Convenings & Symposia

Events

Workshops, symposia, and panels convening scholars, clinicians, and policymakers around AI, healthcare, and global operations.

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Upcoming

Next convening on the calendar.

Sep 172026
Upcoming

Envisioning the Future of Global Supply Chains

A Johns Hopkins Sesquicentennial (JH150) workshop on the future of global supply chains.

Hopkins Bloomberg Center, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
Co-organized by Tinglong Dai and Alessandro Rebucci

Five sessions across the day. Panels cover geoeconomics and strategic dependence, the economics and organization of supply chains, health and essential supply chains, and the supply chains behind artificial intelligence. Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan of Brown University gives the keynote. Moderators come from Bloomberg News, The Wall Street Journal, and STAT. See the full program and register.
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Recent

Convenings held earlier this year.

Jun 42026

Hopkins AI and Healthcare Convening

An HBHI × DSAI capstone. The Johns Hopkins Workgroup on AI and Healthcare met in person for the first time, co-hosted with the Data Science and AI Institute.

Johns Hopkins at Mt. Washington (DSAI), Baltimore · 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Co-chaired by Tinglong Dai and Risa Wolf

Welcoming remarks by Dan Polsky (HBHI) and Mark Dredze (DSAI), a lightning-round showcase of medical-AI research from across Medicine, Public Health, Engineering, Business, and DSAI, and a closing networking lunch.
May 282026

Reskilling with AI

Panel at Leading with AI.

Tinglong Dai, moderator

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Conferences & Workshops

Major events organized or co-chaired across AI, operations, healthcare, and public policy.

Dec2025

WOW 2.0: The Second Washington Operations Workshop

Washington, DC · Co-chaired with Maxime Cohen (McGill University)

Theme: “AI in Supply Chains.” A full-day workshop with four panels covering the intelligence, execution, strategy, and infrastructure layers of AI-driven operations. 
  • Hackathon-style research breakouts (“vibe researching”)
  • Colleagues from more than 20 universities, industry, and policy circles
May2025

2025 POMS Doctoral Consortium

Atlanta, GA · Chair

The flagship doctoral event of the Production and Operations Management Society. Four panels with leading scholars addressed the job market, teaching, tenure, and long-term academic careers.
Jan2024

WOW 1.0: The Inaugural Washington Operations Workshop

Washington, DC · Co-chaired with Ho-Yin Mak (Georgetown University)

Theme: “Rethinking Global Supply Chains in the Era of AI.” Four panel discussions, with attendees drawn from seven universities in the DC area.
2022to 2023

National Academies of Sciences (NASEM) Workshops

Washington, DC · Planning committee

  • “Supply Chain Disruptions: Impacts on Vulnerable Communities” (2023)
  • PPE and PPT standardization for a resilient public health supply chain (2022 to 2023)
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Johns Hopkins Symposium on Healthcare Operations

Chair, 2016 to present. A recurring forum convening scholars and decision-makers in healthcare operations.

Oct 152021
Third symposium

Building Resilient Healthcare Supply Chains for the Next Pandemic

Speakers from Harvard, MIT, UCLA, Carnegie Mellon, CDC, FDA, and HHS

Apr 262019
Second symposium

Health Organizational Design

Speakers from Stanford, London Business School, Wharton, Johns Hopkins, Boston University, and CMS

Oct 12016
First symposium

When Organ Transplantation Meets Operations Research

Speakers from Stanford, Chicago Booth, MIT, Georgia Tech, Rice, Carnegie Mellon, UCSF, NYU, and Johns Hopkins

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Professional Service

Conference organization, program committees, and cluster chairs.

2021–23
Program Committee
EAAMO (Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization)
2021, 23
Healthcare Conference Cluster Chair
INFORMS
2022
AI in Healthcare Cluster Chair
INFORMS Annual Meeting
2022
Committee’s Choice Sessions Chair
CORS-INFORMS
2021
MSOM Cluster Chair
INFORMS Annual Meeting
2021
Healthcare SIG Chair
MSOM Conference
2017–18
Cluster Chair & Program Committee
INFORMS · POMS
2009, 17
Workshop Program Committee
COREDEMA at IJCAI-17 · QRASA at IJCAI-09

Tinglong Dai, Johns Hopkins University · tinglongdai.com