[{"id":373,"date":"2026-03-05T13:14:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/?page_id=373"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:32:07","slug":"lodging-and-travel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/lodging-and-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Lodging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"min-height:200px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-cover-1-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-light-color has-text-color has-lg-font-size\"><strong>Conference Hotel<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:62% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/03\/Westin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-392 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/03\/Westin.jpg 735w, https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/03\/Westin-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-dark-color has-text-color has-lg-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marriott.com\/en-us\/hotels\/chawi-the-westin-chattanooga\/overview\/?scid=f2ae0541-1279-4f24-b197-a979c79310b0\">The Westin Chattanooga<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-color has-text-color has-lg-font-size\">801 Pine Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/sqc26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/02\/Paloma_SkyBar_Terrace-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-390\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/sqc26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/02\/Lobby-Fireplace-1024x654.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-386\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"389\" 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37402<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page__hide_page_title.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-373","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":270,"date":"2024-01-04T09:25:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T14:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conferences-image.ornl.local\/?page_id=270"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:37:50","slug":"committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"min-height:150px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-cover-1-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-light-color has-text-color\">Committee<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-dark-color has-text-color\"><strong>EVENT INFORMATION &amp; LOGISTICS:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-dark-color has-text-color has-lg-font-size\">Alysha Tackett, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (<a href=\"mailto:tackettab@ornl.gov\">tackettab@ornl.gov<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center has-dark-color has-text-color\"><strong>PLANNING COMMITTEE:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"block_afe8518b7f53cf105bf040043d8b9889\" class=\"ornl-block block block-subsite-handler-organizer-hand-picked card-directory-grid alignwide\">\n    <ul class=\"alignwide card-grid card-grid-4\">\n                    <li>\n                <article class=\"ornl-card component-card component-card--card-people--card ornl-card--column ornl-card--appearance--base\" data-context=\"card-people--card\"><h2 class=\"ornl-card--title component-card-title component-card-title--card-people--card-title\" data-context=\"card-people--card-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/organizers\/gina-tourassi\/\">Gina Tourassi PhD<\/a><\/h2><span class=\"position-title ornl-card--subtitle component-text component-text--card-people--title--text\" data-context=\"card-people--title--text\">SMC 25 Conference Chair<\/span><span class=\"org-name ornl-card--subtitle margin--top--positive--p2 component-text component-text--card-people--org-name--text\" data-context=\"card-people--org-name--text\">Associate Laboratory Director, Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory<\/span><div class=\"ornl-button-group ornl-button-group--justification--center ornl-button-group--direction--row component-button-group component-button-group--card-people--button-group--button-group\" data-context=\"card-people--button-group--button-group\"><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/organizers\/gina-tourassi\/\" class=\"ornl-button button is-style-plain has-plain-background-color component-button component-button--card-people--button--button\" data-context=\"card-people--button--button\" role=\"button\">View Profile<\/a><\/div><figure class=\"ornl-card--image component-card--image component-card--image--card-people--card-image has-portrait-orientation\" data-context=\"card-people--card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/04\/GinaTourassi-2023-P18394.jpg\" alt=\"Gina Tourassi featured image\" \/><\/figure><\/article>            <\/li>\n\n                    <li>\n                <article class=\"ornl-card component-card component-card--card-people--card ornl-card--column ornl-card--appearance--base\" data-context=\"card-people--card\"><h2 class=\"ornl-card--title component-card-title component-card-title--card-people--card-title\" data-context=\"card-people--card-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/organizers\/chris-fuson\/\">Chris Fuson<\/a><\/h2><span