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8th French/Belgian OpenFOAM® users conference

15 & 16 April 2025

von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics

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Objectives

CentraleSupélec, Foam-Utilisateurs (the French OpenFOAM® users group), the Belgian OpenFOAM® users group are pleased to invite you to the french/belgian conference of OpenFOAM® users. For the eighth year in a row, this event aims to bring together OpenFOAM® users and those interested in potential software applications. People from academia and industry are invited to present advances in their relevant research and development fields, exchanging ideas and information in an interdisciplinarity environment. This conference will provide an ideal opportunity to develop new collaborations and to meet experts.

Call for contributions
Talks and posters

We would like to keep things simple. As in previous years, your contribution's title and short summary will suffice for the submission procedure. We try to accommodate everyone whenever possible, but the number of places is limited (circa 25 talks - 20 minutes incl. questions - and up to 40 posters).

Poster prizes (1st, 2nd and 3rd) will be awarded at the end of the conference!

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Poster awards

Registration and fees

Important dates & Information :


January 31st 2025: end of early bird registration

April 15th & 16th 2025: conference dates (on-site registration possible)

NATO nationalities only are accepted due to access restrictions. If unsure:

Fees :

  • Early bird registration : 225 €

  • Past the early-bird date : EB+50€

  • Foam-U supporting registration : 350 €

Highlights

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Dr. Lilla Koloszar

 

Role of CFD in new generation nuclear reactor design

Research expert on liquid metal and industrial flows @ VKI

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Pr. Joris Degroote

 

Partitioned fluid-structure interaction simulations using OpenFOAM

Full professor at Ghent University

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Dr. ...

 

Coming soon

CTO

Agenda

Day 1 :

08:30--09:00 Registration desk opens

09:00--12:30 Welcome addresses

                       Plenary talk 

                       Break & Posters

                       Conference sessions

12:30--14:00 Lunch & Posters

14:00--17:30 Plenary talk 

                       Break & Posters

                       Conference sessions

17:30--18:45 Tour of VKI facilities

18:45--19:30 Travel to Bruxels (diner location)

19:30--23:00 Conference gala diner

Day 2 :

08:30--09:00 Welcome coffee

09:00--12:30 Plenary talk 

                       Break & Posters

                       Conference sessions

12:30--14:00 Lunch & Posters

14:00--16:50 Conference sessions

                       Break & Posters

16:50--17:00 Closing address & Prizes / End of the conference

17:15--18:45 FOAM-U general assembly

Detailed programm

Day 1 - April 15

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Day 2 - April 16

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Venues

Conference

The conference will be held in the Von Karman Institue (Belgium) building at Waterloosesteenweg 72, 1640 Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium.

Diner & Hotels

The gala diner will be held in restaurant in Brussels city center. We advise you to book an hotel in this area

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Organizing Committee
  • Romain Poletti - Von Karman Institute

  • Executive board of  FOAM-U association

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