Program

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Accelerate is designed to showcase the latest methods, applications and research in accelerated materials and molecular discovery. Through workshops and talks, posters and small group sessions, attendees will explore topics across our three content tracks:

Fundamental discovery and leading-edge tools: Deep and machine learning algorithms for AI-aided experimental design, quantum-based materials simulations and optimized structure-function models, chemical synthesis and materials characterization, chemical ontologies and materials databases, and robotics and control systems
Sustainable materials for a resilient world: Development of solid-state materials, sustainable soft materials, low-carbon structural materials, small molecule drugs, etc.
Designing a translation ecosystem: Leadership in commercialization, training, and education

Program

Pre-Conference Workshops & PI Strategy SessionsTuesday, August 30

12:00 PM	Registration and Lunch Bahen Atrium
1:00 PM	PI Strategy Session (part 1) Open to PIs only Bahen, Room 1170 ChemOS Workshop (part 1) Riley Hickman Bahen, Room 1160 Professional Development Workshops Communicating Science Dan Falk Intellectual Property Karen Temple Entrepreneurship Jon French Bahen, Room 1130
3:00 PM	Coffee Break Bahen Atrium
3:30 PM	PI Strategy Session (part 2) Open to PIs only Bahen, Room 1170 ChemOS Workshop (part 2) Riley Hickman Bahen, Room 1160 NRCan Workshop Anjuli Szawiola Bahen, Room 1130
5:30 PM	Adjourn for the day

Accelerate Conference Day 1Wednesday, August 31

Posters will also be available for
viewing throughout the day

9:00 AM	Registration and Breakfast Myhal Atrium
9:45 AM	Welcome & Opening Remarks Leah Cowen, Alán Aspuru-Guzik Myhal Auditorium
10:00 AM	Opening Keynote Talk Building an AI Ecosystem Jordan Jacobs Panel Jordan Jacobs, Alan Bernstein, Leah Cowen, Garth Gibson Myhal Auditorium
11:00 AM	Coffee Break & Travel Time Bahen Atrium
11:30 AM	Concurrent Sessions Methods in Machine Learning, Data Analysis, and Modeling XAI in Chemistry Johannes Hachmann Synthesis predictions of molecules and crystals Yousung Jung Quantum machine learning Anatole von Lilienfeld General-Purpose Robots in the Chemistry Lab: Learning to Plan, Perceive, and Manipulate Florian Shkurti Delving into Trust and Interpretability of Materials AI Jason Hattrick-Simpers Bahen, Room 1130 Discoveries Facilitated by AI/Automation (Part 1) Battery informatics and lifetime prediction Shijing Sun Tough Materials by Design by Putting a Robot in the Design Loop Keith Brown Machine learning for materials discovery Pascal Friederich Accelerating materials innovation and understanding through scientific machine learning for structural characterization Brian DeCost Towards digital twins in materials discovery and production Thomas Heine Bahen, Room 1160
12:45 PM	Lunch & Poster Viewing Myhal Atrium
2:00 PM	Concurrent Sessions Methods in Laboratory Automation Towards Robot Alchemist: Learning to See Glass Animesh Garg Research Acceleration by Self-Driving Fluidic Labs Milad Abolhasani Autonomous Discovery of Advanced Materials using Intelligent Robotic Systems Gabriella Pizzuto From Atoms to Machines: Microscopy as a Platform to Accelerate Materials Innovation Mitra Taheri Bahen, Room 1130 Discoveries Facilitated by AI/Automation (part 2) Autonomous Platform (Polybot) for Electronic Polymers Discovery Jie Xu TBA Eugenia Kumacheva Combining Modeling and AI to Accelerate Materials Characterization Maria Chan Developing A Machine Learning Framework for Uncovering Materials Interactions with Biological Tissues Frank Gu Bahen, Room 1160 Special Session: Schmidt Futures/Cell Press (part 1) Biologic Formulation in a Self-Driving Biomaterials Lab Adam Gormley Scanning Probes as a Materials Automation Platform with Extremely Miniaturized Samples Keith Brown Physical Computing & Materials Acceleration Platforms Alexander Lavin Bahen, Room 1170
3:00 PM	Coffee Break Bahen Atrium
3:15 PM	Concurrent Sessions: Discovery Discoveries in Energy Accelerating Design of Polymer Electrolytes using MD Simulations Ha-Kyung Kwon Accelerating the Discovery of New Halide Perovskites with Robotics and Machine Learning Joshua Schrier Bahen, Room 1130 Discoveries Facilitated by AI/Automation (part 3) Learning to engineer thermally sprayed functional coatings Ali Dolatabadi Ultrabright Electrons Light Up High Throughput Structure Determination Towards True Lab-on-a-Chip Chemistry Dwayne Miller Discovering and validating new odorous molecules Benjamin Sanchez-Lengeling Enabling autonomous decisionmaking in drug discovery John Chodera Bahen, Room 1160 Special Session: Schmidt Futures/Cell Press (part 2) What is a minimal working example of a materials acceleration platform Sterling Baird Reproducible Sorbent Materials for Carbon Capture at Scale Austin McDannald A catalyst acceleration platform towards realizing the energy transition Alexander Hammer Bahen, Room 1170
4:14 PM	Travel Time
4:30 PM	Poster Viewing + Reception Myhal Atrium
6:30 PM	Adjourn for the day
6:30 PM	Conference Social Event Open to those pre-registered for the social event. Dinner will be provided, followed by a salsa dance performance. A shuttle will run from Myhal to Lula Lounge for the Social Event approximately every 30 mins starting at 6:15 PM Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St W

