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Next SPHERIC World Conference:​​

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​20th SPHERIC World Conference, Rome, Italy, 2-4 February 2027

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Upcoming Events and Activities:​​​​

• ​20th SPHERIC World Conference, Rome, Italy, 2-4 February 2027

• SPHERIC Shanghai International Workshop, Shanghai, China, September 2027

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Past Events and Activities:

2026

• 8th DualSPHysics Workshop, Ourense, Spain, 27-29 January 2026

• Course on Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics numerical methods, Parma, Italy (hybrid), 10-18 February 2026

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2025

• IX International Conference on Particle-Based Methods (PARTICLES 2025), Barcelona, Spain, 20-22 October 2025

• SPH Online VII, 7th Online International Workshop on SPH (focus topic: Fluid-Structure Interactions), 3 October, 2025

• 19th SPHERIC World Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 17-19 June 2025

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2024

• Course on Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics numerical methods, Parma, Italy (hybrid), 18-28 November 2024

• SPHERIC Zhuhai International Workshop, Zhuhai, China, 18-20 October 2024 (videos here)

• SPH Online VI, 6th Online International Workshop on SPH (focus topic: Stability, Consistency, Convergence), 4 October, 2024

• 4th Hands-On Course on Experimental and Numerical Modelling, Florence, Italy, 1-5 July 2024

• SIG Meeting 11: Diverse applications of SPH and related particle methods, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 4 July 2024

• 18th SPHERIC World Conference, Berlin, Germany, 18-20 June 2024

• 7th DualSPHysics Workshop, Bari, Italy, 20-21 March 2024

• Particle Methods and Applications Conference, Santa Fe NM, US, 22-24 January 2024

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2023

• SPH-SIG/CCP-WSI Joint Meeting, Bristol, UK, 3 November 2023

• SPH Online V, 5th Online International Workshop on SPH (focus topic: SPH & Industry), 6 October, 2023

• Particles Course 2023, Milan, Italy, 7-8 October 2023

• VIII International Conference on Particle-Based methods (PARTICLES 2023), Milan, Italy, 9-11 October 2023

• Course on SPH modelling of WECs and structures for coastal protection, Salerno, Italy, ​28-29 September 2023

• 3rd Hands-On Course on Experimental and Numerical Modelling, Florence, Italy, 10-14 July 2023

• 17th SPHERIC World Conference, Rhodes, Greece, 27-29 June 2023

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2022

• Short course on Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics numerical methods, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, 21 Nov - 01 Dec 2022

• 6th DualSPHysics Workshop, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, 25-27 October 2022

• SPH Online IV, 4th Online International Workshop on SPH, 12 September 2022

• 16th SPHERIC World Conference, University of Catania, Catania, Italy, 7-9 June 2022
• SPHERIC Xi'an International Workshop, North Western Polytechnic University, Xi'an, China, 28 March - 1 April 2022

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2021

• Virtual course on Smoothed particle Hydrodynamics numerical methods, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, 5 -15 October 2021

• PARTICLES COURSE 2021, Short Course on Particle Based Methods in Engineering and Applied Science, Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, Germany, 2-3 October 2021

• DIVE 2021 USER CONFERENCE, Munich, Germany, 13-14 September 2021

• SPH Online III, 3rd Online International Workshop on SPH, 6 September 2021

• 15th SPHERIC World Conference, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, US, 8-11 June 2021

• 5th DualSPHysics Users Workshop, Virtual, 15-17 March 2021

• SPH Online II, 2nd Online International Workshop on SPH, 29 March 2021

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2020

• Focus Session on "SPH and Mesh Free Methods" at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Chicago, US, 22-24 November 2020

• Virtual course on Smoothed particle Hydrodynamics numerical methods, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, 19 - 22 October 2020

• SPHERIC Harbin International Workshop, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China, 13-16 January 2020

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2019

• UK Fluids Network SPH Special Interest Group meetings: i) SPH & Industry, Brunel University, Cambridge, 10 July 2019; ii) SPH: Greatest Hits (so far), Durham University. 28-29 November 2019

• Focus Session on SPH at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society’s Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD), Seattle, US, 23-26 November 2019

• PARTICLES 2019, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, 28-30 October 2019

• Short course on DualSPHysics: a SPH-based method for engineering. University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy, 5-6 September 2019

• 14th SPHERIC World Conference, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK, 25-27 June 2019

• Short course on Smoothed particle Hydrodynamics numerical methods, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, 19-21 February 2019

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2018

• 4th DualSPHysics Workshop, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal, 22-24 October 2018

• 13th SPHERIC World Conference, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, 26-28 June 2018

• 5th IAHR Europe Congress, University of Trento, Italy, 12-14 June 2018: includes the session “Alternative numerical methods for free-surface flows"

• Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) 2-day CPD Course, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK,  April 2018

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2017

• 12th SPHERIC World Conference, Universidade de Vigo, Ourense, Spain, 13-15 June 2017

• SPHERIC Beijing International Workshop, Peking University, Beijing, China, 17-20 October 2017

• 3rd DualSPHysics Workshop, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, 13-15 November 2017

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2016

• Multiphase flows in SPH, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, 20 May 2016

• 11th SPHERIC World Conference, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany, 14-16 June 2016

• 2nd DualSPHysics Workshop, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 6-7 December 2016

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2015

• 1st DualSPHysics Workshop, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 8-9 September 2015

• 10th SPHERIC World Conference, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, 16-18 June, 2015

 

2014

• 9th SPHERIC World Conference, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), Paris, France, 3-5 June 2014

• Flanders Hydraulics SPH Workshop, Flanders Hydraulics Research, Antwerp, Belgium, 7 February 2014

• 2-day Short Course on SPH, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 23-24 January 2014

 

2013

• GPUSPH Training Day, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), Paris, France, 10 December 2013

• UK Meshless Methods Network: SPH - Grand Challenges and State-of-the-art for Industrial Applications, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 10 October 2013

• 8th SPHERIC World Conference, Sintef, Trondheim, Norway, 4-6 June, 2013

• 2-day Short Course on SPH, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 24-25 January 2013

 

2012

• 7th SPHERIC World Conference, University of Monash, Prato Campus, Prato, Italy, 29-31 May, 2012

• 2-day Short Course on SPH, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 2-3 February 2012

 

2011

• 6th SPHERIC World Conference, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany, 8-11 June 2011

• 2-day Short Course on SPH, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 7-8 April 2011

 

2010

• 5th SPHERIC World Conference, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 23-25 June 2010

• 2nd UK Astrophysics SPH Forum, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 21-22 June 2010

• 2-day Short Course on SPH, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 8-9 April 2010

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2009

• 1st UK Astrophysics SPH Forum , Nottingham, UK, 19-20 August 2009

• 4th SPHERIC World Conference, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Nantes, France, 26-29 May 2009

 

2008

• 3rd SPHERIC World Conference, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 4-6 June 2008

 

2007

• Special session on SPH at IAHR Congress, Venice, Italy, June 2007

• 2nd SPHERIC World Conference, Madrid, Spain, May 2007

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2006

• 1st SPHERIC World Conference, Rome, Italy, May 2006

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2005

• Inaugural Meeting, EDF, Chatou, France, October 2005

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For a general description of our activities, please check the ERCOFTAC SIG40 Description Webpage. Records of the meetings of the Steering Committee can be found on the SC_meetings page.