Speaker: Lise Fuhr (GÉANT)

Keynote: Networks and Knowledge Futures: the architecture of imagination

This talk uses the physical infrastructure of the Internet as an entry point for a discussion of how contemporary knowledge infrastructure shapes imagination and possibilities. Considering the geopolitics at play in every level of network architecture, it explores the implications of thousands of small technical decisions for what is thinkable in the contemporary knowledge environment. Drawing on time spent with the crew of the Leon Thevenin, Africa’s only dedicated oceanic fiber optic repair vessel, it humanizes the work of building, maintaining and expanding knowledge networks across divided political geographies. It poses critical questions of consideration regarding the knowledge that we have, the knowledge that we want, and who this knowledge is designed to serve.
Speaker: Jess Auerbach Jahajeeah (Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town)

GÉANT Community Award

Presentation of the Annual GÉANT Community award for outstanding contributions to collaborative work and the development of services and technologies within the GÉANT Community.
Speaker: Charlie van Genuchten (SURF)

Vietsch Award

Presentation of the Annual Vietsch Award. The Medal of the Vietsch Foundation is awarded annually to honour people whose initiatives led to a lasting organisational set-up or a service that is of great value to the research and education community.
Speaker: John DYER (The Vietsch Foundation)