The OpenFoam Workshop, the world’s most important annual meeting of the OpenFoam community, takes place from June 30th to July 4th, 2025. The host of the 20th edition is the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, which brings leading heads from science, industry and software development with this anniversary event. The focus is on the latest developments in the open source software OpenFoam®, innovative simulation techniques and the future of numerical flow mechanics (CFD).
OpenFoam (Open Field Operation and Manipulation) is a worldwide leading open source software for numerical simulations in the flow mechanics and related areas. It is used broadly in industry, research and teaching- from energy and environmental technology to vehicle and aviation applications to biomedical technology, material research and chemical reactor simulations.
The workshop brings users: inside, developers: inside and researchers: inside from all over the world to discuss current developments, address technical challenges and to develop new applications.
Thematic focus of the 2025 workshop
The 20th OpenFoAM workshop offers a diverse program that reflects the width and depth of the possible uses. Thematic sessions include:
- Turbulence modeling and numerical methods
- Multi -phase currents and complex fluid dynamics
- Heat transfer and thermodynamics
- Chemical reaction kinetics and combustion processes
- Current in porous media
- Coupling with structural mechanics and electromagnetics (multiphysics)
- Data -driven models and AI in CFD
- High performance computing and cloud-based simulation
- Applications in industry: automotive, aviation, energy, environment, biomedicine
In addition to specialist lectures and scientific presentations, there are practice-oriented training in which beginners: inside and advanced people can benefit from the experience of leading OpenFoam-Expert: inside. An extensive poster exhibition complements the program and invites you to personal exchange.
Vienna as a stage for the International OpenFoam community
“With the 20th OpenFoam Workshop, we are bringing the international CFD community to Austria for the first time- and for an important anniversary. We look forward to an intensive exchange of knowledge and experience with developers: Inside, researchers: Interior and user: Inside from all over the world,” says Dr. Mirza Popovac, scientific coordinator of the workshop and member of the organizing committee at AIT.
Indispensable for technological transformation
“OpenFoam embodies the potential of open, collaborative development models in technology. As host of the 20th workshop, we are pleased to contribute to the further development of high-performance and multiphysics simulations. Simulations with OpenFoam are now an integral part of numerous research and development projects on AIT- from energy and environmental technology to mobility solutions to the manufacturing and Material technologies. Dr. Andreas Kugi, Ait Scientific Director.
The workshop takes place in the Tech Gate Vienna, in the immediate vicinity of the Viennese Uno-City-an international location with the latest infrastructure. Vienna, awarded several times as the most livable city in the world, offers an impressive backdrop for this special anniversary event.
Register now
Participation in the workshop is open to everyone interested. All information about the program and registration can be found here: https://www.openfoam25.at
Many thanks to our sponsors – Engys, UpstreamCFD, CFD-FEA Service, Beta CAE Systems and Wikki – for your valuable contribution to the 20th OpenFoam Workshop 2025 in Vienna. Special thanks also go to the City of Vienna for their generous promotion of this international event.