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GÉANT CEO UpdateLise Fuhr (GÉANT) This closing address reflects on a week of learning, connection, and collaboration within the global research and…
TNC26 Closing Plenary
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In today’s era of rapid digital transformation, research and education networks (NRENs) must orchestrate technology, processes, and people to keep critical…
Conducting the Service Symphony
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Chair: Ariela Herček (Arnes), Renato Furter (Switch)
Lightning Talks: Strike Two
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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…
The Art of Being Human
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Chair: Nicole Harris (GÉANT)
Governance: Because Doing What You Want is Not a…
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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,…
AI, but we Kept the Manual
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In a time when research and education networks face growing complexity - technological, environmental, financial, and social - no single institution can move forward…
Less Me, More We
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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 -…
Bending Light to our Will
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Chair: Joost Gadellaa (SURF), Ibrahim Jeries
Lightning Talks: Strike One
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Chair: Anca Hienola (Finnish Meteorological Institute)
Scale Matters - Eventually
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Strategies are the blueprint for an organisation’s purpose and future. They articulate long‑term direction, help navigate uncertainty, and turn challenges into…
The NREN Strategy Journey
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NRENs have built their reputation on making things resilient - but what about today's vendor dependencies and long-standing services like eduroam and eduGAIN that…
Rebooting the Old Reliables
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The boundary between network service and network security is rapidly dissolving. Today’s infrastructures must not only deliver performance and reliability, but…
To Serve and Protect
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Network automation is transforming how organisations design, operate, and scale their digital infrastructure. This session explores practical strategies and emerging…
Smarter Networks, Fewer Headaches
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Maria Ritola’s keynote on 9 June will focus on “Successful teams and good work life in the digital age”. An awarded technology influencer, Maria is one…
Opening Plenary
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Modern networks are the backbone of our connected world, but increasing scale, complexity, and dependency mean that outages and performance degradation can quickly…
Network Visibility and Monitoring
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Networking technologies have evolved significantly over time and those who manage them are needing to use increasingly more advanced software to do so, requiring a blend…
Modern Software for Modern Networks
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African Research and Education Networks operate under persistent constraints — limited infrastructure, high costs, and growing expectations. This session explores…
Hello Africa
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This session explores how cloud sovereignty, open ecosystems, and NREN internal developer platforms transform regulatory and infrastructure constraints into strategic…
Digital Sovereignty
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Chair: Julie Menzies (CANARIE)
Be Clear: Because Mind Reading is Not Yet a…
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This session explores how National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) can support Europe’s transition toward an interoperable higher education ecosystem.…
Federate, Don’t Fragment — Connecting…
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SIRTFI defines how federated organisations should coordinate during security incidents, yet asserting compliance does not automatically build operational trust. In 2025,…
T&I Trial Mix
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Switch was among the first NRENs to establish a national identity federation as a production service in 2005. A first strategic realignment resulted in the launch of…
Rethinking Federations
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In an era of geopolitical uncertainty, accelerating cloud adoption, fragmentation, and rising security risk, NRENs hold together far more than infrastructure - they hold…
Tuning into the Community: Cloud, Trust, and…
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GÉANT CEO Update This presentation will reflect on the evolving identity and strategic direction of the GÉANT community. It will showcase success stories,…
TNC25 Closing Plenary
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This session will explore key aspects of infrastructure orchestration in NRENs, focusing on automation and management strategies. Topics that will be discussed include…
Taming Your Infrastructures
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Lightning Talks are 5 minute presentations focusing on one key point. This can be an idea, successful project, a cautionary story, collaboration invitation, quick tip or…
Lightning Talks: Second Strike
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This session delves into recent advancements regarding authentication and authorization in the R&E world. It has three speakers from three different continents each…
Knock Knock, Who's There?
