TNC25

Session

Hear From Our Partners: Sparkle, Nomios & SoftwareOne

11 Jun 2025, 11:00

Exchange Theatre

Description

This year, TNC25 unveils a new exciting concept – the Exchange Theatre, which serves as a space for networking, learning, and collaboration, using a silent disco set up.

The Exchange Theatre will take place in the Corn Exchange at the iconic Brighton Dome, in the middle of all the exhibition booths.

329. 11:05 - 11:25 | Focus on Your Mission, Not Complexity

Paola Crobu (Sparkle)

11/06/2025, 11:05

The presentation underscores the crucial role of Research and Education (R&E) in driving human progress across multiple dimensions—social, technological, and economic. It emphasizes how the OCRE (Open Clouds for Research Environments) framework, along with its selected service providers, contributes significantly to this mission. By streamlining access to cloud technologies, offering tailored...

330. 11:35 - 11:55 | The Future Proof GÉANT Network

Michel Geensen (Nomios)

11/06/2025, 11:35

Michel shares insights into how GÉANT selected Nomios in mid-2023 to replace its Juniper-based international IP backbone with new Nokia nodes. He’ll briefly introduce who Nomios is, and explain which Nokia equipment was chosen for this large-scale project.
He’ll also cover why the combination of Nomios and Nokia was selected, how the migration has been planned together with GÉANT, and where...

331. 12:05 - 12:25 | AI without the quicksand - Building a strong foundation for your AI-powered research

Alex Galbraith (SoftwareOne)

11/06/2025, 12:05

Exchange Theatre

This session will discuss why and how cloud enables the research community to innovate and progress with their work.