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Alex Bushell has worked in progressive roles at CANARIE, the federal partner in Canada’s National Research and Education Network, since 2016. In his current role as Director, Public Affairs, he is accountable for leading government relations, policy engagement, and public affairs strategy for the organization, and advancing strategic initiatives and special projects on behalf of CANARIE’s executive team.. Additionally, Alex serves as a member of Secretariat of the Global R&E Network CEO Forum, a group of executive leaders from a range of leading national and regional research and education networks from around the world. Prior to joining CANARIE, Alex spent six years working for national politicians in both Canada and the U.K. In Ottawa, Alex worked on analyzing and producing policy on a range of consumer-related finance and industry topics, including spectrum allocation and credit card regulation. Alex has also worked in the private sector as a government relations consultant, proving strategy and insight to leading consumer tech companies. Alex holds a BA (Hons.) in Politics and Parliamentary Studies from the University of Leeds in the U.K., and an MA in Political Science from Carleton University.
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- Lilla Salen
- Thursday 09:00 - 10:30
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Alexander van den Hil is an international policy and strategy advisor at SURF, where he discusses the importance of maintaining the Netherlands' position as a digital hub in Europe. He is involved in discussions about the balance between national autonomy and international clout, the risks and benefits of international cooperation, and the importance of making conscious choices in collaboration. His insights are valuable for understanding the complexities of digital leadership and the need for strategic partnerships in the digital age.
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- Lilla Salen
- Thursday 09:00 - 10:30
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Andy has over 30 years experience in AI, Cloud, HPC infrastructure, Telecoms and Finance in leadership roles. Prior to Verda, Andy was CEO of Hydro66, an award winning 100% renewable powered datacentre in the north of Sweden and held leadership roles at Nexgen Cloud, Easynet, BSkyB, Fisher Investments and AllianceBernstein. He holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh.
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- Lilla Salen
- Tuesday 11:00 - 12:30
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Andy Byrne has worked in the networking industry for over 25 years. He has extensive experience in developing long-term strategic plans and advising stakeholders on best approaches within the field of data networking. He is currently a Project Manager at Asiera. His previous roles include Technical Consultant, Account Manager, and NOC Engineer, held across organisations such as Agile Networks, Telindus, eir, and Siemens. He has a strong passion for energy efficiency and is particularly interested in how the industry can deliver more capability and performance while using less energy
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- Martin + Ingemar
- Thursday 09:00 - 10:30
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- Martin + Ingemar
- Wednesday 11:00 - 12:30
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I am Head of International at Jisc, which is a really broad and varied role as “international” cuts across almost all parts of our business. I offer relationship management for NRENs, universities, and UK sector bodies who want to work more closely with Jisc on international collaborations. It’s my job to understand the needs of our members and align the parts of Jisc to respond to international challenges – essentially getting the right people in the room to deliver results. Some of the themes I’ve worked on this year include: • Initiating the Security Policy Alliance • The GEANT Twinning Programme • Satellite eduroam • Jisc’s support for transnational education • Secure travel advice for senior leaders • Business development for Jisc products and services • Governance of international activity at Jisc • Policy alignment with UK sector bodies I’m based in Edinburgh, UK and travel extensively around the country speaking to our members and stakeholders
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- Lilla Salen
- Thursday 09:00 - 10:30
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- Martin + Ingemar
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- "Library"
- Tuesday 11:00 - 12:30
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- "Library"
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- "Library"
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- Lilla Salen
- Thursday 13:30 - 15:00
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Director of the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
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- Lilla Salen
- Tuesday 09:00 - 10:30
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Kurosh Bozorgebrahimi is Senior Advisor in Optical Networks at Sikt-Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research. He has a long and deep expertise in optical fiber communication and advanced fiber optic services. He holds a master's degree in physical Electronics with focus on Optical Communication from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in 1995 and has extensive industry experience from his time at Telenor’s transport network and innovation divisions. He joined Sikt in 2006 and have been working with a mix of optical related research and operation projects.
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- Lilla Salen
- Wednesday 11:00 - 12:30
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Joined NORDUnet in 2006 following a career in the telecom industry. Lars has worked on a great number of projects and been dedicated to the joint efforts with GÉANT where he also serves on their board of directors.
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- Lilla Salen
- Tuesday 14:00 - 15:30
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- Lilla Salen
- Tuesday 14:00 - 15:30
- Martin + Ingemar
- Wednesday 14:00 - 15:30
- Lilla Salen
- Thursday 11:00 - 12:30
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Peter is a dedicated leader with over 20 years of experience driving impactful change across commercial and public sectors. His expertise spans policy, program, project, and people management, with a strong focus on large-scale digital IT transformation, public procurement tenders, and multi-national research initiatives. At the European Commission, Peter shapes digital policies on open science cloud (EOSC), high performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI Factories), and research network connectivity through GÉANT. Previously at Oracle, he excelled as a solution engineer and cloud architect, later advancing to Digital Transformation Specialist for the EMEA public sector, education and research markets. His role at GÉANT Association (formerly TERENA) involved defining and implementing cloud technology policies for higher education & research, collaborating closely with the European Commission. With extensive experience as an EC project coordinator and open-source community organizer, Peter brings strategic vision and a results-driven approach to every initiative.
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- Martin + Ingemar
- Tuesday 11:00 - 12:30
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- Lilla Salen
- Tuesday 14:00 - 15:30
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Rune Sydskjør has 25 years of experience in networking and security and is team lead for the role eduCSC/Sikt has as a sectoral CERT for Norwegian research and education under the Ministry of Education and Research. Rune has himself been part of the team operating the research network (Uninett), which is among Norway's most powerful network infrastructures. Having access to and experiencing the activity across such a diverse environment as the knowledge sector has given Rune a unique insight and extensive experience in handling various types of attacks, such as DDoS attacks.
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- Martin + Ingemar
- Wednesday 14:00 - 15:30
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- Martin + Ingemar
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- Martin + Ingemar
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