The ASSESS Initiative brings together key players to guide and influence strategies for software tools for model-based analysis, simulation, and systems engineering. One of the essential activities of the ASSESS Initiative is the annual ASSESS Summit.

The ASSESS Summit 2024 took place this March in Atlanta, Georgia. The summit is not like the NAFEMS World Congress or any other technical conference with multiple tracks of technical presentations and panel sessions. Each year, ASSESS brings together a small group of thought leaders from diverse backgrounds and perspectives to collaborate in workshops and discussions to lead every aspect of engineering simulation toward a more valuable and accessible future. The event is an intensive single-track focused program limited to just over 80 participants, with a small number of thought-provoking presentations and two working session breakouts for each ASSESS theme.