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TNC25: Brighton, UK | 9-13 June 2025
TNC25: Brighton, UK | 9-13 June 2025
SIDE MEETINGS
In order to attend the Monday and/or Friday side meeting(s), it is mandatory to purchase a ‘Side Meeting Pass’. This Pass can be purchased alongside the Regular Pass as well as the Speaker Pass.
All of the below side meetings do not take place at the TNC25 main venue, but at the Leonardo Royal Hotel Brighton Waterfront on King’s Road, Brighton.
The GNA-G Network Automation Working group is established to collaborate on the transformation of NREN networks through network automation and orchestration. Join this meeting to learn, discuss, and share information about network automation, network orchestration and related topics.
Many organisations in Research and Education are faced with compliance challenges against legislation and standards. NIS2, ISO27001, ISO 9001, Article 13a, to name a few. With presentations and discussions we will explore the actual challenges and practical solutions. around governance, internal audit, external audit and standards.
UniformID, decentralised identity framework based on W3C DID standard, addresses key challenges in directory cataloguing, course application and interoperability ensuring secure, scalable management for courses, applications, institutions, and learners. Find out how UniformID: - Fosters collaboration enabling seamless, cross-platform interoperability. - Supports AI-driven innovation. - Solves real-world identity management challenges.
The SIG-marcomms side meeting is an opportunity for marcomms specialists from the global R&E community to meet, learn from one another and explore possible future collaborations. Join us to discuss trending topics and challenges in marketing and communications in support of the core R&E business around the world.
SIG-AI for NRENs - This side meeting will explore the potential applications of AI for NRENs. We will discuss network optimisation, security enhancements and personalised tools for network professionals, researchers and educators.
Join us to discover which strategic foresight tools and techniques are out there, and how you and your organisation can benefit from it. Based on experience we know that applying foresight is much easier once you have gained experience. Learn about tools you can take back to your organisation.
The meeting will dive into strategic insights, cutting-edge trends, and practical wisdom in educational delivery, both nationally and on the global stage. Topics from identity & access management, wallets, DC4EU, MyAcademicID and the role NRENs play, the importance of open standards for educational resources and tools will be discussed.
Join the second anual Workflow Orchestrator user group meeting, hosted by the WFO Partners SURF, ESnet, GEANT, and HEAnet! Receive adaptation updates from NRENs who are (working towards) using WFO in production, core software feature updates and plans, and open discussions between current and future users.
The session explores the OCRE 2024 Framework in its first half and transitions to Above-the-net service concepts in the second, including orchestrating datasets, community-cloud Trusted Research Environments, and Research Data Storage within the GÉANT Cloud ecosystem.
Global Network Advancement Group (GNA-G) meetings are usually well attended by the Global REN community. The TNC25 side meeting would feature working group updates on GREN security, resiliency, data-intensive science, and more, aiming to foster collaboration, discuss emerging trends, strengthen global intercontinental connectivity and services for scientific research and education.
Come and join us to explore how our planet works by learning how to turn state of polarisation data into information which can be used for research purposes. This meeting will cover how to generate SOP data from a live network, process it and understand it.
The EOSC EU Node provides a blueprint for the creation of national/regional/thematic nodes that are expected to be deployed and federated with the EOSC EU Node. Various aspects of the service delivery, such as AAI, delivery model, security will be discussed during the meeting.
The eduGAIN Townhall is an open meeting for eduGAIN participants, stakeholders and interested people to know and discuss about the present and the future of federated authentication at a global scale.
The aim is for the SIG-Procurement to get together and engage in collaboration to exchange experiences, ideas and knowledge on the field of procurement, with a particular focus on developments in the R&E community.
The EOSC federation is being built and at least 20 NRENs have key (national) roles in this phase. This meeting will focus on the business and technical aspects of EOSC federation participation by NRENs with an aim to share experiences and approaches and further the use GÉANT components
EUMETSAT, NOAA, GÈANT, the European NRENs, Internet2 and other international partners and R&E networks will present the status of the services provided to EUMETSAT, discuss future requirements and plans, the global collaboration around meteorology and the distribution of meteorological data across the R&E networks worldwide. Open workshop to all interested persons willing to attend.
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TNC25 is co-funded by Europe’s NRENs and the European Union (EU).
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