schedule.qmd

## Schedule

Below is the tentative schedule for the event.

*Note: Students are encouraged to bring to-go boxes to take food home in case we have extra*

| Date | Time | Activity | Venue | 
|------|------|------|------|------|
| April 17th | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm    | Competition Strategy    | Norris Louis room (Evanston)<sup>#</sup>    |
| April 17th | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm    | AI Seminar  | Norris Louis room (Evanston)<sup>#</sup>    |
| April 17th | 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm    | AI Seminar tools: Menolearn  | Norris Louis room (Evanston)<sup>#</sup>    |
| April 17th | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm    | Socials | Norris Louis room (Evanston)<sup>#</sup>    |
|---------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| April 24th | 5:30 - 6:30 pm    | Check-in \& Snacks    | Lutkin Hall (Evanston) / UChicago location*    |
| April 24th | 6:30 - 7:30 pm    |  Competition problem statement announcement  | Lutkin Hall (Evanston) / UChicago location*    |
| April 24th | 7:30 - 8:30 pm    | Fireside chat with Dr. Kaveh Safavi (Senior Executive Advisor, Accenture)    | Lutkin Hall (Evanston) / UChicago location*    |
| April 24th| 8:30 - 9:30 pm    | Meet \& Greet    | Lutkin Hall (Evanston) / UChicago location*    |
|---------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| April 25th | 10:30 - 11:00 am    | Check-in     | Guild Lounge (Evanston) / UChicago location*    |
| April 25th | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm    | Student teams meet mentors, work on their solution    | Guild Lounge (Evanston) / UChicago location*    |
| April 25th | 12:30 - 2:00 pm    | Lunch    | Guild Lounge (Evanston) / UChicago location*    |
| April 25th | 2:00 - 6:00 pm    | Student teams working on their solution    | Guild Lounge (Evanston) / UChicago location*    |
|---------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| April 26th | 10:30 - 11:45 am    | Check-in & wrap-up presentations     | Norris Louis Room (Evanston)**    | |
| April 26th | 11:45 - 12:45 pm    | Stop work \& lunch    | Norris Louis Room (Evanston)**    |
| April 26th | 12:45 - 1:00 pm    | Presentations preparation    | Norris Louis Room (Evanston)**    |
| April 26th | 1:00 - 4:30 pm    | Students presentations to judges    | Norris Louis Room (Evanston)**    |
| April 26th | 4:30 - 5:00 pm    | Snacks break / setup for panel discussion    | Norris Louis Room (Evanston)**    |
| April 26th | 5:00 - 6:30 pm    | Panel discussion on *Careers in data science*    | Norris Louis Room (Evanston)**    |
| April 26th | 6:30 - 7:00 pm    | Awards    | Norris Louis Room (Evanston)**    |
| April 26th | 7:00 - 7:30 pm    | Extra time to accommodate any delay in schedule    | Norris Louis Room (Evanston)**    |


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<sup>#</sup>***April 17th (Friday):** Attendance in the in-person event is optional. The event will include an AI seminar, analysis strategies, AI workflow setup, tips and tricks for the DataFest, conducted by faculty. 

\****April 24th & 25th (Friday & Saturday):** University of Chicago students can attend the event in-person either at UChicago (location within UChicago to be announced) or at Northwestern University. Northwestern University students are required to attend the event in Evanston.* 

\*\****April 26th (Sunday):** Students from both Northwestern University and the University of Chicago are required to attend the event in-person at Norris Louis Room in Evanston.*

*Mentors will be available to advise student teams at both the Universities at certain times of the day on April 25 (TBA)*

## Google map addresses

- Lutkin Hall, Evanston (April 24th 2026)

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- Guild Lounge, Evanston (April 25th 2026)

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- Location at University of Chicago on April 24th & 25th is to-be-announced.

-	Louis Room, Norris University Center, Evanston (April 26th)

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