The SOFA Week is designed to gather the entire SOFA community, to present technological and scientific advances, while fostering the networking within the community. Previous occurrences made it as the most popular even within the community. Check out the previous 2024 edition. This year, we are back onsite with live demos!
24-28th November
Onsite in Lille & possible online access
24th Nov 2025: Training session
Two parallel training courses will be proposed to open SOFA Week. On the one hand, an introductory course to SOFA, providing interested participants with a hands-on introduction to the fundamentals of SOFA, the community and the theoretical foundations of simulation. On the other hand, an advanced course on soft-robotics, with theoretical explanations on robotics with soft bodies and a practical part for building your first simulation.
25th Nov 2025: International SOFA Symposium (free)
The symposium focuses on research and scientific achievements based on SOFA. This symposium allows international researchers from the SOFA community to present their scientific work, their plugins and propose live demonstrations. It is also the annual meeting where companies using SOFA can demonstrate their latest products. Finally, it is the opportunity to meet the community and create strong collaborations.
26-28th Nov 2025: Technical committee (free)
This committee focuses on technical discussions on current and future developments in SOFA. With developers of the community and SOFA Technical Members, the technical roadmap for the next release is jointly designed. It is also a unique opportunity to meet the developer community and code all together.
Day: 24th November 2025
Location: ESPRIT building, avenue Paul Langevin, Villeneuve-d’Ascq → Find your way
Level: Beginner – Medium (max 8 participants)
Registration costs
- early bird: 500€ excl.tax. (before the 10th October 2025)
- regular fare: 650€ excl. tax.
Introduction course
This training session aims at providing a wide introduction to SOFA and its community while ensuring the mathematical, physical and computer science backgrounds in order to start in the best conditions with SOFA.
| Time (CET) | Training steps |
|---|---|
| 9 am | Overview of SOFA and its community |
| 10 am | Coffee – for a good start! |
| 10:30 am | Examples of applications with SOFA |
| 11 am | User Tutorial (part 1) |
| noon | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm | User Tutorial (part 2) – involving SofaPython3 |
| 3 pm | Coffee break |
| 3:30 pm | Understand physics with SOFA: from the math to the code |
| 5:00 pm | Questions & Closing of the training |
Soft-robotics course
Requiring mastery of the basics introduced in the introduction course, this advanced session allows to understand the theory of soft-robotics and it offers the opportunity to build soft-robotics simulations.
| Time (CET) | Training steps |
|---|---|
| 10 am | Basis on time integration in SOFA |
| 10:30 am | Soft robots: actuators |
| noon | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm | Soft robots: kinematic jacobian |
| 2:30 pm | Soft robots: inverse kinematics |
| 4:00 pm | Questions & Closing of the training |
These trainings are supported by
Day: 25th November 2025
Location: ESPRIT building, avenue Paul Langevin, Villeneuve-d’Ascq → Find your way
Researchers and companies from the SOFA community join the Symposium in order to share ideas, experiences and to present their on-going research or products based on SOFA. Several sessions of presentations will be organized regarding various simulation topics and application fields. Booths will also be made available for technology demonstrations.
Call for presentations
All researchers, engineers and students are welcome to present their work on Tuesday 25th November 2025. Duration of the presentation will be between 15 and 20 minutes (including questions) depending on the number of selected submissions. Breaks are scheduled after each sessions to foster discussions and connections.
To present your work at the SOFA Symposium, all you need is to mention your interest in presenting your work at the symposium, to share a (non-definitive) title for the pre-program and to write a short abstract (no more than 200 words) upon registration.
Pre-program
| Topic | Presentation title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Haptics | Digital Twin for Arthroscopic Surgery in SOFA | Bjelland Øystein |
| AI & simulation | PhiFEM: a simple yet optimal immersed boundary finite element method | Bulle Raphaël |
| Discover trame-slicer a Python framework to create medical applications on the web | Finet Julien | |
| Fast But Accurate: the Next-Generation Physics Engine for Soft Body Simulations? | Zeng Ziqiu | |
| Robotics or soft-robotics | A Python framework for generating V&V documentation | Peyron Quentin |
| Towards the online detection of plasticity phenomena in soft robots | Dileep Agneyan | |
| Gaussian Splatting rendering in SOFA | Marchal Damien |
— Important Dates
- November 7th, 2025 (EXTENSION): submission deadline for presentation proposals
- November 14th, 2025: notification to authors
- November 14th, 2025: registration deadline for the SOFA Week
Day: 26-28th, November 2025
Location: ESPRIT building, avenue Paul Langevin, Villeneuve-d’Ascq → Find your way
Level: All
The week will close with the 20th SOFA Technical Committee. This technical committee governs and takes all technical decisions for the roadmap towards upcoming releases. This committee is free and open to all. Don’t hesitate to take part and find out how our open-source software project is managed!
