University College London • London, UK • May 6th – 8th 2026

DatesMay 6–8, 2026
Day 0 (Optional)May 6 at Cambridge
Main SummitMay 7–8 at UCL
VenueUCL Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL
HostsUCL, Bristol, Cambridge
RegistrationRegister on Pretix — capacity is limited
Slack#2026-uk-dev-summit

Full Schedule | Location & Travel


Who Should Attend?

  • Sysadmins deploying or evaluating OpenCHAMI in production
  • Developers who want to contribute code, docs, or integrations
  • HPC practitioners & researchers curious about automated system management
  • Anyone interested in community-driven, vendor-neutral HPC tooling

Why Attend?

  • Network with OpenCHAMI contributors, site admins, and developers
  • Learn best practices for large-scale HPC automation and orchestration
  • Shape the project’s future via live RFD and governance sessions
  • Hack on real code and docs to advance the OpenCHAMI roadmap

Agenda at a Glance

DayThemeHighlights
(Optional) Day 0 — May 6, CambridgeHPC and AI in CambridgeNetworking lunch, HPC/AI infrastructure talks, Data Centre Tours, AI service and LLM serving
Day 1 — May 7, UCLOperations and Community DevelopmentHosts welcome, UCL operations, vendor updates, UK/EU panel, project review
Day 2 — May 8, UCLOperations and AI WorkflowsCambridge operations, migration/deployment sessions, UK/EU research discussion, AI sessions

See the full session-by-session schedule


Tracks & Chairs

TrackChairContact
ArchitectureAlex Lovell-Troy (LANL)alovelltroy@lanl.gov
UK/EU Community GrowthTom Green (Bristol)thomas.green@bristol.ac.uk
UK Trusted Research EnvironmentsCamilla Harris (UCL)camilla.harris@ucl.ac.uk

Registration

Registration is required. Register on Pretix — spots are limited, especially for the optional Day 0 at Cambridge.


Sponsors

We’re grateful to our sponsors for supporting the OpenCHAMI Developer Summit. If your organization is interested in sponsoring, contact us at contact@openchami.org .


We look forward to seeing you at UCL! For questions or attendee suggestions, email contact@openchami.org .