โจ ๐ก๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ - ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ & ๐ฝ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ผ๐
What a few days it has been at Copenhagen Towers! With more than 190 participants from Nordic R&E networks, service providers, campus teams, and beyond, it was a week of knowledge sharing, new ideas, and the unmistakable spirit of community.
Images from NCW2025: https://nordu.net/tcs8
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๐ถ๏ธ โฑ๏ธ Before you activate your out-of-office messages and close down your work computers, hereโs a quick reminder:
Make sure to register for the NORDUnet Community Workshop 2025 #NCW2025
๐๏ธ Copenhagen | 9โ11 September 2025
๐ Register here https://nordu.net/ncw25reg โ early bird pricing is still available!
We look forward to seeing you in September!
Earlier this spring, the #PolarConnect team took part in the Arctic Science Summit Week in Boulder, USA. We contributed to shaping Arctic research priorities through sessions on cutting-edge technologies like SMART submarine cables that enable year-round environmental data collection in the high Arctic. These efforts are paving the way for sustainable, high-capacity connectivity and research access across the polar region.
Read more: https://npf.nordu.net/coxm/
#assw #NPF #science #research
๐งก ๐ We are proud to share that for his life-long services to the Dutch and international network communities, Erik-Jan Bos, longtime employee of @SURF and NORDUnet, has been appointed Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau, one of the most distinguished orders in The Netherlands. ๐ณ๐ฑ ๐๏ธ
https://nordu.net/EJB-OON
๐ Congratulations, Erik-Jan!
Nordic Visit to OFC50
โAttending OFC together as a team gives us a better chance to have the ear of key vendors,โ says Rasmus Lund, optical networking specialist at NORDUnet. โTogether we represent a large and highly advanced network, and that adds weight to our conversations and insights.โ
Read about the visit:
https://nordu.net/lvxc
The registration to the NORDUnet Community Workshop #NCW2025 running 9-11 September will open later this month.
In the meantime, we invite you to make your hotel reservations as the week of 8-12 September is a very ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ busy conference week in Copenhagen.
We have made an agreement with the NCWs venue, Crowne Plaza, for a block booking of a limited number of rooms.
Booking link can be found here:
https://nordu.net/ncw25
The Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) serves as a hub for experts, businesses, and organizations involved in global telecommunications and technology.
As part of this years PTC's conference,, NORDUnet, in collaboration with the Polar Connect, has been actively engaging with stakeholders to explore innovative solutions for Arctic connectivity.
Check out the highlights from #PTC25:
https://nordu.net/okkg
For more information about the project, visit:
๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ญ (๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ-๐๐จ-๐๐๐-๐ฃ๐๐ญ) Kicked off!
๐ On Wednesday in Stockholm, we officially started this 3-year initiative (2025โ2027)
With a total budget of โฌ7,090,000, co-funded by CEF Digital (50%), the project is driven by five beneficiaries.
Looking forward to the journey ahead and the transformative impact this project will have on polar research and connectivity! ๐ง ๐ณ๏ธ โ๏ธ ๐ช
#PolarConnect #Vision2030 #PCStep1 #CEFdigital #DigitalEU #HaDEA
๐ Shaping Europeโs Supercomputing Future ๐
NORDUnet is proud to join the CSC-led consortium building the EuroHPC Federation Platform! This project will connect Europeโs top supercomputers, including LUMI & quantum systems into one seamless, secure system. ๐ป๐
๐ Discover more:
https://nordu.net/tqq4/
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at NORDUnet!
Thank you for your trust and partnership. Together, weโve accomplished great things this year. Hereโs to even greater achievements in 2025!
Warm regards,
The NORDUnet Team
๐ After a busy and exciting 2024, itโs time to prepare for the next chapter: the NORDUnet Community Workshop 2025 #NCW2025
Save the Date!
*Copenhagen will be bustling during this time, so we strongly encourage you to book your accommodation early.
The first meeting of the special interest group #SigAI brought together professionals knowledgeable in AI from across the NREN community to share experiences from experiments and deployments, to raise awareness of ongoing activities and opportunities, and notably to build human network among professionals active in the area.
#AI #education #research
https://nordu.net/sig-ai-meeting-showcases-ai-potential-for-nrens/
The Netherlands, Nordics and Canada have joined forces to upgrade the Amsterdam-Montrรฉal trans-Atlantic connection to 400 Gbps as part of the Advanced North Atlantic (ANA) consortium. This partnership strengthens one of the most powerful intercontinental connections, fueling cutting-edge research like the Large Hadron Collider and the Square Kilometer Array.
๐ Read the full story and discover how collaboration drives innovation in the global research community!
https://nordu.net/stronger-digital-ties-across-the-atlantic/
@SURF
Licia Florio, Senior Strategy and Policy Officer at NORDUnet, delivered an inspiring keynote at the 18th CHPC National Conference, in Gqeberha, South Africa.
https://nordu.net/how-does-trust-drive-global-research-collaboration
๐ EU Grants Funding for Polar Connect Step 1
The next subproject of #PolarConnect begins, bringing together five Nordic stakeholders to secure the future of global digital infrastructure.
The European Commission is granting 4 million Euro in funding for the next subproject of Polar Connect, named Polar Connect Step 1 (23-EU-DIG-PC1).
https://nordu.net/eu-grants-funding-for-polar-connect-step-1/
#Vision2030 #PCStep1
New Baltic Sea route bolsters resilience
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.
@Geant @mstdn.social @sunet
Read more: https://nordu.net/new-baltic-sea-route-bolsters-resilience
โจ ๐ Licia Florio, Senior Strategy and Policy Officer at NORDUnet, has been elected to the Board of Directors of EOSC Association, for a one-year term.
"๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ", ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข, ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต "๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด-๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ".
https://nordu.net/licia-florio-elected-to-the-eosc-association-board-of-directors/
@geant @SURF @sunet
Today, the GรANT Association general assembly elected a new chair of the GรANT Community Committee and re-elected two members of the Associationโs Board of Directors.
Read more:
https://nordu.net/elections-at-geant-association
@geant @SURF
๐ Sunetdagarna Autumn 2024 is here! ๐
Join SUNET's all-online event from Nov 4-8 for sessions on quantum tech, crisis management, and Digital Open Badges 3.0 for academic credential verification. No fee, no registration required (Language: *mainly Swedish)
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Date: Nov 4-8, 2024
๐ Program: https://wiki.sunet.se/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=197689355
๐Join: sunet.zoom.us/my/sunet
