October 3-4,
Asnet-Am offices
1 P. Sevak str., Yerevan 0014, Republic of Armenia
Yerevan, Armenia
Venue TBC (ASNET AM offices or centrally located hotel)
Online participation is will be possible. Register
The event is dedicated to exploring various aspects that together contribute to the subject of sustainability of NRENs.
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- National level (national government policies, strategies, implementation of the digital transformation policies)
- Wider EU strategies and areas of focus
- Impact of Open Science on R&E communities and the capability/capacity of NRENs (as well as their role) to support these changes.
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AGENDA
(Local time. Yerevan is 2 hours ahead of CEST!)
Day 1 03 October 2023
Morning coffee 9:30
Time | Topic / presentation | Speakers/facilitators | Content |
10:00 - 10:15 |
Hrach Astsatryan (ASNET-AM CEO) Irina Matthews (GÉANT; EaPConnect project manager) | Setting the scene: Context Aims and planned outputs | ||
10:15-10:45 | Leonie Schaefer (DFN) Resources: presentation, value proposition canvas template, business model canvas template, useful web references. Follow-up 1:1 session (online) with Leonie after the event to draft plans/bounce ideas | Introducing business model canvas– as a possible template for structuring financial sustainability plan, DFN – use case | |
10:45-11:30 | Drivers for change – national level | EaP NRENs |
Co-chair: Zenon Mousmoulas (GRNET) | What national policies, strategies impact (and in what way) NREN’s position, role, activities, relationship with policy-makers (what works and stumbling blocks) | ||
11:30 - 11:45 | Coffee break | ||
11:45 - 12:30 |
Time
Topic
Speakers/facilitators
Content
Hendrik Ike (GÉANT) (presentation + facilitated discussion) |
Impact on NRENs: (developing awareness) their role, challenges, opportunities | ||
12:30 - 13:30 | Richard Dennis ("Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine" University of Copenhagen) (presentation + facilitated discussion)
All - discussion | Engagement with Open Science by NRENs – what does it entail? Deep dive-in 8 pillars of Open Science - exploring the impact on stakeholders from an individual researcher to an institution with the aim to understand an NREN position. How can NRENs support their R&E communities? How can GEANT help NRENs to provide such support? How can EaPConnect help the EaP NRENs to provide such support and develop relevant competencies? | |
13:30 - 14:30 | Lunch | ||
14:30 - 15:00 | Drivers for change – R&E communities – Open Science (continues) | Richard Dennis ("Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine" University of Copenhagen) (presentation + facilitated discussion) All - discussion | Engagement with Open Science by NRENs – what does it entail? Engagement with Open Science by individual researchers/scientisits/R&E institutions – what does it mean for NRENs? How can NRENs support their R&E communities? How can GEANT help NRENs to provide such support? How can EaPConnect help the EaP NRENs to provide such support and develop relevant competencies? |
Day 2 - 04 October 2023
15:00 - 15:40 | GRNET |
“You are not alone” – sharing experience (NRENs of different business models) |
NREN - TBC which one (strong less dependence on centralised government support/funding)
NREN - TBC which one
self-supporting (less dependence on centralised government support/funding)
Zenon Mousmoulas (GRNET) Presentation, Q&A | "Our business model is…” “To sustain our business model we do…” |
Short presentation + Q&A
“Our business model is…”
“To sustain our business model we do…”
Short presentation + Q&A
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15:40 - 15:50 | Wrap up for Day 1 | Irina Matthews (GÉANT) |
Day 2 - 04 October 2023
Morning coffee 09:00
Time | Topic | Speakers/facilitators | Content |
9:30 - 9:40 | Welcome to Day 2 | Irina Matthews (GÉANT) | Day1 to Day2 – sum up of Day 1 and aims for Day 2 |
09:40 - 11:40 |
Coffee break
Chris Atherton (GÉANT) Demo of approach + interactive session | “Diamond” exercise (zoom in/zoom out approach to make sense of complex environments and to set priorities |
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11:40 - 12:00 | Coffee break | ||
12:00 - 13:15 | “You are not alone” – sharing experience (NRENs of different business models) | Ronan Byrne, (HEAnet CEO) Karen Thornton - (HEAnet, Director of Strategic and Business Planning) Eoin Kenny - (HEAnet, Innovation and R&D Manager) 60 min discussion panel 15 min - summary | “Our business model is…” “To sustain our business model we do…” |
13:15 - 14:15 | Lunch | ||
14:15 - 14:25 | Business canvas model – follow up | Leonie Schaefer ( |
remote) |
14:25-14:45 | Closing plenary | Hrach Astsatryan – (ASNET-AM CEO) Irina Matthews (GÉANT; EaPConnect project manager) | What next? |
16:15 | Social event | all |
social event together with the SIG-Marcomm event ettendees.
Social event: 16:15 meet at Matenadaran museum (53 Mesrop Mashtots Ave, Yerevan 0009) for a museum tour. Tour starts 16:30. After museum we will walk through the city center to the restaurant "Sherep" (1 Amiryan street ). Dinner starts 18:30-19:00.
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Day 3 - 05 October 2023
Jointly organised events :
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Thursday, 5 October - Exploring Virtualization and Monitoring Opportunities in Networking (Asnet-Am offices ;1, P. Sevak str., Yerevan and online). More info and registration https://events.geant.org/event/1525/.
USEFUL INFORMATION
Visa and airport Info
There is a 3 visa regimes to enter Armenia (Visa Free, Obtaining Visa Upon Arrival and Obtaining Visa Upon Invitations Only): https://www.mfa.am/en/visa/
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