# 11th EasyBuild User Meeting (EUM'26) - talk by Davide on new EB CLI ## Agenda - keynote ideas (~1h): - ECMWF (TBC) - EuroHPC Federation Platform (CSC, Henrik - can't make it in person) - Alan can talk about this - live demo on Deucalion - flux (by Tom Scogland - LLNL) (or 30min remotely) - talk ideas (~30min): - EasyBuild - general update/state of the union (1h Tue - Kenneth) - LLVM toolchains (Davide) - installing 3D remote desktop environment with EasyBuild (Mikael) - split of build-deploy via "integration" with bwrap (Sam) - governance (Simon remote, or Adam?) - incl. AI policy - The Alliance (Bart Oldeman), with talk on EB+bwrap - EasyBuild + LLMs (Kenneth) - lightning talk - site talks (~15-20min) - JSC/JUPITER (Sebastian), also covering EESSI deployment - Deucalion (Bernardo?) - BEAR (speaker via Simon) - RUG (Pedro?) - OpenPlato? (https://openplato.eu) - NOT - WheelNext (speaker?) - NOT - EESSI (day 3) - status update + roadmap (~45min?) - A64FX, Arm (speaker? Fujitsu? on Monaka follow-up A64FX) - remote? - EESSI build-and-deploy bot (Thomas?) - EESSI test suite (Caspar? Lara?) - update on CUDA support in EESSI (Caspar?) - update on AMD GPU (ROCm) support in EESSI (Caspar?) - EESSI CLI tool (Kenneth) - Using EESSI as a base for a central software stack (Pedro @ RUG) - or ASC? - CernVM-FS (on Kubernetes) (Valentin) - EPICURE - speaker via Antonio (20-30min or even 1h) - Bert (UAntwerp) - intro + use cases (writing easyconfigs) - EPICURE deliverable power use on EuroHPC systems, EB was used for this - Spack - Spack v1.x (Massimiliano Culpo, on-site) - Spack on top of EasyBuild/EESSI (Loris) - EOSC? - NO - Likwid - https://github.com/RRZE-HPC/likwid - NO - JUBE (Thomas Breuer - JSC) - in relation to EuroHPC benchmarking talk - also used in EPICURE - https://github.com/adaptyst/adaptyst ? (based on FOSDEM'26 talk) - NO - Lmod 9.x - in person by Robert McLay - OK for Tue or Wed, not for day 3 - HPSF (Max) - `uv` (someone from Astral?) - NO - commercial/consultants: StackHPC, Red Oak , E4 ### Draft schedule EUM'26 - EUM'26 - day 1 (Tue) - morning - informal welcome 9am - Deucalion visit - city tour - lunch - afternoon 4h, 13:30-15:00 + 15:30-17:30) - EB state of union (1.5h) - 30min break - EB governance (30min, Simon remote or Adam?) - HPSF (30min) - Max, or maybe Todd remotely - site talks (20min each) - Deucalion (Bernardo) - VUB (Cintia/Jarne) - CERN (Valentin) - EUM'26 - day 2 (Wed) - 9am - Lmod (30min OK) - Robert McLay in-person - slot TBC - ECMWF? (30min) - (remote speaker) - TBC - 10.30am coffee - 11am - Spack 1.x (1h) - Massimiliano Culpo (in person) - EB + bwrap (30min) (Sam? Bart?) - 12.30 lunch - 13.30 - EPICURE (1h) - speaker TBD (via António - Bibek?) - 3D desktop Mikael (30min) - TBC - LLVM toolchains (30min) - Davide Grassano (in person) - 15.30-16.00 break - 16.00-17:30 - EB site talks - Baskerville - past and future (Gavin Yearwood, Univ. of Birmingham) - 20min - INUITS (Pavel) - 10min - Ole Holm Nielsen (Technical Univ. of Denmark) - 30min - EB + LLMs (15min) - Kenneth - EUM'26 - day 3 (Thu) - flux - Tom Scogland, LLNL (remote?) - (TBC, not public yet) 1h keynote talk by Fujitsu on their new Arm processor Monaca (in-person?) - EESSI - EESSI update (Lara?) - EESSI build bot (Thomas? remote) - NVIDIA GPU support (Caspar) - AMD GPU support (remote - Jan Andre? maybe combo with above) - ??? EESSI test suite (Lara, Caspar) - EESSI CLI tool (Kenneth, short, 15min, potentially without slides) - x 30min Using EESSI as a base for a central software stack -Adam McCartney (ASC) - in-person - EESSI @ JUPITER (Sebastian) - remote? - x Do IT Now (Aurelio + Nádia) - 20min - site talks (~1h) - TU Dresden (Alexander) - 20min - LuxProvide - MeluXina (Xavier) - 20min - RUG (Pedro) - ???min - x EFP keynote (1h) - Alan - x Spack on top of EESSI (speaker? Loris remote?) - x JUBE (aligned with EESSI test suite) (Thomas Breuer, JSC) - 30min - x CernVM-FS (30min, Valentin, in person) - x StackHPC (Steve Brasier)? - x Kris Buytaert on work with Slinky (sponsored by MS) ## Meetings ### 20260319 - all seats taken - registration Valentin ?! - (Kenneth) more complete agenda - sponsors - catering: - coffee break + lunch box per person, ~3860 EUR in total (Do IT Now + INUITS) - group dinners (reserve for 40) - Fujitsu (Thu) - StackHPC? - UGent? - (Kenneth) set up separate registration