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Welcome to the OLCF User Meeting Agenda Page!
Explore what’s in store for this year’s event with our tentative agenda, featuring key sessions, technical talks, and community activities.

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Day 1 Agenda | Tuesday, August 5th, 2025

2025 OLCF User Meeting Agenda | Day 1

TimeSessionPresentationPresenterLocation
8:00 AMCheck-in RegistrationORNL, Lobby, Building 5200
8:30 AMWelcome & Kickoff,
working breakfast
ORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
ORNL Welcome &
Day 1 Introduction
Verónica Melesse Vergara, ORNL
OLCF User Group Executive Board WelcomeslidesEmily Belli, General Atomics
Welcome from National Center for Computational Sciences slides Arjun Shankar, ORNL
9:15 AMmyOLCF UpdatesslidesAaron BarlowORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
9:45 AMContributed User TalkslidesPeter Coveney, University College LondonORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
10:15 AMAM Coffee BreakORNL, Upper Lobby, Building 5200
10:30 AMOLCF Industry User Talk | BoeingslidesAdam Clark, BoeingORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
11:00 AMContributed OLCF User TalkslidesSpencer Bryngelson, Georgia TechORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
11:30 AMORNL AI Initiative slidesPrasanna Balaprakash, ORNLORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
12:00 PMLightning Talks Overview | Day 1Chris Fuson, ORNLORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
12:15 PMLightning Talks, working lunchORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
OLCF TrainingSuzanne Parete-Koon, User Assistance
OLCF Office HoursLogan Gillum, User Assistance
HPC Compute ContainersSubil Abraham, User Assistance

Elijah MacCarthy, System Acceptance and User Environment
Data StorageBrenna Miller, HPC Storage and Archive

Ethan Frenza, HPC Storage and Archive
myOLCFKita Cranfill, Software Services Development

Alan Longcoy, Software Services Development
Quantum and HPCMichael Sandoval, User Assistance
Frontier Programming Environment and SoftwareNick Hagerty, System Acceptance and User Environment

Asa Rentschler, System Acceptance and User Environment
Data Visualization and AnalysisKen Moreland, Research VisualizationORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
1:30 PMOpenMP Offload 101 on FrontierslidesSwaroop Pophale, ORNL

Wael Elwasif, ORNL

Reuben Budiardja, ORNL
ORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
OLCF Office HoursORNL, Harpeth Conference Room, Building 5200
3:00 PMHistoric Graphite Reactor Tour
3:30 PMPM Coffee BreakORNL, Upper Lobby, Building 5200
3:45 PMPoster Session & Data Visualization Showcase OverviewGina Jaklic, ORNL

Vanessa Lama, ORNL
ORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
4:00 PMOLCF Facility Tour & Group PhotoORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
5:00 PMUser Poster Session & Data Visualization Showcase Reception, heavy hors d'oeuvres in lieu of dinnerORNL, Court of Flags, Building 5700
ORNL, EVEREST, Building 5600
6:30 PMAdjourn
7:00 - 9:00 PMOLCF User Meeting Networking Social for Participants & Guests (No-Host)35 North Bar & Grill, 11321 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37934

Day 2 Agenda | Wednesday, August 6th, 2025

2025 OLCF User Meeting Agenda | Day 2

TimeSessionPresentationPresenterLocation
8:00 AMCheck-in RegistrationORNL, Lobby, Building 5200
8:30 AMORNL Welcome | Day 1 Recap & Day 2 Overview, working breakfastVerónica Melesse Vergara, ORNLORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
8:45 AMStorage UpdatesslidesEthan Frenza, ORNLORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
9:15 AMOLCF Communications UpdateKatie Bethea, ORNLORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
9:45 AMConstellationslidesMeghan Berry, ORNL ORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
10:15 AMCoffee BreakORNL, Upper Lobby, Building 5200
10:30 AMOLCF Industry User Talk | General AtomicsslidesEmily Belli, General AtomicsORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
11:00 AMContributed OLCF User TalkslidesQinglei Cao, St. louis UniversityORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
11:30 AM2027 INCITE Proposal Workshop slidesDmytro Bykov, ORNLORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
12:00 PMLightning Talks Overview | Day 2Chris Fuson, ORNLORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
12:15 PMLightning Talks, working lunchORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
Data Publishing and ConstellationMeghan Berry, Data and Platform Services

Josh Brown, Data and Platform Services
OLCF HackathonsSuzanne Parete-Koon, User Assistance

Asim YarKhan, System Acceptance and User Environment
INCITE Technical ReviewDmytro Bykov, Advanced Computing for Chemistry and Materials
Quantum and HPCMichael Sandoval, User Assistance
myOLCFAaron Barlow, Software Services Development

Kita Cranfill, Software Services Development
Large-scale AISajal Dash, Analytics and AI Methods at Scale

Michael Sandoval, User Assistance
ToolsPhilip Roth, Algorithms and Performance Analysis
JupyterKellen Leland, Data and Platform Services

Spencer Ward, Data and Platform Services
1:30 PMQuantum Computing User Program User TalkslidesMurali Gopalakrishnan Meena, ORNLORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
2:00 PMOLCF User Meeting Training
IQM Hands-On Quantum Training (Hybrid) Click Here to Register
slidesMurali Gopalakrishnan Meena, ORNLORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
OLCF Office HoursORNL, Harpeth Conference Room, Building 5200
3:30 PMCoffee BreakORNL, Upper Lobby, Building 5200
3:45 PMOLCF-6 (Discovery) UpdatesMatt Sieger, ORNLORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
4:00 PMOLCF User Group Elections
Poster Session Awards
Data Visualization Showcase Awards
ORNL, Tennessee Rooms, Building 5200
4:30 PMAdjourn