The conference gathered over 200 experts from 33 member countries of EuroHPC JU – Joint Undertaking for European High Performance Computing within the Horizon2020 program. The conference was open for public on September 8th and 9th and covered topics from the field of HPC technologies and related disciplines such as high performance data analysis (HPDA), artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, parallel programming, computer simulations and the like.

The opening speech was given by dr. Ing Bastian Koller, the Deputy Director of the High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, giving a public presentation of EuroCC & CASTIEL.

During the conference emphasis was be placed on advanced e-infrastructure, the key component of which is precisely HPC, which contributes to the development of modern science and is key to many advanced researches. Participants had the chance to learn more about the importance of National Competence Centers across Europe, but also to participate in panels: HPC+ in academia, public administration, best practices, the future of the NCCs. In addition to the above, within panels HPC4SME2 and SMEs and HPC+ (Selected FF4EuroHPC Success Stories) the conference presented project success stories and user cases aimed at the highest quality experiments of innovative small and medium-sized enterprises across Europe, including the use of artificial intelligence, cloud technologies, HPC and others. The Agenda is available here.