#tnc23 — Public Fediverse posts

Meet Alexius Chipalamwazani - 2023 Emerging NREN Programme (ENP) Participant!

At #TNC23, Alexius joined the ENP—a programme built to equip and empower emerging NREN representatives with the skills, knowledge, and community ties that will drive innovation back home.

In this interview, Alexius reflects on his ENP experience, how it shaped his growth, and the impact it’s had on Malawi’s NREN, MAREN.

➡️ Read the full interview in the latest edition of #CONNECT48: https://connect.geant.org/2025/03/19/reflections-on-the-emerging-nren-programme-a-personal-journey-with-the-malawi-research-and-education-network-maren

Following the inaugural CEO Track at #TNC22, the second CEO Track took place at #TNC23 in Tirana and was a great success!

58 attendees from #NRENs across the globe sat together for focused discussions #AI and #Sustainability 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/09/ceo-track-2023-tuned-towards-new-challenges

📰 The article is also featured on #CONNECT44, the latest issue of the #GÉANT CONNECT Magazine 👉 https://connect.geant.org/connect44

#ArtificialIntelligence #SDGs #Research #Education #Networking #Networks #Science #Innovation

Can we use principles to guide our community's work towards #GenderEquality?

At a #TNC23 roundtable in Tirana, NRENs discussed a set of principles as a first guide or iteration of the process 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/01/improving-gender-equality-by-principle-and-design

📰 The article "Improving Gender Equality – by Principle and Design" is also featured on #CONNECT44, the latest issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine. Read the full magazine here: https://connect.geant.org/connect44

#GenderBalance #NRENs

The Trans Adriatic Express, EXA Infrastructure's new route between Turkey & France, is operational with GÉANT!

GÉANT's Bram Peeters: “EXA put in amazing efforts to upgrade the connection to the Albanian NREN RASH, with a 100G link in time for our annual conference #TNC23. Our 700+ TNC attendees benefited from seamless connectivity, and now Albanian #research facilities can rely on 100G connectivity to support their int'l research collaborations well into the future.”

🔗 https://exainfra.net/media-centre/press-releases/geant-and-madcom-accelerate-connectivity-on-exa-infrastructure-s-trans-adriatic-express-now-operational/

Throwback to last month’s memorable TNC Morning Run!

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃 53 participants from the global Research & Education Networking community joined the 6km run across the Grand Park of Tirana and along the shore of Tirana's artificial lake, right before the start of #TNC23.

Will you join our runners next year at #TNC24? https://tnc24.geant.org/

Arjan Xhelaj, Director general of RASH, the Academic Network of #Albania, was awarded the Medal of Honour by the Vietsch Foundation for his dedication and commitment to the Albanian #NREN .

We talked to him about his plans and vision for #research and #education in Albania 🇦🇱
👉https://connect.geant.org/2023/06/20/connect-interview-arjan-xhelaj-director-general-rash-the-academic-network-of-albania

#CONNECT43 #TNC23

Exactly one week ago we were wrapping up the last few #TNC23 side meetings in Tirana...

We made many happy memories, but also great pictures! Check the first batch we just released (Tuesday 6 June) 👉https://flickr.com/photos/geant/albums/72177720309111103/with/52977936247/

📷 Eriona Cami & Xhoi Seferi

On 7 June 2023, GÉANT and CSTNet – the China Science and Technology Network – signed at #TNC23 a new 15-year agreement for tenfold increase of #interconnection capacity, in support of stronger Europe-China #research collaborations.

Full announcement 🔗 https://connect.geant.org/2023/06/15/geant-and-cstnet-sign-agreement-for-tenfold-increase-of-interconnection-capacity-in-support-of-stronger-europe-china-research-collaborations

Thanks to the #TNC23 host RASH, the Academic Network of Albania 🇦🇱, to our local partner the Municipality of Tirana, to all TNC23 partners, to this year's Programme Committee (chaired by @hardingar, SWITCH), to the 107 speakers, and to the whole organising team
@geant, PSNC, NORDUnet, who made this TNC edition a success!

Led by GÉANT CEO Erik Huizer, last week's #TNC23 Closing Plenary featured an inspiring speech by the mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj, a keynote by Laura Paglione (Spherical Cow Group) and a tribute to the Ukrainian NREN URAN by John Dyer from the Vietsch Foundation.

Read the highlights 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/06/08/tnc23-closes-but-nobody-wants-it-to

"If ever there was a TNC you didn't want to end, this is it!"

