2026 Schedule
Voted on and finalized the evening of October 2nd
Topics get filled in by whoever shows up the night before. Empty slots are the point, not a bug. How are topics decided?
Friday, October 2nd
Reception at The Poplar Restaurant
4:30pm – 5:30pm
Cash bar, networking, and appetizers at The Poplar Restaurant at The Virginia Guest House, 2017 Ivy Rd.
Pitch Night at the UVA School of Data Science
5:30pm – 8:30pm
Pizza, pitches, and voting at 1919 Ivy Rd. Anyone can propose a session about something they would like to teach, share, demonstrate, discuss, or understand better. Topics may be technical, creative, professional, civic, practical, or completely unexpected.
4:00pm
Volunteers arrive
5:30pm
Doors open
5:30pm
Dinner arrives
6:00pm
Intros & Haiku, Sponsor highlights, Topic pitches, Saturday schedule posted
Saturday, October 3rd
Sessions at the UVA School of Data Science
9am – 4pm
A full day of community-selected conversations, workshops, demonstrations, and discoveries: breakfast, sessions, lunch, lightning talks, more sessions, and a retrospective.
Schedule to be determined Friday night, October 2nd
October 2–3 in Charlottesville, VA
Join us in October of 2026
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