Agenda 2026

  • 8:30 – 9:45 | Registration , welcome coffee, exhibition area

  • 9:45 – 10:00 | Welcome speech

  • 10:00 – 10:30 | Opening Keynote “From Exascale to Zettascale – in an increasingly heterogeneous AI driven world” – Benedikt Von St. Vieth, Forschungszentrum Jülich

  • 10:30 – 11:15 | Roundtable “Future Computing”

  • 11:15 – 11:45 | Coffee break

  • 11:45 – 12:05 | Case Study “Chances of AI for storage or is storage needed for AI” – Julian Kunkel, GWDG

  • 12:05 – 12:50 | Roundtable “Data & Storage”

  • 12:50 – 14:15 | Lunch break

  • 14:15 – 14:45 | Keynote “Energy Efficiency for HPC&AI” – Ayesha Afzal, NHR@FAU

  • 14:45 – 15:30 | Roundtable “AI Factories”

  • 15:45 – 16:05 | Case Study “FFplus” – Guy Londsdale, Scapos

  • 16:05 – 16:50 | Roundtable “Application”

  • 16:50 – 17:00 | Closing Speech

  • 17:00 – 18:00 | Networking Drinks

Speakers

  • Eric Schnepf

    MODERATOR

    HPC Consultant

  • Davide Villa

    ThinkParQ (the company behind BeeGFS)

    Vice President of Global Sales

  • Merve Gül Sayan

    Google Cloud

    Strategic Cloud Engineer, AI Infrastructure

  • Axel Köhler

    NVIDIA

    Distinguished Engineer

  • Benedikt von St. Vieth

    Forschungszentrum Jülich

    Head of Division HPC, Cloud, Data Systems & Services

  • Julian Kunkel

    GWDG

    Deputy Head of HPC

  • Sarah M. Neuwirth

    Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

    Director and Chair of the Management Board

  • Dennis Hoppe

    HLRS, HammerHAI

    Project Manager

  • Guy Lonsdale

    Scapos AG

    CEO

  • Ayesha Afzal, Dr.-Ing.

    NHR@FAU

    Scientific Researcher

  • Christian Ott

    WEKA

    Director, Sales Engineering EMEA

  • Gregor Weiss

    Merck Group

    Senior Scientific Applications Engineer

  • Michael Krüger

    Q.ANT

    VP Commercials

  • Hendrik Weber

    Audi Formula Racing GmbH

    Project Manager HPC

  • Andreas Waldmann

    Fsas Technologies – a Fujitsu company

    Senior Presales Consultant HPC & AI

  • Maximilian Höb

    Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ)

    Strategic Projects and Collaborations

  • Sylvain Cohard

    AMD

    Field Support Manager

  • Ulrich Meier

    IQM

    Business Development Manager

  • Thomas Blum

    DDN

    Pre Sales Engineer

  • Marvin Gajewski

    DLR Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics

    Researcher

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Event Details

27 October

ATLAS Werksviertel München” Rosenheimer Str. 143 81671 Munich, Germany

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