Dear INFORMS Bay Area Community,
We are excited to invite you to the INFORMS San Francisco Bay Area Regional Analytics Conference (IRAC 2026), taking place on Friday, October 2, 2026, at San José State University.
This year’s theme, “Convergence 2026: AI & Decision Intelligence Summit,” will highlight how artificial intelligence and operations research (O.R.) are working together to transform industries through scalable optimization, predictive analytics, and autonomous decision systems.
The conference will feature an outstanding lineup of speakers from both academia and industry, including Risto Miikkulainen (Cognizant AI Lab), Michael Witherell (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Parimal Kopardekar (NASA), Jun (Luke) Huan (AWS AI Labs), Sidney Lin (Google), Veena Mendiratta (Northwestern University), Simrita Singh (Santa Clara University), Harshal Raut (Intuit), Aditya Puttaparthi Tirumala (Zillow), Yu Zhang (University of California, Santa Cruz), Ed Klotz (Gurobi Optimization), and more. Their talks will offer valuable insights on how AI and O.R. are transforming decision-making across industries of national importance.
Whether you’re a practitioner, researcher, student, or technology leader, IRAC 2026 offers the opportunity to gain practical insights; build connections with Bay Area professionals in optimization, data science, analytics, and applied AI; and join a vibrant community shaping the future of intelligent decision systems.
Early bird registration is open through September 10. Don’t miss your opportunity to secure discounted pricing and your place at this exciting event.