The 2026 CAESES North America User Conference marked an important milestone as the first conference held specifically to better serve and support the North American user community. The conference brought together a diverse group of attendees, presenters, and sponsors, and we are deeply grateful to all of them for making this inaugural event a success.
With CAESES 5.4, FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS delivers the next step in the evolution of CAESES, further expanding the maritime design functionality introduced with CAESES 5.3 while also introducing powerful new features that benefit all CAESES users. The new release provides even more flexibility and support for naval architects, as well as improvements in geometry modeling, parameterization, and computational workflows.
Join this joint session on November 18, brought to you by FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS, GridPro, and Flowthermolab, where we’ll explore an ultra-efficient, fully automated workflow for volute shape optimization.
At the 2025 SNAME FAST, FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS and HydroComp, Inc. will present a study on 11 m planing monohull design – to compare outcomes and resource requirements between CFD-based Design Space Exploration and Semi-Empirical Reduced-Order Design Space Exploration approaches.
The newly released CAESES version 5.3 was developed with a strong focus on the design of marine systems such as ship hulls and propulsors. Its new functionality is primarily dedicated to users with the CAESES add-ons Maritime and Propeller, but it also brings along several news and improvements that will benefit all users.
We would like to thank all attendees of the CAESES User Conference 2024 for joining us at the Mercure Hotel in Potsdam, Germany, and for making this event such a great success! Everyone on the FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS team truly enjoyed meeting up and chatting with you. As always, your contributions and feedback were invaluable.
We wish you and your loved ones a joyous holiday season filled with happiness, peace, and prosperity. May the New Year bring new opportunities and exciting breakthroughs for all!
FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS congratulates INEOS Britannia on a well deserved victory of the Louis Vuitton Cup. We are extremely proud that you have chosen CAESES and our know-how as components in the development and optimization process of your contender’s hull for the 37th America’s Cup.
The final agenda for the CAESES User Conference 2024 is now available! The lineup is awesome, and we also have a great set of sponsors and partner companies that add further expertise to this major event.
Check out the interesting publications from the TrAM research project that show the use of CAESES in the design and optimization process of the fast catamaran ferry.