Announcements

NetLogo 7.0.4 has been released! Download here. Full release announcement here.

What if you could directly influence what the NetLogo Center builds next? We're running an experiment: donors get to vote on our development priorities for the rest of 2026! Anyone who donates by April 30 (or who already donated in 2025) will be invited to participate.

Why we're doing this

NetLogo has historically been funded by federal research grants, but grants alone aren't a reliable long-term path to sustainability. We've always gotten feedback from our users, but never systematically. So, we're experimenting with community-supported funding paired with community input into our decisions. NetLogo will always be free for educational and academic use, but it's not free to maintain and improve. If this experiment works, we'll make it a regular part of our process.

How it works

1. Now through April 30 — Suggest features. Post ideas in the Feature Requests category of the NetLogo Forum.
2. Now through April 30 — Donate to join the vote. Anyone who has donated in 2025 or donates any amount by April 30, 2026 will be invited to vote. Donate here.
3. Early May — Ballot published. We'll build a ballot from the community's feature requests.
4. Mid-May — Vote. Donors vote through Voqua, an online quadratic voting platform.
5. End of May — Roadmap shared. We'll use the results to help set our 2026 priorities and publish an explanation of our decisions.

Donate Now Donations are processed by Northwestern University, where the NetLogo Center is housed, and 100% support NetLogo.

Thank you for experimenting with us to build NetLogo's future!

Uri Wilensky and the NetLogo Center team

P.S. If you know others in the NetLogo community, please forward this along. The more voices we have, the better the outcome will reflect what the community needs.

We are excited to invite you to the inaugural NetLogo Conference in Chicago this summer!

The conference will bring together the global community of NetLogo researchers, educators, and developers to share work, exchange ideas, and connect in person.

What to expect

• Keynote speakers:
  • Professor Uri Wilensky, creator of NetLogo
  • Professor Josh Epstein, founding Director of the NYU Agent-Based Modeling Laboratory
  • Professor Moira Zellner, Director of Participatory Modeling and Data Science, Northeastern University.
• Contributed presentations: talks, posters, and demonstrations of research using NetLogo
• Workshops: topics including sensitivity analysis, GIS integration, NetLogo + AI and more
• Industry panel: companies using ABM in practice including Epistemix, Macrocosm, and Aleria

The conference welcomes users across research domains (e.g., ecology, epidemiology, economics, biology, social science, and beyond), as well as beginners and experienced modelers alike.

Full details on the conference website: conference.netlogo.org/2026

Details

• Dates: June 29–July 1, 2026 (Mon–Wed)
• Location: Student Center East, University of Illinois Chicago, 750 S. Halsted St. (easily accessible by train from both Chicago airports, with low-cost dorm lodging nearby)
• Early bird registration (until May 1st, then prices go up $50-100):
  • Standard: $450
  • K-12 Teachers: $250
  • Students (undergrad and grad): $200
• Register: conference.netlogo.org/2026

We hope to see you there!

NetLogo Conference 2026 in Chicago

Dates: June 29 - July 1, 2026

The NetLogo Center is excited to announce the inaugural NetLogo Conference this summer in Chicago! Join researchers, educators, artists, and business professionals sharing how they use agent-based modeling in their work. The conference will include research presentations, educational presentations, networking events, and educational workshops (e.g., NetLogo + GIS, ABM + AI, designing curricula with NetLogo). Abstract/proposal submissions are now open.

Deadline for abstract/proposal submissions: March 2, 2026

Full conference details and proposal submissions here: https://conference.netlogo.org/2026/

NetLogo 7.0.3 has been released! Download here. Full release announcement here.

We are very excited to announce the release of NetLogo 7! This is a major update and introduces some important changes to the interface and functionality. You can download here. If you are using the Beta version, we recommend downloading this version.

To learn more, check out:

• This short video tour
• This Transition Guide
• The full release notes