The COMSOL Conference 2025 Amsterdam brought engineers, scientists, and researchers together to exchange ideas and showcase their modeling and simulation work. Throughout the three-day event, attendees learned how simulation is being used in various industries and academia through keynote talks, invited talks, panel discussions, and poster presentations. Check out a recap of the event below!
Keynote Speakers Highlight the Use of Simulation in a Range of Industries
Throughout the conference, attendees heard from keynote speakers from a variety of industries, including the automotive, energy, and electronics industries, about their unique uses of simulation. Kevin X. Authier of Duurzaam Energie Perspectief, a subsidiary of Alliander, kicked off the keynote talks by discussing how he used the COMSOL Multiphysics® software to prove the influence of groundwater circulation on grid capacity. Next, Michele Colloca shared how Sonion uses vibroacoustic modeling to help accelerate acoustic research and development and advance hearing aid technology.
Kevin X. Authier of Duurzaam Energie Perspectief (left) and Michele Colloca of Sonion (right).
The second day of the conference featured a keynote talk by Nikolaos Papadopoulos of Porsche AG. Papadopoulos explored how modeling approaches can increase understanding of the electrochemical processes in high-energy lithium-ion batteries, helping to meet the increasing demand for batteries that support long driving ranges and fast charging. Following this, Simon Mariager of Endress+Hauser demonstrated how having a digital copy of the company’s product portfolio, with all relevant multiphysics challenges integrated, helps manage complexity and drive innovation in flowmeter development.
Nikolaos Papadopoulos of Porsche AG (left) and Simon Mariager of Endress+Hauser (right).
As is tradition, there was also a COMSOL-led keynote talk where attendees got a first look at the new functionality in the upcoming release of the COMSOL Multiphysics® software, version 6.4. The upcoming version of the software will introduce improvements aimed at boosting productivity and providing new and powerful capabilities for multiphysics modeling and simulation. The update will feature explicit dynamics and improved contact, the new Granular Flow Module, direct solvers on GPU, and improved usability and solver performance.
Ruud Börger of COMSOL presenting the keynote talk on version 6.4.
Attendees Gain Inspiration from Invited Talks and Panel Discussions
Another learning opportunity at the COMSOL Conference 2025 Amsterdam was the invited talks. There were 23 invited talks, each showcasing an innovative use of modeling and simulation. In these sessions, speakers presented a 10-minute slideshow on how COMSOL Multiphysics® was used in their work. Attendees learned how simulation is being used in applications such as batteries, fuel cells, horology, and microelectronics, to give a few examples.
Invited talks given by Costanza Lucia Manganelli of IHP (left) and Binaya Baidar of ABB (right).
On day two, Jos van Schijndel of ASML, Jeroen van Duivenbode of ASML, and Sharareh Jalalvandi of Lightium spoke as the experts in a panel discussion about the use of simulation in the semiconductor industry. The third day of the conference featured a panel discussion on simulation for underground energy storage, with panelists Sven Friedel of COMSOL, Abdulrahman Dahash of the Austrian Institute of Technology, and Ekkehard Holzbecher of the German University of Technology in Oman; Freie Universität Berlin. These panel discussions gave attendees a space to ask questions, foster connections, and explore topics relevant to their work.
Panel discussion on the role of simulation in the semiconductor industry, featuring, from left to right, moderator Phillip Oberdorfer of COMSOL, Jeroen van Duivenbode, Jos van Schijndel, and Sharareh Jalalvandi.
30+ Minicourses and 1-on-1 Guidance
In addition to the keynote talks and invited talks, conference attendees also had the opportunity to learn from a selection of 30+ minicourses. These hour-long, instructor-led sessions covered in-depth modeling and simulation best practices and techniques for different physics areas and applications. Each session, valuable for both new and experienced users, included a slideshow presentation, a live demo in the software, and a Q&A session. A wide range of topics, including surrogate models and digital twins, simulation apps, structural mechanics, and chemical engineering, were covered, which enabled attendees to choose the sessions of greatest interest to them.
A minicourse covering low-frequency electromagnetics modeling (left) and a minicourse on acoustics and transducers, hosted by Mads Jensen of COMSOL (right).
The conference also offered attendees the opportunity to receive one-on-one modeling support from COMSOL applications engineers at the demo stations. Attendees were able to pull out their laptop and talk through their trickiest modeling and simulation challenges.
Best Poster Awards
The conference featured several dozen posters that were on display throughout the event, and four poster authors received Best Poster awards. The first Best Poster award was presented to Abimbola Ashaju of Veco B.V. for a poster about his study of electroformed Ni electrodes for alkaline electrolysis.
The winning poster by Abimbola Ashaju of Veco B.V. (left) and Ashaju presenting an invited talk (right).
The next Best Poster award went to Komal Chaudhary of ARCNL for a poster on an approach to noninvasively retrieve buried nanostructures with nanometer-scale resolution.
Komal Chaudhary of ARCNL receiving her award from Ruud Börger (left) and her award-winning poster (right).
The third Best Poster award went to Mohammad Afaque Hossain of TRUMPF Hüttinger for a poster investigating bidirectional pulsing in dual magnetron sputtering.
The winning poster by Mohammad Afaque Hossain of TRUMPF Hüttinger.
Along with the three winners chosen by the program committee, conference attendees voted throughout the event for their favorite poster. The Best Poster by Popular Vote award went to Cédric Kocher of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland for his poster featuring the simulation and validation of the transfer molding process of a power semiconductor.
Cédric Kocher presenting an invited talk (left) and his award-winning poster (right).
Best Paper Awards
Sébastien Curet-Ploquin, Sadhan Jyoti Dutta, and Olivier Rouaud of Oniris were the first winners of the Best Paper award for their paper “Effect of a Wireless Temperature/Pressure Sensor Location During In-Packaged Food Microwave Heating”.
Sébastien Curet-Ploquin accepting the Best Paper award.
The next Best Paper award went to Lucrezia Guarino, Beatrice Carasi, and Luca Cecchetto of STMicroelectronics srl for their paper “Wire Bonding Simulation: Harmonic Perturbation for Improving Accuracy”.
Lucrezia Guarino accepting the Best Paper award.
The third paper recognized was titled “Comparative Analysis on the Impact of Electrode Morphologies on Lithium-Ion Battery Performance” by Alessio Lombardo Pontillo, A. Querio, E. Buccafusco, G. Boccardo, and D. Marchisio of Politecnico di Torino.
Alessio Lombardo Pontillo accepting the Best Paper award.
Photo Slideshow from the COMSOL Conference 2025 Amsterdam
Bird's-eye view of the COMSOL Conference 2025 Amsterdam. 
Conference attendees having a discussion. 
Conference attendees connecting in the poster hall. 
Parts on display at the 3D print exhibition. 
A conference attendee presenting their poster.
Bjorn Sjodin of COMSOL answering questions during the 6.4 keynote talk. 
Demo station on digital twins. 
A conference attendee browsing the poster hall. 
An attendee asking a question during a presentation.
The Heineken® Experience tour, a social event for attendees. 
Winners of the Best Paper and Best Poster awards.
Explore the Paper and Poster Gallery
The presentations highlighted in this blog post were only a few examples of the many use cases presented at the COMSOL Conference 2025 Amsterdam. The conference proceedings will soon be uploaded to the Technical Papers and Presentations proceedings, where you can browse all of the work shared this year and in past years.
Thank you to all who attended and presented at the COMSOL Conference 2025 Amsterdam!
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