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Data Tech 2025

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8:00am CDT

Registration / networking / coffee

9:00am CDT

Kickoff (b) Cafeteria / Sandy's Place

9:30am CDT

LLM Mesh: The Common Backbone for All GenAI Applications (f) MinnetonkaGuillermo Gomez The IC Comeback: Embracing Technical Excellence After Management (c) Nokomis & HarrietDevan Sayles • Sabin Pradhan, MS AI-Powered Business Intelligence: Chatbots for SQL Data Analysis (b) Cafeteria / Sandy's PlacePiers Concord Maximizing Sales Efficiency Through Data-Driven Workforce Optimization (a) TheaterJingfeng Tang, MBA OR Model for Strategic Inventory Placement and Forecast Optimization in Supply Chain (d) AlaskaRanjit Singh Kanwar, MSc • Nick Oswald, MS Driving Low-Emission Freight Solutions with Streamlit: A Case Study from CH Robinson (h) Proverb / EdisonAlice Nadeau, PhD Generating Images Using Stochastic Differential Equations (i) LandresMehdi Hakim-Hashemi, PhD Startup Showcase (e) Bde Maka SkaAngioInsight • HEARTio • LeagueOS • RADICL • Objective Biotechnology • Biometrica Health • Sentinel Insights • Babbl Labs • The Jenny Project • Bloom Standard

10:15am CDT

The Human Element of Data Careers: Why mentorship matters (g) LearnJohn Hogue, MSE • Abhishek Roy, MS Balancing Brand Impact and Performance Marketing Measurement- A Cautionary Tale (h) Proverb / EdisonMatt Voda Demontrating the Value of AI (b) Cafeteria / Sandy's PlaceEdward Chenard, MBA AI/ML applications R&D data analytics (c) Nokomis & HarrietDebin Wang, PhD Factory Digital Twins (f) MinnetonkaVivek Saxena, PhD Expanding the use of Bayesian Models – Rethinking+Stan (d) AlaskaMichael Conklin Large Scale Mixed Integer Linear Programming solution for store delivery schedule and delivery route planning (i) LandresSatish Desai, PhD Python Data Classes 101 (a) TheaterSeth Kelly

11:00am CDT

Among Us: Battling the Imposter (g) LearnBrittany Thomsen, DPT Where Analysis Goes to Die: Ensuring Your Insights Are Heard, Understood, and Acted Upon (h) Proverb / EdisonBen Schatz, MA Beyond the Numbers: Unlocking Insights Through Visualization (a) TheaterDerick Carlson, MPS LLM Creativity: Copyrighting 471B Melodies, Making All the Patents, and "Creative" Data Science (f) MinnetonkaDamien Riehl, JD Uplift Modeling at Scale: How HelloFresh Personalizes Customer Discounts (c) Nokomis & HarrietJustin Kaiser, MEd AI on a Shoestring: Building and Deploying Small Language Models for Business Impact (b) Cafeteria / Sandy's PlaceRajeev Bukralia, DSc Beyond the Algorithm: Turning Open-Source Models into Business Impact (d) AlaskaTim McWilliams, MS Operator Learning with DeepONets and PINN for Accelerated Physics Simulation (i) LandresNicholas Propes, PhD

11:30am CDT

VC Panel: How VC Investing Has Changed in the Past 5 Years - and What Startups Need to Know Today (e) Bde Maka SkaGraeme Thickins • Matt Miller, PhD • Rob Weber • Dave Dalvey, MBA • Mary Grove

11:45am CDT

Elevate Your Career: Embracing the Power of Feedback (g) LearnLeah Spielman • Ellen Roth DeepSeek: The Open-Source AI That Changed the Game (c) Nokomis & HarrietJustin Grammens, MSS Moving the needle with Agentic AI (a) TheaterTrish Lugtu, MS The evolving data science process and how to get value from AI (h) Proverb / EdisonPatrick Mobley, MS Off the Grid, On Your Laptop: Local LLMs for Mental Model Brainstorming (b) Cafeteria / Sandy's PlaceJared Olhoft, MBA Scaling Graph-Based Entity Resolution to Drive System-Wide Insights (f) MinnetonkaChristopher Roberts, MS • Cameron Thieme, PhD Transforming Medical Device Manufacturing with Image Analytics (d) AlaskaGary Kunkel, PhD • Timothy Klein, MS Fine-Tuning LLMs in Target’s Ecosystem (i) LandresAdam Weintraut, MIDS

