Salishan 2026 Program
Monday, April 27
4:30 pm : Registration opens
Welcome/Keynote Address
6:00 pm : Welcome | Judy Hill, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Keynote | Thomas Sterling, Texas Advanced Computing Center
7:00 pm : Reception and Informal Discussions
Welcome/Keynote Address
6:00 pm : Welcome | Judy Hill, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Keynote | Thomas Sterling, Texas Advanced Computing Center
7:00 pm : Reception and Informal Discussions
Tuesday, April 28
7:30 am : Breakfast
Session I - Application of the Future - Session Chair: Christoph Junghans, Los Alamos Nation Laboratory
8:30 am : Code utilization strategies for LLNL platforms | Brian Ryujin, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
9:00 am : Burning Through Exascale: Reactive Flow Simulation, AI Surrogates, and the Road to
Combustion Digital Twins | Kyle Niemeyer, Oregon State University
9:30 am : A balancing act: Energy, Performance, and Resource Efficiency in HPC | Estela Suarez, Juelich Supercomputing Centre
10:00 am : Break
10:30 am : Talk Title | David Flynn, Hammerspace
11:00 am : Panel Discussion
12:00 pm: Lunch
Session II - Software as a Thread - Session Chair: Andrew Young, Sandia National Laboratories
1:30 pm : Talk Title | Speaker
2:00 pm : Talk Title | Christian Trott, Sandia National Laboratories
2:30 pm : Break
3:00 pm : Talk Title | Speaker
3:30 pm : Panel Discussion
6:00 pm : Dinner
Speaker | Omar Ghattas, University of Texas, Austin
Session I - Application of the Future - Session Chair: Christoph Junghans, Los Alamos Nation Laboratory
8:30 am : Code utilization strategies for LLNL platforms | Brian Ryujin, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
9:00 am : Burning Through Exascale: Reactive Flow Simulation, AI Surrogates, and the Road to
Combustion Digital Twins | Kyle Niemeyer, Oregon State University
9:30 am : A balancing act: Energy, Performance, and Resource Efficiency in HPC | Estela Suarez, Juelich Supercomputing Centre
10:00 am : Break
10:30 am : Talk Title | David Flynn, Hammerspace
11:00 am : Panel Discussion
12:00 pm: Lunch
Session II - Software as a Thread - Session Chair: Andrew Young, Sandia National Laboratories
1:30 pm : Talk Title | Speaker
2:00 pm : Talk Title | Christian Trott, Sandia National Laboratories
2:30 pm : Break
3:00 pm : Talk Title | Speaker
3:30 pm : Panel Discussion
6:00 pm : Dinner
Speaker | Omar Ghattas, University of Texas, Austin
Wednesday, April 29
7:30am : Breakfast
Session III - AI Agentic Workflows - Session Chair: Mike Mason, LANL
8:30 am : Talk Title | Earl Lawrence, Los Alamos National Laboratory
9:00 am : Talk Title | Speaker
9:30 am : Talk Title | Bill Magro, Google
10:00 am : Break
10:30 am : Talk Title | Speaker
11:00 am : Panel Discussion
5:00 pm : Random Access
8:00 pm : Student Poster Reception
Session III - AI Agentic Workflows - Session Chair: Mike Mason, LANL
8:30 am : Talk Title | Earl Lawrence, Los Alamos National Laboratory
9:00 am : Talk Title | Speaker
9:30 am : Talk Title | Bill Magro, Google
10:00 am : Break
10:30 am : Talk Title | Speaker
11:00 am : Panel Discussion
5:00 pm : Random Access
8:00 pm : Student Poster Reception
Thursday, April 30
7:30 am : Breakfast
Session IV - Quantum/Emerging Tech
8:30 am : Talk Title | Robin Blume-Kohout, Sandia National Laboratories
9:00 am : Talk Title | Scott Pakin, Los Alamos National Laboratories
10:00 am : Break
10:30 am : Talk Title | Laura Schultz, Argonne National Laboratory
11:00 am : Panel Session
12:00 pm : Lunch
Session V - Navigating Uncertainty
1:30 pm : Talk Title | Si Hammond, NNSA
2:00 pm : Talk Title | Katie Antypas, NSF
2:30 pm : Talk Title | Joshua Fryman, Intel
3:00 pm : Break
5:00pm : Closing Reception and Informal Discussions
Session IV - Quantum/Emerging Tech
8:30 am : Talk Title | Robin Blume-Kohout, Sandia National Laboratories
9:00 am : Talk Title | Scott Pakin, Los Alamos National Laboratories
10:00 am : Break
10:30 am : Talk Title | Laura Schultz, Argonne National Laboratory
11:00 am : Panel Session
12:00 pm : Lunch
Session V - Navigating Uncertainty
1:30 pm : Talk Title | Si Hammond, NNSA
2:00 pm : Talk Title | Katie Antypas, NSF
2:30 pm : Talk Title | Joshua Fryman, Intel
3:00 pm : Break
5:00pm : Closing Reception and Informal Discussions