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CSG Workshops and Business Meeting Agenda

Cornell University
23-25 September, 2026


Wednesday:  CSG Short Workshops
Kerkorian Kemper Amphitheater, J Williard Marriott Executive Education Center

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
Taylor & Rowe Rooms 
9:00Welcome & Conference Introduction (TBD)
Kerkorian Kemper Amphitheater
9:05 CSG Short Workshop:  AI Cyber Resilience & Defense: Surviving and thriving under constant vulnerabilities and exploits
Coordinators:  Martin Sager (UMich) & Tracy Weber (ND), Ryan Horrisberger (Wisc), someone from Brown, Sean Dilda (Duke), Matt Bidlingmeyer (UMich), Damian Doyle (UVA), Keith Donnelly (UVA), Kelsey Cook (NYU), Mark Dieterich (Brown)
Please see Addendum A for the detailed agenda.
10:45 Break
12:30Adjourn

 
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
Taylor & Rowe Rooms

 
1:30 CSG Short Workshop: Unlocking Service Delivery Value
Coordinators: William Cochran (ND) & Michael Warden (NYU), Rebekah Dorn (FSU), Larry Storey (UMN), Patti Pate (UVA), Rochelle Matthies (CU-Boulder), Frank Mathew (Yale), Amy Walter (WashU), Brett Bieber (Nebraska), Becky Joffrey (Cornell), Jamie Gutkowski (UW-Madison)
Please see Addendum B for the detailed agenda.
Kerkorian Kemper Amphitheater
3:15
Break
5:00 Adjourn

Wednesday: CSG Group Dinner
TBD

5:30
5:45
6:00
7:00
8:30
First bus leaves hotel for dinner venue
Last bus leaves hotel for dinner venue
Cocktails
Dinner
Buses leave dinner venue for hotel


Thursday:  CSG Short Workshop
Kerkorian Kemper Amphitheater, J Williard Marriott Executive Education Center

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
Taylor & Rowe Rooms
8:00 - 9:00
Steering Committee Breakfast
Room C
9:00 CSG Short Workshop:  Organizing Our Data with and for AI: Virtual and Traditional DataWarehouses, Data Curation
Coordinators: Mark McCahill (Duke) & Donna Tatro (Princeton), Jess Langager/someone (ND), Charley Kneifel (Duke), Martin Sager (UMich), Angela Chen (UD), Ed Hill/Lance Bolton (Iowa), John Mulhern/someone (Penn)
Please see Addendum C for the detailed agenda.
Kerkorian Kemper Amphitheater
10:45 Break
12:30 Adjourn

 
12:30 - 1:45 Lunch
Taylor & Rowe Rooms


12:45 - 1:30
Campus walking tour
Tour departs from and returns to the J Williard Marriott Executive Education Center

Thursday:  CSG Business Meeting
Kerkorian Kemper Amphitheater, J Williard Marriott Executive Education Center

1:45             I. Introductory Remarks and Roll Call (CSG Coordinator)
1:50
II. Short Slots and Breaking News (CSG Coordinator)
Steering/Membership Committee Issues (:05)
Workshop Summaries (:05)
Consortial Updates (:15)
2:15III. Short Discussion 1: AI tools check-in and outcomes
Coordinators: Todd Shechter (UW-Madison), Carl Harris/someone (VT), Evan Levine (Duke), Kelsey Cook (NYU), Frank Mathew (Yale), John Mulhern III (Penn), Jenn Stedelin (WashU)
3:15
Break
3:45
IV. Timely Topics and Gossip (Christen)
Topics TBA
4:45 V. Topic Selection for Next Meeting (Christen)
5:00 Adjourn

Thursday: CSG Group Dinner
Inn at Taughannock Falls

5:15
5:30
6:00
7:00
8:30
Bus leaves the Statler for the Inn, via the falls
Bus leaves the Statler for the Inn, direct
Cocktails
Dinner
Buses leave the Inn for the Statler


Friday: CSG Business Meeting
Kerkorian Kemper Amphitheater, J Williard Marriott Executive Education Center

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
Taylor & Rowe Rooms
9:00 VI. Organizational Issues (CSG Coordinator)
  1. Treasurer's Report (Pitt)
  2. Logistics for Next Meeting (Antonelli)
  3. Venues and Dates for Future CSG Meetings (Antonelli)
    Please see http://www.stonesoup.org/future.html
    for the current list.
9:15 VII. Short Discussion 2:  Rethinking Resilience for Mission-Critical SaaS
Coordinators:  Damian Doyle (UVA), Keith Donnelly (UVA), Tracy Weber/someone (ND), Michael/someone (NYU), Steve Duncan (Brown), Amad Sheikh (UD), Becky Joffrey/someone (Cornell), Dave Long (Iowa), Julie Schloss (Stanford), Kim Channpraseut (UW-Madison)
10:15Break
10:45 VIII. Short Discussion 3:   Quantum (need we say more?)
Coordinators:  Donna Tatro (Princeton) &, Becky Joffrey (Cornell), Mark McCahill (Duke), Tony Rimovsky & Brandon Rich (ND), Charles Kruger (Princeton)
11:45 Adjourn

 
11:45 Lunch (box lunches available at 10:30)
Outside Kerkorian Kemper Amphitheater


Addendum A:
Short Workshop:  AI Cyber Resilience & Defense: Surviving and thriving under constant vulnerabilities and exploits
Detailed Agenda

TBD

Addendum B: Short Workshop:  Unlocking Service Delivery Value
Detailed Agenda

TBD

Addendum C: Short Workshop:  Organizing Our Data with and for AI: Virtual and Traditional DataWarehouses, Data Curation
Detailed Agenda

TBD