Live demos
| Compliance Robotics | EMIO – Meet EMIO the robot that learns simulation |
| InfinyTech3D | SurgiViz4D – Echographic Probing for Liver Surgery in Virtual Reality |
| InSimo | IRE – Digital twin of an intelligent robotic endoscopes |
| Kitware | Trame Slicer3D: a Python framework for web applications |
Total participants
Industry
| Aceituno Jonathan | Consultant – Freelance, France | Other |
| Allard Jeremie | CTO – InSimo, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Ayodhyan. Bhosale | Program Manager – iLink Digital, India | VR/AR |
| Barbarin Laurie | Founder – Enpeka, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Behnam Binesh | CTO – SiMedix, Iran | AI & simulation |
| Benhaida Fouad | CTO – Digisurge, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Bessard Rémi | Engineer – InSimo, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Carment Thomas | Engineer – Compliance Robotics, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Chafik Ahmed Amine | Engineer – Compliance Robotics, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Choi Jaesoon | CEO – LN Robotics, South Korea | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Coevoet Eulalie | Engineer – Compliance Robotics, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Cysique Roann | Engineer – Compliance Robotics, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Dreyfus Roland | Robotics Engineer – Nanoflex Robotics, Switzerland | AI & simulation |
| Ducrocq Julien | Open to work – None, France | VR/AR |
| Finet Julien | Director of department – Kitware SAS, France | AI & simulation |
| Fonda Pierre | Engineer – InfinyTech3D, France | VR/AR |
| Guy Aymeric | Founder – CEO, Canada | Biomechanical simulation |
| Heidsieck Cécile | Engineer – EssilorLuxottica, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Hussain Raabid | Senior Scientist – Cochlear, France | AI & simulation |
| Kollolli Pranathi | Engineer – Mantis Biotech, United States | Biomechanical simulation |
| Kruszewski Alexandre | Full PR – Centrale Lille, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Leao Diego Santos | Unity Developer – VirtualiSurg, Brazil | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Marceau Louis | CTO – Modulate Technologies, Canada | Biomechanical simulation |
| Margeta Jan | Founder – KardioMe, Slovakia | AI & simulation |
| Olsson Fredrik | CEO – Follou AB, Sweden | Haptics |
| Otti Manuela | Project Manager – Compliance Robotics, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Petitprez Pierre-Jean | Engineer – HRV Simulation, France | Haptics |
| Rateau Hanaë | R&D Engineer – Compliance Robotics, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Ruolin Wang | Data Scientist – BEC Medical, Germany | Biomechanical simulation |
| Scarponi Valentina | Researcher – Carl Zeiss AG, Germany | Biomechanical simulation |
| Simon Clément | Biomechanics researcher – EssilorLuxottica, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Skamagkis Themistoklis | Engineer – InfinyTech3D, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Vieira Rafael | Student – Virtualisurg, Brazil | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Witchel Georgia | CEO – Mantis Biotech, United States | AI & simulation |
Research
| Alessandrini Antoine | Phd Student – Inria, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Arteaga Andres | Research Engineer – Inria, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Awada Zeinab | Research Engineer – Inria, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Bernat Jakub | Assistant Professor – Poznan UT, Poland | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Bilger Alexandre | Engineer – Inria, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Bjelland Øystein | Associate Professor – NTNU, Norway | Haptics |
| Boehler Quentin | Researcher – ETH Zurich, Switzerland | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Bois Léo | Engineer – Inria, France | AI & simulation |
| Bounik Zahra | Researcher – Eindhoven UT, Netherlands | AI & simulation |
| Bulle Raphaël | Post-doc – Inria, France | AI & simulation |
| Bun Siravich | Master Student – Mahidol University, Thailand | Biomechanical simulation |
| Cignolini Chiara | Engineer – University of Verona, Italy | Biomechanical simulation |
| Cocquempot Vincent | Professor – University of Lille, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Corailler Maxence | Research Engineer – Inria, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Dao Tuan | Researcher – Centrale Lille, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Dequidt Jeremie | Professor – University of Lille, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Desrues Gaëtan | Research Engineer – Inria, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Dileep Agneyan | PhD Student – Inria, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Duriez Christian | Researcher – Inria/Compliance Robotics, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Evans Michael | PhD Student – University of Sheffield, England | Biomechanical simulation |
