Marking a NORDUnet Milestone
Today we celebrate something rather special at NORDUnet: the 150th meeting of the NORDUnet Board of Directors. The first meeting took place on 14 December 1993, 32 years and a great many agenda items ago. Of course, the NORDUnet story stretches even further back. The first NORDUnet conference in 1980 and the early network engineering […]
NORDUnet joins e-AGE25 and EUMEDplus in Amman
The 2025 e-AGE conference, organised by the Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN), took place this week in Amman, Jordan. As the annual meeting point for ASREN and the National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) across North Africa and the Arab region, e-AGE25 gathered practitioners, policy makers, and experts to discuss the evolving research […]
Fibre Optic Sensing Security Architecture published
Data management experts from Danish NREN DeiC have been instrumental in the preparation of the White Paper “Fiber Optic Sensing Security Architecture”, published by the SUBMERSE project earlier this year. The whitepaper addresses the complex security concerns associated with handling sensitive data collecting when fibre optical subsea cables are turned into sensors, and how these […]
GÉANT Confirms Board Leadership for New Term
Today, the GÉANT Association General Assembly re-elected the Chair of the Association’s Board of Directors as well as two board directors. Gilles Massen of the Restena Foundation was re-elected as Chair of the GÉANT Board of Directors. During his first term, GÉANT has navigated a period of significant transition, including the departure of former CEO […]
Josva Kleist to leave NORDUnet
It is with regret that we announce that Josva Kleist, CTO at NORDUnet, has decided to move on in his professional life. Josva has played a key role at NORDUnet and has maintained a broad professional interface with stakeholders across the Nordic and European research and education community. Josva will leave NORDUnet in mid-February. In […]
Strong contribution to global resilience – FUJI XP
The inauguration of joint global exchange point for Japan opens a valuable alternative route to Asia for European research and education networks. For the first time the research and education networks of Japan will be operating a joint Global Exchange Point (GXP) – FUJIXP. The new GXP will offer a single point for networks such […]
Preparations Underway for the 33rd NORDUnet Conference in Luleå
The 33rd NORDUnet Conference will take place on 8th-10th September 2026 in Luleå, Sweden, and the Programme Committee has started preparing the programme. A wealth of ideas and suggestions and views have been actively shared by the members during their first F2F meeting in their endeavours to build an inspiring programme Chair of the Programme […]
Zoom-ing in on Sweden’s digital R&E future
The autumn 2025 version of the traditional gathering Sunet-dagarna (the Sunet days) is held online. As always, the event allows participants to get updated on the many services provided by Sunet, the Swedish research and education network (NREN). Not just is the event held via Zoom. The agenda even provides opportunities to get acquainted with […]
Asia–Europe Ring proves its value for advanced science collaborations
In 2019, NORDUnet co-founded, with European and Asian partners, the Asia–Europe Ring (AER) – a unique collaboration among research and education network (NREN) operators connecting Europe and Asia. The goal was simple yet ambitious: to ensure resilience and enable advanced science by pooling international capacity and supporting one another through mutual backup. Together, the partners […]
From Vision to Action: NORDUnet at Arctic Day in Osaka
Advancing Arctic Connectivity and International Collaboration On 11 October 2025, NORDUnet joined Nordic and Japanese partners at Arctic Day, hosted by the Nordic Pavilion during World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.The event brought together ministers, policymakers, researchers, and technology leaders to discuss the future of the Arctic, focusing on research, digitalization, and connectivity between Northern […]