# It is on ! Welcome to the OPAL-RT community

**URL:** <https://community.opal-rt.com/t/it-is-on-welcome-to-the-opal-rt-community/129>\
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**Created:** [July 21, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.opal-rt.com/t/it-is-on-welcome-to-the-opal-rt-community/129 "2026-07-21T19:53:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![PFA007](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/community.opal-rt.com/pfa007/32/120_2.png) [@PFA007](https://community.opal-rt.com/u/PFA007)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.opal-rt.com/t/it-is-on-welcome-to-the-opal-rt-community/129/1 "2026-07-21T19:53:18Z")

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For more than 23 years, I’ve had the privilege of traveling the world, visiting universities, research centers, and industry leaders. Everywhere I went, I saw the same thing: incredible innovation happening in brilliant minds, but often in isolation.

For years, OPAL-RT has dreamed of creating a place where researchers, engineers, professors, students, and industry experts could connect, exchange ideas, and build on each other’s work through simulation models, tutorials, technical discussions, and Q&A.

Today, that vision becomes reality

🌍 Welcome to the OPAL-RT Community  
**[https://lnkd.in/g3\_RbGbd](https://www.linkedin.com/safety/go/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flnkd%2Ein%2Fg3_RbGbd&urlhash=JD1R&mt=hXzqE0DkhoB9Nzwy43W1oiN3UpMdTDeKuuPBGgdMrt9PuTOxGkgmhR54EIqQWjo6In9_5eF9Kz6bz4JMfEt848Ln_DPGDuRpOAY_f5jBb9kKK86jw0DGhTnb&isSdui=true)**  
This is much more than a forum. It is a place where we can:  
✅ Share models and examples  
✅ Publish tutorials and best practices  
✅ Ask technical questions  
✅ Help each other solve complex challenges  
✅ Like, improve, and build upon each other’s work  
✅ Grow together as a global simulation community

The technology is finally here to make this experience as powerful as we always imagined.

I would like to personally invite every OPAL-RT user, partner, researcher, and simulation enthusiast to join us. Share your knowledge, ask questions, contribute models, give feedback, and help shape the future of our community.

Our entire team—and I especially—will be actively participating, listening, and contributing. This community will only become great because of the people who make it alive.

Let’s build something remarkable together.  
Welcome to a new era of collaboration.  
Long live the OPAL-RT Community! 🚀