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2025-2026 Committee Members

Organizers 

LYDIA KAVRAKI

Director

DAVID PYNADATH

Executive Director for Research Initiatives

MICHELLE ATKINSON

Director of Operations

LEAH SEWARD

Events Specialist

KELLY PETERS

Strategic Partnerships & Communications Manager

2025-2026 Organizing Committee

MAURICIO ARAYA-POLO

TotalEnergies

BILL BROUWER

SLB

DONNY COOPER

TotalEnergies

ERIK ENGQUIST

Rice University

ESTHELA GALLARDO

Microsoft

MELYSSA FRATKIN

Barcelona Supercomputing Center

RAJ GAUTAM

ExxonMobil

KEITH GRAY

TotalEnergies

Committee Chair

MICHAEL GUJRAL

Shell

MAXIME HUGUES

NVIDIA

MATTHIAS HEINKENSCHLOSS

Rice University

ELIZABETH L'HEUREUX

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CHRISTOPHER LEADER

SLB

ALEX LODDOCH

Chevron

DAVID MARTIN

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

TOM MCDONALD

AWS

NEFELI MORIDIS

NVIDIA

JAN ODEGARD

Rice University

TIM OSBORNE

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

KEITH RITCHIE

AMD

BEATRICE RIVIERE

Rice University

JEREMY SINGER

ExxonMobil

NOELLA SOARES

Shell

SUZY TICHENOR

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

MUHONG ZHOU

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DETAILS

Save the Dates:

February 24-25, 2026

In-Person Conference

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February 26, 2026

In-Person Workshops (Add-On)

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VENUE

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6500 Main St., Houston, TX 77030

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