Accelerate Conference Day 2Thursday, September 1

Posters will also be available for
viewing throughout the day

9:00 AM	Registration and Breakfast Myhal Atrium
9:45 AM	Welcome & Opening Remarks Padraic Foley Myhal Auditorium
10:00 AM	Accelerating emerging PV technologies Christoph Brabec Myhal Auditorium
10:30 AM	Coffee Break & Travel Time Bahen Atrium
11:00 AM	Concurrent Sessions: Best Practices Talk Managing Data for Accelerated Discovery Harnessing Reaction Data Across Substrates - Towards Rational Design of Catalyst Screens Richard Walroth Role of Benchmarking and Open Source Deval Pandya Panel Bringing MAP Technology to Scale Caroline Cloutier, Richard Walroth, Bradley Schmidt, Deval Pandya Bahen, Room 1130 Talk Designing Labs of the Future: What's the blueprint for self-driving labs? Self Driving Labs for the Discovery and Optimization of Functional Films Curtis Berlinguette TBA Benji Maruyama Panel Designing Labs of the Future: What's the blueprint for self-driving labs? Benji Maruyama, Jason Hein, Curtis Berlinguette, Michelle Murphy Bahen, Room 1160
12:30 PM	Lunch & Poster Viewing Myhal Atrium
2:00 PM	Concurrent Sessions: Beyond the Bench Talk Teaching new fields of science TBA Chandra Singh, Zamyla Chan MAPs: A World of Learning Mark Kozdras Panel How to train the next generation Helen Tran, Lilo Pozzo, Wil de Vega, Chandra Singh Bahen, Room 1130 Talk From lab to market Accelerating Translation from Lab to Market Kedar Hippalgaonkar Panel How to commercialize materials-on-demand Joshua Gans, Kedar Hippalgaonkar, Adrienne Clement, Ben Alston Bahen, Room 1160
3:30 PM	Coffee Break + Travel Time Bahen Atrium
4:00 PM	Closing Keynote Opportunities in AI-driven and high-throughput soft matter research Lilo Pozzo Vision for a Materially Different Future Alán Aspuru-Guzik Myhal Auditorium
5:00 PM	Closing Remarks Zamyla Chan Myhal Auditorium
5:15 PM	Adjourn for the day

Accelerate Un-ConferenceFriday, September 2

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During the un-conference, the script is flipped! Attendees are welcome to brainstorm meeting and discussion ideas for the final day of the conference. As ideas emerge for Unconference themes throughout the conference, share them on the collective whiteboard. This is an opportunity to meet with collaborators old and new, have a write-a-thon on white papers, hack a programming project, brainstorm new projects and initiatives, and more.

Visit slido.com and enter the code ACCEL (not case-sensitive) into the code field or scan the QR code on this page to submit session topics on any of the first 3 days of the conference. Topics will be organized after the closing keynote and posted Friday morning for the informal sessions.

10:00 AM	Registration Bahen Atrium
11:00 AM	Informal Workshops Bahen, Rooms 1130, 1160, 1170
12:00 PM	Lunch Bahen Atrium
12:30 PM	Informal Workshops (continued) Bahen, Rooms 1130, 1160, 1170
2:00 PM	Conference Adjourns