From Innovation to Business Impact: FFplus Industry Forum & Do IT Now’s HPC Roundtable Munich
In today’s data-driven economy, supercomputing is no longer reserved for large corporations or research institutions. SMEs increasingly use HPC and AI to solve complex challenges, speed up development cycles, make smarter decisions, and create new business opportunities.
The FFplus Industry Forum offers a practical, collaborative environment where innovation meets real industrial needs — and where new ideas, partnerships, and opportunities can emerge.
Join us in Munich for the FFplus Industry Forum, a dedicated industry-focused event bringing together SMEs, technology providers, HPC experts, innovators, and policy representatives to explore how High-Performance Computing (HPC), AI, genAI and advanced digital technologies are already transforming business across Europe.
Two events. One community. One goal: driving industrial impact.
Taking place immediately after the DoITNow HPC Roundtableat the same venue, the Forum continues the conversation with a strong focus on practical industrial applications, real business challenges, and measurable impact.
While the HPC Roundtablehighlights the future of computing, AI Factories, data infrastructures, and emerging technologies, the FFplus Industry Forum brings the real-life business perspective to the stage showcasing how European SMEs and industry are already turning innovation into competitive advantage. The showcased experiments address real industrial challenges and demonstrate how technologies such as HPC, AI, LLM, Digital Twins, Simulations, Advanced Data Analytics, IoT, which can help companies accelerate innovation, optimize processes, improve products and services, and strengthen competitiveness in the global market. SMEs will also share valuable hands-on experiences from using HPC technologies, including access to the EuroHPC JU supercomputing infrastructure, together with practical insights, challenges encountered, and lessons learned throughout their innovation journey.
Participants will discover inspiring real-world success stories presented directly by SMEs and project partners who successfully implemented advanced HPC and AI solutions through FFplus experiments.
The programme will feature:
· FFplus success stories and practical AI/HPC applications;
· Interactive panel discussions with industry representatives and experts;
· Networking opportunities with companies, technology providers, and innovation stakeholders;
· Exchange of experiences, challenges, and future collaboration opportunities.
Whether you are already working with HPC and AI technologies or simply exploring how these technologies can support your business growth, this event is designed to inspire, connect, and open new possibilities.
Registration will be available soon.