Programme

Day 1 Monday 14 September 2026
Time Session Chair ID Title Author / Presenter Affiliation
10:00–10:30 Registration
10:30–10:40 Opening Remarks
10:40–11:20 Keynote Keynote 1 Title to be confirmed TBC
11:20–11:30 Poster Flash Talks A – 5 presentations (2 min each)
11:30–12:00 Coffee Break & Poster Viewing
12:00–12:15 Oral Session 1

GPU-Accelerated Computing
and Performance Portability
O1 GPU-Enabled uDALES for Exascale-Ready Urban Large-Eddy Simulation Dipanjan Majumdar Imperial College London
12:15–12:30 O3 GPU-accelerated HOS-SPH coupling for extreme three-dimensional wave simulation Chong Ma National Maritime Research Institute, National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology, JAPAN
12:30–12:45 O9 Performance-portable SPH with Kokkos and Cabana: refactoring DualSPHysics for heterogeneous architectures Chunze Cen The University of Manchester
12:45–13:00 O11 GPU Porting of CHAPSim for Turbulence and Heat Transfer Simulations Wei Wang UKRI STFC
13:00–13:15 O12 gpuFOAM: Accelerating CCP-WSI Workflows with GPU-Enabled OpenFOAM Mayank Kumar UKRI STFC
13:15–14:15 Lunch
14:15–14:55 Keynote Keynote 2 Title to be confirmed TBC
14:55–15:05 Poster Flash Talks B – 5 presentations (2 min each)
15:05–15:35 Coffee Break & Poster Viewing
15:35–15:50 Oral Session 2

AI/ML, Visualisation
and Data-Driven Methods
O2 Multi-Objective Wind Farm Optimisation using High-Fidelity Multiphysics Simulations Andrew Mole Imperial College London
15:50–16:05 O10 A code_saturne HPC Image-Based Simulation Pipeline for Industrial and Engineering Applications Harriet Jones UKRI STFC
16:05–16:20 O14 Accelerating Wave–Structure Interaction Simulations Using Graph Neural Operators Yiyun Raynold Tan UKRI STFC, Hartree Center
16:20–16:35 O15 Use of Graph Neural Networks for time evolution of single and multiphase transport equations. Jony Castagna UKRI-STFC Hartree Centre
16:35–16:50 O20 Visualization Support for Training PINNs as PDE Solvers Afrah Farea University of Oxford
16:50–17:05 O21 A Volumetric Pipeline for Real-Time Visualisation of Time-Resolved CFD Data of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine in Unreal Engine 5 Leo Rangheard University of Plymouth
17:30–19:30 Networking Reception
Day 2 Tuesday 15 September 2026
Time Session Chair ID Title Author / Presenter Affiliation
09:00–09:15 Oral Session 3

Multiphysics, Particle
and Interfacial Flows
O5 AxiCoBEM: Verification and Validation of a Sharp-Interface Boundary-Element Solver for Inertial Drop Coalescence Harish Viswanathan Sheffield Hallam University
09:15–09:30 O6 Enhancing RBC Interaction Models with a Lattice Boltzmann Framework James Entwistle Sheffield Hallam University
09:30–09:45 O8 Novel Single-Phase SPH Approaches for Temperature-Dependent Surface Tension and Dynamic Wetting Problems Chunze Cen The University of Manchester
09:45–10:00 O13 OPS-Particle: A domain specific language for the mechanistic and multiphase modeling of particulate systems. Chrysovalantis Tsigginos UKRI STFC
10:00–10:15 O16 Interfacial momentum exchange in turbulent flow over graded porous media Mohammad Jadidi University of Bristol
10:15–10:30 O17 A New Collaborative Computational Community in Particulate Solids Simulations: CCC-ParaSolS John Morrissey University of Edinburgh
10:30–10:40 Poster Flash Talks C – 5 presentations (2 min each)
10:40–11:10 Coffee Break & Poster Viewing
11:10–11:50 Keynote Keynote 3 Title to be confirmed TBC
11:50–12:05 Oral Session 4

DNS/LES and High-Fidelity
Flow Simulation
O4 A Multi-Fidelity Computational Framework for the Aerodynamic Analysis of Low-Reynolds-Number Contra-Rotating Wind Turbines Raima Rahman Queen Mary University of London
12:05–12:20 O7 Investigating Cooling Strategies in Hypersonic Boundary Layer Flow using DNS Raahil Sanjay Nayak Sheffield Hallam University
12:20–12:35 O23 IDDES Simulation of Turbulent Spray Flame Evolution and Vorticity Transport Donggang Cao University of the West of England (UWE Bristol)
12:35–12:50 O24 Direct numerical simulations of linearly accelerating turbulent channel flow Zekun Ma University of Warwick
12:50–13:05 O25 Modelling flow around an Ahmed body using high fidelity LES Will Biddles University of Warwick
13:05–14:05 Lunch
14:05–14:45 Keynote Keynote 4
(TBC)
Title to be confirmed TBC
14:45–15:00 Oral Session 5

Offshore Wind, Turbines
and Marine Systems
O18 Breaking wave properties in deep-water sea states Lige Zhao University of Oxford
15:00–15:15 O19 Influence of static individual blade root pitch offset on tip-vortex pairing and near-wake evolution in wind turbine wakes Sa Zhu University of Oxford
15:15–15:30 O22 Feasibility of Offshore Hybrid Platforms for the Celtic Sea: Effect of Nets on a Floating Offshore Wind Platform Kalina Karadimova University of Plymouth
15:30–15:45 O26 SWENSE-Based CFD: A Faster Approach to Floating Wind Turbine Wave-Structure Simulations Sithik Aliyar Technical University of Denmark
15:45–16:00 O27 Benchmark Data for Three Selected Floating Wind Platform Concepts: Wake Dynamics and Power Production of Tandem 15-MW Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Hamid Sarlak Technical University of Denmark
16:00–16:15 Poster Prize Announcement and Closing Remarks
16:15 onwards Departure

Please note that this is a preliminary programme and is subject to change. The schedule, session allocation and presentation details will be continuously updated as arrangements are finalised. Please check this page regularly for the latest version.