First Gmsh User Meeting

8–9 July 2026, Liège, Belgium 

The first Gmsh User Meeting will take place on 8–9 July 2026 in Liège, Belgium. The two-day event will bring together researchers, engineers, and developers from around the world to share their experiences with Gmsh, discover recent developments, and discuss future directions for open-source mesh generation and numerical simulation.

Registration

To register please complete the online form:

Upon arrival at the user meeting, each participant will receive an official receipt from the University of Liège for the registration fee paid, together with a certificate of attendance.

Location

The Gmsh User Meeting will be held at the Amphitheatres of Europe (Google Maps), on the Sart Tilman Campus of the University of Liège in Belgium. The campus can be reached by public transport (e.g. from the Liège-Guillemins train station or the city center), by car and by bike.

Accommodation

Several hotels are available in the centre of Liège, which is connected to the Sart Tilman campus by regular bus service (approximately 30 minutes). Options range from budget-friendly to upscale, particularly around the Liège-Guillemins train station and the city centre. Apartments and rooms can also be found on Airbnb throughout the city. We recommend booking early, as July is a popular period for visiting Liège.

Programme

Meshing
FEM / physics
Integrations
Industrial applications
Wooclap / discussion
Posters
Wednesday 8 July
08:30
Registration & welcome
09:00 – 10:00
Opening
Gmsh: recent advances and future directions60 min
C. Geuzaine, J.-F. Remacle
ULiège · UCLouvain
10:00 – 10:30
☕ Coffee break
10:30 – 11:30
Session 1 — Unstructured meshing
Scaling Gmsh-based FEM on LUMI: handling thousands of partitions20 min
B. Martin, C. Geuzaine
ULiège
TBD20 min
E. Arcese, M. Baray
CEA · CEA CESTA
Intrinsic meshing of closed surfaces20 min
T. Gabriel, J.-F. Remacle, C. Geuzaine
ULiège · UCLouvain
11:30 – 12:30
Session 2 — CFD & aerospace
Automatic & robust aircraft mesh generator for CPACS15 min
O. Albers
DLR & Forschungszentrum Jülich
Gmsh in the CEASIOMpy workflow: preliminary aircraft design15 min
G. Benedetti, L. Deligny
CFS Engineering
A comparative study of Gmsh and OpenFOAM meshing around a motorbike15 min
F. Viennas, M. Kalatzis, P. K. Papadopoulos
University of Patras
Aerodynamic Design of Aeronautical Configurations based on RANS and Large-Eddy Simulations15 min
T. Toulorge
Cenaero
12:30 – 14:00
🍽 Lunch + poster session (90 min)
Posters
Use of Gmsh and GetDP to aid in the electrical insulation system design
O. A. I. Rahmouni
Amphenol AUXEL (R&D)
Color-based tagging of CAD surfaces for automated physical group creation in Gmsh
A. Mukherjee
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (wbk)
Integral dielectric kernel implementation to model RF heating in toroidal plasmas
B. C. G. Reman, P. U. Lamalle, J. Zaleski, C. Slaby, C. Geuzaine, V. Maquet, D. Van Eester, M. Campos Pinto, Y. Güçlü, E. Moral Sánchez
LPP-ERM/KMS
Elastoplastic rotor analysis of electrical machines using ONELAB with isotropic hardening and contact modeling
D. Keller
THWS — Technology Transfer Center for E-Mobility (TTZ-EMO)
Higher-order NURBS-enhanced finite elements
R. Hahn, C. Geuzaine, S. Schöps
Technical University of Darmstadt
A fast and accurate boundary-coupled finite element method for computing AC losses
A. Pons, S. Küttler, T. Cherrière, A. Mercier, L. Benmamas, G. Krebs, C. Geuzaine
Université Paris-Saclay / CentraleSupélec / CNRS (GeePs) · Sorbonne Université · Safran Tech
Topology-preserving transformations
D. Masotti, R. Specogna
EMC Gems Srl
