Conectado Inc.
When AI can generate images and videos in seconds, what makes a story original, memorable, and unmistakably human? This workshop invites participants to think like creative directors, combining imagination and critical thinking with emerging AI tools. Participants will explore how to move beyond predictable outputs, develop compelling characters and storyworlds, translate ideas into stronger image and video prompts, and compare and refine creative possibilities. Visual examples, live demonstrations, and collaborative activities will show how a concept can evolve from an initial idea into a video-ready story. Led by creative media director Oszie Tarula, the session draws on his experience across storytelling, digital media, emerging technology, and AI workshops. Participants will leave with a flexible process they can apply to academic projects, portfolios, presentations, and personal storytelling. No prior experience or access to specific AI platforms is required.
When AI can generate images and videos in seconds, what makes a story original, memorable, and unmistakably human? This workshop invites participants to think like creative directors, combining imagination and critical thinking with emerging AI tools. Participants will explore how to move beyond predictable outputs, develop compelling characters and storyworlds, translate ideas into stronger image and video prompts, and compare and refine creative possibilities. Visual examples, live demonstrations, and collaborative activities will show how a concept can evolve from an initial idea into a video-ready story. Led by creative media director Oszie Tarula, the session draws on his experience across storytelling, digital media, emerging technology, and AI workshops. Participants will leave with a flexible process they can apply to academic projects, portfolios, presentations, and personal storytelling. No prior experience or access to specific AI platforms is required.
🕐 11:15 AM – 1:15 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Lower Level 018 & 030, Cochiti & Taos
11:30 AM
Meal CenterGrab and Go Lunches for Students
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GMIS, STARS, and select CAHSI students only. CAHSI students attending the Supercomputing course should pickup theirbox lunches in Ballroom A.
🕐 11:30 AM-1:00 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Upper Level, Ballroom B
1:30 PM
STEM TalkSTEM Talk #5 – Data Representation and AI: Who's In, Who's Out and Why it Matters
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Doors open 1:00 PM.
Insights from Industry, Academia, and National Labs (Google and Microsoft).
Artificial intelligence is only as smart as the information used to teach it. When AI models are trained on incomplete data—leaving out certain groups of people, rare real-world events, or specialized scientific information—they end up making mistakes, showing bias, and failing when we need them most. If entire communities or unique real-world conditions are excluded from the start, the resulting technology will predictably work well for a select few while leaving others behind. To ensure these systems truly benefit society, we must actively guarantee that all voices and critical edge cases are included in the data that shapes our future. Experts across state government, industry, academia, and national research labs agree that building AI that works for everyone requires fixing these critical gaps through better community partnerships, clear data quality standards, and strong privacy safeguards.
Panelists
Insights from Industry, Academia, and National Labs (Google and Microsoft).
Artificial intelligence is only as smart as the information used to teach it. When AI models are trained on incomplete data—leaving out certain groups of people, rare real-world events, or specialized scientific information—they end up making mistakes, showing bias, and failing when we need them most. If entire communities or unique real-world conditions are excluded from the start, the resulting technology will predictably work well for a select few while leaving others behind. To ensure these systems truly benefit society, we must actively guarantee that all voices and critical edge cases are included in the data that shapes our future. Experts across state government, industry, academia, and national research labs agree that building AI that works for everyone requires fixing these critical gaps through better community partnerships, clear data quality standards, and strong privacy safeguards.
Panelists
- Manny Barreras | New Mexico Cabinet Secretary & State CIO
- Sara Del Valle | Chief Scientist, Associate Laboratory Directorate for Global Security, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- Dana Grisham | Manager, R&D Science & Engineering, Sandia National Laboratories
- Abdullah Mueen | Professor of Computer Science and Associate Department Chair, University of New Mexico (UNM)
- Rekha S. Pillai, Ph.D l Chief Data Officer, Operations, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
🕐 1:30 – 2:45 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Upper Level, Kiva Auditorium
2:00 PM
WorkshopBecoming Smarter Learners: Prompting and Smart Assistants
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Presented by Conectado Inc.
This interactive, hands-on session explores how AI prompting can be intentionally designed to support learning rather than simply accelerate task completion. Participants will learn foundational prompting strategies and apply a pedagogical lens to develop a smart assistant that encourages critical thinking, creativity, reflection, problem solving, and learner agency. Through guided activities, participants will consider how the design of an AI assistant, including its purpose, instructions, interactions, and guardrails, can shape the way learners engage with AI. Rather than focusing solely on productivity and efficiency, the session challenges participants to think about how AI can help learners ask better questions, explore ideas, receive meaningful feedback, and deepen their thinking. Participants will leave with practical strategies and a prototype for designing AI experiences that help people become more capable, intentional, and independent learners.
This interactive, hands-on session explores how AI prompting can be intentionally designed to support learning rather than simply accelerate task completion. Participants will learn foundational prompting strategies and apply a pedagogical lens to develop a smart assistant that encourages critical thinking, creativity, reflection, problem solving, and learner agency. Through guided activities, participants will consider how the design of an AI assistant, including its purpose, instructions, interactions, and guardrails, can shape the way learners engage with AI. Rather than focusing solely on productivity and efficiency, the session challenges participants to think about how AI can help learners ask better questions, explore ideas, receive meaningful feedback, and deepen their thinking. Participants will leave with practical strategies and a prototype for designing AI experiences that help people become more capable, intentional, and independent learners.
