Schedule

Cornell Systems Summit • November 2-4, 2025

All events will be held in the Statler Ballroom

This page will be updated as information becomes available.

Sunday, November 2, Evening

  • 5:30 – 6 p.m.

    Welcome Reception

  • 6 – 7 p.m.

    Presentation

    Corey Ryan Earle, Lecturer and Historian, Cornell University

  • 7 – 8 :30 p.m.

    Dinner

Monday, November 3

  • 7:45 – 8:45

    Breakfast

  • 8:45 – 9 a.m.

    Welcome

    Alan Zehnder, Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs

    Introduced by H. Oliver Gao, Director of Systems Engineering

    Setting the Stage for the Summit

    Clifford Whitcomb, Executive Director, Systems Engineering

  • 9 – 9:30 a.m.

    Morning Presentation

    Adam Benjamin, Analyst/Portfolio Manager, Fidelity Investments

  • 9:30 – 10 a.m.

    Sustainable Systems Guest Speaker

    Lindsay Anderson, Professor and Department Chair, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

  • 10 – 10:30 a.m.

    Health Systems Guest Speaker

    Yazdi Bagli, EVP – IT and Enterprise Business Services, Kaiser Permanente

  • 10:30 – 11 a.m.

    SEMI Systems Guest Speaker

    Kashyap Yellai, Science Director for Innovative Research, Semiconductor Research Corporation

  • 11 – 11:30 a.m.

    Cornell Systems Student Lightning Talks

    Systems Ph.D. and Postdoctoral students

    A select group of students will showcase their research, ideas, or experiences in short, 3–5-minute “Lightning Talks.”

  • 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

    Lunch and Guest Speaker

    Federica Robinson-Bryant, Founder, Denotion Research Group—Systems At Any Age

  • 1 – 2 p.m.

    Theme 1—Professional Workforce Session

    Moderator

    Kurt Kuhn (Boeing)

    Panelists

    • Juan Amenabar, Leidos
    • Kate Bagnell, Lockheed Martin
    • Maurice Dantzler, Cummins
    • Micheal Green, NORDTECH
    • Alexsandra Markin-Khusid, MITRE
    • Abir Ray, Expression
    • Austin Renwick, Boeing
    • Zachary Zydron, ASML
  • 2 – 3 p.m

    Theme 2—Educational Curriculum Session

    Moderator

    Graeme Troxell (Colorado State University)

    Panelists

    • Jeff Anderson, Boeing
    • Jim Cale, Colorado State University
    • David Flanigan, Johns Hopkins University
    • Hiroki Sayama, Binghamton University
    • David Schneider, Cornell University
    • Jeffery Williams, University of Alabama
  • 3 – 4 p.m.

     Theme 3—K–12 Curriculum (SySTEAM) Session

    Moderator

    Caitlyn Singam, INCOSE

    Roundtable—SySTEAM members

    • Wendy Elliott, MIT
    • Tom Pennell, Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF)
    • David Syracuse, TST Boces, New Visions Engineering
  • 4 – 4:30 p.m

    Break

  • 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

    Concurrent Breakout Focus Groups

    • Theme 1: Professional Workforce

      • Facilitator: Kurt Kuhn
    • Theme 2: Educational Curriculum

      • Facilitator: Graeme Troxell
    • Theme 3: K–12 Curriculum (SySTEAM)

      • Facilitator: Caitlyn Singam
  • 5:30 – 6 p.m.

    Break

  • 6 – 7 p.m.

    Systems Celebration: Awards and Evening Presentation

    • Distinguished Systems Engineer Award
    • Guest Speaker: Jeff Loren, BS ENGR ’75
  • 7 – 8:30 p.m.

    Dinner

Tuesday, November 4

  • 7:45 – 8:45 a.m.

    Breakfast

  • 8:45 – 9 a.m.

    Welcome

    Clifford Whitcomb, Executive Director, Systems Engineering

  • 9 – 10 a.m.

    Concurrent Breakout Focus Groups

    • Theme 1: Professional Workforce

      • Facilitator: Kurt Kuhn
    • Theme 2: Educational Curriculum

      • Facilitator: Graeme Troxell
    • Theme 3: K–12 Curriculum (SySTEAM)

      • Facilitator: Caitlyn Singam
  • 10 – 10:30 a.m.

    Presentation of Summary Findings

    Theme 1: Professional Workforce

  • 10:30 – 11 a.m.

    Presentation of Summary Findings

    Theme 2: Educational Curriculum

  • 11 – 11:30 a.m.

    Presentation of Summary Findings

    Theme 3: K–12 Curriculum (SySTEAM)

  • 11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

    Break

  • 12 – 1:30 p.m.

    Lunch and XRP Robot Demo

    David Schneider, Professor of Practice and Director of M.Eng. Programs, Systems Engineering, Cornell University

    Jonathan Jaramillo, Lecturer, Systems Engineering, Cornell University

  • 1:30 – 3 p.m.

    Summit Findings and Next Steps