class=\"position-title ornl-card--subtitle component-text component-text--card-people--title--text\" data-context=\"card-people--title--text\">SMC 26 Co-Chair<\/span><span class=\"org-name ornl-card--subtitle margin--top--positive--p2 component-text component-text--card-people--org-name--text\" data-context=\"card-people--org-name--text\">Group Leader, Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory<\/span><div class=\"ornl-button-group ornl-button-group--justification--center ornl-button-group--direction--row component-button-group component-button-group--card-people--button-group--button-group\" data-context=\"card-people--button-group--button-group\"><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/organizers\/chris-fuson\/\" class=\"ornl-button button is-style-plain has-plain-background-color component-button component-button--card-people--button--button\" data-context=\"card-people--button--button\" role=\"button\">View Profile<\/a><\/div><figure class=\"ornl-card--image component-card--image component-card--image--card-people--card-image has-portrait-orientation\" data-context=\"card-people--card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/04\/Chris-Fuson_-2-288x300.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Fuson featured image\" \/><\/figure><\/article>            <\/li>\n\n                    <li>\n                <article class=\"ornl-card component-card component-card--card-people--card ornl-card--column ornl-card--appearance--base\" data-context=\"card-people--card\"><h2 class=\"ornl-card--title component-card-title component-card-title--card-people--card-title\" data-context=\"card-people--card-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/organizers\/heidi-hanson\/\">Heidi Hanson PhD<\/a><\/h2><span class=\"position-title ornl-card--subtitle component-text component-text--card-people--title--text\" data-context=\"card-people--title--text\">SMC 26 Co-Chair<\/span><span class=\"org-name ornl-card--subtitle margin--top--positive--p2 component-text component-text--card-people--org-name--text\" data-context=\"card-people--org-name--text\">Group Leader, Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory<\/span><div class=\"ornl-button-group ornl-button-group--justification--center ornl-button-group--direction--row component-button-group component-button-group--card-people--button-group--button-group\" data-context=\"card-people--button-group--button-group\"><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/organizers\/heidi-hanson\/\" class=\"ornl-button button is-style-plain has-plain-background-color component-button component-button--card-people--button--button\" data-context=\"card-people--button--button\" role=\"button\">View Profile<\/a><\/div><figure class=\"ornl-card--image component-card--image component-card--image--card-people--card-image has-portrait-orientation\" data-context=\"card-people--card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/04\/Heidi-Hanson-288x300.jpg\" alt=\"Heidi Hanson featured image\" \/><\/figure><\/article>            <\/li>\n\n                    <li>\n                <article class=\"ornl-card component-card component-card--card-people--card ornl-card--column ornl-card--appearance--base\" data-context=\"card-people--card\"><h2 class=\"ornl-card--title component-card-title component-card-title--card-people--card-title\" data-context=\"card-people--card-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/organizers\/pedro-valero-lara\/\">Pedro Valero Lara PhD<\/a><\/h2><span class=\"position-title ornl-card--subtitle component-text component-text--card-people--title--text\" data-context=\"card-people--title--text\">SMC 26 Co-Chair<\/span><span class=\"org-name ornl-card--subtitle margin--top--positive--p2 component-text component-text--card-people--org-name--text\" data-context=\"card-people--org-name--text\">Senior Computer Scientist, Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory<\/span><div class=\"ornl-button-group ornl-button-group--justification--center ornl-button-group--direction--row component-button-group component-button-group--card-people--button-group--button-group\" data-context=\"card-people--button-group--button-group\"><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/organizers\/pedro-valero-lara\/\" class=\"ornl-button button is-style-plain has-plain-background-color component-button component-button--card-people--button--button\" data-context=\"card-people--button--button\" role=\"button\">View Profile<\/a><\/div><figure class=\"ornl-card--image component-card--image component-card--image--card-people--card-image has-portrait-orientation\" data-context=\"card-people--card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2024\/11\/cropped-favicon.png\" alt=\"Pedro Valero Lara featured image\" \/><\/figure><\/article>            <\/li>\n\n                    <li>\n                <article class=\"ornl-card component-card component-card--card-people--card ornl-card--column ornl-card--appearance--base\" data-context=\"card-people--card\"><h2 class=\"ornl-card--title component-card-title component-card-title--card-people--card-title\" data-context=\"card-people--card-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/organizers\/alysha-tackett\/\">Alysha Tackett<\/a><\/h2><span class=\"position-title ornl-card--subtitle component-text