17th ADAC Symposium & Workshop, September 1-5, 2025

17th ADAC Symposium and Workshop, September, 2025

Host: CSC – IT Center for Science

Location: Helsinki, Finland

ADAC17 Tour of LUMI and Mini-Workshop at Kajaani: September 1, 2025

Attendance to the ADAC17 Tour of LUMI at CSC is open, but registration is required and the number of attendees is limited.

ADAC17 Symposium Dates: September 2-3, 2025

Venue: Scandic Simonkenttä, Simonkatu 9, 00100 Helsinki

The ADAC17 Symposium will have as central theme:

Day 1: Quantum Computing Integration with HPC and AI

Day 2: Exascale HPC and AI

Attendance to the ADAC17 Symposium is open, but registration is required to attend the ADAC17 symposium. Registration is open at https://ssl.eventilla.com/event/krbpM?tab=1#main-content.

ADAC17 Vendor Engagement Date: September 4, 2025

Venue:Scandic Simonkenttä, Simonkatu 9, 00100 Helsinki

Attendance to the ADAC17 Vendor Engagement Sessions is strictly by invitation only. Registration details, including a link to the registration page, will be provided in the invitation email

ADAC17 Workshop Dates: September 4-5, 2025

Scandic Simonkenttä, Simonkatu 9, 00100 Helsinki

Attendance to the ADAC17 Workshop is strictly by invitation only. Registration details, including a link to the registration page, will be provided in the invitation email.

ADAC17 Tour of LUMI & Mini-Workshop

Sunday, August 31, 2025, Kajaani

TIME

DESCRIPTION

 
 

Travel to Kajaani

 

18:00-19:00

Flight to Kajaani (later flight is at 24:00)

Departure 18:00 from Helsinki Vantaa (HEL)

Arrival 19:20 at Kajaani (KAJ)

 
 

Networking

LOCATION

20:00

Dinner sponsored by CSC

Restaurant Wanha Kerho

Kauppakatu 40, 87100 Kajaani

Monday, September 1, 2025, CSC Data Center, Kajaani

TIME

DESCRIPTION



ADAC17 Tour and Mini-Workshop

LOCATION

09:00-11:00

Tour of LUMI supercomputer facility

CSC – Kajaani

11:00-12:00

Lunch

CSC – Kajaani

12:00-15:00

Mini-workshop on “Sustainable and responsible AI and supercomputing”

CSC – Kajaani


ADAC17 Governance Board (Members only)

LOCATION

15:00-17:30

Governance Board Meeting

CSC – Kajaani


Travel to Helsinki


17:45

Bus from CSC Data Center/Office via Kajaani City Center to KAJ Airport

CSC – Kajaani

19:00-20:00

Flight to Helsinki (next flight is on Tuesday)

Departure 19:20 from Kajaani (KAJ)

Arrival 20:35 at Helsinki Vantaa (HEL)



ADAC17 SYMPOSIUM AGENDA

Tuesday, September 2, 2025, 2025, 8:25-17:00, Scandic SimonkenttäHelsinki

TIME

DESCRIPTION

PRESENTER/MODERATOR

     

08:25

Welcome & Opening

Pekka Manninen, CSCS

Tjerk Straatsma, ORNL

08:30-09:30

Keynote “Towards quantum-accelerated AI supercomputing with LUMI-AI”

Pekka Manninen, CSC

09:30-10:00

“The Role of Quantum Computing in Advancing Scientific HPC: A perspective from the ADAC Institute”

Mikael Johansson, CSC

10:00

Break

 

10:30-11:00

“Prospects for quantum computing in HPC”

Mikko Möttönen, Aalto Univ.

11:00-11:30

“Solving the qubit routing problem without routing qubits”

Arianne Meijer, Univ. Helsinki

11:30-12:00

Sponsor “Qudora’s ion-trap quantum computers in HPC environment”

Jani Heikkinen, Qudora

Giorgio Zarantonello, Qudora

12:00

Lunch Break

 

13:00-14:00

Keynote “Advancing the Frontiers of Quantum Computational Science through High-performance Computing”

Travis Humble, ORNL

14:00-14:30

“Taming Schrödinger’s Cat:  Obtaining Utility from Quantum Computers”

Ryan Bennink, ORNL

14:30-15:00

“From Exploration to Execution: Laying the Operational Groundwork for Quantum Readiness at the OLCF”

Ashley Barker, ORNL

15:00

Break

 

15:30-16:00

“Qrisp: Moving from disorder to structure in quantum algorithm development”

Matic Petrič, Fraunhofer FOKUS

16:00-16:30

Sponsor “Unlocking the Power of IQM’s On-Premise Quantum Computers in HPC integration”

Juha Vartiainen, IQM

16:30-17:00

Energy Efficiency

Jeffrey Vetter, ORNL

17:00

Adjourn Day 1

 

TIME

DESCRIPTION

LOCATION

19:00

Reception hosted by the City of Helsinki

Empire Hall Vanhaa Raatihuone

Aleksanterinkatu 20, Helsinki

     

Wednesday, September 3, 2025, 2025, 8:25-17:30Scandic Simonkenttä, Helsinki

TIME

DESCRIPTION

PRESENTER/MODERATOR

08:25

Welcome & Opening

Pekka Manninen, CSC

Tjerk Straatsma, ORNL

08:30-09:30

“Isambard-AI: an AI-optimised leadership-class supercomputer, delivered in record time”

McIntosh-Smith, Univ. Bristol

09:30-10:00

“JUPITER: From Launch to Landing”

Benedikt von St. Vieth, FZJ

10:00

Break

 

10:30-11:00

“ChatHPC, Building Large Language Models for HPC Software Development”

