Conference Program
Welcome to the Provisional Program for our 2026 Technical Conference to be hosted in Montreal this September. Over three days, we discuss Transforming Turbomachinery: Smart Digital Technologies for Sustainable Systems.
Day 1: Wednesday 9th Sept
Day 2: Thursday 10th Sept
Day 3: Friday 11th Sept
Day 1: Wednesday 9th Sept
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 07:30 – 17:30 | Registration | Conference Foyer |
| 07:30 – 08:30 | Meet, Coffee and Greet | Opus Foyer |
| 08:00 – 08:30 | Author’s Briefing | Breakout Rooms |
| 08:30 – 08:55 | Opening Ceremony & Best Paper Awards from GPPS Shanghai25 | Opus |
| 08:55 – 09:00 | Logistics of the day | Opus |
| 09:00 – 09:45 | Opening Plenary Keynote Physics-informed AI/ML Models for Turbomachinery Design Including Experimental Data Assimilation Speaker: Prof. Juan Alonso (Stanford University, USA) | Opus |
| 09:45 – 10:30 | Plenary Keynote 2 Physics-Infused Digital Twins: Enabling Robust Turbomachinery Maintenance Under Data Scarcity and Deep Uncertainty Speaker: Prof. Xiaomo Jiang (Dalian University of Technology, China) | Opus |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee & Networking | |
| 11:00 – 12:40 | Paper Presentations | Breakout Rooms |
| 12:40 – 14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Panel Discussion 1 The AI/ML Ecosystem for Engineering Analysis, Design, and Control Moderator: Prof. Juan Alonso (Stanford University, USA) Speakers: Ass. Prof. Michael Bauerheim (ISAE-Supaero, France), Prof. Xiaomo Jiang (Dalian University of Technology, China), Ricardo Vinuesa (University of Michigan, USA) | Opus |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee & Networking | |
| 16:00 – 18:05 | Paper Presentations | Breakout Rooms |
| 18:05 – 21:00 | Welcome Reception | Le Jardin |
Day 2: Thursday 10th Sept
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 08:00 – 17:30 | Registration | Conference Foyer |
| 08:00 – 09:00 | Meet, Coffee and Greet | Opus Foyer |
| 08:00 – 08:30 | Author’s Briefing | Breakout Rooms |
| 08:50 – 09:00 | Logistics of the Day | Opus |
| 09:00 – 09:45 | Plenary Keynote 3 Title: Building on the collaborative vision for aviation’s decarbonised future Speaker: Haldane Dodd (ATAG), Switzerland | Opus |
| 09:45 – 10:30 | Plenary Keynote 4 A Motorist’s Perspective on Fuel Efficient Aviation Innovations Dany Blais (Pratt & Whitney, Canada) | Opus |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee & Networking | |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Panel Discussion 2 Title: Shaping the Future of Aviation Moderator: Sean Bradshaw (Pratt & Whitney, USA) Panel speakers: Haldane Dodd (ATAG, Switzerland), Angela Kimber Ehlich (Woodward, USA), Hiroki Minami (IHI Corporation, Japan) | Opus |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:00 – 14:25 | Technical Keynotes Keynote 1 Dr. Atsushi Tateishi (IHI Corporation, Japan) Keynote 2 Ass. Prof. Michael Bauerheim (ISAE-Supaero, France) Keynote 3 Prof. Roque Corral (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain) | Vivaldi | Tchaïkovski | Beethoven |
| 14:25 – 16:05 | Paper presentations | Breakout Rooms |
| 16:05 – 16:35 | Coffee & Networking | |
| 16:35 – 18:40 | Paper Presentations | Breakout Rooms |
| 18:40 – 21:30 | Conference Dinner | Opus |
Day 3: Friday 11th Sept
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 08:00 – 14:00 | Registration | Conference Foyer |
| 08:00 – 08:50 | Meet, Coffee and Greet | Opus Foyer |
| 08:00 – 08:30 | Author’s Briefing | Breakout Rooms |
| 08:50 – 09:00 | Logistics of the Day | Opus |
| 09:00 – 09:35 | Plenary Keynote 5 Innovation and Practices of Floating Offshore Wind Power Technology in China Speaker: Dr. Larry Wang (MingYang Smart Energy) | Opus |
| 09:35 – 10:10 | Plenary Keynote 6 Ammonia-Fueled Gas Turbine Combustion: Development Progress and Practical Challenges Speaker: Dr. Masahiro Uchida (IHI Corporation, Japan) | |
| 10:10 – 10:45 | Plenary Keynote 7 Digital Twins of Strategic Assets in Power Generation and Transmission Speaker: Dr. Denis Thibault (Hydro Quebec, Canada) | Opus |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Coffee | |
| 11:15 – 12:30 | Panel 3 Green Energy Sources, Challenges of Power Generation Moderator: Prof. Jörg Seume (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany) Speakers: Dr. Masahiro Uchida (IHI Corporation, Japan), Prof. Denis Thibault (Hydro Quebec), Rasmus Sinnige (Atlas Copco, Germany), Dr. Larry Wang (MingYang Smart Energy, USA) | Opus |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:00 – 15:40 | Paper Presentations | Breakout Rooms |
| 15:40 – 16:10 | Coffee & Networking | |
| 16:10 – 17:50 | Paper Presentations | Breakout Rooms |
| 17:50 | Closing Ceremony | Opus |
