The science of riding a bike
NDN2022 participants are in for a treat as Professor Bert Blocken will reveal some of the aerodynamics secrets which help professional cycling teams perform their best. Any cycling enthusiast will recognize the names Jumbo Visma and Groupama FDJ. Both these world-class professional cycling teams have acquired assistance from civil engineering professor Bert Blocken. “A building […]
Change of Guards at the NORDUnet Board
After two years of serving as Chair of the NORDUnet board of directors, Maria Häll, CEO of Swedish NREN Sunet, has stepped down at the end of April 2022. New Chair is Tom A. Røtting, Head of the infrastructure division at Norwegian NREN Sikt. Tom Røtting has been a member of the NORDUnet Board of […]
Framing the NORDUnet Conference 2022 Programme
One a rainy day in central Copenhagen the NORDUnet 2022 Programme Committe gathered to discuss talks and topics to be showcased at the upcoming conference which will run from 13-15 September in Reykjavik, Iceland. The committee, with members from all the Nordic NRENs, engaged in lively discussions on a wealth of ideas. Numerous yellow post-its, […]
Join us live at Trieste in June
While online conferences do have their advantages, there is no doubt the TNC22 in Trieste, Italy, will become especially memorable being one of the first major physical research and education networking conferences post-COVID. In line with tradition, you can meet the Nordic NRENs at the Nordic booth which you will find centrally located in the […]
Valter Nordh named CEO of NORDUnet
“During my first four months with NORDUnet, I have been impressed by the agility of the organisation and the commitment of the staff. I highly value Nordic collaboration and I am excited to have the opportunity to lead NORDUnet in the coming years. The future will pose many challenges for R&E networking, and I see […]
Erik-Jan Bos to leave NORDUnet
After 10 years, Erik-Jan Bos has decided to pursue new challenges outside of NORDUnet and will be leaving the company by 1 June 2022. Erik-Jan came to NORDUnet in 2011, after 23 years at SURF. Since then, Erik-Jan has been instrumental in realising NORDUnet and Nordic NREN ambitions on the global scene. It has been […]
Stronger ties to Asia for Nordic research and education
Renewal of Memorandum of Understanding expands network collaboration between Europe and Asia-Pacific regions. 7 March 2022, Bangladesh. After three years of successful collaboration on the Asia-Pacific-Europe Ring (AER), the underlying Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is today extended and expanded in a virtual signing ceremony at the APAN53 conference held in Bangladesh. The initial AER MoU, […]
Change of guards at key advisory forum
Per Nihlén, Sunet, takes over as Chairman of the NORDUnet Customer Advisory Group (CAG). To ensure swift coordination between the five Nordic NRENs and NORDUnet, the Customer Advisory Group was established almost two years ago. As the Chairman position rotates between the NRENs, Per Nihlén of Sunet is taking over from Teemu Kiviniemi, CSC. “When […]
GÉANT partnership for European R&E e-Infrastructure signed
A new partnership agreement for core European R&E e-Infrastructure has been signed. The partnership is the framework for the collaboration of the GÉANT collaboration of the national research and education networks (NRENs) across Europe for the coming seven years. The “GÉANT Framework Partnership” agreement has been negotiated between the EU Commission and a group of NRENs and […]