Synopsis

FortranCon 2025 is the third edition of the International Conference on the development and usage of the Fortran programming language, and it will take place on November 4-5, 2025.

With this conference, we intend to bring together active Fortran project developers from all fields: library and tool developers as well as people using Fortran to develop scientific applications, to share their experience and exchange ideas. The event is organized with contributions by the community for the community.

For the 2025 edition, the conference is being supported by members of the Back to the Fortran Future Network. The network is based in the UK, but with international reach, and includes representation from the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, France and the USA, and across academia, government, industry and other sectors (e.g., open source). Prof. Austen Rainer and Dr. Andrew Brown, both at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland, co-facilitate the network.

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Keynote

For the Keynote talk we are happy to welcome John Reid, active member of ISO Fortran Committee ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5 (WG5 Convenor from 1999 through 2017).

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Conference Structure / Registration / Call for Abstracts

The FortranCon 2025 is organized in two full days with session timings to accommodate attendance from both Europe and the Americas. Anyone interested is kindly requested to register for the event. The registration is free of charge. Please register by October 15th, 2025.  Participants will virtually attend the meeting. Instructions on how to connect to the event will only be sent to registered persons.

A Call-for-Abstracts is also open for people who would like to present at the conference. The official language is English. We have 2 tracks: Presentations (25 + 5 minutes discussion) and Communications (15 + 5 minutes discussion). They will be reviewed by a Scientific Committee.

The submission must consist of a title and an abstract (max 200 words). Furthermore, it is required to specify if you apply for a 15 or 25 minutes slot. You should submit a talk about anything you think is worth sharing with the Fortran Community. However, we are happy to host talks on other topics that can inspire us. Speakers will be requested to describe their experience, the implemented techniques, and the eventual new developments.

Unless explicitly requested by the speaker, all presentations will be recorded and made available through the FortranCon channel.

Submissions will be selected by review from the Scientific Committee via a voting process; members of the committee will not be able to review or score their own submissions or any submission where there may be a conflict of interest. The review process will consider the relevance, impact, and pertinence of the proposed topic(s) and also evaluate the proposed list of speakers for balance in terms of gender, career level, and the geographic spread of the represented institutions. There will be two calls (see deadlines) operating on a first-come, first-served basis between the two calls should there be slots left following the first call.

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Deadlines

Registration (free of charge): October 15th, 2025.

First Call-for-Abstracts: August 1st, 2025 (decisions sent by August 30th, 2025).

Second Call-for-Abstracts: September 1st, 2025 (decisions sent by September 30th, 2025).

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Steering Committee Members

• Alfio Lazzaro
• Tiziano Müller

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Scientific Committee Members

• Harvey Richardson, HPE UK (chair)
• Manuel Aranaz, Codee
• Ondřej Čertík, Microsoft
• Arjen Markus, Deltares Research Institute
• Austen Rainer, Queen’s University Belfast
• John Reid, JKR Associates and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
• Brad Richardson, NASA
• Damian Rouson, LBL
• Nathan Sircombe, ARM

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Code of Conduct

We strive to follow the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct to foster an inclusive and welcoming environment for everyone.

In short:

• Use welcoming and inclusive language
• Be respectful of different viewpoints and experiences
• Gracefully accept constructive criticism
• Focus on what is best for the community
• Show courtesy and respect towards other community members

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