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- Date: 8 October 2024
- Time: 09:00-15:00
- Venue: Moldova State University (Hall ‘Regina Maria’, 1st floor, Central Building, 60 Alexei Mateevici Street, Chisinau)
‘RENAM E-Infrastructure – Supporting Excellence in National Research and Education’ conference celebrates the 25th anniversary of the National Research and Education Network RENAM.
AGENDA
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30-9:00 | Registration | |
| MORNING SESSION | Session Chairs: | Ion Tiginyanu, President of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Co-President of RENAM; Igor Sharov, Rector of the Moldova State University |
9:00-9:20 | Official Opening | Welcome address from the Ministry of Education and Research Welcome address from the Delegation of the EU to the Republic Moldova Welcome address from the Moldova State University |
| 9:20-9:35 | 25 years of RENAM e-infrastructure development for support of research and education in Moldova | Ion Tiginyanu, President of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Co-President of RENAM |
| 9:35-9:45 | The origins: RENAM foundation and network development | Presenter: Erich Peplow, NATO consultant |
| 9:45-10:00 | RENAM – essential digital infrastructure for Moldovan R&E in the international landscape | Presenter: Erik Huizer, Chief Executive Officer of GÉANT |
| 10:00-10:10 | EU strategies and priorities for the EaP region | Thibault Charlet, Programme Manager, DG NEAR |
| 10:10-10:20 | EU4Digital: EaPConnect – bringing together research and education communities | Irina Matthews, EaPConnect Project Manager |
| 10:20-10:40 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:40-10:50 | GÉANT network backbone development | Sebastiano Buscaglione, Senior Network Architect at GÉANT |
10:50-11:00 10 min NRENs belong to their users: how it works in the GÉANT community
Presenter: Claudio Allocchio, Chair of the GÉANT Community Committee, GÉANT Board member
11:00-11:15 15 min EaPConnect regional network: challenges in research and education support during the war
Presenter: Yevhenii Preobrazhenskyi, Executive Director of URAN Association (Ukraine)
11:15-11:30 15 min Romanian NREN – support for Romanian research facilities
Presenter: Octavian Rusu, Scientific Director of ARNIEC/RoEduNet Agency (Romania)
11:30-11:45 15 min The role of NRENs in solving research challenges
Presenter: Raimundas Tuminauskas, Head of Network and Service Infrastructure Department at PSNC (Poland)
11:45-12:30 45 min Networking Lunch
AFTERNOON SESSION
Session Chairs:
Peter Bogatencov, Chairman of the RENAM Management Board;
Grigore Secrieru, Secretary of the RENAM Management Board
12:30-12:45 15 min GÉANT services: eduVPN
Presenter: Tangui Coulouarn, Head of Development and International Engagement at DeiC (Denmark)
12:45-13:00 15 min The benefits of using the OCRE (Open Clouds for Research Environments) framework
Presenter: Olaf Verschoor, Procurement Manager at GÉANT
13:00-13:20 20 min Transforming education through AI: services and assets
Presenter: Antonio Carrozzo, AWS Education & Research sales Lead
13:20-13:35 15 min Open Science and EOSC: opportunities and challenges
Presenter: Aurelia Hanganu, General Director of National Agency for Research and Development
13:35-13:55 20 min Coffee Break
13:55-14:10 15 min Moldova State University: digital infrastructure development for scientific and educational networks
Presenter: Sergiu Corlat, Vice-Rector for digitalization, Moldova State University
14:10-14:25 15 min
Advanced technologies to support public health systems. National Colposcopy Network
Presenter: Valuta Diana, Head of Cervical Screening Coordination Unit at Research Institute for Mother and
Child Health Care
14:25-14:40 15 min Fostering sustainable smart community development in Moldova: IT4BA and RENAM partnership
Presenter: Sergiu Tutunaru, Director of IT4BA Incubator at Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova
14:40-15:00 20 min Q&A Session. Conference Closing