GEMSEO User Days 2026¶
The GEMSEO User Days are back! A unique opportunity to bring the community together, share projects and shape the future of GEMSEO.
At a glance¶
| When | Thursday 26 and Friday 27 November 2026 |
| Where | IRT Saint Exupéry, Toulouse (France), and remotely |
| Format | Standard talks (up to 30 min incl. questions) and lightning talks (10-15 min incl. questions) |
| Capacity | Up to 100 participants on site |
| Fees | €85 on site, free online |
| Registration | Compulsory — register here — Deadline: 15 November 2026 |
About the event¶
This workshop allows participants from all types of organizations (companies, universities, laboratories, etc.) to showcase their projects using GEMSEO, as well as learn from skilled users and developers. It is open to everyone.
The talks are also a good opportunity for the GEMSEO team to gather feedback on GEMSEO usage that will help drive future improvements and features.
Agenda¶
Two days of keynote, standard and lightning talks from industry and academia, alongside GEMSEO team talks on the latest features and the roadmap.
K Keynote G GEMSEO Team Talk S Standard Talk L Lightning Talk
| Time | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 – 09:15 |  |
Registration and Welcome Coffee |
| 09:15 – 09:30 |  |
Welcome Talk |
| 09:30 – 10:30 | K | GEMSEO: Current Applications and Future Perspectives for Multidisciplinary Design Studies at ONERA Mickaël Méheut and Alessandro Gastaldi (ONERA) |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 11:45 | G | An overview of GEMSEO v7 GEMSEO Team |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | G | GEMSEO governance: what's changing and why GEMSEO Team |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | S | Building VISION: How Airbus Helicopters Leverages GEMSEO for its Future Projects Gaëtan Foucart (Airbus Helicopters) |
| 12:30 – 13:45 |  |
Lunch |
| 13:45 – 14:15 | G | Multidisciplinary design under uncertainty GEMSEO Team |
| 14:15 – 14:45 | S | GEMSEO as a computational backbone for modelling aviation transition: applications, lessons learned and perspectives Scott Delbecq (ISAE-SUPAERO) |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | L | gemseo-gantry: declarative MDAO problem setup for GEMSEO Axel Widenfelt (European Space Agency) |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | L | Streamlining MDAO configuration: A Low-Code approach Gaspard Berthelin (Airbus Defence and Space) |
| 15:15 – 15:45 | |
Coffee break |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | G | A new approach to documentation GEMSEO Team |
| 16:15 – 16:45 | S | Multidisciplinary AOCS Guidance Optimization Using GEMSEO for Satellite Design & Operation Joseph Ryen (Airbus Defense and Space) |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | L | A GEMSEO extension for model validation against experiments Sébastien Bocquet (IRT Saint Exupéry) |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | S | Development of an Aeroelastic Model Tuning Framework using a Design Optimization Approach Antonia Münchenbach (Airbus) |
| 17:30 – 17:45 | L | AIRLIFT - partial discharge risk evalutation software Pilar Puyuelo (IRT Saint Exupéry) |
| 19:00 – 23:00 |  |
Evening event |
| Time | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 – 09:00 | |
Registration and Welcome Coffee |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | |
Welcome Talk |
| 09:15 – 09:45 | G | GEMSEO and the rise of agentic AI GEMSEO Team |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | L | Exploration of sustainable satellite end of life concepts via MDO methods Come BERGER (Thalès Alenia Space) |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | S | Integrating GEMSEO into Aircraft Design: Industrialization Challenges and Solutions Simone Mancini (Airbus Defence and Space) |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | G | Graphical user interfaces for GEMSEO: past, present, future GEMSEO Team |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | S | Investigating Overall Landing Gear Design Requirements with GEMSEO Ciaran Richards (Airbus Operations) |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | S | Application of MDAO for Conceptual Sizing of a wind energy harnessing device Jaspreet Signh (Airbus) |
| 12:30 – 13:45 | |
Lunch |
| 13:45 – 14:15 | G | Enablers for exploration of architectures Speaker TBA |
| 14:15 – 14:45 | S | MBSE-driven MDAO and Design Space Exploration for Co-Architecture Studies Surya Prakash (Airbus India Private Limited) |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | L | Framework invariant Plugins in the FlowSimulator Constantin Höing (DLR) |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | L | Uncertainty Quantification in Air Transport Transition Scenarios Suzanne Salles (ISAE-SUPAERO) |
| 15:15 – 15:45 | S | Application of the Bi-Level BCD Formulation for Aerostructural Optimization Cian Conlan-Smith (Airbus Operations) |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | L | Optimization and Uncertainty Quantification of Dynamic Systems Ian Costa-Alves (ISAE-SUPAERO) |
| 16:00 – 16:15 |  |
Conclusion |
Getting there¶
IRT Saint Exupéry — B612 building, 3 Rue Tarfaya, 31400 Toulouse, France (Toulouse Montaudran Aerospace district).
From the airport (Toulouse-Blagnac): take the Airport shuttle (Navette Aéroport)
to Toulouse-Matabiau train station or Jean Jaurès metro station (about 25-45 min depending on traffic),
then follow the directions below.
From the train station (Toulouse-Matabiau): take a regional TER train to the
Montaudran halt (a few minutes), then take the 37 bus toward Ramonville
and get off at the Clément Ader stop, right accross from B612 (or a 20-minutes walk to B612 from the halt).
From the metro station (Jean Jaurès): Take Metro Line B toward Ramonville,
get off at the Faculté de Pharmacie station,
then take the L7 bus toward Malepère or St-Orens Piscine
and get off at the Clément Ader stop, right accross from B612.
Parking: street parking available on Bernard Maris Street.
Accommodation¶
A few hotels near the venue, for those staying overnight:
Contact¶
If you have any questions, please contact the GEMSEO team.