Contents PDC Newsletter No. 2 2016 - main articles: Editorial The SeRC Open Space Reaching a New Level in Dark Matter Searches HBP Research Platforms Released BioExcel's First Birthday PDC Summer School 2016 Pool Nordic Competencies! Parallel Programming Workshop with NVIDIA The CodeRefinery Project PRACE 2.0 on Its Way Milner Update SNIC User Forum 2016 Learning How to Use the PDC Systems