Organiser: The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) + IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center

The goal of the event is to present the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) and its goal of making Europe a world leader in supercomputing by pooling the resources of the EU, its participating countries and private partners. A specific focus will be put on Karolina, the EuroHPC supercomputer located in the Czech Republic.  

09:00-09:30 : Introduction to the EuroHPC JU : keynote speeches presenting the overview, mission, achievements and opportunities of the EuroHPC JU.

9:30-10:15: The EuroHPC infrastructure: Presentations providing more details on the JU's existing supercomputers and give an update on what is coming next: mid-range, exascale and quantum supercomputers. The speakers will also present the EuroHPC JU's access policy. Q&A with the participants. 

10:30-11:15: The users perspective: This discussion will focus on users of HPC, including the different types of users of HPC recourses and how the EuroHPC JU can best serve these different communities, depending on their varying needs.  Q&A with the participants.

11:15-12:00: Current and upcoming R&I opportunities at the EuroHPC JU . This discussion will present the ambitious R&I programme of the JU working on various HPC application domains, strengthening European technological leadership, broadening the use of HPC in Europe, and developing green technologies in HPC. Q&A with the participants.

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Speakers:

• Anders Dam Jensen, Executive Director of the EuroHPC JU- Overview of the EuroHPC JU mission and activities
• Daniel Opalka, Head of Sector R&I of the EuroHPC JU- Current and upcoming R&I opportunities offered by the EuroHPC JU
• Evangelos Floros, Head of sector Infrastructure of the EuroHPC JU - The supercomputing resources of the EuroHPC JU, state of play and next steps
• Per Öster, Director at CSC - IT Center for Science
• Gabriela Scipione, Head of CINECA “HPC Data Management and Analytics” division- Presenting the EuroHPC supercomputer: Leonardo
• Vít Vondrák, Director, IT4Innovations national supercomputing centre- Presenting the EuroHPC supercomputer: KAROLINA
• Sinead Ryan, Chair of the EuroHPC JU Infrastructure Advisory Group (INFRAG), Physicist and professor of Theoretical High Energy Physics at Trinity College Dublin
• Jean-Philippe Nominé, Chair of EuroHPC JU Research and Innovation Advisory Group (RIAG)

Additional information: https://eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/

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