Harnessing Exascale Computing and Scalable AI for Societal Impact

Programme

Welcome

Policies and strategic views

Policymakers and strategists from the UK and US explore HPC and AI priorities, sharing their national visions and examining the evolving transatlantic computing landscape.

View from the Trenches

From the frontlines of leadership computing: practitioners share hard-won insights on the real-world technical, operational, and strategic challenges of running HPC at the highest levels.

Why compute and AI at scale matter:

Exploring how large-scale compute and AI unlock transformative capabilities for businesses and public sector organisations, from operational efficiency to breakthrough discovery.

Advanced manufacturing

How HPC and AI are driving innovation across advanced manufacturing, battery technology, transport, autonomous laboratories, and the complex systems underpinning Smart Cities.

Alternative Energy and Energy Efficiency

The transition to clean energy demands computing at scale. This session examines how exascale and AI are accelerating progress in fusion energy research, optimising grid resilience and strengthening energy security - exploring the critical role that advanced computing plays in powering a sustainable future.

Exploring the Computing Continuum

From edge to exascale: examining how compute resources across the full continuum work together to power modern AI and data-driven workloads.

Accelerating Discovery: Materials and Life Sciences

How advanced computing is speeding up breakthroughs in materials science and life sciences, from molecular simulation to drug discovery.

Computational Challenges for Federated Services, Facilities and Data

Tackling the technical and governance challenges of delivering compute, data, and services across federated facilities and distributed environments.

Panel Discussion

Bringing together the day's themes to examine how the HPC and AI community can collectively tackle its most pressing challenges.