Conference Program

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  {\large\bfseries\color{inkgray}MERIDIAN SUMMIT 2026}\hspace{10pt}
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  {\Huge\bfseries\color{slate}Decisions at Scale}\\[6pt]
  {\color{inkgray}Thursday, September 24, 2026 \quad\textbullet\quad
   Harborview Convention Center, Portland, OR}
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{\large\bfseries\color{accent}Morning \, plenary sessions}\\[-4pt]
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  {\bfseries Time} & {\bfseries Session, Grand Ballroom}\\
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  8:00 to 9:00 & Registration, badge pickup, and coffee\\
  9:00 to 9:15 & \sess{Welcome and opening remarks}{Priya Raghavan, VP of Delivery, Meridian Analytics}\\
  9:15 to 10:05 & \sess{Keynote: Forecasting when the past stops rhyming}{Dr. Ingrid Halvorsen, Aalborg School of Economics}\\
  10:05 to 10:45 & \sess{Panel: From dashboards to decisions}{Moderated by Jonah Okafor, with three operator guests}\\
  10:45 to 11:10 & Coffee break, sponsor hall opens\\
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{\large\bfseries\color{accent}Late morning \, parallel tracks}\\[-4pt]
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  11:10 to 11:50 & \sess{Feature stores without the ceremony}{Elena Marsh} & \sess{Budgeting for a data platform}{Grace Lindqvist}\\
  11:55 to 12:35 & \sess{Backtesting demand models honestly}{Marco DeLuca} & \sess{Hiring your first analytics team}{Amara Chen}\\
  12:35 to 1:45 & \multicolumn{2}{l}{Lunch, Terrace Hall. Dietary options at the south station.}\\
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  {\bfseries Time} & {\bfseries Track A, Room 201} & {\bfseries Track B, Room 204}\\
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  1:45 to 2:25 & \sess{Workshop: Inventory alerts that get read}{Tomas Ferreira} & \sess{Case study: Cascade Outfitters rollout}{Dana Whitfield}\\
  2:30 to 3:10 & \sess{Evaluating forecast vendors}{Lena Ortiz} & \sess{Data residency and the EU expansion}{Elena Marsh}\\
  3:10 to 3:35 & \multicolumn{2}{l}{Afternoon break, sponsor hall}\\
  3:35 to 4:20 & \multicolumn{2}{p{14.4cm}}{\sess{Closing keynote, Grand Ballroom: The next five years of operational AI}{Prof. Samuel Adeyemi, Lakeshore Institute}}\\
  4:20 to 4:30 & \multicolumn{2}{l}{Closing remarks and raffle}\\
  4:30 to 6:00 & \multicolumn{2}{l}{Reception, rooftop terrace. Badge required.}\\
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{\color{inkgray}\small Wi-Fi: \textbf{SUMMIT26} / passphrase at registration.
Session recordings are posted the following week for all attendees.}

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