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As an NREN, a working group, or as an individual, we do a lot of things: we create, engage, connect, inspire, collaborate, fix, work, break, learn, innovate, support,…
If You Do Something, Say Something
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The session will aim to equip you with practical and actionable steps to get ready for a crisis in the cybersecurity field. We’ll start with looking at an example…
Getting Ready For A Crisis
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Submarine fibre cables are the invisible yet crucial part of global communication. Beyond the original purpose, the same cables are becoming luminous threads enabling us…
Bright Cables
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Looking to explore advancements in digital identity management and student information systems across European higher education? This session covers the need to…
Digital ID Plumbing
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Lightning Talks are 5 minute presentations focusing on one key point. This can be an idea, successful project, a cautionary story, collaboration invitation, quick tip or…
Lightning Talks: First Strike
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"Big Data Works" presents perspectives on handling and analyzing large-scale network data. Gain insights from Brazil’s National R&E Network on…
Big Data Works
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This session will bring you up to date on everything you need to knoq about Quantum developments in the research and education community. Chair: Ilias Papastamatiou…
Building the Quantum Future: NRENs at the…
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Chair: Zacharias Törnblom (SUNET) Time, Frequency and White Rabbits: Supporting Science and Society with Precision Timing With a lot of investment going into time…
Demystifying Space, Time, and Bureaucracy
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Join us for an engaging session that explores innovative strategies to foster motivation, strengthen collaboration, and build a workforce prepared for the challenges…
Unlocking Team Power
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What is a day in the life of an NREN like? Do we all share the same daily grind? Are differences keeping us apart or are we brighter together? In this session, 3 NRENs…
A Day in the Life of an NREN
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This session showcases how the TNC Community can be "Brighter Together" by looking at inclusion opportunities across a range of activities - from the…
Digital Inclusion
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NRENs are built on the power of collaboration, and true impact comes when we align technical expertise with shared purpose, global cooperation, and collective action.…
Working As One
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As technology evolves rapidly, commercial vendors sometimes introduce services that parallel those in the research and education space—often in ways that…
Innovate, Collaborate or Detonate
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Strap in for a high-speed ride through the world of research networking! From deep-sea cables to black holes and stormy weather, this session explores how cutting-edge…
Fast & Furious: Research Edition
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While change is constant and informed change is vital, we cannot look to the future without understanding our past and our present. In this session we will delve into…
Wisdom and Strategy
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Explore the development of HAWAT, an agentic AI assistant designed for network troubleshooting. This innovative system leverages advanced technologies like Large…
Curious About AI
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This session will shine a light, maybe even a laser, on the global connectivity landscape, unwrapping how different world regions interconnect today and how that might…
Global Connectivity
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Welcome to TNC25 Welcome to TNC25 from GÉANT CEO Lise Fuhr. Speaker: Lise Fuhr (GÉANT) Keynote: Networks and Knowledge Futures: the architecture of…
TNC25 Opening Plenary
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Do you ever have trouble staying focused? Bored with some of the work you need to perform? Feeling too tired to drive home after work? Lack some inspiration to start a…
Closing Plenary
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Chair: Karel van Klink (GÉANT) Conquering the Mountain - HEAnet's Automation Journey Speakers: Mick O'Donovan (HEAnet), Brian McArdle (HEAnet CLG) …
Coding your network
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Chairs: Charlie van Genuchten (SURF), Nicole Harris (GÉANT) Risky business (or, who takes the risks?) Speaker: Michel Wets (SURF) As Above, so Below – who…
Lightning Talks: Second Strike
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Chair: Charlie van Genuchten (SURF) Enhancing Cybersecurity Services for R&E with LuCySe4RESpeakers: Cynthia Wagner (Restena), Mr Denim Latić (Restena) SOC-RNP: a…
Let's talk about SOCs, baby
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Chair: Maarten Kremers (SURF) Embracing Openness and Disaggregation: Our Journey with OpenRAN@BrasilSpeaker: Jose Rezende (RNP) Interoperable DTN Testing Facility: A…
Try, test & measure
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Chairs: Hendrik Ike (GÉANT), Cathrin Stover (GÉANT) We welcome a panel of experts from different backgrounds and with different viewpoints on the current…
United or divided: How will our community be…
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Chairs: Casper Dreef (GÉANT), Karel van Klink (GÉANT) How the digital society benefits from the innovations of the NREN community, the story of FedSender…
Lightning Talks: First Strike
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Chair: Nick Buraglio (ESnet) Introducing MetrANOVA: a consortium to advance the tools, tactics, and techniques of network measurementSpeakers: Edward Balas (ESnet),…
Connecting the Planet
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Chair: Tomasz Szewczyk (PSNC) Towards affordable high-performance 5G networks: a production-ready UPF based on RARESpeakers: ASIER ATUTXA IMATZ (UPV/EHU), Mr DAVID…
The Next Hop in Networking
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Chair: Tangui Coulouarn (DEIC) Implementing Routing Security for Latin American and European NRENs Speaker: Tiago Monsores (RedCLARA) The Zero-trust hoax Speaker:…
Where networks and security collide
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Chair: Guy Halse (TENET South Africa) Scaling up secure network access without passwords -- Using FIDO security tokens to access eduroamSpeakers: Jan-Frederik…
T&I on the Fly With Guy
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Chair: Veronika Di Luna (GÉANT) Our REN Future: Leadership, Culture & Ensuring your Future SuccessSpeaker: Teresa Grove (AARNet) Navigating frameworks: You…
Leading the Way, Shaping the future
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Chair: Mihály Héder (SZTAKI) Rendezvous at the Edge of the Earth: Harnessing LEO Technology for Inuit Knowledge Sovereignty & ResilienceSpeakers:…
Gifts from the heavens
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Chair: Cornelia Puhze (SWITCH) Maximizing the potential of EdTech - A collaborative approach to innovation Speaker: Ellena Papageorgiou (SURF) Exploring Legal…
Responsible Innovation
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Chair: Karl Meyer AI Enablement: Full Lifecycle Management of Optical Fiber Cables Speaker: Murat Erdem Mordogan Networks that Speak your Language - AI for NetOps The…
Artificial Intelligence for Research and…
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Chair: Maria Isabel Gandia (CSUC) Going Beyond Network Automation Towards Service OrchestrationSpeakers: Scott Richmond (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - ESnet),…
Future Automation and Digital Twins
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Chair: Esther Robles Blazquez (RedIRIS) Patagonia: Forging a Digital Connection to Finis TerraeSpeaker: Albert Astudillo (REUNA) Beyond Capacity - Let's Go…
From Global to Local and Back
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Welcome to TNC24 from GÉANT CEO Erik Huizer, GÉANT Chair Gilles Massen and RENATER CEO and Local Hosts Boris Dintrans. Welcome from Laurent Crouzet, French…
Opening Plenary
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Chair: Brian Nisbet (HEAnet) NRENs as leveraging agents for innovative business modelsSpeakers: Antônio Carlos Fernandes Nunes (RNP ), Eduardo Cezar Grizendi (RNP)…
Collaboration for the Future
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Chair: Heather Flanagan (Spherical Cow Consulting) The Impact of Digital Credentials on the European Educational LandscapeSpeakers: Xavi Aracil Díaz (1EdTech),…
In the Classroom
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Chair: Ivana Golub (PSNC) Got a Second? How GÉANT plans to support the planned redefinition of the SI secondSpeaker: Dr Guy Roberts (GÉANT) Submerged…
Colours of Light: Non-Data Network Services
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Chair: Maria Ristkok (EENet) Taming big tech. How to use our community to dictateSpeakers: Mr Koos Kruithof (SURF), Mrs Linda Meulenkamp (SURF) Those are my principles,…
Digital Freedoms
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Chair: Wenche Backman-Kamila (CSC/Funet) What is maturing under the broad-leaved AARC-TREESpeakers: Christos Kanellopoulos (GÉANT), David Groep (Nikhef and…
The Trust Roots That Make Research Grow
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Chair: Dragana Kupres (CARNET) Driving IoT Innovations in Uganda: The Rise of LoRaWAN TechnologySpeaker: Claire Sharitah Nakakeeto (RENU) Croatian e-Schools Programme -…
Quality Education
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Finding people? Educating people. Keeping people!
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Education cocktail: mixing the physical &…
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