Thomas Frøyland joins NORDUnet as Chief Strategy Officer
Thomas Frøyland joins NORDUnet as Chief Strategy Officer starting 1 September 2026. Thomas will lead NORDUnet’s Strategic Engagement division and be responsible for community development, including relations to Nordic and international stakeholders and the translations of insights into strategic priorities, as well as development of the NORDUnet organisation. Thomas has more than 20 years of […]
Ane Juul Mathiasen joins NORDUnet as Chief Operating Officer
Ane Juul Mathiasen joins NORDUnet as Chief Operating Officer starting 1 September 2026. Ane will lead the internal operations and development of the NORDUnet organisation, drive project and service delivery in collaboration with the NORDUnet engineering and strategic engagement teams, drive the implementation of the NORDUnet strategy process, and ensure support for governance and leadership […]
APAN62 – Network Resilience and Education Services
The 62nd APAN conference (APAN62) takes place in Auckland, New Zealand, on 10-14 August 2026, bringing together the research and education networking community in the Asia-Pacific and their global partners to share, inspire and shape future collaboration. The APAN conferences are a key forum for dialogue across regions, and NORDUnet is pleased to join the […]
Strengthening the Europe-Canada Digital Gateway with Polar Connect
Joint communications statement In line with the EU-Canada Digital Partnership and to strengthen the collaboration on submarine cables, NORDUnet and CANARIE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the Polar Connect initiative aimed at safeguarding European and Canadian digital sovereignties. This agreement recognizes the benefits of secure, resilient, and sustainable international connectivity between […]
Revival of the non-artificial intelligence – NDN2026 Keynote Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir
In a time dominated by AI, the ability to connect to human intuition will be the defining feature in our work lives. The message is delivered by Icelandic author and serial entrepreneur Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir. An overlooked AI side-effect is the influence on the way we perceive human mental capacity. “AI seems so powerful that we […]
Introducing a new paradigm for accurate time
The Nordic Research and Education Networks (NREN’s), National Metrology Institutes (NMI’s), and NORDUnet have launched a pilot to investigate technology that can fundamentally change how fibre optic networks are used to distribute time with very high accuracy. The importance of knowing time Knowing time with high accuracy is essential for a wide range of activities, […]
Sensing the Deep Ocean – NDN2026 Keynote, Mikael Mazur
Sensing the Deep Ocean: Distributed Fiber Sensing Over Operational Trans-Oceanic Subsea Cables While the purpose of optic fiber cables is transmitting data, it has transpired in recent years that they can also produce data. Subtle variations in the tension along the cable can provide early warning of potential cable breaks and contribute in many ways […]
Funet Technical Network Days in Jyväskylä, Finland
Jyväskylä University is the venue for the 2026 version of Funet’s Technical Days. Funet – Finnish University and Research Network – is operated by CSC – IT Center for Science, the national research and education network (NREN) of Finland. Funet’s Technical Days are an annual stakeholder event where Funet infrastructure, services, plans, and challenges are […]
Space as a workplace – NDN2026 Keynote, Kris Capelle
Kris Capelle, heading the training of European astronauts, offers a glimpse behind the scenes of one of the world’s most fascinating professions. Astronauts are picked from thousands of applicants and undergo extensive interviews and tests before being accepted for their positions. Few other jobs are associated with similar levels of fascination. Kris Capelle, head of […]
Sweden’s NREN: living with smart machines
Being a human surrounded by intelligent machines. In their daily lives, many already face the scenario outlined by Jonas Ivarsson, Informatics Professor at Gothenburg University. He kicks off the Spring 2026 version of Sunetdagarne, the traditional gathering held by Sunet, the Swedish National Research and Education Network (NREN). Sunetdagarna provides an opportunity to meet […]