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The 7th FOAM@Iberia, the annual OpenFOAM® Iberian community Meeting in 2025, will take place in the Campus of University of Coimbra in Figueira da Foz and in Auditorium Madalena Biscaia Azeredo Perdigão on the 11th and 12th September 2025. It is being organized by University of Coimbra and 3 research centers: MARE-ARNET, CERES and ADAI.
OpenFOAM®
OpenFOAM® (Open-source Field Operation And Manipulation) is the free, open source CFD software developed primarily by OpenCFD Ltd since 2004. It has a large user base across most areas of engineering and science, from both commercial and academic organisations. OpenFOAM® has an extensive range of features to solve anything from complex fluid flows involving turbulence, heat transfer and chemical reactions, to acoustics, solid mechanics and electromagnetics. This event will be an opportunity to stay updated on the latest advancements in the OpenFOAM® computational libraries, and their application in a wide range of sectors, as diverse as civil, mechanical and chemical engineering. It is also an excellent forum to meet fellow users, share experience, receive wise advice from top notch users, and discuss possible collaborations. This event, like the previous editions, is intended to play a significant role in the dissemination of OpenFOAM®, not only in Portugal and Spain, since they are also open to worldwide participants.
In additional to the scientific program, which includes technical presentations of the latest achievements reached with OpenFOAM®, a series of training sessions will be proposed both for OpenFOAM® beginners and more advanced users, as well as keynotes lectures imparted by prestigious contributors.
The organization warmly invites Iberian Foamers, especially new comers, to join the event in Figueira da Foz and contribute to the growth of an active Iberian OpenFOAM® community.
We hope you will enjoy the exceptional environment of Figueira, on the midpoint Iberian Peninsula’s Atlantic coast , with worldwide known surf spots, exceptional panoramas and enjoyable gastronomy.
FOAM@IBERIA
Local communities of OpenFOAM users have played a very important role in spreading OpenFOAM®. The first Iberian meeting was held in 2017 in Coimbra, Portugal, after the formation of FOAM@PT community in July 2015 in Guimarães, where the first meeting was held, and it was decided to organize the second FOAM@PT meeting in Coimbra. This meeting was held with the participation of Spain with a structure of courses in OpenFOAM®, talks by guest speakers working on code and various presentations by participants. The aim is to form an Iberian community, which is expected to play a significant role in the dissemination of OpenFOAM®. It was decided to organize annual meetings alternately in Spain and Portugal.
The FOAM@IBERIA meetings provide a forum for researchers, industrial users, software developers, consultants and academics working with OpenFOAM® technology, which joins the Portuguese and Spanish OpenFOAM® Technology communities. These yearly meetings which last two days and alternate between Portugal and Spain, have taken place in previous editions in Coimbra/Portugal (2017); Santiago de Compustela/Spain (2018); Porto/Portugal (2019); Cantabria/Spain (2022); Guimarães/Portugal (2023); Ferrol/Spain (2024).
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