The 16th SIG-CISS meeting of the GÉANT Community Programme will take place at the Tecnopolo di Bologna, Italy, hosted by ICSC Foundation and INFN, on December 3-4, 2025.
It will be implemented as a Joint workshop with ICSC and INFN.
The main focus topics will be Storage Federations, Data and Global Data Infrastructures.
EVENT DURATION
The event will run over 1,5 days (1 afternoon + 1 full day):
it will start on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 1 PM CET and will finish on Thursday, December 4, at 5:30 PM CET.
The agenda will be published both here and on the indico page on events.geant.org in the coming weeks.
The main focus topics will be Storage Federation and Global Storage Infrastructures.
(A light welcome lunch is provided from 12 noon to 1 PM CET on Wednesday, December 3)
AGENDA: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d5ipoYzI4xUx4Lxb2nXoczbDyk-dUEujoxgKitQuwF0/edit?usp=sharing
Zoom link for remote participants: it will be published here on the same day (Dec 3)
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VENUE
Tecnopolo DAMA – Data Manifattura Emilia-Romagna:
* 📍 Via Stalingrado 84/3, 40128 Bologna (BO)
How to reach: https://www.damatecnopolo.it/en/damatechnopole/info-and-contacts
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CALL FOR ABSTRACT
You can submit your contributed presentation (20 minutes presentations) via the following form: https://bit.ly/fed-storage-workshop
REGISTRATION LINK AND EVENTS INDICO PAGES:
More information will follow in the coming weeks. Please register (in person or on-line participation) on https://events.geant.org/event/1939/ ← PLEASE REGISTER HERE
WORKSHOP topics: The proposed sessions will cover:
For more information, specific questions please contact the organisers (INFN, ICSC and GÉANT) at sig-ciss-fed-storage-ws@lists.geant.org .
CALL FOR ABSTRACT IS OPEN (Until October 31, 2025 ):
You can submit your contributed presentation (20 minutes presentations) via the following form: https://bit.ly/fed-storage-workshop
VENUE
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Draft Agenda
| DAY 1 | ||||
Time From / To (CET) |
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13:00-16-00 | NRENs session | DAY 1 | What NRENs are currently doing | NRENs session |
16:00-16:15 | Tea break | |||
16:15-17:00 | ROADMAP | DAY 1 | Gathering feedback on the general roadmap for the GEANT Association (GEANT organisation + NREN members), some of which may be implemented in GN5-3 | Jan can facilitate discussion if needed |
17:00-18:00 | Site visit to LEONARDO and/or INFN Tier 1 CNAF | DAY 1 | To be organized | |
DAY2 | ||||
9:00 - 11:00 | EOSC proposals and projects session - part 1 | DAY 2 Thur Dec 4, 2025 | ||
11:00-11:15 | Coffee break | |||
11:15-13:00 | EOSC proposals and projects session - part 2
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13:00-14:00 | Lunch Break | |||
14:00-16:00 | Storage for Sensitive data / Secure Processing Environments / TREs (2h) | DAY 2 | ||
16:00-16:15 | Tea break |
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16:15-17:25 | Sync and Share | DAY 2 | ||
17:25-17:30 | Meeting closure (5 min) | DAY 2 | ||
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NEARBY HOTELS
Hotel Internazionale
📍 Via Indipendenza, 60 – 40121 Bologna
✉️ internazionale@monrifhotels.com | ☎️ +39 051 245544
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