The 16th International Modelica & FMI Conference

We are glad to announce the 16th International Modelica & FMI Conference. It will take place at the marvelous city of Lucerne in Switzerland from September 8-10, 2025. It is organized by HSLU, the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Lucerne, in cooperation with the Modelica Association. This is the first visit of this conference series in Switzerland.

Luzern old part of town. Picture by Simon Koopmann

About the Conference

The International Modelica & FMI Conference is the main event for users, library developers, tool vendors and language designers to share their knowledge and learn about the latest scientific and industrial progress related to Modelica, FMI, SSP, eFMI and DCP. The program will cover processes and tools for the modeling of complex physical and cyber-physical systems as applied to a wide range of research and industrial applications.

In addition to paper presentations, the conference features several Modelica tutorials for beginners and advanced users, as well as industrial user presentations, vendor sessions, and an exhibition.

Call for Sponsors

The International Modelica & FMI Conference relies heavily on sponsors to maintain the affordability of the ticket prices. As a sponsor you are also given the opportunity to exhibit at the conference site. If you are interested in sponsoring the conference, please check out the conditions at in our call for sponsors.

Important Dates

Date
January 6, 2025 Call for papers
April 17, 2025 Deadline for submissions
June 1, 2025 Deadline for Workshops and Tutorials, and Vendor Presentations
June 1, 2025 Deadline for Industrial User Presentation submissions
June 16, 2025 Notification of acceptance for papers and presentations
June 30, 2025 Deadline for early registration
August 1, 2025 Submission of final papers, presentations, and one-page abstracts
September 8-10, 2025 16th International Modelica & FMI Conference

Registration and Accommodation

The conference registration will be offered at the following conditions. Details regarding registration will be provided in due course.

Registration Valid incl. Dinner Early-Price Price
Standard Mon-Wed yes 750 CHF 900 CHF
PhD Mon-Wed no 400 CHF 500 CHF
Student Mon-Wed no 200 CHF 250 CHF
Industrial User Presentation only Tuesday no 200 CHF 250 CHF
Dinner Dinner yes 150 CHF 150 CHF

The conference will take place at the Rotkreuz campus of Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, which can be reached in as little as 13 minutes by train from Lucerne railroad station. We recommend taking the train to the campus, as the campus is located directly at Rotkreuz station. The university cannot provide parking spaces in Rotkreuz. There are parking spaces in the vicinity of the campus whose availability and prices are not subject to the university.

Under the following link, conference participants will find a limited contingent of hotels in Lucerne and Rotkreuz at discounted rates. Please use the search window to view all available hotels and prices. We would like to point out that Lucerne offers significantly more tourist attractions than Rotkreuz. However, Lucerne is in high season during the conference, so accommodation costs may be higher. Cheaper alternatives can be found, for example, in youth hostels in the city of Lucerne, Airbnbs, or hotels in the vicinity of Lucerne and Rotkreuz with good rail connections.

Scope of the Conference

Modelica is a freely available, equation-based, object-oriented language for convenient and efficient modeling of complex, multi-domain cyber-physical systems described by ordinary differential, difference and algebraic equations. The Modelica language and the companion Modelica Standard Library have been utilized in a variety of demanding industrial applications, including full vehicle dynamics, power systems, robotics, buildings and district energy systems, hardware-in-the-loop simulations and embedded control systems. The Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI) is an open standard for the tool-independent exchange of models and for co-simulation. It is supported by many Modelica and non-Modelica tools and is the key to utilizing Modelica models in non-Modelica environments.

Development in the Modelica Association is organized in Modelica Association Projects:

These projects collaborate to design and maintain a set of coordinated standards for modeling and simulation of complex physical systems.

The Modelica & FMI conference will bring together people using Modelica and/or other Modelica Association standards for modeling, simulation, and control applications, such as Modelica language designers, tool vendors and library developers. The Modelica Conference provides Modelica users with the opportunity to stay informed about the latest language, library, and tool developments, and to get in touch with people working on similar modeling problems. The conference will cover topics such as the following:

Call for papers, user presentations and tutorials

The call for papers and further information will go out in January 2025.

Organization and Contact

The conference is organized by Prof. Ulf Christian Müller from HSLU, the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Lucerne in cooperation with the Modelica Association

Conference Board