CARRE: 2026 Alliance Strategy Team Annual Peer Review Meeting

with Optional Pre-meeting CARRE Hackathon

Oregon State University Portland Center - This lovely OSU meeting and classroom facility is in downtown Portland, adjacent to Pioneer Square. It is located on the second floor of the Meier & Frank Building, 555 SW Morrison Street, Portland, Oregon.
Link to Google map with meeting and hotel locations

A hotel block has been reserved at the The Royal Sonesta Portland Downtown, 506 SW Washington St, Portland, OR 97204.
- The link above defaults to a 3-night stay for Oct 13-16. Please review and adjust the reservation dates to your needs.
- The group code is: G101326CARR
- Book by September 14 to ensure the group rate of $109/night + taxes.
  - Destination fee is waived.
  - Parking in the garage beneath the hotel is available for $25/night. The parking entrance is adjacent to the hotel, drive down the ramp to the valet station.
OSU Portland Center also has partnerships and special rates with a number of other local hotels, please see their website for additional options.

It is easy to take the MAX Redline (light rail) from PDX Airport to the Pioneer Square North stop, which is one block from the OSU Portland Center, and three blocks from the Royal Sonesta.
Time to Destination: 40 minutes
Cost: $2.80
Link to map of MAX Redline route from PDX Airport to Pioneer Square North Stop
Rideshare (Uber & Lyft)
- Estimated Cost: $35+ (varies by demand)
- Pickup Location: Follow airport signs to the designated rideshare pickup area outside of baggage claim.
- Time to Destination: 20+ minutes (depending on time of day)

Please register for the meeting by October 1 to help us with our meeting preparations.

CARRE AST 2026 registration link
Your registration will help us plan for the correct number of attendees and prepare name tags. Thank you!
For questions about registration, or other event details, please reach out to Maria Wright

8:30 am - 4:45 pm - Optional CARRE hackathon for CARRE researchers and students, OSU Portland Center, Morrison Room.

Start Time	End Time	Session Description	Presenter
8:30 AM	9:10 AM	Registration, coffee and morning snacks
9:10 AM	10:10 AM	Center Overview	Todd Palmer, CARRE Director, Oregon State University (OSU)
10:10 AM	10:20 AM	Discussion
10:20 AM	10:30 AM	Break
10:30 AM	11:00 AM	Annual Prediction Status	Kyle Niemeyer, OSU
11:00 AM	11:45 AM	Integration	James Trippe, Vanderbilt University (VU)
11:45 AM	12:00 PM	Discussion
12:00 AM	12:45 PM	Lunch, including private lunch and caucus for Review Team.
12:50 PM	1:50 PM	Computer and Data Science (including AI/ML)	Lizhong Chen (OSU) and Braxton Cuneo (Seattle University)
1:50 PM	2:00 PM	Discussion
2:00 PM	2:50 PM	V&V/UQ	Sankaran Mahadevan (VU)
2:50 PM	3:00 PM	Discussion
3:00 PM	3:15 PM	Break
3:15 PM	5:15 PM	Poster Session. Session begins with 1-minute flash talks.
5:15 PM	6:30 PM	Review Team private caucus
6:30 PM	8:00 PM	No-host dinner at a local restaurant

Start Time	End Time	Session Description	Presenters
8:00 AM	8:45 AM	Private breakfast for Review Team; coffee and morning snacks for CARRE Team.
8:45 AM	9:45 AM	Science Highlights	3-4 CARRE PIs
9:45 AM	10:30 AM	Center Response to questions raised the previous day.
10:30 AM	10:45 AM	Discussion
10:45 AM	11:00 AM	Break
11:00 AM	11:30 PM	Plans for the upcoming year & beyond.	Todd Palmer, OSU
11:30 AM	12:30 PM	Lunch, including private lunch and caucus for Review Team.
12:30 PM	3:00 PM	Review Team Caucus, including discussion with Center management (PI and co-PIs) to be held sometime between 1-3 pm.
3:30 PM	4:00 PM	Review Team summary of findings for Center management and NNSA.
4:00 PM		Review Ends