Keita Teranishi, ORNL

11:00-11:30

“LLView: Reporting Platform for the Exascale Era”

Filipe Guimaraes, FZJ

11:30-12:00

Sponsor “State-of-the-Art Communication Software for Supercomputers and its Applications”

Jeff Hammond, NVIDIA

12:00

Lunch Break

 

13:00-14:00

Keynote: “A journey with quantum chemistry in high-performance computing environment”

Patrick Norman, KTH

14:00-14:30

“Performance & scaling limits for molecular simulations, and why waving the AI wand doesn’t solve it”

Erik Lindahl, KTH

14:30-15:00

“Applications demanding HPC-AI workloads: Case studies from genomics and earth sciences”

Uddhavesh Sonavane, C-DAC

Upasana Dutta, C-DAC

15:00

Break

 

15:30-16:00

“ElMerFold: Exascale Distillation Workflows for Protein Structure Prediction on El Capitan”

Nikoli Dryden, LLNL

Brian Van Essen, LLNL

16:00-16:30

“Multiresolution approximation of Tensor data with Tucker decompositions in VLASIATOR” 

Juhani Kataja, CSC

16:30-17:00

Sponsor Presentation

VAST Data

17:00-17:30

Sponsor Presentation

Dell

17:30

Symposium Adjourn

 
     

 

ADAC17 VENDOR ENGAGEMENT AGENDA

Thursday, September 4, 2025, 9:00-12:00Scandic Simonkenttä, Helsinki

TIME

Vendor Engagement

LOCATION

09:00

AMD: Task Force Software Stack

Ateljee 1-3

10:30

Break

 

11:00 

AMD: Task Force Software Stack

Ateljee 1-3

12:00

Adjourn Vendor Engagement Sessions

 

12:00-13:00

Working Lunch

 
     
 

ADAC17 WORKSHOP AGENDA

Wednesday, September 3, 2025, 2025, 20:00Scandic Simonkenttä, Helsinki

TIME

Networking

 

20:00

Workshop Dinner (Workshop attendees and Guests)

Restaurant Simonkenttä

     

Thursday, September 4, 2025, 12:00-17:00, Scandic SimonkenttäHelsinki

TIME

DESCRIPTION

PRESENTER

12:00-13:00

Working Lunch

 

13:00

Welcome & Opening

Tjerk Straatsma, ORNL

Kimmo Koski, CSC

13:10

Remarks from the Governance Board

Thomas Schulthess, ETH/CSCS

 

ADAC Working Group Reports

PRESENTER

13:15

Applications & Benchmarks

Rio Yokota, ISc Tokyo

13:25

Federated Learning & AI

Jason Haga, AIST

13:35

Portability, Sustainability & Integration

Keita Teranishi, ORNL

13:45

System Management

Matt Ezell, ORNL

13:55

Quantum Computing

Mikael Johansson, CSC

14:05

Training, Outreach & Workforce Development

Kengo Nakajima, U Tokyo

14:10

Student presentation

Ester El Khoury, CEA

14:30

Student Presentation

François-Xavier Mordant, CEA

14:50

Task Force Software Stack

Antigoni Georgiadou, ORNL

15:00

Break

 
 

ADAC Working Group Breakout Sessions

LOCATION

15:30-17:00

Applications & Benchmarks

Espa

 

Federated Learning & AI

Bulsa

 

Portability, Sustainability & Integration

Ateljee 1-3

 

System Management

Tapiola

 

Quantum Computing

Freda

 

Training, Outreach & Workforce Development

Roba

17:00

Adjourn Day 1

 
 

ADAC17 Workshop Dinner

LOCATION

19:00

ADAC17 Workshop Dinner, Workshop Participants & Guests

Cruise ship M/S Natalia

Departure and return from

Helsinki Market Square

Eteläranta, 00170 Helsinki

     

Friday, September 5, 2025, 9:00-16:00Scandic Simonkenttä, Helsinki

TIME

DESCRIPTION

PRESENTER

09:00

Welcome & Opening

Tjerk Straatsma, ORNL

Pekka Manninen, CSC

 

ADAC Working Group Breakout Sessions

LOCATION

09:10-10:30

Applications & Benchmarks

Espa

 

Federated Learning & AI

Bulsa

 

Portability, Sustainability & Integration

Ateljee 1-3

 

System Management

Tapiola

 

Quantum Computing

Freda

 

Training, Outreach & Workforce Developm.

Roba

10:30-11:00

Break

 

11:00

Applications & Benchmarks

Espa

 

Federated Learning & AI

Bulsa

 

Portability, Sustainability & Integration

Ateljee 1-3

 

System Management

Tapiola

 

Quantum Computing

Freda

 

Training, Outreach & Workforce Developm.

Roba

12:00

Group Photograph

 

12:10

Working Lunch

 
 

ADAC Working Group Reports

PRESENTER

13:00

Applications & Benchmarks

Rio Yokota, Tokyo Tech

13:15

Federated Learning & AI

Jason Haga, AIST

13:30

Portability, Sustainability & Integration

Keita Teranishi, ORNL

13:45

System Management

Damien Alvarez, JFZ

14:00

Quantum Computing

Mikael Johansson, CSC

14:15

Training, Outreach & Workforce Developm.

Kengo Nakajima, U Tokyo

14:30-15:00

Break

 

15:00

Plenary Discussion

 

15:30

Remarks and Charge from Governance Board

 

15:40

Announcing ADAC18

Hiro Kishimoto, AIST

15:50

Closing Remarks

Tjerk Straatsma, ORNL

Pekka Manninen, CSC

16:00

Workshop Adjourn