| Eyberg Christoph | Researcher – Fraunhofer IPA, Germany | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| G. Samartín Jorge F. | PhD Student – UPM, Spain | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Goury Olivier | Researcher – Inria, France | Other |
| Halilovic Amar | PhD Student – Ulm University, Germany | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Haouas Wissem | Associate proffesor – FEMTO-ST, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Harders Matthias | Professor – University of Innsbruck, Austria | Other |
| Harsigny Even | PhD Student – Inria, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Hassan Mohammed | PhD student – Tohoku University, Sudan | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Hayati Milad | PhD Student – University of Twente, Netherlands | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Iribar Amaia | PhD Student – VicomTech, Spain | Biomechanical simulation |
| Jung Ahmed | PhD Student – Justus Liebig University, Germany | Biomechanical simulation |
| Khan Muhammad Bilal | Researcher – Functional Materials, Germany | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Kim Ha Lim | PhD student – Pusan University, South Korea | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Kwon Ho Beom | Professor – Seoul University, South Korea | Biomechanical simulation |
| Lhoutellier Marie | Head of Transfert Innovation – Inria, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Li Xin | PhD Student – Inria, China | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Liu Weizhe | PhD Student – Inria, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Maldonado Luis | PhD Student – Inria, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Marchal Damien | Engineer – CNRS, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Marlon Rodriguez | PhD Student – KU Leuven, Belgium | AI & simulation |
| Martin Claire | PhD Student – Inria, France | Haptics |
| Matteo Pescio | PhD Student – Politecnico di Torino, Italy | AI & simulation |
| Mazier Arnaud | Postdoc – University of Sydney, Australia | Biomechanical simulation |
| Merel Quentin | Industrial Partnership Officer – Inria, France | Other |
| Mott Ted | PhD Student – UCL, United Kingdom | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Moupfouma Thomas | PhD Student – Inria, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Mörschel Tobias | PhD Student – University Stuttgart, Germany | Biomechanical simulation |
| Ouyoucef Azouaou | PhD Student – Inria, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Ozbek Doga | PhD Student – Aarhus University CS, Denmark | Haptics |
| Peltier Caroline | Engineer – INRAE, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Perez-Gutierrez Byron | PhD Student – Uni. Mil. N. Granada, Colombia | VR/AR |
| Peters Jorg | Professor – University Florida, United States | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Pranali Ingole | PhD Student – IIT Madras, India | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Quentin Peyron | Researcher – Inria, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Rodriguez Carlos | Professor – KU Leuven, Belgium | VR/AR |
| Ruozzi Veronica | Researcher – TU Munich, Germany | Biomechanical simulation |
| Schwarzbrunn Tim | PhD Student – University of Innsbruck, Austria | Biomechanical simulation |
| Soyoung Lim | Researcher – Samsung Med. Center, South Korea | AI & simulation |
| Tian Sizhe | PhD Student – Inria, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Ticona Jose Abel | Researcher – VirtualiSurg, Brazil | Biomechanical simulation |
| Vaidya Atharva | PhD student – University of Innsbruck, Germany | AI & simulation |
| Wei Ruofeng | Research Fellow – BWH & Harvard, United States | AI & simulation |
| Wood James | PhD student – Queensland UT, Australia | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Xu Yiqun | PhD Student – CUHKSZ, China | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Yinoussa Adagolodjo | Assistant professor – Université de Lille, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
| Zeng Ziqiu | Research Fellow – NUS, Singapore | AI & simulation |
| Zheng Gang | Researcher – Inria, France | Robotics or soft-robotics |
Consortium staff
| Baksic, Paul | Engineer – SOFA Consortium, France | Medical robotics |
| Talbot, Hugo | Engineer – SOFA Consortium, France | Community, Biomechanics |
