
FOSTERING RELATIONSHIPS & HIGHLIGHTING TRENDS IN HPC WITHIN THE ENERGY INDUSTRY
The 18th annual Energy High Performance Computing Conference, hosted annually at Rice University by the Ken Kennedy Institute, is the premier meeting place for the energy industry to engage in conversations about challenges and opportunities in high performance computing, computational science and engineering, machine learning, and data science.
Attended by over 500 leaders and experts from the energy industry, academia, national labs, and IT industry, this is a unique opportunity for key stakeholders to engage and network to help advance HPC in the energy industry. The agenda for the conference includes invited speakers, a technical program, birds of a feather sessions, an exhibit hall, networking receptions, poster presentations, and post-conference workshops. Technical themes for conference sessions are developed based on current challenges and the diversity and strengths of the abstracts received.
This conference has become the key venue for industry professionals, planners and practitioners alike. This is a forum for taking the pulse of industry needs and discussing challenges, opportunities, and new development at the interface of the energy industry, the IT industry, and the academic and research community.
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2025 CONFERENCE INFO
Conference Dates: Tuesday, February 25 – Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Add-On Workshop Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025
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Venue: BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) at Rice University
6500 Main Street, Houston, TX 77030
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Registration: Closed
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NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
Tuesday's Sponsor Networking Reception will include a specialty wine, cheese, and appetizer selection to complete an evening of connecting with fellow conference attendees and meeting our #EHPC sponsors.
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The following day will wrap up the Energy HPC Conference with a Poster Networking Reception to showcase exciting research happening in the field by the future leaders in high-performance computing.
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Specialty coffee will be provided all day Tuesday–Wednesday in the exhibit hall for attendees sponsored by AMD and DELL. Day 1 will also feature a popcorn bar sponsored by Supermicro and AMD, and on Day 2 there will be a paleta cart sponsored by WEKA.
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INVITED SPEAKERS

Prasanna Balaprakash, PhD
Director of AI Programs,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Biondo Biondi, PhD
Barney and Estelle Professor,
Stanford University

Jesse Chan, PhD
Associate Professor of
Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research,
Rice University

Melyssa Fratkin, MBA
Industrial Programs Director,
Texas Advanced Computing
Center (TACC)
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Selda Gunsel, PhD
Chief Technology Officer &
Executive Vice President, Shell Technology

Daniel (Dan) Reed, PhD
Presidential Professor (Emeritus),
University of Utah

Dan Stanzione, PhD
Executive Director, Texas
Advanced Computing Center (TACC); Associate Vice President
for Research, The University of
Texas at Austin
