NORDUnet

16/09/2025

✨ 𝗡𝗖𝗪𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 - 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 & 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀
What a few days it has been at Copenhagen Towers! With more than 190 participants from Nordic R&E networks, service providers, campus teams, and beyond, it was a week of knowledge sharing, new ideas, and the unmistakable spirit of community.

The programme opened with side meetings including the Joint SIG-AI and TF-EDU, Nordic Time and Frequency, Nordic Network Monitoring WG, and Nordic Trust & Identity. We then came together for two inspiring rounds of Lightning Talks, on Tuesday morning and again on Thursday afternoon, reflecting the breadth of our collective work from AI and trust frameworks to automation, cloud platforms, and education futures.

Across the week, tracks spanned network resilience, media services, AI, trust and identity, education, cloud and storage, EOSC, security, and more. Alongside the packed sessions, the informal moments—coffee breaks, lunches, the reception, and dinner—gave space for conversations, sketches of new ideas, and collaborations in the making.

💡 NCW2025 has been more than a workshop. It has been a chance to pause, reflect, and connect. Thank you to everyone who joined us at .
You are what makes this community thrive!

👉 To all participants: What was your highlight of NCW2025? Share your thoughts in the comments.
📸 Photos from NCW2025 are now available on our website (link in the comments)

12/08/2025

𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀? That’s all you need to spark ideas, share breakthroughs, and get the Nordic NREN community talking.
At in Copenhagen, 9–11 September 2025, we’re giving the mic to you in two Lightning Talk sessions – Tuesday morning and Thursday afternoon. These are plenary sessions, meaning your voice will reach everyone in the room!

Lightning Talks are fast, focused, and to the point. You get five minutes to:
💡Unveil a new project
💡Share a hard-earned lesson or even a failure
💡Invite collaboration
💡Offer a quick tip or insight
…anything that will make the community lean in and think, “Tell me more!”
You decide on the number of slides, if any; zero slides are fine too 😎

Share your proposal for a lightning talk with [email protected]
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All submissions will be reviewed by our dedicated LT team.
𝗗𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲:
Speaker name, Affiliation, Talk title, 1–2 paragraph abstract
and we will revert to let you know if your proposal has been accepted.

26/06/2025

🕶️ ⛱️ Before you activate your out-of-office messages and close down your work computers, here’s a quick reminder:
Make sure to register for the NORDUnet Community Workshop 2025

🗓️ Copenhagen | 9–11 September 2025
🔗 Register here https://nordu.net/ncw25reg — early bird pricing is still available!

The NCW25 program is taking shape. Our colleagues are busy preparing the many community-driven topical workshops and sessions. As always, we will face exciting days focused on the topics and themes most relevant to right now.
NCW25 continues to be the meeting place for the Nordic NREN community, the place we meet to exchange ideas, discuss, debate, listen, and shape the future for our community.
We look forward to seeing you in September!

01/05/2025

Earlier this spring, the Polar Connect team took part in the Arctic Science Summit Week in Boulder, USA. We contributed to shaping Arctic research priorities through sessions on cutting-edge technologies like SMART submarine cables that enable year-round environmental data collection in the high Arctic. These efforts are paving the way for sustainable, high-capacity connectivity and research access across the polar region.
Read more: https://npf.nordu.net/coxm/

25/04/2025

🧡 💙 We are proud to share that for his life-long services to the Dutch and international network communities, Erik-Jan Bos, longtime employee of SURF and NORDUnet, has been appointed Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau, one of the most distinguished orders in The Netherlands. 🇳🇱 🎖️
https://nordu.net/EJB-OON
🎉 Congratulations, Erik-Jan!

For life-long services to the Dutch and international network communities, Erik-Jan Bos, longtime employee of SURF and NORDUnet, has been appointed Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau, one of the highest civilian honours in The Netherlands 🇳🇱 🎖️ The Chancery of the Netherlands Orders ha...

08/04/2025

Nordic Visit to OFC50
“Attending OFC together as a team gives us a better chance to have the ear of key vendors,” says Rasmus Lund, optical networking specialist at NORDUnet. “Together we represent a large and highly advanced network, and that adds weight to our conversations and insights.”

Read more:

Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the 2025 Optical Fibre Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC50) stands as the premier event for technology specialists and network architects in the optical networking and communications community.. To stay updated on the latest innovations and products esse...

