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Advanced Computing User Day

The day for users from the advanced computing community in research and business. The next edition will take place on 8 December 2026 in KIT Amsterdam. Learn from other users, hear latest developments, gain inspiration, and connect with like-minded professionals from the research and business fields.

: 8 Dec 2026
: 8:45 – 17:30
: KIT Amsterdam, Mauritskade 64 1092 AD Amsterdam

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On 8 December 2026 we bring together users, leading experts and entrepreneurs from the advanced computing community for a day of inspiring talks, workshops and valuable networking opportunities.

Keynote Stéphane Requena - Director Technology and Innovation at GENCI (France)

A French, Dutch and European vision for the post-exascale era

In his keynote, Stéphane will explore what Alice Recoque means for European HPC, AI and quantum computing, and what it will bring to users in the Netherlands and beyond.

Following the deployment of JUPITER, the first EuroHPC exascale system in Germany, a consortium called Jules Verne, led by France with the Netherlands (represented by SURF) and Greece (represented by GRNET), has been selected by EuroHPC JU to acquire, deploy and operate Alice Recoque.

The system will start operating in 2027 at CEA’s TGCC in France.

What Alice Recoque will bring

This system, provided by BULL, will pave the way for post-exascale services in Europe. It brings together numerical simulation, artificial intelligence and hybrid quantum computing, alongside new services in agentic AI for research, the ingestion and inference of scientific data from large-scale instruments, and urgent computing for decision-making.

A European system through and through

Alice Recoque will be the most European HPC system ever deployed, built on the integration of infrastructure, computing, networking and software technologies. It will be open to all European scientific and industrial applications and will serve as a testbed for new European technologies.

Biography Stéphane Requena

Stéphane Requena is Director of Technology and Innovation at GENCI (France). He spent ten years leading HPC facilities at IFPEN, working on oil and gas applications such as geology, seismic imaging and reservoir modelling, as well as automotive applications. He also worked at CS, a French service company, on parallelising energy-sector applications for EDF and CEA.

European and national HPC projects
Since joining GENCI in 2007, he has been involved in several major national and European HPC procurements and projects, including PRACE aisbl, where he served on the Board of Directors, PRACE-xIP, PPI4HPC, Mont-Blanc, EPI and EUPEX. He has also contributed to EESI and EXDCI, shaping the scientific and industrial roadmap for European computing.

Role within EuroHPC
Within EuroHPC, Stéphane chaired INFRAG and played a key role in the Jules Verne consortium, which led to the second EuroHPC exascale system, Alice Recoque.

Current focus at GENCI
At GENCI, he now focuses on developing services around AI, quantum computing, urgent computing for decision-making, and links with scientific instruments, alongside the technical side of GENCI's procurement for HPC, quantum and storage facilities.

For whom?

Whether you are a seasoned professional or just starting out in the world of advanced computing, Advanced Computing User Day offers you the chance to learn from other users, gain inspiration, hear the latest developments, and connect with like-minded professionals from the research and business fields.