component-text--card-people--title--text\" data-context=\"card-people--title--text\">SMC 26 Conference Organizer, Logistics Director, and Corporate Partnerships Manager<\/span><span class=\"org-name ornl-card--subtitle margin--top--positive--p2 component-text component-text--card-people--org-name--text\" data-context=\"card-people--org-name--text\">Programs and Planning Specialist, Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory<\/span><div class=\"ornl-button-group ornl-button-group--justification--center ornl-button-group--direction--row component-button-group component-button-group--card-people--button-group--button-group\" data-context=\"card-people--button-group--button-group\"><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/organizers\/alysha-tackett\/\" class=\"ornl-button button is-style-plain has-plain-background-color component-button component-button--card-people--button--button\" data-context=\"card-people--button--button\" role=\"button\">View Profile<\/a><\/div><figure class=\"ornl-card--image component-card--image component-card--image--card-people--card-image has-portrait-orientation\" data-context=\"card-people--card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/04\/Alysha_-blue-background.jpg\" alt=\"Alysha Tackett featured image\" \/><\/figure><\/article>            <\/li>\n\n                    <li>\n                <article class=\"ornl-card component-card component-card--card-people--card ornl-card--column ornl-card--appearance--base\" data-context=\"card-people--card\"><h2 class=\"ornl-card--title component-card-title component-card-title--card-people--card-title\" data-context=\"card-people--card-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/organizers\/lora-wolfe\/\">Lora Wolfe<\/a><\/h2><span class=\"position-title ornl-card--subtitle component-text component-text--card-people--title--text\" data-context=\"card-people--title--text\">SMC 26 Conference Executive Assistant and Coordinator<\/span><span class=\"org-name ornl-card--subtitle margin--top--positive--p2 component-text component-text--card-people--org-name--text\" data-context=\"card-people--org-name--text\">Executive Administrative Assistant, Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory<\/span><div class=\"ornl-button-group ornl-button-group--justification--center ornl-button-group--direction--row component-button-group component-button-group--card-people--button-group--button-group\" 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<time datetime=\"20260903\">September 03, 2026<\/time><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fdcfc74e wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center has-dark-color has-text-color\"><strong>The Smoky Mountains Computational Sciences and Engineering Conference (SMC) is an annual invitation-only event that brings together leading experts and decision-makers from academia, industry, and government to foster innovation and collaboration in the field of computational science.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/03\/smoky-mountains-logo-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/03\/smoky-mountains-logo-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/03\/smoky-mountains-logo-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/03\/smoky-mountains-logo-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/03\/smoky-mountains-logo-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/03\/smoky-mountains-logo-444x250.png 444w, https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/03\/smoky-mountains-logo-627x353.png 627w, https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/03\/smoky-mountains-logo-387x218.png 387w, https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/03\/smoky-mountains-logo-239x134.png 239w, https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/03\/smoky-mountains-logo-148x83.png 148w, https:\/\/events.ornl.gov\/smc26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/03\/smoky-mountains-logo.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-dark-color has-text-color has-xl-font-size\">SMC 26 will focus on <em>Genesis Mission Convergence: Uniting HPC, AI, and Quantum to Deliver Transformational Breakthroughs and Scalable Solutions<\/em>, and will feature dynamic session topics including:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list ornl-list has-dark-color has-text-color has-lg-font-size\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-dark-color has-text-color has-lg-font-size\">\n<li>AI Enabling the Future of Advanced Scientific Computing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Genesis Mission<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quantum Technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Autonomous and Agentic Scientific Labs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Energy-smart Computing and Next-gen Microelectronics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digital Twins and Physics-informed Predictive Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Security<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-color has-text-color has-xl-font-size\">We are excited to host the following events throughout the conference:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-xl-font-size has-lg-font-size\">Sunday, August 30 &#8211; 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