8 December 2026, KIT Amsterdam

Advanced Computing
User Day

Learn from other users, gain inspiration, hear latest developments, and connect with like-minded professionals from the research and business fields.

8 December 2026

Advanced Computing User Day 2026

The annual gathering of the Dutch advanced computing community. A full day of knowledge sharing, research, and connection — completely free.

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Tuesday 8 December 2026

KIT Amsterdam

Free to attend

About the event

Where the advanced computing community meets

ACUD 2026 brings together researchers, HPC users, engineers, and professionals from across the Netherlands for a day of genuine exchange. Whether you work on HPC infrastructure, run compute-heavy research workflows, or focus on making advanced computing more accessible, this is your event.

Speakers

Speakers from the European advanced computing scene on scientific impact and new ways of working.

Parallel tracks

Three breakout tracks covering infrastructure, applications, and user experience, with presentations and Birds of a Feather discussions.

Networking

Meet peers from across the Netherlands during lunch, demo stations, and the closing networking borrel.

Demo stations

Explore tools, platforms, and solutions during lunch. Connect directly with the teams behind the work.

Programme tracks

Three tracks. One community.

Submit a proposal or attend sessions across all three tracks. Each track runs parallel presentations and open discussions throughout the afternoon.

HPC Infrastructure and Platforms

From system design and procurement to operations, scheduling, and middleware. Cluster configurations, storage architectures, cloud-HPC integrations, platform migrations, and lessons learned from running large-scale systems.

Applications, Workflows and Use Cases

How are researchers and engineers actually using advanced computing? Domain-driven stories: scientific breakthroughs enabled by compute, workflow optimisation, scaling challenges solved, and cross-disciplinary collaborations.

User Experience and Engagement

The human side of HPC. Support models, onboarding, training programmes, community building, and everything that helps users get more out of advanced computing infrastructure.

Session formats

What can you submit?

Presentation

25 minutes. 15 minutes of content, 10 minutes of questions and discussion.

Birds of a Feather

45 minutes. An open thematic discussion for a smaller group around a shared interest.

Submissions are reviewed by the Programme Committee. Accepted speakers receive a spot in a curated programme reaching advanced computing professionals across the Netherlands.

Venue and travel

Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen, Amsterdam

Built in the early twentieth century as the home of the Royal Tropical Institute, the KIT is today one of Amsterdam's most iconic venues for international dialogue and knowledge exchange.