The 2014 Teratec Forum will include presentations of the most advanced projects from France, Europe and the United States, and also the strategic vision of leading industrial players on where the technology is going.

This year, this panorama will be completed by a major topic, the presentation of the French Supercomputing plan, part of "The New face of Industry in France" launched by the French government end of 2013. This plan has just been validated and its objective is to position France as a major player in High Performance Computing and to increase industrial competitiveness by developping the use of numerical simulation.

You'll find on the Teratec site a synthesis of the structure of the plan whose main elements will be presented during the Forum,on the 1st of July in the plenary session with the presence of Arnaud Montebourg, Minister of Economy and Productive Recovery, and on the 2nd during the working sessions.

July 1st, the plenary sessions will underline the growing impact of HPC in many industry and research sectors, and its role in tackling scientific and technological challenges. Key industry figures will present their testimony on the challenges of high performance simulation, technological providers and innovating SMEs will show their latest creations, international organisations will present their vision and achievements.

On Wednesday, July 2, the main market players and recognized experts will be involved in workshops whose aim is to take on emerging technologies and new areas of application of HPC. These workshops will illustrate some major fields of action of the Supercomputers Plan, mastering technology and sectoral initiatives.

• HPC & Big data applications and solution architectures: evolution and convergence
  Chaired by Pascale BERNIER-BRUNA, BULL - Marie-Christine SAWLEY, INTEL - Jean-Philippe NOMINE, CEA
  With the participation of Gabriele PACIUCCI, INTEL - Zhiqi TAO, INTEL - Torben KLING-PETERSEN, XYRATEX - Pierre PLEVEN, INSTITUT MINES TELECOM - Ascension VIZINHO-COUTRY, MATHWORKS - Emmanuel LECERF, IBM - Benoit VAUGON and Grégory POTDEVIN, ARMADILLO - IPGP.

• Optimal design of complex systems: state of the art technology and locks
  Chaired by Jacques DUYSENS, SILKAN - Gérard POIRIER, SYSTEMATIC
  With the participation of Samir BEN CHAABANE, SILKAN - Michel ROCHETTE, ANSYS - S. BOUABDALLAH, Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs LEONARD DE VINCI - C. ADAM, Ecole POLYTECHNIQUE - M. ZARROUG , PSA PEUGEOT CITROËN - H. MAITOURNAM, Ecole POLYTECHNIQUE - Michael HOFFMANN, ALTAIR ENGINEERING - Gilbert ROGE, DASSAULT AVIATION

• Scientific Computing & Open Source: industrial practices for open source software
  Chaired by Jean-Marie DAVESNES, SCILAB ENTERPRISES - Julien JOMIER, KITWARE
  With the participation of Christophe PRUD’HOMME, AMIES - Dinh QUANG, DASSAULT AVIATION - Sébastien DINOT, CS - Julien JOMIER, KITWARE - Ronan KERYELL, AMD

• Material simulation: new materials, usage, and durability
  Chaired by Gilles ZERAH, CEA
  With the participation of Frederic FEYEL, Groupe SAFRAN - Christophe DOMAIN,EDF R&D - Matthieu SALANNE, UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE - Gregory GENESTE, CEA - Aurélien DE LA LANDE, UNIVERSITE PARIS SUD

• HPC & Big Data – software components and tools
  Chaired by Pascale BERNIER-BRUNA, BULL - Marie-Christine SAWLEY, INTEL - Jean-Philippe NOMINE, CEA
  With the participation of Benoit PRADELLE, UVSQ - Dr. Luigi BROCHARD, IBM - Andrés S. CHARIF-RUBIA, LUVSQ / ECR Lab - William JALBY, UVSQ / ECR Lab - Patrick WOHLSCHLEGEL, ALLINEA - Eric BOYER, CINES

• Digital technologies for plant
  Chaired by Christian SAGUEZ, CYBELETECH
  With the participation of Véronique LETORT, ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS - Olivier BALARD, TELESPAZIO - Valérie MAZZA , Groupe LIMAGRAIN - Emeline DEFOSSEZ, VEGEPOLYS

• HPC and Healthcare: From therapeutic research to personalized medicine
  Chaired by Etienne DE POMMERY and Claude CAMOZZI
  With the participation of Silvia POLES, NOESIS SOLUTIONS - Benoit DA MOTTA, ALLIANCE SERVICES PLUS - Edouard DUCHESNAY, NEUROSPIN - Philippe RAVIX, SOGETI HIGH TECH - Manuel DAUCHEZ, UNIVERSITE DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE - Michel ROCHETTE, ANSYS - Frédéric TURQUIER, COVIDIEN Surgical Solutions

• Modeling and simulating urban systems
  Chaired by Gérard HEGRON, ADVANCITY
  With the participation of Gérard HEGRON, IFSTTAR - Michel MORVAN, THE COSMO COMPAGNY - Trino BELTRAN, BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION INTERNATIONAL - Luc FRAUCIEL, 1SPATIAL - Laurent LE BRETON, DASSAULT SYSTEMES - Bernard MATYJASIK, EGIS

During these two days, there will be an exhibition covering the whole HPC industry. Systems manufacturers and software vendors, integrators and distributors, service providers, academic and laboratory researchers, public and private sector developers will present their latest HPC innovations.

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