EuroHPC Summit 2025 in Krakow – A Meeting of Leaders in HPC, Quantum, and AI Technologies in Europe

This year’s EuroHPC Summit 2025, themed “Connecting HPC, Quantum, and AI communities across Europe,” took place from March 18-20 at the ICE Kraków Congress Center and was part of the official calendar of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education during Poland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union.

This prestigious annual international meeting focused on European supercomputers, quantum computers, artificial intelligence, and their applications in research, industry, and cutting-edge technologies. Thus, it attracted the European High-Performance Computing (HPC) community, scientists, students, technology providers, as well as representatives of SMEs, public organizations, and policymakers.

During the event, attention was paid to exploring technological advancements and shaping the future of European high-performance computing. Plenary sessions focused on topics related to AI factories (in the context of Europe’s competitiveness in the global technology race), chips, skills, and scientific and social achievements enabled by supercomputers. Discussions also addressed current challenges and accomplishments related to HPC, with an emphasis on environmental issues associated with supercomputer operations.

Demo Lab and Quantum Insights

Event attendees could visit the Demo Lab exhibition area, where functioning EuroHPC supercomputers were explored, and Quantum Insights, featuring quantum computers. There were also career fairs, which provided an opportunity to explore career paths in this field and to network with the EuroHPC community.

Why is the EuroHPC Summit important?

The conference is organized within the framework of EuroHPC JU – a joint initiative of EU countries and private partners aimed at developing the supercomputer ecosystem in Europe.

We also benefit from this development every day at Sano, advancing computational medicine and basing our work on supercomputers. For this reason, among the summit’s attendees were: Karolina Tlałka, Dominika Ciupek, Piotr Kica, Karol Zając, and Maciej Malawski (Director of Sano). By participating in the summit, they took part in many interesting lectures related to their scientific interests and daily activities.