How Does Trust Drive Global Research Collaboration?
Earlier today, Licia Florio, Senior Strategy and Policy Officer at NORDUnet, delivered an ispiring keynote at the 18th CHPC National Conference, in Gqeberha, South Africa. The audience gained valuable insights from her talk, titled Building Global Federated Infrastructure in the R&E Community. The theme of this year’s conference, Cyberinfrastructure Collaboration: Towards Accelerated Impact, emphasizes the importance […]
New Baltic Sea route bolsters resilience
NORDUnet introduces a direct submarine fiber connection from Sweden to Berlin via Bornholm. For the first time, NORDUnet has opened a route from Sweden via the island of Bornholm directly to the German capital Berlin. This supplies much needed additional resilience to the Northern European research and education network system. “Historically, new connections involving Denmark […]
Welcome, Lise Fuhr
Lise Fuhr is the new CEO of GÉANT Association At the recent General Assembly of the GÉANT Association, the pan-European research and education network, Erik Huizer officially handed over leadership to Lise Fuhr, the new Chief Executive Officer of GÉANT. “As a long-standing and highly active member in the European NREN collaboration, NORDUnet welcomes Lise […]
Licia Florio Elected to the EOSC Association Board of Directors
Licia Florio, Senior Strategy and Policy Officer at NORDUnet, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Association, for a one-year term. Licia has played a pivotal role in driving NORDUnet and the Nordic National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in their contributions to the development and deployment […]
Thank you, Erik Huizer!
For the past seven years, Erik Huizer has served as CEO of the GÉANT Association, steering the organization through a transformative period. He joined GÉANT at a time when the European collaboration of National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) faced significant challenges. With a focus on trust-building and fostering a shared sense of purpose, Erik […]
Elections at GÉANT Association
Today, the GÉANT Association general assembly elected a new chair of the GÉANT Community Committee and re-elected two members of the Association’s Board of Directors. Charlie van Genuchten, Senior Product Manager Security at Dutch NREN SURF was elected chair of the GÉANT Community Committee (GCC) to lead the GÉANT community programme for the next three […]
Sweden’s NREN offers a week of online inspiration
Sunet, the NREN of Sweden, invites its community for an all-online autumn 2024 version of its traditional gathering, “Sunetdagarna”. Participants can pick and choose from an extensive program covering the full week of November 4-8. The event kicks off with a keynote presentation on quantum technology, and its implications for computing, encryption, and Machine Learning. […]
DeiC 2024 Conference
On this beautiful autumn day, the Danish NREN DeiC conference opens in Kolding, Denmark, welcoming participants under the theme, “Collaborating to Build the Research Infrastructure for the Future.” Running from 29-30 October, the conference gathers Danish and international stakeholders for two days of insightful presentations, engaging debates, and valuable networking opportunities. The conference will feature […]
Milestone for European open science
NORDUnet celebrates the launch of the EOSC EU Node The EOSC (European Open Science Cloud) EU Node was officially launched today during the EOSC Symposium 2024 in Berlin, Germany, following the technical presentation in Brussels on October 10th. This is a major milestone for the advancement towards the implementation of a global interoperable platform to […]
Joint Statement on Strengthening European Digital Gateways with Polar Connect
Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and NORDUnet today released a joint statement, stressing the importance of of the European Digital Gateways and their commitment to support the Polar Connect initiative aiming at safeguarding European digital sovereignty. The partners have signed a memorandum of understanding, agreeing to collaborate to achieve secure and resilient connectivity across […]
