13-15 January 2025, Barcelona, Spain

In May 2022, a Digital Partnership was signed between the EU and Japan, promoting cooperation on digital issues to foster economic growth and a human-centric digital transformation based on common values.
The HANAMI project is an initiative under the umbrella of the Digital Partnership, funded by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, to strengthen ties and advance collaboration between the two superpowers in HPC in Europe and Japan. HANAMI develops a sustainable ecosystem bringing together climate, biomedical and materials science communities operating in the area of HPC and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

In the spirit of this partnership, the HANAMI consortium is organizing the first high-level symposium event for EU-Japan HPC collaboration to be held in Barcelona on 13-15 January 2025.

This event is titled EU-Japan Cooperation: Advancing High-Performance Computing for Solving Global Challenges. 

Leading scientists from HANAMI will discuss about:

• Climate Change: Using supercomputing to model climate systems, predict environmental changes, and develop sustainable strategies.
• Next-Generation Materials: Accelerating the discovery and design of advanced materials through computational simulations for energy, electronics, and industrial applications.
• Biomedical Challenges: Enhancing personalized medicine, drug discovery, and healthcare solutions by integrating high-performance computing into biomedical research.

This high-level event will feature keynote presentations and interactive discussions, providing a platform to strengthen synergies and shape the future of science and technology through EU-Japan cooperation. 

HANAMI consortium: CEA, BSC, CINECA, CNR, CNRS, CSC-IT Center for Science, Jülich Supercomputing Center, HLRS/University of Stuttgart, ICN2, INESC TEC, KTH, DKRZ, ECMWF, University of Warsaw.

Source: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives