Eighth annual users conference
Research administration conferences: Streamlyne UP! 2026
- When
- October 26–27, 2026
- Where
- Hilton San Diego Bayfront, San Diego
Streamlyne's users conference met in San Diego for two days of product updates, hands-on AI sessions, and the roadmap roundtable, with the team that builds the system in the room. Day two ended with an optional AI workshop.
Program
Two days, October 26–27, 2026
This is the program as we published it before the conference. All times are Pacific.
Day 1Full conference day
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| to | Breakfast |
| to | Welcome Remarks |
| to | Keynote - When the Map Is on Fire: Leading Through War, Crisis, and the Occasional PowerPoint Presentation |
| to | FundFit: Let AI Hunt For Your Funding |
| to | Break |
| to | FundFit Competitions: A Shorter Path to Stronger Internal Selections |
| to | Financial Integrations: One Record to Keep Your Budget on Track |
| to | The Form Builder: Your Forms, Finally Connected |
| to | Lunch |
| to | AI-assisted Budget Workshop |
| to | AI Where You Need It in Streamlyne |
| to | Break |
| to | System Performance: Our Hamsters Now Have Running Shoes |
| to | Idea Exchange: Your Voice Shapes Our Future |
| to | Day 1 Closing Remarks |
Day 2Half day, then the optional AI workshop
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| to | Breakfast |
| to | Roadmap & Community Forum: What's Next & What Matters |
| to | Break |
| to | Level Up Lab |
| to | Conference Closing Remarks |
| to | Go-bag lunch |
| to | AI Workshop: Optional paid workshopOptional. |
Optional, on the afternoon of the 27th
A hands-on AI workshop after the conference closed
The workshop was scheduled from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm on October 27, after the go-bag lunch. It was planned as a working session, and attendees were asked to bring a laptop and the tasks they wanted to hand to an AI. The 2025 version assumed no prior experience and was the most requested session of that year's conference.
San Diego
Late October on the bay
The first Streamlyne UP! was held in San Diego in 2017, and in 2026 the conference came back to the same city in person, at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront on San Diego Bay.
Who it was for
Built around the work you actually do
Streamlyne UP! is a working conference for research administrators, research development staff, compliance officers, and the IT and leadership teams around them. Streamlyne led the sessions, and the program set aside the roadmap roundtable and the community forum for attendees to take the floor. Here is where each role showed up on the 2026 program.
Pre-award and proposal teams
- AI-assisted Budget Workshop
- The Form Builder: Your Forms, Finally Connected
- FundFit: Let AI Hunt For Your Funding
Post-award and contracts
- AI Where You Need It in Streamlyne
- Financial Integrations: One Record to Keep Your Budget on Track
Compliance offices
- Financial Integrations: One Record to Keep Your Budget on Track
- Level Up Lab
The Genius Lounge was open time with the Streamlyne team, developers and functional staff alike, for the questions that never make it into a ticket.
Research development
- FundFit Competitions: A Shorter Path to Stronger Internal Selections
Leadership and IT
- Idea Exchange: Your Voice Shapes Our Future
- Roadmap & Community Forum: What's Next & What Matters
Anyone new to AI
- AI Workshop: Optional paid workshop
The optional workshop on the afternoon of the 27th assumed no prior experience.
Since 2017
Streamlyne UP! over the years
The users conference has run since 2017, when the first one met in San Diego. It went fully virtual in 2024 and 2025 so that attending was not a travel budget question, and the 2025 program opened with a three-hour AI beginner workshop for research administrators that became the most requested session of the year. Between conferences, the shorter UP! Series sessions covered single topics such as quick proposals, reports and dashboards, and integrations. 2026 was the first in-person Streamlyne UP! since the virtual years.