2026 InPEx Workshop

April 22-25, 2025 – Niteroi (Brasil)

Workshop Presentation

Following the previous first InPEx meeting, the InPEx workshop held in Reims (France) in 2023, the InPEx 2024 workshop held in Sitges (Spain) and the InPEx 2025 workshop held in Kanagawa (Japan) the InPEx community will meet in April 2026 in Brazil. The workshop will gather around 120 experts in the HPC fields from Japan, the European Union, Latin America, Caribe and the United States.

Workshop topics

The 2026 InPEx workshop builds on the results of the InPEx working groups and will address important topics of the current development of the Post-Exascale era:

  1. AI and HPC convergence
  2. Software Production and Management
  3. Digital Continuum and Data Management
  4. Quantum Computing

A detailed agenda of the event can be read below.

Date and place

The workshop will start on Wednesday 22d of April and will end at 1pm on Saturday 25th of April.

The workshop will be held in Brazil at the H Niteroi Hotel – Rua Dr. Paulo Alves 14, Inga, Niteroi – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Practical information for participants

Practical information concerning the organisation of the InPEx 2026 workshop can be found here.

 

This workshop has received financial support of the Brasilian Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação, and for the European participation of the French program NumPEx (Numeric for Exascale).

AgendaThe official agenda of the InPEx 2026 will be updated regularly

22d April 2026

19:00-21:00. Reception and dinner

23rd April 2026

08:45-09:00. Welcome

09:00-09:15. Introduction

Context and objectives of the meeting

09:15-10:30. Regional strategies around convergence of HPC, AI and Quantum Computing - General roadmaps and projects

Latin America and Caribe

United States

10:30-11:00. Coffee break

11:00-13:00. Regional strategies around convergence of HPC, AI and Quantum Computing - General roadmaps and projects

Japan

Europe

13:00-14:15. Group photo and lunch

14:15-16:00. Presentation and discussion on the InPEx working groups results and achievements since the Kanagawa (Japan) InPEx 2025 workshop

20 minutes of presentation per WG/5 minutes of Q&A

16:00-16:30. Coffee break

16:30-18:00. Subgroup session A1

Two subgroups are held in parallel for 120 minutes

19:00-21:00. Reception and dinner

24th April 2026

08:30-09:00. Welcome

09:00-11:00. Subgroup session A2

Two subgroups are held in parallel for 120 minutes

11:00-11:30. Coffee break

11:30-12:30. Presentation of subgroups A1 and A2 wrap-up and discussion

15 minutes per subgroup

12:30-14:00. Lunch

14:00-16:00. Subgroup session B1

Two subgroups are held in parallel for 120 minutes

16:00-16:30. Coffee break

16:30-18:30. Subgroup session B2

Two subgroups are held in parallel for 120 minutes

19:00-21:00. Reception and dinner

25th April 2026

08:30-09:00. Welcome

09:00-10:30. Presentation of subgroups B1 and B2 wrap-up and discussion

30 minutes per subgroup: 15 minutes of presentation/15 minutes of open discussion

10:30-11:00. Coffee break

11:00-11:30. Presentation of subgroups B1 and B2 wrap-up and discussion

30 minutes per subgroup: 15 minutes of presentation/15 minutes of open discussion

11:30-11:50. Next steps of the InPEx initiatives

11:50-12:00. Conclusion of the workshop

12:00-13:00. Break and lunch


Presentation of the topics


Location

The InPEx 2026 conference will take place at:

H Niteroi Hotel

Rua Dr. Paulo Alves 14, Inga, Niteroi – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

https://hniteroi.com.br/