Recent advances in Computational Fluid Dynamics methods 
and 
computer processor speed has enabled automated design and 
optimisation
techniques to become more practical. The techniques can 
now 
deal with one billion cells and are designed to be 
parallel 
from the outset for
speed-up grid generation, solver, and output processing. A 
trial geometry can be established to grow from nothing, 
the 
flow solved and the
performance parameters calculated. The geometry is then 
adjusted until the optimum design is found.
The event will cover many varied fields of fluid flow, 
with 
speakers from industry and academia and topics covered 
including automotive and
aerospace industries, food and chemical processing, 
haemodynamics and many ways of approaching optimal design 
through computational
fluid dynamics.
This is an emerging, topical and lively area at present. 
Benefits are being seen, improvements achieved and many 
leading companies are now
using these approaches in their design activities.