26/02/2025

🚀 Smart cables, nano-second precision & federated access: The next phase of GÉANT!

The European research & education network (GÉANT) is entering a new phase, exploring experiments involving optic cables that sense their surroundings and nano-second precision time & frequency distribution. These technologies could drive scientific discovery while also detecting tampering attempts.

🔹 “The relevance of smart cables and nano-second precision clock synchronization is obvious. Still, we must address technical, legal, and policy challenges,” says Lars Fischer, Chief Relations Officer at NORDUnet.

With strong Nordic involvement, 22 full-time employees are contributing to the project, focusing on areas aligned with national priorities.

GÉANT also advances federated access, enhancing eduGAIN and introducing myAccessID, a universal digital ID for research & education. “The recent adoption of myAccessID for EOSC and EuroHPC points towards a universal digital ID platform,” notes Fischer.

The GN5-2 phase, running for 30 months with €80M EU funding, will push research collaboration to new heights.

🔗 Read more:

Experiments involving sensing in cables, time & frequency distribution, and extended use of federated access are some of the novelties as the European research and education network (GÉANT) begins a new phase. Sensors able to monitor the surroundings of optic cables, and nano-second management of t...

22/01/2025

Highlights from
The Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) serves as a hub for experts, businesses, and organizations involved in global telecommunications and technology. PTC's annual conference, held in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, gathers leaders to discuss the latest advancements in undersea cable networks, regional connectivity, and the future of global communications infrastructure.

As part of this year's event, NORDUnet, in collaboration with the Polar Connect, has been actively engaging with stakeholders to explore innovative solutions for Arctic connectivity.
Read more:

The Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) serves as a hub for experts, businesses, and organizations involved in global telecommunications and technology. PTC’s annual conference, held in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, gathers leaders to discuss the latest advancements in undersea cable networks, regiona...

10/01/2025

𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟭 (𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝟮𝟯-𝗘𝗨-𝗗𝗜𝗚-𝗣𝗖𝟭) Kicked off!

🚀 On Wednesday in Stockholm, we officially started this 3-year initiative (2025–2027) with a clear focus on strengthening polar research connectivity and collaboration.

With a total budget of €7,090,000, co-funded by CEF Digital (50%), the project is driven by five beneficiaries:
Vetenskapsrådet undefinedådet (Swedish Research Council),
DTU - Technical University of Denmark,
Swedish Polar Research Secretariat,
NORDUnet,
GlobalConnect,
The hybrid meeting (in-person & Zoom) was marked by enthusiasm and a strong sense of teamwork as we discussed the timeline, grant agreement, scope, budgeting, and shared responsibilities.
Looking forward to the journey ahead and the transformative impact this project will have on polar research and connectivity! 🧊 🛳️ ❄️ 💪
For more information about the project, visit:
https://nordu.net/PCstep1

20/12/2024

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at NORDUnet!

Thank you for your trust and partnership. Together, we’ve accomplished great things this year. Here’s to even greater achievements in 2025!
Warm regards,
The NORDUnet Team

20/12/2024

🎉 After a busy and exciting 2024, it’s time to prepare for the next chapter: the NORDUnet Community Workshop 2025

Save the Date!
*Copenhagen will be bustling during this time, so we strongly encourage you to book your accommodation early.

9–11 September 2025, Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers, Copenhagen After a busy and exciting 2024, it’s time to prepare for the next chapter: the NORDUnet Community Workshop 2025 (NCW2025)! NCW2025 is the premier gathering for the Nordic NREN communities—a space to exchange knowledge, spark colla...

05/12/2024

The Netherlands, Nordic countries, and Canada have joined forces to upgrade the Amsterdam-Montréal trans-Atlantic connection to 400 Gbps as part of the Advanced North Atlantic (ANA) consortium. This partnership strengthens one of the most powerful intercontinental connections, fueling cutting-edge research like the Large Hadron Collider and the Square Kilometer Array.

🔗 Read the full story and discover how collaboration drives innovation in the global research community!

Dutch, Nordic, and Canadian research and education networks upgrade their trans-Atlantic link to 400 Gigabits per second (Gbps) as part of the Advanced North Atlantic (ANA) consortium. The research and education network organizations of the Netherlands, the Nordic countries and Canada have signed an...