Tentative Schedule

May 29–30, 2026 · Columbia University, New York

Day 1 · May 29 · Faculty House

8:30Breakfast
9:00Opening remarks, Bodhi Sen
9:10–9:50 Extended Talk A, Aki Vehtari
Moderator: Ben Goodrich
10:00–11:00 Session 1: The Talented Mr. P
Yajuan Si · Qixuan Chen · Stephen Ansolabehere
11:20–12:20 Session 2: 0.234 — theory in computing
Charles Margossian · Matt Hoffman · Collin Cademartori
12:20–2:00Lunch
2:00–3:00 Session 3: The Science of Defaults
Ben Goodrich · Tian Zheng · Margaret Echelbarger
3:20–4:20 Session 4: Regression and other stories
Jonathan Auerbach · Rob Trangucci · David Rothschild
4:30–5:10 Extended Talk B, Sophia Rabe-Hesketh
Moderator: Collin Cademartori
5:10–6:00Light refreshments
6:00–9:30Dinner banquet

Day 2 · May 30

8:30Breakfast
9:00–9:40 Extended Talk C, Jennifer Hill
Moderator: Jonathan Auerbach
10:00–11:00 Session 5: Bayesian workflow
Yuling Yao · Yair Ghitza · Richard McElreath
11:20–12:20 Session 6: The Garden of Forking Paths
Tyler McCormick · Masanao Yajima · Dan Simpson
12:20–2:00Lunch
2:00–3:00 Session 7: Panel discussion — 10 Things I (still) hate about Stan
Daniel Lee · Steve Bronder · Matthijs Vákár · Mitzi Morris · Jonah Gabry
3:20–4:20 Session 8: Blue Piranha, Red Piranha
Jeronimo Cortina · Doug Rivers · Sharad Goel
4:30–5:30 Closing Talk, Andrew Gelman
Introduced by Caroline Gelman