We attended the two-day HPC Industry Summit in Berlin last week, which was organized jointly by FF4EuroHPC and EuroCC 2. Both of these related projects are coordinated by the High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) which was our host. During the event, our colleagues from the FF4EuroHPC project presented the successful results of many business experiments. Their success stories provided an inspiring look at several different ways in which HPC and related technologies can help to develop better products and services.

The HPC Industry Summit was organized as a public event for representatives from the industry and government. The event aimed to highlight the potential for innovation in high-performance computing and the challenges that small and medium-sized enterprises face while using it. The summit featured several expert talks and panel discussions, along with keynote speeches by Daniel Opalka, Head of Sector Research and innovation at EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, Javier Cordova Morey, Policy Officer at the European Commission, and Michael Rafii, from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The talks and panel discussions focused on the future of HPC, AI, and quantum computing in the industry.

As the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking rolls out larger, more powerful supercomputers across Europe, increasing their usage and impact on industry is a high priority. "Success stories like the ones presented at the HPC Industry Summit are an important part of showing companies how HPC, AI, and HPDA could help them innovate and compete more effectively on the global market," said Dr. Bastian Koller, who is leading HLRS's coordination of FF4EuroHPC and EuroCC 2. "Our goal is that companies across Europe will find inspiration in these stories and begin to ask how they could use HPC to improve their own products and processes. And when they do, we and other centers are ready to provide services and support."