China, June 24, 2018

The annual OpenFOAM® Workshop is the most important and influential forum for researchers and users from universities, institutes as well as industries to promote collaborative activities and share recent advances on OpenFOAM® in many areas. It is an attractive community event opening to scientist, scholars, engineers, students, users and contributors, regardless of their background and avocations.

Following are the programs of the OpenFOAM workshop:

1. Training Sessions (Jun. 25)

Providing free training on the theory and use of OpenFOAM and on related pre- and post-processing tools and processes from some of the experienced users and developers of the code. These sessions are for not only beginners but also for advanced users and developers.

2. Plenary and parallel sessions (Jun. 26-27)

Presenting latest and cutting-edge researches, developments and applications in the code. Prospective authors are invited to submit an abstract (4 pages) to present your work as a presentation or poster. All abstracts will be peer reviewed and the accepted abstracts will be included in the OFW13 proceedings.

3. Mini-Symposium (MS) of Community Day (Jun. 28)

Providing an opportunity for more informal discussions and presentations in areas of interests. Prospective Mini-Symposium organizers are invited to submit proposals by clicking here. The deadline of proposal for Mini-Symposium of Community Day is April 20, 2018.

4. Publication in Journals

Selected abstracts will be recommended their full papers for publication in special issues or columns of the following journals based on the regular journal review after the workshop.

▪ Journal of Hydrodynamics

▪ Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science

▪ Computers & Fluids

▪ Ocean Engineering