Conference Program

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  {\color{conf}\fontsize{36}{40}\selectfont\bfseries SympoSys 2026}\\[0.2em]
  {\Large The International Symposium on Systems Research}\\[0.2em]
  {\large \today \;•\; City, Country \;•\; examplesympo.org}
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\section*{Day 1 -- Thursday}
\textbf{08:30 -- 09:15}~~Registration \& Coffee (Lobby)\\
\textbf{09:15 -- 09:30}~~Opening Remarks -- \emph{Prof. First Last (Chair)}\\
\textbf{09:30 -- 10:30}~~Keynote: ``The Next Decade of Systems''\\ \hspace*{6em}\emph{Dr. Jane Doe, Example University}\\
\textbf{10:30 -- 11:00}~~Coffee Break\\
\textbf{11:00 -- 12:30}~~Session 1: Distributed Systems (Hall A)\\
\hspace*{2em}-- ``Consistency Without Coordination,'' Smith et al.\\
\hspace*{2em}-- ``Fault-Tolerant Stream Processing,'' Kim et al.\\
\hspace*{2em}-- ``Bounded Staleness Bounds,'' Garcia et al.\\
\textbf{12:30 -- 14:00}~~Lunch (Garden Court)\\
\textbf{14:00 -- 15:30}~~Session 2: Security (Hall B)\\
\hspace*{2em}-- ``Practical Post-Quantum TLS,'' Patel et al.\\
\hspace*{2em}-- ``Supply-Chain Attacks in OSS,'' Lee et al.\\
\hspace*{2em}-- ``Sandbox Escapes: A Survey,'' Wang et al.\\
\textbf{15:30 -- 16:00}~~Coffee Break\\
\textbf{16:00 -- 17:30}~~Panel: ``Industry vs Academia''\\
\textbf{19:00}~~Welcome Reception (Rooftop Terrace)

\section*{Day 2 -- Friday}
\textbf{09:00 -- 10:00}~~Keynote: ``Efficient ML Infrastructure''\\ \hspace*{6em}\emph{Dr. John Smith, Example Labs}\\
\textbf{10:00 -- 10:30}~~Coffee Break\\
\textbf{10:30 -- 12:00}~~Session 3: ML Systems (Hall A)\\
\hspace*{2em}-- ``Sparse Expert Routing,'' Zhang et al.\\
\hspace*{2em}-- ``Memory-Efficient Training,'' Nguyen et al.\\
\hspace*{2em}-- ``Cost Models for LLM Serving,'' Brown et al.\\
\textbf{12:00 -- 13:30}~~Lunch\\
\textbf{13:30 -- 15:00}~~Session 4: Networks (Hall B)\\
\hspace*{2em}-- ``Programmable Switches in Production,'' Chen et al.\\
\hspace*{2em}-- ``Bufferbloat at Scale,'' Martinez et al.\\
\textbf{15:00 -- 15:30}~~Break\\
\textbf{15:30 -- 17:00}~~Poster Session \& Reception\\
\textbf{19:30}~~Conference Dinner (The Example Hotel)

\section*{Day 3 -- Saturday}
\textbf{09:00 -- 10:30}~~Session 5: Storage (Hall A)\\
\textbf{10:30 -- 11:00}~~Coffee Break\\
\textbf{11:00 -- 12:30}~~Workshops (parallel, Rooms 1--4)\\
\textbf{12:30 -- 13:30}~~Closing \& Awards (Hall A)\\
\textbf{13:30 -- 14:30}~~Farewell Lunch

\section*{Venue}
All sessions take place at the Example Convention Center, 123 Example Way.
Wi-Fi: \texttt{SympoSys2026} / pass: \texttt{systems}.

\section*{Organizers}
General Chair: Prof. First Last \\
Program Chairs: Dr. Jane Doe, Dr. John Smith \\
Local Arrangements: Maria Garcia \\
Sponsorships: Alex Kim

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