The 14th Multicore World, New Zealand's long-running high-performance and next-generation computing conference, returns to the Christchurch Town Hall from 21 to 25 February 2027, organised by Open Parallel Ltd.
Multicore World returns to Christchurch for its 14th edition, running 21 to 25 February 2027 at the Christchurch Town Hall. Billed as "Answering BIG Questions - Together," it is a deliberately small, high-level conference on next-generation computing, parallelism and high-performance computing (HPC) and their real-world applications.
The conference is presented by Open Parallel Ltd and organised by its founder, Nicolás Erdödy. Open Parallel is a New Zealand company specialising in parallel programming and multicore/HPC software, and it has run Multicore World annually since 2012, first in Wellington and more recently in Christchurch. The 2027 event is confirmed on both the official site (multicore.world) and its Lil Regie booking page, with tickets listed as available and the speaker roster updated in November 2026.
Multicore World draws an invitation-style, limited audience of supercomputing researchers, software engineers, hardware architects and science-infrastructure leaders from New Zealand and abroad. Announced 2027 supporters include SADRAM, AMD, eScience New Zealand (ESNZ), Catalyst, OpenMP, REANNZ and VDURA, reflecting its mix of chip-level, open-source and national research-network interests.
The Christchurch Town Hall sits in the central city on the Avon River, within walking distance of a dense cluster of CBD hotels and the city's restaurant and conference precinct. Christchurch Airport is roughly 20 minutes by road and is New Zealand's South Island gateway, with the venue well served by the city's bus network and central accommodation.
For New Zealand's business-events sector, Multicore World is a notable recurring technical conference that anchors a specialist international audience in Christchurch, positioning the South Island city as a host for high-value science and technology gatherings.
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