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Update
Date: 24-25 March 2025
Format: 2 half days + informal dinner
Venue/Location
RENATER Headquarters
23-25, rue Daviel, 75013
Paris, France
Google maps link:
You can find information on how to get there here: https://www.renater.fr/en/about/the-gip-renater/practical-information/.
Accommodation/recommended hotels:
Ibis Style butte aux cailles:
Hôtel St Charles:
https://www.hotel-saint-charles.com/fr/index.html
Remote participation:
https://rendez-vous.renater.fr/SIG-MSP-GEANT-RENATER
REGISTRATION LINK HERE
(both on-site and online participation is possible)
For any questions, please email nadelina.sandu@geant.org.
Theme: "Aligning Strategies: Shaping the Future of NREN Service Portfolios"
Monday, 24th of March
12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch & arrival |
13:30 - 13:50 | Welcome and update on new strategy from RENATER - Boris Dintrans (RENATER) |
Part 1 - NREN Strategic Drivers (Digital sovereignty + Security/SOC set-up) | |
Digital Sovereignty | |
| 13:50 - 14:00 | RENATER "digital sovereignty" services (Evento, Mail systems, etc.) - Boris Dintrans (RENATER) |
| 14:00 - 14:10 | Switch cloud service - Esther Seidl Nussbacher (Switch) |
| 14:10 - 15:00 | Open discussion: consequences of digital sovereignty for your NREN and it's service portfolio offering |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break |
Security | |
| 15:30 - 15:50 | SOC rationale for UK education and research - Mark Tysom (JISC) |
| 15:50 - 16:00 | Challenges of adding SOC to service portfolio - Robert Hackett (HEAnet) |
| 16:00 - 16:10 | Switch and SOC - challenges of adding SOC to service portfolio - Geert Hoevenaars (Switch) |
| 16:10 - 16:50 | Open discussion: consequences of NIS2, other legal security drivers for your NREN services portfolio (not just SOC - also more widely) |
| 16:50 - 17:00 | OCRE update - Michel Wets (SURF) |
| 19:30 | Dinner at "Le bistrot l'alouette" (kindly sponsored by RENATER) |
Tuesday, 25th of March
08:45 - 09:00 | Welcome |
Part 2 - NREN Strategy Development - deep dive and lightning talks | |
Strategy "deep dive" x 4 | |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | SURF: new positioning and portfolio vision for each service domain - Thijs van der Horst (SURF) |
| 09:20-09:30 | Questions and discussion |
| 09:30 - 09:50 | HEAnet 2025-2030 strategy - Karen Thornton (HEAnet) |
| 09:50 - 10:00 | Questions and discussion |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | RedIRIS strategic plan 2025-2028 - Alberto Pérez Gómez (RedIRIS) |
| 10:20 - 10:30 | Questions and discussion |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | CSC/Funet new strategy & key areas of focus - Harri Kuusisto (CSC/Funet) |
| 10:50 - 11:00 | Questions and discussion |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee break |
NREN Strategy lightning talks - round table participation from all attendees | |
| 11:30 - 12:45 | Round table of participating NRENs each give a "lightning talk" on their NREN strategy + open discussion afterwards inc. observation of any trends or shared drivers |
| 12:45 - 13:00 | Final comments, meeting evaluation and closing |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch |