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TNC26 Closing Plenary

GÉANT CEO UpdateLise Fuhr (GÉANT) This closing address reflects on a week of learning, connection, and collaboration within the global research and education community, celebrating the power of shared knowledge to drive innovation and positive change. Acknowledging growing geopolitical, technological, and regulatory challenges, the address calls on the community to embrace openness, resilience, and international partnership to strengthen its role as a vital…

01:18:55

Conducting the Service Symphony

In today’s era of rapid digital transformation, research and education networks (NRENs) must orchestrate technology, processes, and people to keep critical infrastructures and services humming. Our goal is to apply the right technologies, build resilient architectures, focus on processes, and shift to adaptable service models that meet rapidly changing user expectations. This ongoing challenge demands courage and endurance; the human factor plays a crucial role: continuous learning, a…

01:29:22

Lightning Talks: Strike Two

Chair: Ariela Herček (Arnes), Renato Furter (Switch)

01:21:06

Governance: Because Doing What You Want is Not a Strategy

Chair: Nicole Harris (GÉANT)

01:37:23

The Art of Being Human

Our community is continuously growing – as much in the amount of people as in the sheer number of tasks we have to carry out each day. Sometimes, especially in today’s rapid work tempo, we forget that work is not all there is to life. It can be hard to nurture work relationships internally and externally, but it is important to build a safe and understanding space for each other. After all, we are not only building a community of machines, but of people. And there is something to be…

01:28:19

AI, but we Kept the Manual

This session shows how universities and NRENs are building AI they actually control and own for several use-cases we all recognise. Across chatbots, advisory systems, agentic workflows, and speech-to-text infrastructure, the talks focus on practical ways to keep data, governance, and decision-making in-house. Rather than relying on commercial tools, these examples use open standards, shared infrastructure, and human-in-the-loop design. These AI systems are transparent and fit for real usage in…

01:32:20

Less Me, More We

In a time when research and education networks face growing complexity - technological, environmental, financial, and social - no single institution can move forward alone. The future of digital infrastructure is not meant to operate like isolated islands, but as interconnected ecosystems. This session, “Less me, more we,” highlights how collaboration is not just a nice to have - it is a must be.

01:28:22

Bending Light to our Will

We bend fibre To Our Will - but not TOO much, because Network Engineers know why a bend radius is important.This session will talk you through procuring fibre in 2026 - either for the first time, or if you are replacing aging infrastructure. We'll discuss Coherent optics - which use advanced modulations and Digital Signal Processing to transmit data at rates in the hundreds of gigabits-per-second range. We'll also showcase how nanosecond-grade time can be synchronised efficiently over…