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Streamlyne UP! 2026

Detailed agenda

The agenda as we published it before the conference, held October 26–27, 2026 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront in San Diego. All times are Pacific.

Day 1

Full conference day

  1. Breakfast

    Aqua Terrace

  2. Welcome Remarks

    Randy Özden

  3. Keynote - When the Map Is on Fire: Leading Through War, Crisis, and the Occasional PowerPoint Presentation

    Chaouki Abdallah, President of the Lebanese American University

    Lessons from leading a university through COVID-19 and regional war, on how institutions can act intelligently amid uncertainty: scenario planning, communication, and empathy with purpose as a guide beyond survival.

  4. FundFit: Let AI Hunt For Your Funding

    Janior Valle

    Funding discovery and the core FundFit experience, from finding opportunities to judging how well they fit a researcher's work, and the questions that help decide which ones to pursue.

  5. Break

  6. FundFit Competitions: A Shorter Path to Stronger Internal Selections

    Janior Valle

    Limited competitions, internal funding, and progress tracking, with a discussion of how each institution runs them and where FundFit can help.

  7. Financial Integrations: One Record to Keep Your Budget on Track

    Jay and Irma

    Financial integration inside the budget, so an award budget and the institution's financials live in one place. The budget module connects to expenditures, purchase orders, and requisitions, which shows what's been spent, what's committed, and what's left without leaving Streamlyne or reconciling a spreadsheet.

  8. The Form Builder: Your Forms, Finally Connected

    Yavuz Ozkan

    A closer look at the form builder and how it supports a team's workflows, with a discussion of where forms and PDFs fit into day-to-day work and what attendees need from them.

  9. Lunch

    Aqua Terrace

  10. AI-assisted Budget Workshop

    Irma Roman

    A focused session on building budgets with AI, with time for questions about budgeting workflows and where AI could help a team.

  11. AI Where You Need It in Streamlyne

    Irma Roman and Hector Segarra

    How contract redlining, Lyn rules, and the knowledge base fit into Streamlyne's AI work, and where they could take on parts of a research administrator's day.

  12. Break

  13. System Performance: Our Hamsters Now Have Running Shoes

    Janior Valle

    The behind-the-scenes work on system performance: changes you feel while using Streamlyne, even when you don't see them on screen.

  14. Idea Exchange: Your Voice Shapes Our Future

    Janior Valle

    An open discussion of what attendees want to see next, the problems behind their suggestions, and which improvements would help their teams most.

  15. Day 1 Closing Remarks

Day 2

Half day, then the optional AI workshop

  1. Breakfast

    Aqua Terrace

  2. Roadmap & Community Forum: What's Next & What Matters

    Janior Valle and Yavuz Ozkan

    What the team is planning, followed by an open discussion of where the product is headed and what attendees want prioritized.

  3. Break

  4. Level Up Lab

    Streamlyne team

    Drop-in time with the team for a workflow problem or a topic that needed a longer conversation.

  5. Conference Closing Remarks

    Randy Özden

  6. Go-bag lunch

    Aqua Terrace

  7. AI Workshop: Optional paid workshop

    Janior Valle and Hector Segarra

    Hands-on practice with AI use cases for research administration, with examples adapted to each participant's role and interests.

    Optional.