Europe has made significant progress in becoming a leader in HPC through industrial and application providers, but excellence in HPC systems research is fragmented across Europe. Eurolab4HPC has the bold overall goal to strengthen academic research excellence and innovation in HPC in Europe. This talk will briefly outline Eurolab4HPC’s work and achievements in structuring the European HPC community, promoting entrepreneurship, stimulating technology transfer, and disseminating community news. It will be of interest to anyone concerned with the academic HPC ecosystem in Europe and beyond.   More info: http://www.prace-ri.eu/praceatsc19/