Next openmod workshop 2026

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Hi everyone,

I was talking with @sacha.hodencq @Pimprenelle @Stephanie_Crevon this week and we all wondered where and when the next OpenMod workshop would be taking place.

Unfortunately we could not make it to the KTH workshop (a bit too far away), but some of us would be delighted to join in Spring 2026.

I quickly checked the forum and could not see any hint so far.

Any feedback ?

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Openmod 2025 - that's a wrap!
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Some of the people at Technische Universität Berlin were recently asking the same question.

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We hope to co-organise an openmod at OET in Cape Town, South Africa, next to IEW. Let’s see if the local partners are playing along. FYI: “The 44th edition of the International Energy Workshop (IEW) will be hosted by the University of Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa, on 22-24 June, 2026.” - https://www.internationalenergyworkshop.org/

Further, there are plans to host one openmod-workshop in Canada. OET+EMH are trying to work this out.

Would be great if someone can organise an openmod workshop in EU. As ex co-organiser of Topics tagged san-francisco-workshop-2023, it is not too difficult & a lot of fun!

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Thanks for the feedback. If nothing is planned for EU in 2026, would it be an option to approach the organizers of the workshop on Open Source Modeling and Simulation of Energy Systems at KIT https://www.osmses2026.kit.edu/ and see if there could be some openmod related event there ?

Although this is not exactly the same community, it is related to “Open Source” and “Modeling of Energy Systems” so there could be some topics to share.

At least there is a call for tutorial, some of them could stem from the openmod community maybe ?

What do you think ?

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Hello, just wanted to check if there’s any update on this.

Happy new year to all, btw!

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I guess the silence means: Anyone who feels like organizing an openmod workshop at their own university is very welcome to do so and announce it here. It would be very appreciated by the community!

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Following up on the discussion, our team (INATECH - University of Freiburg) would be very happy to host the next openmod workshop in late September 2026 if that works out for the community.
For that we would like to propose the following time:

  • Option A: Monday–Tuesday, Sept 21–22, 2026

  • Option B: Monday–Tuesday, Sept 28–29, 2026

But before we start planning and selecting a specific date, we would wait two more weeks to allow for comments or other potential hosts to go forward and suggest an alternative.

Greetings from University of Freiburg, Germany
Mirko and Ramiz

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Hello Mirko and Ramiz,

Looks like a good idea!

Both options are good for us I guess, maybe more towards Option B given the Smart Energy Systems conference in Aalborg on Sept 21-24 https://smartenergysystems.eu/

Greetings from the French Alps!

Mathieu