But all good things must come to an end - and so did #TNC23 in #Tirana, following a packed week of conversations & collaborations!

Thank you for joining, and see you next year at #TNC24 in #Rennes!

📍The glory that is eduroam📍
Last week i chaired the eduroam session at the TNC23 conference in Tirana! The recording is now online: https://edu.nl/687nf
@SURF @geant #eduroam #love2eduroam #tnc23

🌟 It's the final day of #TNC23, the REFEDS Meeting is in full swing with over 50 trust and identity professionals gathering to discuss the latest advancements in the field. 🚀🔐 REFEDS is the voice that articulates the mutual needs of research and education identity federations worldwide. 💻🤝 #REFEDS #Identityfederation #IAM @geant

On the road again, off to TIA to get our first fight. Hopefully all the team will be home by early evening! #TNC23

Thank you #Tirana for having us,
Thank you #RASH for being a great host,
Thank you friends and colleagues from all the NRENs, in Europe and beyond, for coming together and proving over again that together we are so much more than « networks »,
Thank you all at @geant for bringing us all together.

(And for all those that attended the plenary and are wondering: this text has not been written by ChatGPT 😉 )

#TNC23 https://tnc23.geant.org

Now that #TNC23 is over and #TNC24 announced, I wanted to express my heartfelt thanks to all the people that made this event not only possible, but so special. Beyond the content and knowledge shared during this week, you could feel the community spirit, the will to work together to make a better future, for all the digital generations.

#TNC23 Closing keynote - Laura Paglione "We have the knowledge & the tools to help digital natives leverage their power 💪

How can we enable digital natives to consider #research as a personal journey of discovery?

Let's work together to ensure #information is disseminated openly, accurately & collaboratively"

"#TNC is a bucket list event for me"🥰

Laura Paglione (Spherical Cow Consulting) delivers a keynote at #TNC23 on the power of digital natives & how to harness it in our Research & Education community.

This power is the key to unlock the next phase of the digital revolution🔥 #DigitalGenerations

At the #TNC23 Closing Plenary in Tirana, all participants joined in a heartfelt standing ovation for Volodymyr Galagan from the Ukrainian NREN #URAN Association.

🇺🇦 ‘Make sure it’s heard in #Kyiv.’

#Ukraine #Research #Education #Networking #NRENs #community #EU4Digital

#TNC23: John Dyer presented a thank you message from Yevhenii Preobrazhenskyi, Director of the Ukrainian NREN URAN, for the generous contributions of our community to the Vietsch Foundation Fund for URAN.

"We continue the fight for a worthy future of #science & #education in #Ukraine" 🇺🇦

#TNC23 Closing - GÉANT CEO Erik Huizer:

"EC is looking to enhance hybrid data created to stimulate the European economy. How will services that we provide for the Public R&E space (in trust & identity, AAI, security, cloud) interact with Common European Data Spaces?"

#TNC23 Closing - GÉANT CEO Erik Huizer:

"MyAcademicID enables students to authenticate for studies abroad using their home student account thanks to eduGAIN.

How can we ensure that national governments build upon work we have done, and learn from our experiences?"

#TNC23 Closing - GÉANT CEO Erik Huizer:

"National governments are becoming increasingly keen to roll out digital identification for citizens.

Digital identification has potential to revolutionise our interactions, offering convenience, efficiency, privacy, security"

If cycling to #Rennes (FR) for next year's #TNC is not an option for you, consider using surface travel by train.

Tools that will help planing the trip:

Being in Rennes by train within

8 hours:
https://www.chronotrains.com/en/station/2983990-Rennes/8

10 hours:
https://www.chronotrains.com/en/station/2983990-Rennes/10

Direct train connections from/to Rennes:
https://direkt.bahn.guru/?origin=8700025

#TNC23 #TNC24 #Road2TNC

#TNC23 Closing - GÉANT CEO Erik Huizer:

"Our networks, especially #subsea, will be used as research tools themselves. The newly awarded #SUBMERSE project, will allow our community to explore how to make this possibility a reality."

#TNC23 Closing - GÉANT CEO Erik Huizer:

"Developments in #networking & demand from researchers will influence how our data will be made secure & transferred.

Time & frequency synchronisation, #quantum key distribution, #AI will also influence the art of networking"

#TNC23 Closing - GÉANT CEO Erik Huizer:

"#Submarine cables we rely on are increasingly vulnerable due to geopolitical issues & private competition.

If big tech platforms become main drivers across different regions, how will interests of #research & #education be protected?"