BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:1.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20151119T213000Z DTEND:20151119T230000Z LOCATION:13A DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:ABSTRACT: The established EU-funded Exascale projects and initiatives (CRESTA, DEEP/DEEP-ER, MontBlanc, NUMEXAS, EXA2CT, EPiGRAM and NESUS) will present their status, lessons learned and potential cross-region synergies.=0A=0AIn addition, the long-term EU effort to develop, produce and exploit Exascale platforms continues with 19 projects within the first part of the Horizon 2020 program addressing: HPC core technologies and architectures, programming methodologies, languages and tools, APIs and system software, new mathematical and algorithmic approaches.=0A=0AA European status update will be presented with an emphasis on international collaboration opportunities and mechanisms needed to integrate different approaches, both in hardware and software. SUMMARY:Taking on Exascale Challenges: Key Lessons and International Collaboration Opportunities Delivered by European Cutting-Edge HPC Initiatives PRIORITY:3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR