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: 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 ends with an optional AI workshop.
Program
Two days, October 26–27, 2026
This is the schedule as it stands today. Times and titles may change before October, so go by the program you get at the conference. All times are Pacific.
Day 1Full conference day
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| to | Breakfast |
| to | Welcome |
| to | Keynote |
| to | What's new: product updates |
| to | Break |
| to | MCP: use your institution's licensed AI with Streamlyne |
| to | What's new in compliance |
| to | PDFs out the window: the form builder |
| to | Lunch |
| to | AI budget workshop |
| to | AI transformation: contract redlining, Lyn rules, and the knowledge base |
| to | Break |
| to | FundFit and Limited Competitions/Internal Funding |
| to | Day 1 closing remarks |
| Evening reception |
Day 2Half day, then the optional AI workshop
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| to | Breakfast |
| to | Roadmap roundtable |
| to | Community forum |
| to | Break |
| to | Genius Lounge |
| to | Conference closing remarks |
| to | Go-bag lunch |
| to | AI workshopOptional. Choose it when you register. |
Optional, on the afternoon of the 27th
A hands-on AI workshop after the conference closes
The workshop runs from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm on October 27, after the go-bag lunch. It is a working session, not a talk: bring a laptop and the tasks you would like to hand to an AI. Last year's version assumed no prior experience and was the most requested session of the conference. It is optional and you choose it when you register.
Where to stay
A room block at the conference hotel, at a discounted rate
We hold a block of rooms at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront for Streamlyne UP! attendees, at a rate below the hotel's public one. Booking through the link is what gets you the rate. The block is limited, so book your room when you register rather than closer to the date.
Book a room in the block(opens in a new tab)Staying at the conference hotel means the sessions, the reception, and your room are all in one building.
San Diego
Late October on the bay
The first Streamlyne UP! was held in San Diego in 2017, and 2026 brings the conference back in person to the same city. Late October is warm, dry, and outside the tourist season, so flights and the days around the conference are easier than in summer.
If you are a Streamlyne institution, your account contact will hear about program changes before this page does. Everyone else can check back here.
Who it's 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 runs the sessions; the roadmap roundtable and the community forum are where you get the floor. Here is where your role shows up on the program.
Pre-award and proposal teams
- AI budget workshop
- PDFs out the window: the form builder
- What's new: product updates
Post-award and contracts
- AI transformation: contract redlining, Lyn rules, and the knowledge base
- What's new in compliance
Compliance offices
- What's new in compliance
- Genius Lounge
The Genius Lounge is open time with the Streamlyne team, developers and functional staff alike, for the questions that never make it into a ticket.
Research development
- FundFit and Limited Competitions/Internal Funding
Leadership and IT
- MCP: use your institution's licensed AI with Streamlyne
- Roadmap roundtable
Anyone new to AI
- AI workshop
The optional workshop on the afternoon of the 27th assumes no prior experience. Choose it when you register.
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 is the first in-person Streamlyne UP! since the virtual years.
Register
Streamlyne UP! 2026 registration
Tickets, the optional AI workshop on the 27th, and payment are all handled by RSVPify in the form below. Once you have your ticket,book your room in the hotel block(opens in a new tab).
Trouble with the form?Open it on RSVPify (opens in a new tab).