Dates: 9-10 April 2026

Format: 2 half days + informal dinner

Theme: Tools and services for the NOC


Location:

SURF Utrecht office 

Located in: Offices Hoog Overborch (Hoog Catharijne)

Address: Moreelsepark 48, 3511 EP Utrecht, Netherlands


 

Accommodation/recommended hotels:

  1. Inntel Hotels Utrecht Centre

  2. NH Utrecht

  3. Hampton by Hilton Utrecht

  4. Bunk Hotel Utrecht


REGISTRATION LINK HERE

(both on-site and online participation is possible)


For any questions, please email nadelina.sandu@geant.org. 

AGENDA (Times in CEST)

9th of April

12:00 - 13:00

Arrival & Lunch

13:00 - 13:15

Welcome, Harold Teunissen, SURF

 

Session 1 - Chair: Jonny Lundin, SUNET
13:15 - 13:45

ASPA: The Next Frontier in Practical Inter-Domain Routing Security, Simon Leinen, Switch

Over the past years, Route Origin Validation (ROV) based on the Resource
Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) has been widely deployed by ISPs,
including NRENs. The emerging ASPA (AS Provider Authorization)
mechanism promises to further improve inter-domain routing security.

We briefly present the ASPA publication and validation mechanisms,
estimate the timeline for its wider introduction, talk about some early
experiences at AS559 (Switch), and discuss deployment considerations,
with particular emphasis on NREN-specific routing policy issues as well
as risks related to misconfigurations. 

13:45 - 14:15

AI Agent in the WorkFlow Orchestrator, Peter Boers, SURF

This presentation will give some insights on the AI agent recently included into the Workflow Orchestrator (WFO). This software, which SURF is actively developing in collaboration with other international parties, has been enhanced with RAG functionality. This makes it possible to search the orchestrator’s database in a comprehensive manner and to extract all kinds of cross-sectional information from the orchestrator using natural language.

14:15 - 14:45

Multi-domain communication between teams on the EuroHPC Network, Keith Slater, Scott Campbell, GÉANT

14:45 - 15:15Coffee break
 Session 2 - Chair Jože Hank, ARNES
15:15 - 15:45Discussion on communication, Jonny Lundin, SUNET
15:45 - 16:15TBC 
16:15 - 16:45

Sustainable Working practices in Asiera, Andy Byrne, Asiera

Andy will provide details on some of the network-related sustainability initiatives undertaken in HEAnet/Asiera. He will also share real-world examples of the practices Asiera has implemented to measure and reduce our CO₂ emissions

16:45 - 17:00

Wrap up


End of Day 1

 19:00Informal group dinner

10th of April

09:00 - 09:15
Welcome

Session 3 - Chair: Mick O'Donovan, Asiera

9:15 - 9:45

Network Development Tools and Services, Ivana Golub, PCSS

This talk will give an overview of some of the tools and services available to the R&E community from the Network Development side: perfSONAR, Performance Measurement Platform, NMaaS, Argus, TimeMap, nmaas and Network eAcademy.

9:45 - 10:15

Security Activities and Services,  Alf Moens, GÉANT

This talk will give an overview of some of the tools and services available to the R&E community from the Security side.

10:15 - 10:45

Increasing uptake of GÉANT tools,  Ivana Golub, PCSS and Jonny Lundin, SUNET

What kind of products, tools or services would be relevant and would be used in case they were developed in the next phase of the GÉANT project? With this discussion, we would like to gather feedback from the community to set the compass.

10:15 - 10:45Coffee break
 Session 4 - Chair: Maria Isabel Gandia, CSUC
10:45 - 11:15

Onboarding people in the NOC, Mick O'Donovan, Asiera

11:15 - 11:45

Flash talks:

  • The Network Automation Forum, Simon Leinen, Switch
    NAF is a forum for discussion on networking that includes automation, orchestration and observability. In this flash talk, we will see an overview of the updates on network automation given at the last Autocon meetings. 
  • SURF NOC, Dennis Maat, SURF
11:45 - 12:00Meeting Evaluation and future topics, volunteers for next host
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
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