GPN 2025 Annual Meeting: Full Schedule

Welcome to the 2025 GPN Annual Meeting official schedule! You can find the latest details about sessions and locations.

8:45am CDT

Keynote Session: Translational AI at Iowa State: AI+X research, training, and workforce development

Tuesday June 3, 2025 8:45am - 9:45am CDT

220/230 Scheman Building @ 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping every sector of society — from agriculture and manufacturing to transportation, energy, and healthcare. At Iowa State University, we are embracing this transformation through a Translational AI approach that integrates cutting-edge research with real-world applications across diverse domains, or what we call AI+X. In this talk, I will highlight how Iowa State researchers are working at the intersection of AI and critical application areas, translating their innovations into practice. I will also discuss our comprehensive AI training initiatives designed to reach learners across the spectrum — from AI-novices to AI-aware practitioners to AI-experts — ensuring broad and inclusive access to AI education. Finally, I will share our efforts in developing a strong AI+X student pipeline and fostering an academia-industry nexus to build the next-generation AI workforce for the Midwest and beyond.

Speakers

Soumik Sarkar

Director of Translational AI Center, Iowa State University

6/5/25 MORNING KEYNOTE SPEAKER:Soumik Sarkar is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science at Iowa State University. He is the Director of the Translational AI Center at Iowa State University and the Associate Director of the NSF/USDA-NIFA AI Institute for Resilient... Read More →

Tuesday June 3, 2025 8:45am - 9:45am CDT
220/230 Scheman Building 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA

Session, Keynote

8:30am CDT

Platinum Sponsor Lightning Talks

Wednesday June 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:15am CDT

220/230 Scheman Building @ 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA

We will hear lightning talk presentations from our platinum sponsors:
1) Red Canary - Wednesday Breakfast Sponsor
2) Cloudflare - Platinum Opening Night Reception Co-Sponsor (Drinks)
3) Juniper Networks - Platinum Opening Night Reception Co-Sponsor (Food).

Speakers

Nick Migliazzo

Senior Enterprise Account Executive, Red Canary

Aaron Hudson

Senior Strategic Solutions Engineer, Cloudflare

Amogh Dendukuri

Product Manager, Juniper Networks

Sponsors

Cloudflare

Cloudflare is the leading connectivity cloud company on a mission to help build a better Internet. It empowers government organizations to make their staff, employees, applications and networks faster and more secure everywhere, while reducing complexity and cost. Cloudflare’s connectivity... Read More →

Juniper Networks

At Juniper, we strive to deliver network experiences that transform how people connect, work and live.By challenging the inherent complexity in the 5G and cloud era, our solutions power the connections that matter most - from education to healthcare to secure banking. Our commitment... Read More →

Red Canary

Red Canary is a leader in managed detection and response (MDR). We serve companies of every size and industry, focusing on finding and stopping threats before they can have a negative impact. As the security ally for nearly 1,000 organizations, we provide MDR across our customers... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:15am CDT
220/230 Scheman Building 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA

Session, Keynote