High-Performance Computing for Science and Innovation
June 18, 2021
Bringing together the new five European HPC petascale systems - Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Slovenia, and Portugal.
A high-level round table co-organized by the European Commission and the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union Council.
Venue: University of Minho, Couros Campus, Guimarães, Portugal
The photos of the High-Performance Computing for Science and Innovation event are already available.
Agenda
UTC+1
8:45 – Welcome
Rui Vieira de Castro, Rector, Universidade do Minho
Paulo Quaresma, Board of Directors, Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT)
António Cunha, President, North of Portugal Coordination Commission (CCDR Norte)
9:00 – Opening Session
Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
Graça Carvalho, Member, European Parliament
Simona Kustec, Minister for Education, Research and Innovation, Slovenia
Manuel Heitor, Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal
9:20 – Building a Community of Excellence on High-Performance Computing for Science and Innovation
Brief statements by the leaders of the new five European HPC petascale systems:
Stoyan Markov, Discoverer, Petascale Supercomputer Consortium, Bulgaria
Vit Vondrak, Karolina, IT4Innovations National HPC Center, Czech Republic
Pascal Bouvry, MeluXina, LuxProvide, Luxembourg
Andrej Filipčič, Vega, Institute of Information Science in Maribor, Slovenia
Rui Oliveira, Deucalion, Minho Advanced Computing Center, Portugal
Brief statements by research and industry leaders:
Ana Alonso, INESC TEC
António Vidigal, EDP
Miguel Nóbrega, Univ Minho
Carlos Oliveira, European Innovation Council
Susana Barbosa, Minho Advanced Computing Center, Portugal
9:50 – Closing Remarks
Maria Manuel Leitão Marques, Member, European Parliament
Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
10:00 – “Virtual Visit to MACC”
10:10 – Handling the “Minho Manifesto on European HPC for Science and Innovation” to Mariya Gabriel
European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Group Photo
10:20 – Press Conference
Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
Manuel Heitor, Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal
10:30 – Close