Finite element modelling of bones loaded by muscle-induced forces with heterogeneous material properties from CT scans of fossils
L. Leruth, F. Della Giustina, N. Chatar, V. Fischer, R. Boman
ULiège
EMerge: An open-source, Python-based full-wave EM and thermal multi-physics FEM solver using Gmsh
R. Fennis
Emerge Numerics B.V.
14:00 – 14:15
Wooclap — live poll: questions & topics to address (right after lunch)
14:15 – 15:15
Session 3 — Structured meshing
HexaMSH: a structured hexahedral meshing tool based on Gmsh20 min
J. Eustache
MFP Michelin
Automatic hex meshing for extrudable geometries20 min
A. Dadalau
Meshparts GmbH
Structured meshing based on Gmsh20 min
J. Tampio
Quanscient
15:15 – 15:45
☕ Coffee break
15:45 – 17:00
Session 4 — Industrial applications
Gmsh in SpaceSuite: space environment effects analysis15 min
B. Jeanty-Ruard, A. Trouche, B. Tezenas du Montcel, N. Chabalier, J. Forest
Artenum
GmSAFIR: preparing SAFIR simulations in a free & open-source environment15 min
B. Guillaume
Efectis France
CAD production for advanced Monte Carlo simulations15 min
C. Coustet, R. Fournier, M. Bati, C. Calliot, A. Sayed-Kassem
Méso-Star · Univ. Toulouse (Laplace, IRIT) · Univ. Pau (LMAP) · ArcelorMittal
Automated layer generation & meshing for additive manufacturing15 min
A. Evdokimov
heatshape GmbH
Modeling the broaching process for a gear shifter sleeve with distorted blanks15 min
L. Schuster, N. Nouri, V. Schulze
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (wbk)
19:00
🍷 Banquet
Thursday 9 July
09:00 – 10:40
Session 5 — Integrations & ecosystem
GmshDG: a multi-GPU Discontinuous Galerkin solver for Maxwell's equations20 min
O. Louant, M. Cicuttin, C. Geuzaine
ULiège · Politecnico di Torino
NX-Magnetics: an industrial implementation of GetDP & Gmsh in Siemens' Simcenter 3D20 min
P. Binde
Dr. Binde Ingenieure GmbH
GmshPlugin for SALOME: advanced mesh generation & sub-mesh strategies20 min
M. A. Badri & the SALOME team
CEA
Gmsh and GetDP in the browser (WebAssembly)20 min
A. Sepahvand
Insim.ai
Meshing in Quanscient Allsolve20 min
J. Haapsaari
Quanscient
10:40 – 11:10
☕ Coffee break
11:10 – 12:25
Session 6 — Electromagnetics, superconductors & photonics
ONELAB for photonics15 min
G. Demésy
Aix-Marseille Université · Institut Fresnel
Gmsh applications for finite element simulation of superconductors15 min
J. Dular, C. Halvarsson, E. Schnaubelt, A. Verweij, M. Wozniak
ULiège · CERN
FiQuS: a Gmsh- and GetDP-based finite element quench simulator at CERN15 min
M. Wozniak, J. Dular, C. Halvarsson, E. Schnaubelt, A. Verweij
CERN
An open-source 3D FEM electromagnetic solver toolchain using Gmsh and Palace15 min
N. Bunke
Technische Universität Berlin
TBD15 min
J. Gyselinck, R. Sabariego
ULB · KU Leuven
12:25 – 14:00
🍽 Lunch + poster session — 2nd viewing (95 min)
14:00 – 15:15
Session 7 — Solid mechanics, geosciences & transport
Seamsh: Geospatial Mesh Generation for Coastal Ocean Simulations15 min
J. Lambrechts
UCLouvain (iMMC)
Automating geosystem mesh generation with Gmsh (WBGeo)15 min
M. Baes, M. Cacace, J. von Harten, A. Lüpges, F. Wellmann, B. Rumpe
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam
High-definition simulation of packed-bed liquid chromatography15 min
X. Xu, E. von Lieres, M. Behr
RWTH Aachen University (CATS)
Multiscale topology optimization subject to lattice dehomogenization15 min
P.-A. Beaufort, E. Kuci
Cenaero
Meshing needs for block-by-block modelling of masonry structures15 min
F. Dubois, R. Mozul
Univ. Montpellier
15:15 – 15:45
☕ Coffee break
15:45 – 16:45
Plenary discussion — Wooclap follow-up: actions, Gmsh roadmap, community priorities
Chaired by C. Geuzaine, J.-F. Remacle
16:45
Closing