EasyBuild


11th EasyBuild User Meeting

Tue-Thu 21-23 April 2026 @ Guimarães, Portugal

hosted by:   National Center for Advanced Computing (CNCA), INESC TEC, and the University of Minho

Practical info - Registration - Organisation - Program - Sponsors - Contact

News (18 Feb 2026): Initial program available | Registration is now open! Seats are limited...

Group picture at 10th EasyBuild User Meeting (2025)
(group picture from 10th EasyBuild User Meeting in Jülich - March 2025)

EasyBuild is a software build and installation framework that allows you to manage (scientific) software on High Performance Computing (HPC) systems in an efficient way.

The EasyBuild User Meeting is an open and highly interactive event that provides a great opportunity to meet fellow EasyBuild enthusiasts, discuss related topics, and learn about new aspects of the tool.

It is intended for people that are already familiar with EasyBuild, ranging from occasional users to EasyBuild core developers, maintainers, and experts. Topics will be less introductory in nature than during other events like EasyBuild tutorials.

The program includes presentations by both EasyBuild users and developers, as well as talks about open source projects relevant to the EasyBuild community.

Practical information

The 11th EasyBuild User Meeting will be held Tuesday-Thursday 21-23 April 2026 in Guimarães (Portugal), the home of the Deucalion EuroHPC system.

This is an open meeting, anybody interested is welcome to join.
Attendance is free of cost, but registration is required (see below).

Venue

Guimarães (Portugal), home of Deucalion EuroHPC JU supercomputer

Travel recommendations

Recommended hotels

Zoom & YouTube

We intend to provide live streaming of all presentations that are part of the EUM'26 agenda, via Zoom and the EasyBuild YouTube channel.

Remote attendees will be able to join a Zoom session for interactive discussions with the speakers.
Note that only registered attendees will have access to the Zoom session!

We also intend to record all sessions, and will make the recordings available shortly after the live presentations, via the EasyBuild YouTube channel.

Q&A via #eum channel in EasyBuild Slack

Remote attendees will be able to submit questions via the #eum channel in the EasyBuild Slack. Comments in YouTube will be disabled for the live streaming events.

If you are not logged in to the EasyBuild Slack yet, you can request an invitation to join via https://easybuild.io/join-slack.

Registration

If you plan to attend one or more presentations (on-site or remotely), you must register.
Seats for on-site attendance are limited.

Although attendance is free and open to anyone, having a good view on how well the different sessions will be attended is important for us to be well prepared.

Register now via https://event.ugent.be/registration/eum26

All seats for in-person attendance are taken!
Only registration for virtual attendance (via Zoom) is still possible...

Registration (for remote attendance) will close on Sunday 19 April 2026 19:59 CEST.

Updates and practical information will be sent via email to anyone who registered.

Organisation

Program

The 11th EasyBuild User Meeting consists of 3 days of presentations and hands-on sessions.

Please note that all times are in Western European Summer Time (WEST), which is equivalent to UTC+1 and CEST-1.

We intentionally left ample time in between talks to allow for Q&A, interactive discussions, switching between speakers and breaks.

All talks are in-person, unless otherwise indicated.

Overview

(subject to change!)