🕐 2:00 – 3:45 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Lower Level 018 & 030, Cochiti & Taos
OtherResume Review
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Sponsored by Los Alamos National Laboratory
Description coming soon.
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🕐 2:00 – 3:30 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Lower Level 027,029,031, Picuris/Sandia/Santa Ana
3:15 PM
CompetitionVenture Bot Competition – Judge Presentations
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Description coming soon.
🕐 3:15 – 4:30 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Lower Level 010, Anasazi
4:00 PM
STEM TalkSTEM Talk #6 – National Labs Panel on AI Career Pathways
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Doors open 3:30 PM
Panelists:
Panelists:
- Lorenzo Gutierrez, Director of the Energetics, Power, and Program Integration Center, Sandia National Laboratories
- Dr. Suzanne Parete-Koon, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; currently leads user training for the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility and serves as Ecosystem Engagement Lead for the DOE Quantum Science Center
- Dr. Rekha Pillai, Executive Operations Leader and Chief Data Officer for Operations, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Dr. Edgar Leon, Computer Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Moderator: Jamie Lewis, Business Operations Administrator, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
This panel brings together national laboratory leaders and researchers to explore how AI is transforming scientific research, high-performance computing, operations, and workforce development. Speakers will discuss responsible and ethical AI, emerging career pathways, and what the future of AI means for students and faculty preparing to contribute to mission-driven research.
🕐 4:00 – 5:00 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Upper Level, Kiva Auditorium
4:30 PM
CompetitionVenture Bot Competition Hall
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Description coming soon.
🕐 4:30 – 11:00 PM👤 Venture Bot Teams📍 West Building - Lower Level, 016, 015, & 032, Acoma/Zuni/Tesuque
4:45 PM
OtherSpeed Networking: STEM Professionals & Graduate Schools
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Description coming soon.
🕐 4:45 – 6:15 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Upper Level, Ballroom B
5:15 PM
CAHSIReflections of CAHSI over Two Decades
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Description coming soon.
🕐 5:15 – 6:00 PM👤 CAHSI All📍 West Building - Upper Level, Kiva Auditorium
6:00 PM
CAHSICAHSI Group Photo
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🕐 6:00 – 6:30 PM👤 CAHSI All📍 Stairwell outside of Kiva Auditorium
6:30 PM
ReceptionRoute 66 Reception and CAHSI 20th Anniversary Celebration
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Sponsored by Shell
🕐 6:30 – 8:30 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Upper Level, Ballroom A
8:45 PM
OtherMAES Student Professional Touchpoint
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Description coming soon.
🕐 8:45 – 9:30 PM👤 MAES Members📍 West Building - Lower Level 010, Anasazi
8:00 AM
OtherGMiS Office📍 West Building - Lower Level 065, Hopi
OtherCAHSI Office📍 West Building - Upper Level 291, Pima
OtherVenture Bot Headquarters📍 West Building - Lower Level, 016, 032, & 015, Acoma/Tesuque/Zuni
CompetitionResearch Poster Competition Judging
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Description coming soon.
🕐 8:00 AM– 12:30 PM👤 RPC📍 East Building - Hall 2
8:30 AM
OtherGMiS Board Meeting📍 West Building - Upper Level, Kiva Boardroom
9:00 AM
Open to AllCareer and Graduate School Fair
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– 9:00 AM: Early access for full conference registration holders
– 9:00–10:00 AM: Grab and Go Breakfast*
– 9:00 AM–4:00 PM: Headshot photo studio
Sponsored by STARS Computing Core
– Resume Review
by Stephen Genung of Kragon Space
– 10:30 AM: Open to the public
– 11:30 AM–1:00 PM: Boxed lunch*
– Registration open until 3:00 PM
– Interview booths open until 4:00 PM
*Meals for student full conference badge holders in Hall 2 prefunction area.
– 9:00–10:00 AM: Grab and Go Breakfast*
– 9:00 AM–4:00 PM: Headshot photo studio
Sponsored by STARS Computing Core
– Resume Review
by Stephen Genung of Kragon Space
– 10:30 AM: Open to the public
– 11:30 AM–1:00 PM: Boxed lunch*
– Registration open until 3:00 PM
– Interview booths open until 4:00 PM
*Meals for student full conference badge holders in Hall 2 prefunction area.
🕐 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM👤 All📍 East Building - Hall 2
CAHSICAHSI Career Pathways
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Description coming soon.
🕐 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM👤 CAHSI Only📍 East Building - Hall 2
11:45 AM
OtherGroup Photo
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🕐 11:45 AM👤 All📍 West Building - Upper Level, Ballroom C
12:00 PM
CompetitionVenture Bot Arena
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Description coming soon.
🕐 12:00 – 2:00 PM👤 All📍 East Building - Hall 2
4:30 PM
ReceptionUniversity Night Reception and Student Awards
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Description coming soon.
🕐 4:30 – 7:30 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Upper Level, Ballroom C
7:30 PM
OtherGroup Photo
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🕐 7:30 PM👤 All📍 West Building - Upper Level, Ballroom C
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