CDFAM · Washington DC · 2026
Schedule
Schedule under development — subject to change
Day 01 · Jul 15
Day 02 · Jul 16
Evening Reception
Keynote
01
Day
Wednesday · July 15
8:00
Check-in · Badges · Coffee
9:00
Keynote
Brian Ringley
Boston Dynamics
Authoring Autonomy
9:40
Sergey Pigach
Core
Agentic Engineering: Generative AI in Structural Applications
10:00
Marta D’Elia & Erik J. Peterson
Atomic Machines
Minimizing the Thought-to-Thing Time at Atomic Machines
10:20
Break
11:10
Rik Baruah & Neel Goldy Kumar
Intact Solutions
Physics as Infrastructure for the AI Era
11:30
Hardik Kabaria
Vinci4D
Continuous Physics Reasoning: Always-On Design Infrastructure
11:50
Andrew Acuff
SimScale
From Tools to Agents: How Agentic Engineering Workflows Are Reshaping Simulation-Driven Product Development
12:10
Lunch & Networking
1:20
TJ Root
InfinitForm
Requirements to Production Part in Minutes: How Physical AI Closes the Loop Between Optimization and Manufacturing
1:40
Rhushik Matroja
Cognitive Design Systems
When Failure Is Not an Option: Bringing Certifiable AI to Engineering Design
2:00
Alexander Lavin
Pasteur Labs
To be announced
2:20
Daniel Hambleton
Metafold
Measuring Shape Fidelity in Generative CAD Models
2:40
Break
3:20
Brandon DeMille
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
Computational Design in Aerostructures: Topology Optimization for Conceptual Design and Trade Studies
3:40
William Steadman
Quanscient
Solving Aerodynamics Problems with Quantum Computers
4:00
Giorgia Cannici
Virginia Tech
The Era of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Generation of Building Materials
Evening Reception
Networking, drinks & the CD/DC fireside program
4:30
Networking Reception · Drinks
6:20
Duann Scott
CDFAM
Welcome to CD/DC
6:30
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan & Will Roper
Fireside Chat
A Conversation Across Policy, AI & Engineering
6:45
CD/DC Demo
Live Demonstration
Integrated UAS Re-Design & Re-Certification
7:15
Reception & Drinks Continue
02
Day
Thursday · July 16
9:00
Keynote
Ryan McClelland
NASA Goddard
Text to Spaceship: Accelerating Mission Development with AI
9:20
Chris Helmerich
Celedon Solutions
From Requirements to Manufacturable Systems: Agentic AI on a Live Engineering Knowledge Graph
9:40
Rebeka Melber
Istari Digital
The Digital Thread in the Real World: Multiple Partners, Multiple Tools, One Truth
10:00
Jan Vandenbrande
nTop
Fast and Robust Design with Implicit Functions and Direct Simulation
10:20
Break
10:50
Pratap Ranade
Arena Physica
Artificial Intuition: Building an AI Mind for Electromagnetic Design and Engineering
11:10
Juan Alonso
Luminary
Physics AI as a Strategic Advantage: How Physics-Based AI Models Are Reshaping U.S. Defense Engineering
11:30
Sai Nelaturi
C-Infinity
AI-Enabled Assembly Configuration Spaces: Encoding Mechanical Intuition at the Design-Manufacturing Interface
11:50
Steve Massey
SysGit
Git for Hardware: Version Control as the Foundation for Agile Systems Engineering
12:10
Lunch & Networking
1:20
Mike Park
Flexcompute
AI-Native, Simulation-Driven Insight with End-to-End Traceability
1:40
Andreas Vlahinos
Advanced Engineering Solutions
Optimal Lattice Selection for PCM Thermal Management
2:00
Matthew Sederberg
Coreform
Bridging the CAD-to-Simulation Gap: Integrating Meshing-Free Isogeometric Analysis into Industrial Workflows
2:20
Damola Michael & Elliot Glassman
CannonDesign
Before the Model: Aurora as AI-Grounded Climate Intelligence for Early-Stage Design
2:40
Break
3:40
Matt Ellis
Neural Concept
Engineering Intelligence: Three Pillars for AI That Actually Works in Practice
4:00
Matthew Shomper
Not a Robot Engineering
From Horns to Armor: Biomimicry, Computational Design, and the Future of Impact Protection
4:20
Alexander Htet Kyaw
MIT
From Text to Robotic Assembly: 3D Generative AI and Discrete Robotic Assembly for Making Physical Objects
4:40
End of Program
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