Empower 2025: Pre-Event Training

​Kick off Empower 2025 with complimentary Pre-Event Training on Tuesday, August 12, the day before the main conference begins.

​Choose from the two training tracks below based on your experience level and get hands-on with Lyric Studio in an expert-led, interactive session. Afterward, relax and connect with fellow attendees over drinks along the scenic Chicago River.

​Don’t miss this chance to learn, connect, and enjoy a one-of-a-kind experience in Chicago!

​Lyric 101: Intro to Building in Lyric
New to Lyric? This hands-on session walks you through the full building process: importing messy data, running basic transformations, and connecting to optimization notes. You’ll explore scenario planning in dashboards, try GenAI-powered text-to-SQL, and get familiar with Lyric Studio and documentation.

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Best for: New users or app-only users ready to start building.

​Lyric 201: AI/ML and Scenario Generation in Action
Already building in Lyric? Take it further by integrating machine learning and GenAI into a complete workflow. You’ll build a predictive model and apply it in an optimization use case, with real-world examples of how customers are using AI-powered scenarios today.

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Best for: Experienced builders looking to enhance workflows with AI.