per dinner - badges - Bernardo will check - Kenneth can also provide these - practical - prep room from 12:30 onwards - detailed instructions for Tuesday (Kenneth will send on Sunday or Monday morning before) - starting point for tour (nice walk from hotel) - be at UN Univ by 13:00 - recording/streaming - HDMI connection: does it have audio capabilities? - important for remote talks - no sound setup in the room - can locals provide a speaker (Bluetooth or cable) - to check on Monday late afternoon (maybe 4-5pm?) - next meeting - Tue 7 April 10:00 CEST/09:00 WEST ### 20260218 - update on venue/registration/lunch-cofee-dinner/social event/agenda - venue: - Tue morning: Univ. de Minho - Campus de Azurém - Tue afternoon + Wed + Thu: UN University - registration: https://event.ugent.be/registration/eum26 - split up registration per day for in-person - "I want to give a talk" - hotels: - Hotel de Guimarães * - Hotel Fundador * - Stay Hotel Centro - Ibis Guimarães - sponsors - Do IT Now - E4? StackHPC? - UGent? - INUITS? - Fujitsu? - wired network connection in the room? - pre-register MAC address required? - test setup on Monday afternoon at venue? - restaurants for group dinners - WIP by Antonio - travel recommendations - flight to Porto + take bus to Guimarães - 40min/9 EUR one way: GET bus from Porto airport to Guimarães - https://www.getbus.eu/en/ - next meeting: Thu 19 Mar'26 09:30 CET (08:30 WEST) ### 20260114 - venue - UN University, awaiting confirmation that dates are free - ETA: in next couple of days? - wired internet connection for single laptop possible? - hotels - Bernardo/Antonio can provide this - should include Hotel de Guimarães (4-star, < 100 EUR/night) - logistics - fly into Porto - 40min/9 EUR one way: GET bus from Porto airport to Guimarães - https://www.getbus.eu/en/ - Uber: ~30 EUR - registration (via UGent Event Manager) - name, email, affiliation, GitHub account - dietary restrictions - (site) talk proposal - eduroam account or not? - main interest: EasyBuild, EESSI, both, other topics, ... - lunch/coffee breaks - covered by some sponsor: UGent, external sponsor - price per person for group of ~50 people - ~30min - 2 coffee breaks (one in morning, one in afternoon) - lunch break (~1h) - rough estimate: ~30 EUR/day/person - group dinner (~7.30-8 PM) - look for options for 40-50 people - maximum # people, price per person - Kenneth will look for potential sponsors - rough estimate: max. 50 EUR/person - social event - (ideally sponsored) - guided tour of Guimarães? - ~2 hours - schedule Wed afternoon 15:00-18:00 - streaming/recording - Zoom + YouTube - can be handled fully by Alan O'Cais with his custom gear - agenda - welcome 09:00, start 09:30, end by 18:00 - (see draft agenda on top) - action points - confirm venue - share hotel suggestions in EUM'26 - set up registration - confirm talks/speakers - next meeting - Wed 18 Feb'26 10:00 CET - incl. Alan/Simon/Miguel ### kickoff meeting w/ MACC (20250908) attendees: Bernardo, Kenneth - Dates (3 days, Tue-Thu) - avoid clash with EuroHPC Summit in Cyprus - week of 16-20 March 2026 (**just a guess based on previous years!**) - week in April 2026? - Easter Sunday: 5 April - preferably not 6-19 April (Easter school holidays in Belgium) - Tue-Thu 31 Mar-2 April? - Tue-Thu 21-23 April? - Tue-Thu 28-30 April? - Venue (ideally up to in-person 50 participants) - Porto? - Antonio has good connections there - Braga? - direct bus from Porto airport - most practical to MACC, but difficult to find good room - Guimarães? - home of Deucalion - direct bus from Porto airport - suitable (deep) room at UN - Lisbon? - quite expensive - impractical in terms of local organisation - requirements: - projector + screen in front - seats + tables for at least 30 people + up to 20 seat-only - decent WiFi - ideally wired internet connection for 1 laptop (for live streaming) - power sockets for ~20 people (to charge laptops) - TODO soon: - [Kenneth] set up webpage @ https://easybuild.io/eum26 - [Kenneth] announce event (save-the-date style) via EasyBuild mailing list & Slack - Program - particular topics of interest? - Catering - coffee breaks - lunch - group dinner(s) - find restaurants that can host ~50 people - Sponsoring - [Kenneth] INUITS - [Kenneth] Do It Now - [Kenneth] UGent - MACC? - catering (coffee/lunch)? - venue costs?