12:15pm CDT

Lunch (b) Cafeteria / Sandy's Place

1:15pm CDT

Hot Trends in Data Protection Law 2025 - from Privacy to AI (a) TheaterLeona Lewis, JD The Power of Networking in IT (g) LearnBenjamin Diaz • Daniel McKenzie • Ryan McKesson • Clare Sexton-Stern • Garth Grawburg Using NLP to Uncover Persistence Factors for Undergraduate Women in Computing (e) Bde Maka SkaBethlehem Gronneberg, PhD Forecasting with Thousands of Regressors: Predicting Prior Authorization Volume (d) AlaskaJordan Sellman Maximizing Value from Your Analytics & Ai/ML Investments (h) Proverb / EdisonBill Hoffman, MS AI Agents: Revolutionizing Enterprise Innovation (b) Cafeteria / Sandy's PlaceMichael Arulfo • Jim Wilt From free text to structured insights: Building a scalable text analysis application for the enterprise (c) Nokomis & HarrietLinh Nguyen, PhD • Marissa Munley Score Big with the Right Data Strategy: Learn from Real-World Comebacks (f) MinnetonkaScotty Hagen

2:00pm CDT

Building Resilience: Strategies for Job Seekers and New Professionals (g) LearnLinnea Wolle • Jordan Olds Legal Update: Where we are when it comes to AI (a) TheaterMegan Bowman, JD Measuring Price Variation: The basic statistical measure you never learned (d) AlaskaChristine Carragee AI for Innovation: Leveraging AI for Materials Discovery (b) Cafeteria / Sandy's PlaceMatthew Hauwiller, PhD Building your 1st RAG powered agent with Copilot Studio (h) Proverb / EdisonAhmed Ashraf Sadek, MS Enhancing Stock Market Predictions with Real-Time Data Fusion: Time Series & Web-Scraped Sentiment Analysis (c) Nokomis & HarrietAhmed Umer From Earth Observation to Earth Monitoring: how to leverage satellite imagery data in your organization at scale to make value (e) Bde Maka SkaWilliam Eerdmans, MSBA Utilization of Different Data Layers for Precision Decision-Making in On-Farm Research (f) MinnetonkaDeepak Joshi, PhD

2:45pm CDT

Let Work AI Drive Impact - Not Just Buzz (d) AlaskaJohnny Hatch • Mike Loos Professional Development - How do I stay relevant? (g) LearnMeghan Kupser, MS AI invoice screener (b) Cafeteria / Sandy's PlaceVivek Raman, MS Do you have enough data? (c) Nokomis & HarrietDr. Jimmy, PhD How agents are replacing most conventional ML use cases (f) MinnetonkaJames Howard, PhD The End of JSON Validation Hell: A Practical Guide to Structured Outputs (a) TheaterEric Ness, MS The Hamilton Framework for Feature Engineering (e) Bde Maka SkaMichael Chmutov, PhD

3:30pm CDT

Agentic Ai and the Age of Autonomy (a) TheaterNick Roseth Deploying Computer Vision to Save Lives in Healthcare (c) Nokomis & HarrietGarret Anderson Conformal Prediction: Uncertainty Quantification for Trustworthy AI Applications (f) MinnetonkaSruthi Pisipati, MS • Jason C. Myers, MS MN Child Support Data Model & Payor Risk Score (e) Bde Maka SkaPeter Castro, PhD, ABD • Jeffrey Olson, MBA • Ibrahima Coulibaly, PhD Practical Probability Theory (d) AlaskaMaxwell Peterson Transformers: The Foundations of Modern AI (b) Cafeteria / Sandy's PlaceRicardo de Deijn, MS

4:15pm CDT

Networking Social (j) Mallards Restaurant

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