109cc9507SBarry Smith(meetings)= 209cc9507SBarry Smith 309cc9507SBarry Smith# PETSc Annual User Meetings 409cc9507SBarry Smith 509cc9507SBarry SmithThe PETSc community hosts annual user meetings in order to foster 609cc9507SBarry Smithcontinuous dialogue with our community. These yearly meetings allow us to (among other 709cc9507SBarry Smiththings): 809cc9507SBarry Smith 909cc9507SBarry Smith- Provide in-depth tutorials on how you can leverage the functionality in PETSc for your 1009cc9507SBarry Smith research. 1109cc9507SBarry Smith- Highlight new functionality and progress made on long-term goals. 1209cc9507SBarry Smith- Celebrate science achievements made possible by advances to PETSc's features and 1309cc9507SBarry Smith functionality. 1409cc9507SBarry Smith- Describe advancements made not only by the PETSc team but also by applications 1509cc9507SBarry Smith developers and designers of simulation packages that use PETSc. 1609cc9507SBarry Smith- Receive valuable feedback on current or requested features. 1709cc9507SBarry Smith 1809cc9507SBarry SmithPETSc annual user meetings rely on two-way communication: PETSc developers provide insights into 1909cc9507SBarry Smiththe latest developments, whereas PETSc users provide input on both technical and 2009cc9507SBarry Smithnon-technical matters, hence aligning development with user needs. In particular, we 2109cc9507SBarry Smithencourage you to present work illustrating your own use of PETSc. We also invite you to 2209cc9507SBarry Smithcontribute to the future of PETSc, helping identify strategies to encapsulate algorithmic 2309cc9507SBarry Smithadvances in state-of-the-art software, making possible more accurate, predictive 2409cc9507SBarry Smithsimulations by scientists and engineers. 2509cc9507SBarry Smith 2609cc9507SBarry Smith## Upcoming Meetings 2709cc9507SBarry Smith 28*77df3101SSatish Balay- The [2026 PETSc annual user meeting](https://www.firedrakeproject.org/firedrake_26.html) will be hosted by the Firedrake Team in Oxford, UK, during the week of June 1~5, 2026. PETSc occupies the first half of the meeting (June 1-3, 2026), for which you can register, but we encourage everyone to attend the whole week as many amazing things are going on in Firedrake Land. The link has all details including registration. Notice that students can register for the whole week, _including room and food_, for only £ 400. 2909cc9507SBarry Smith 3009cc9507SBarry Smith## Previous Meetings 3109cc9507SBarry Smith 32c02529feSJunchao Zhang- {any}`Buffalo, New York, USA; May 20-21, 2025 <2025_meeting>` 3309cc9507SBarry Smith- {any}`Cologne, Germany; May 23-24, 2024 <2024_meeting>` 3409cc9507SBarry Smith- {any}`Chicago, Illinois, USA; June 5-7, 2023 <2023_meeting>` 3509cc9507SBarry Smith- [Atlanta, Georgia, USA; June 5-7, 2019](https://petsc.gitlab.io/annual-meetings/2019/index.html) 3609cc9507SBarry Smith- [London, UK; June 4-6, 2018](https://petsc.gitlab.io/annual-meetings/2018/index.html) 3709cc9507SBarry Smith- [Boulder, Colorado, USA; June 14-16, 2017](https://petsc.gitlab.io/annual-meetings/2017/index.html) 3809cc9507SBarry Smith- [Vienna, Austria; June 28-30, 2016](https://petsc.gitlab.io/annual-meetings/2016/index.html) 3909cc9507SBarry Smith- [Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, USA; June 15-18, 2015](https://petsc.gitlab.io/annual-meetings/2015/index.html) 40c3bbc914SBarry Smith 41c3bbc914SBarry SmithSee {any}`docs_meetings` for details on how the annual meetings' website is maintained. 42