Conference Agenda
Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).
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Daily Overview |
| Date: Monday, 08/June/2026 | |
| 8:00am - 8:45am | Registration Location: CON Foyer |
| 8:15am - 4:30pm | Child Care Location: AWO Children’s House “ganz schön frech” (Campus Kindergarten) |
| 8:45am - 9:00am | Welcome Location: CON Foyer Session Chair: Zeynep Akata, Helmholtz Munich |
| 9:00am - 11:00am | WS 1 (1/4) - Data Parallelism: How to Train Deep Learning Models on Multiple GPUs Location: HDC 041 Session Chair: Severine Habert, NVIDIA Session Chair: Pallavi Mohan, NVIDIA Session Chair: Nael Fasfous, NVIDIA |
| 9:00am - 11:00am | WS 2a (1/2) - Building Agentic ML Tools for Science: What Works and What Doesn’t Location: 31 003 Session Chair: Till Korten, Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf (HZDR) Session Chair: Haider Khan, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich |
| 9:00am - 11:00am | WS 3a - Reproducible Benchmarking and Multi-Omics Integration Using the Multiverse Framework Location: CON 1+2 Session Chair: Anis Ismail, KU Leuven Session Chair: Saptarshi Chakrabarti, KU Leuven |
| 9:00am - 11:00am | TT 4a (1/2) - From Prompts to AI Applications: A Hands-On Introduction to RAG and LLM Systems Location: HPC 302 Session Chair: Osama Hamed, Forschungszentrum Jülich |
| 9:00am - 11:00am | WS 5a - Translating Research Concepts into GDPR-Compliant Projects: A Six-Step Process and Three Cases for Hands-on Practice Location: CON 4 Session Chair: Julian Beimes, idalab GmbH |
| 9:00am - 11:00am | WS 6a - Powering Helmholtz AI: HAICORE Infrastructure & AI Platform at HZDR Location: CON 3 Session Chair: Kushal Ramakrishna, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf Session Chair: Varun Sudharshnam, Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf |
| 9:00am - 11:00am | Start at 10:00 WS 7a (1/2) - AI in environmental research Location: HPC 384 Session Chair: Martin Schultz, FZJ Session Chair: Kirsten M Florentine Weber, Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) |
| 9:00am - 11:00am | WS 8a (1/2) - Causal Inference and Causal AI for Complex Dynamic Systems in Medicine and Biology Location: 33 004 Session Chair: Juan G. Diaz Ochoa, Klinikum Stuttgart / Permediq Session Chair: Johann Krocza, HSE365.at GmbH Session Chair: Alexander Krohn, Hochschule München Session Chair: Christian Menzel, Klinikum Stuttgart |
| 9:00am - 11:00am | TT 9a - Deep Learning with Bayesian Principles Location: HPC 002 Session Chair: Thomas Moellenhoff, RIKEN AIP |
| 11:00am - 11:15am | Coffee break Location: at the Conference Center and the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus (HPC) simultaneously |
| 11:15am - 1:15pm | WS 1 (2/4) - Data Parallelism: How to Train Deep Learning Models on Multiple GPUs Location: HDC 041 Session Chair: Severine Habert, NVIDIA Session Chair: Pallavi Mohan, NVIDIA Session Chair: Nael Fasfous, NVIDIA |
| 11:15am - 1:15pm | WS 2a (2/2) - Building Agentic ML Tools for Science: What Works and What Doesn’t Location: 31 003 Session Chair: Till Korten, Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf (HZDR) Session Chair: Haider Khan, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich |
| 11:15am - 1:15pm | WS 3b - Responsible AI in Industrial Production: Practices and Methods for Predictive Models Location: CON 3 Session Chair: Christopher Koska, University Augsburg Session Chair: Markus Schatzl, senswork GmbH |
| 11:15am - 1:15pm | TT 4a (2/2) - From Prompts to AI Applications: A Hands-On Introduction to RAG and LLM Systems Location: HPC 302 Session Chair: Osama Hamed, Forschungszentrum Jülich |
| 11:15am - 1:15pm | WS 5b - AI, Brussels and how to participate in decision-making and science policy Location: CON 4 Session Chair: Ioannis Legouras, Helmholtz Association |
| 11:15am - 1:15pm | WS 6b - Novel Helmholtz Imaging Tools for AI image processing along the pipeline Location: CON 1+2 Session Chair: Ella Bahry, Max Delbrueck Center Session Chair: Deborah Schmidt, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine Session Chair: Hans Werners, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchroton DESY Session Chair: Philipp Heuser, DESY |
| 11:15am - 1:15pm | WS 7a (2/2) - AI in environmental research Location: HPC 384 Session Chair: Martin Schultz, FZJ Session Chair: Kirsten M Florentine Weber, Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) |
| 11:15am - 1:15pm | WS 8a (2/2) - Causal Inference and Causal AI for Complex Dynamic Systems in Medicine and Biology Location: 33 004 Session Chair: Juan G. Diaz Ochoa, Klinikum Stuttgart / Permediq Session Chair: Johann Krocza, HSE365.at GmbH Session Chair: Alexander Krohn, Hochschule München Session Chair: Christian Menzel, Klinikum Stuttgart |
| 11:15am - 1:15pm | WS 9b - Curiosity, Exploration, and Meta-Reinforcement Learning: Learning What to Learn Location: HPC 002 Session Chair: Jonathan Shock, University of Cape Town |
