OpenCHAMI Developer Summit @ UCL 2026

University College London • London, UK • May 6th – 8th 2026 (Optional Day 0 @ Cambridge + Days 1–2 @ UCL)#

Event: OpenCHAMI Developer Summit @ UCL 2026

Date: May 6-8, 2026 (Optional Day 0 on May 6th at Cambridge; Main Summit May 7-8 at UCL)

Location: University College London, London, UK

Website: UCL26

Hosts: UCL, Bristol, Cambridge

Slack: #2026-uk-dev-summit

Who Should Attend?#

• Sysadmins deploying or evaluating OpenCHAMI in production
• Developers who want to contribute code, docs, or integrations
• HPC practitioners & researchers curious about automated system management
• Anyone interested in community-driven, vendor-neutral HPC tooling

Why Attend?#

• Network with OpenCHAMI contributors, site admins, and developers
• Learn best practices for large-scale HPC automation and orchestration
• Shape the project’s future via live RFD and governance sessions
• Hack on real code and docs to advance the OpenCHAMI roadmap

Event Details#

The OpenCHAMI community is gathering at UCL for three days of collaboration, learning and hacking. Whether you’re new to OpenCHAMI or a long‑time contributor, there will be tracks for every skill level. Meet fellow sysadmins, developers and researchers working on open HPC automation and help shape the project’s future.

Location & Directions#

Venue: UCL Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL

Travel: The IoE is well-served by the London underground and national rail. Most hotels in central London will be within 30 minutes travel time of the venue.

Agenda Snapshot#

Schedule#

(All times Local)

Optional Day 0 – Wednesday, May 6th#

This, optional, pre-summit day provides an opportunity to visit and explore the cutting-edge HPC and AI infrastructure hosted by Research Computing Services (RCS) at the University of Cambridge. RCS hosts its flagship HPC service, the Cambridge Service for Data-driven Discovery (CSD3), and one half of the UK’s AI Resarch Resource (AIRR) in the form of the Dawn. Come along to learn about cloud-native approaches to HPC, hear lessons learnt and experiences of running a UK AI service and be amongst the first to peak behind the scenes as Dawn’s hardware refresh. Spots are limited so please register your interest early.

Hosts: Cambridge
Venue: Suite 2, Moller Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK - ///fines.hers.shared
Co-Chairs: Wojciech Turek and Dominic Friend

Day 1 – Thursday, May 7th#

Hosts: UCL, Bristol, Cambridge Morning Chair: Camilla Harris
Afternoon Chair: Tom Green

Day 2 – Friday, May 8th#

Hosts: UCL, Bristol, Cambridge
Morning Chair: Hosts
Afternoon Co-Chairs: Alex Lovell-Troy and Alexandre Escoubas

Tracks & Chairs#

• Architecture: Alex Lovell-Troy (LANL) — alovelltroy@lanl.gov
• UK/EU Community Growth Tom Green (Bristol) - thomas.green@bristol.ac.uk
• UK Trusted Research Environments Camilla Harris - camilla.harris@ucl.ac.uk

Registration#

Registration is required for attendance. Please secure your spot by visiting our Registration page. Capacity is limited.

Sponsors#

We’re grateful to our sponsors for supporting the OpenCHAMI Developer Summit. Sponsor information and logos will appear here soon. If your organization is interested in sponsoring the event, please contact us at contact@openchami.org .

We look forward to seeing you at UCL! A formal invitation with hotel and travel details will follow shortly. For questions or attendee suggestions, email contact@openchami.org .

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