1*09cc9507SBarry Smith(meetings)= 2*09cc9507SBarry Smith 3*09cc9507SBarry Smith# PETSc Annual User Meetings 4*09cc9507SBarry Smith 5*09cc9507SBarry SmithThe PETSc community hosts annual user meetings in order to foster 6*09cc9507SBarry Smithcontinuous dialogue with our community. These yearly meetings allow us to (among other 7*09cc9507SBarry Smiththings): 8*09cc9507SBarry Smith 9*09cc9507SBarry Smith- Provide in-depth tutorials on how you can leverage the functionality in PETSc for your 10*09cc9507SBarry Smith research. 11*09cc9507SBarry Smith- Highlight new functionality and progress made on long-term goals. 12*09cc9507SBarry Smith- Celebrate science achievements made possible by advances to PETSc's features and 13*09cc9507SBarry Smith functionality. 14*09cc9507SBarry Smith- Describe advancements made not only by the PETSc team but also by applications 15*09cc9507SBarry Smith developers and designers of simulation packages that use PETSc. 16*09cc9507SBarry Smith- Receive valuable feedback on current or requested features. 17*09cc9507SBarry Smith 18*09cc9507SBarry SmithPETSc annual user meetings rely on two-way communication: PETSc developers provide insights into 19*09cc9507SBarry Smiththe latest developments, whereas PETSc users provide input on both technical and 20*09cc9507SBarry Smithnon-technical matters, hence aligning development with user needs. In particular, we 21*09cc9507SBarry Smithencourage you to present work illustrating your own use of PETSc. We also invite you to 22*09cc9507SBarry Smithcontribute to the future of PETSc, helping identify strategies to encapsulate algorithmic 23*09cc9507SBarry Smithadvances in state-of-the-art software, making possible more accurate, predictive 24*09cc9507SBarry Smithsimulations by scientists and engineers. 25*09cc9507SBarry Smith 26*09cc9507SBarry Smith## Upcoming Meetings 27*09cc9507SBarry Smith 28*09cc9507SBarry Smith- The {any}`2025 PETSc annual user meeting<2025_meeting>` will take place May 20-21, 2025 in Buffalo, New York, USA, with 29*09cc9507SBarry Smith tutorials on May 19th. 30*09cc9507SBarry Smith 31*09cc9507SBarry Smith## Previous Meetings 32*09cc9507SBarry Smith 33*09cc9507SBarry Smith- {any}`Cologne, Germany; May 23-24, 2024 <2024_meeting>` 34*09cc9507SBarry Smith- {any}`Chicago, Illinois, USA; June 5-7, 2023 <2023_meeting>` 35*09cc9507SBarry Smith- [Atlanta, Georgia, USA; June 5-7, 2019](https://petsc.gitlab.io/annual-meetings/2019/index.html) 36*09cc9507SBarry Smith- [London, UK; June 4-6, 2018](https://petsc.gitlab.io/annual-meetings/2018/index.html) 37*09cc9507SBarry Smith- [Boulder, Colorado, USA; June 14-16, 2017](https://petsc.gitlab.io/annual-meetings/2017/index.html) 38*09cc9507SBarry Smith- [Vienna, Austria; June 28-30, 2016](https://petsc.gitlab.io/annual-meetings/2016/index.html) 39*09cc9507SBarry Smith- [Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, USA; June 15-18, 2015](https://petsc.gitlab.io/annual-meetings/2015/index.html) 40