| 1:15pm - 2:15pm | Lunch Location: Mensa |
| 2:15pm - 4:15pm | WS 1 (3/4) - Data Parallelism: How to Train Deep Learning Models on Multiple GPUs Location: HDC 041 Session Chair: Severine Habert, NVIDIA Session Chair: Pallavi Mohan, NVIDIA Session Chair: Nael Fasfous, NVIDIA |
| 2:15pm - 4:15pm | WS 2b (1/2) - Open Challenges in Simulation-Based Inference Location: 31 003 Session Chair: Alina Bazarova, Forschungszentrum Jülich Session Chair: Peter Steinbach, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf Session Chair: Giuseppe Viterbo, Heidelberg University |
| 2:15pm - 4:15pm | WS 3c (1/2) - Medical Foundation Models: From Pretraining to Clinical Impact (MedFM @ HAICON26) Location: HPC 384 Session Chair: Cristina González, Helmholtz Munich Session Chair: Laura Alexandra Daza Barragan, Helmholtz Center Munich Session Chair: Marta Hasny, Helmholtz Munich, TUM |
| 2:15pm - 4:15pm | TT 4b - A Practical Tour of PEFT & Co. Location: HPC 302 Session Chair: Dasha Trofimova, DFKZ Session Chair: Jeremias Traub, DKFZ |
| 2:15pm - 4:15pm | WS 5c - The Science of Successful AI Communication Location: CON 3 Session Chair: Verena Albrecht, Munich Center for Machine Learning |
| 2:15pm - 4:15pm | TT 6c - Qubits all the way down: A Gentle Dive into Quantum Machine Learning Theory Location: CON 1+2 Session Chair: Eileen Kühn, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Session Chair: Gabriel Mejia Ruiz, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
| 2:15pm - 4:15pm | WS 7b (1/2) - Current status of the benchmarking field: lessons learned from the first half of the UNLOCK initiative Location: CON 5+6 Session Chair: Malte Luecken, Helmholtz Munich Session Chair: Marie Piraud, Helmholtz Munich Session Chair: Steffen Schneider, Helmholtz Munich Session Chair: Daria Romanovskaia, Helmholtz Munich Session Chair: Francesco Campi, Helmholtz Munich |
| 2:15pm - 4:15pm | TT 8b (1/2) - TwinWeaver: Generative Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twins for Longitudinal Modelling Location: CON 4 Session Chair: Daksh Pratap Singh Pamar, University of Melbourne Session Chair: Alina Arneth, University of Melbourne Session Chair: Nikita Makarov, Valinor Discovery |
| 2:15pm - 4:15pm | TT 9c - Uncertainty Quantification for Neural Networks: Make your model predictions trustworthy Location: HPC 002 Session Chair: Steve Schmerler, HZDR Session Chair: Jakob Gawlikowski, German Aerospace Center Session Chair: Christoph Schweden, German Aerospace Center |
| 4:15pm - 4:30pm | Coffee break Location: at the Conference Center and the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus (HPC) simultaneously |
| 4:30pm - 6:30pm | WS 1 (4/4) - Data Parallelism: How to Train Deep Learning Models on Multiple GPUs Location: HDC 041 Session Chair: Severine Habert, NVIDIA Session Chair: Pallavi Mohan, NVIDIA Session Chair: Nael Fasfous, NVIDIA |
| 4:30pm - 6:30pm | WS 2b (2/2) - Open Challenges in Simulation-Based Inference Location: 31 003 Session Chair: Alina Bazarova, Forschungszentrum Jülich Session Chair: Peter Steinbach, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf Session Chair: Giuseppe Viterbo, Heidelberg University |
| 4:30pm - 6:30pm | WS 3c (2/2) - Medical Foundation Models: From Pretraining to Clinical Impact (MedFM @ HAICON26) Location: HPC 384 Session Chair: Cristina González, Helmholtz Munich Session Chair: Laura Alexandra Daza Barragan, Helmholtz Center Munich Session Chair: Marta Hasny, Helmholtz Munich, TUM |
| 4:30pm - 6:30pm | TT 4c - Small and Locally Deployed VLMs under Evaluation: A Case Study of Image Captioning Location: HPC 302 Session Chair: Osama Hamed, Forschungszentrum Jülich |
| 4:30pm - 6:30pm | WS 5d - Introduction to Prototyping Location: CON 3 Session Chair: Mirjam Rohrmann, Helmholtz Munich |
| 4:30pm - 6:30pm | TT 6d - Coding the Quantum Machine Learning Future: A hands-on Tutorial Location: CON 1+2 Session Chair: Eileen Kühn, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Session Chair: Gabriel Mejia Ruiz, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
| 4:30pm - 6:30pm | WS 7b (2/2) - Current status of the benchmarking field: lessons learned from the first half of the UNLOCK initiative Location: CON 5+6 Session Chair: Malte Luecken, Helmholtz Munich Session Chair: Marie Piraud, Helmholtz Munich Session Chair: Steffen Schneider, Helmholtz Munich Session Chair: Daria Romanovskaia, Helmholtz Munich Session Chair: Francesco Campi, Helmholtz Munich |
| 4:30pm - 6:30pm | TT 8b (2/2) - TwinWeaver: Generative Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twins for Longitudinal Modelling (End at 17:30) Location: CON 4 Session Chair: Daksh Pratap Singh Pamar, University of Melbourne Session Chair: Alina Arneth, University of Melbourne Session Chair: Nikita Makarov, Valinor Discovery |
| 7:30pm - 10:00pm | Self-paid dinner in downtown Munich Location: Augustiner-Keller | Beer-garden |
