| Time | Room | Activity | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 – 10:30 | JOFFRE A | Network Development – A joint side meeting of network-related project work packages to discuss with the symposium participants topics related to network and network services planning, development, operations and maintenance would be an opportunity to continue discussions that are starting with Network Evolution Studies and the CTO workshop, and present project work results. | Ivana Golub |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | JOFFRE B | Commercial providers in my WP or Task? Procurement is not as difficult as you think! – Do you need services from commercial suppliers in your project? You probably need some form of Procurement to get the services you need. Using examples from WP4 and IC1 you’re (further) introduced to procurement. After this session you know where to get support and you learned procurement can be fun. | Olaf Verschoor |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | JOFFRE C | Security workpackage leadership – evaluation and planning meeting for WP8 task, service and workpackage leaders | Alf Moens |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | JOFFRE D | All You Want to Know about Finance/Project Reporting Additional Presenters: Francesca Pegazzano, Iulia Pituleac, Munyaradzi Shahwe | Bridget Hannigan |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | JOFFRE 5 | GitLab & Kubernetes in Practice – The aim of the session is to boost adoption of containerisation in the development process implemented in the Geant GitLab and Kubernetes. During the cross-workspackage discussion we will shortly introduce containerisation and try to identify blockers and specific user requirements based on chosen case-studies. The session is dedicated to development team members and especially to the SSE 2023 participants. | Szymon Kupiński |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | SULLY 1 | eduGAIN Service Team Meeting – The eduGAIN service team will meet to check current achievements and issues and to discuss the road map for project year two. | Davide Vaghetti |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | SULLY 2 | WP3 T1 Task Meeting – Task Meeting to review Y1 and outlook to Y2 | Beatrix Weber |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Catering Area | MORNING COFFEE BREAK | |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | JOFFRE A | State of the Cloud Procurement | Jakob Tendel |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | JOFFRE B | Task Meeting for WP3 Task 3 – Task Meeting of the External Relationships team | Leonie Schäfer |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | JOFFRE C | WP8 Outreach and Dissemination workshop | Alf Moens |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | JOFFRE D | Time-Frequency Incubator – The purpose of this side meeting is to present the results of the WP6 time-frequency incubator. In GN5-2, GEANT is planning to invest in building time-frequency links between European NMIs to meet the vision of the CLONETS-DS. The incubator is currently working on a T/F business case and design. | Guy Roberts |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | JOFFRE 5 | Privacy Policy for GN5 – Join us for a focused session on our project’s new privacy policy. This meeting aims to provide comprehensive training on policy updates, ensuring all team members understand and adhere to these essential changes. Your understanding and compliance are vital to GEANT’s project success and compliance | Magdalena Rzaca |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | SULLY 1 | Maximising the potential of eAcademy – This will demonstrate how eAcademy is being deployed successfully by Work Package 6, followed by Q&A. We aim to inspire and inform other Work Packages, Services and Product Owners to create to their own material for the benefit of Project contributors and the wider R&E community | Dom Mayerl |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | SULLY 3 | Trust and Identity Incubator – The Incubator task (WP5 T5) works on four different projects in the area of T&I. At the time of the Symposium, it is almost halftime for these projects and want to discuss the next steps with the team and our stakeholders. We would prefer a meeting on Tuesday afternoon, if possible. | Michael Schmidt |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Catering Area | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | JOFFRE A | Meaningful KPIs for the GEANT project – The purpose of this side meeting is to discuss with all Devops Work Packages (WP4, WP5, WP6, WP7, WP8) what are the right KPIs for the GÉANT project. | Tryfon Chiotis |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | JOFFRE B | SOC, DDoS & CTI workshop – synchronise development efforts on SOC, CTI and DDoS | David Heed |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | JOFFRE C | Security Human Factor – team meeting, planning and evaluation | Charlie van Genuchten |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | JOFFRE D | eduroam | Paul Dekkers |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | JOFFRE 5 | SEE Directors Forum Meeting@Symposium – Since its establishment in 2018, the SEE Directors Forum has been working on supporting the NRENs in the SEE region. With strong support from GEANT, that started in GN4-3 and strongly continues in GN5-1, the NRENs work along each-other to address the challenges and overcome the barriers and narrow the digital divide | Anastas Mishev |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | SULLY 1 |
WP2 and WP3 Get Together – WP2 and WP3 share both the positive and negatives of the last 12 months and plan for Year 2 of the project
|
Annabel Grant |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | SULLY 3 |
Security Management Task Meeting
|
Šarūnas Grigaliūnas |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Catering Area | AFTERNOON COFFEE | |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | JOFFRE A | Project Resources – “In this parallel session we would like to discuss how we can better use the project resources (mainly people) from GÉANT and the NRENs. | Tryfon Chiotis |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | JOFFRE B | Enabling New Security Services – How can we best engage and enroll services for NRENs? How do we best promote and do pilots? | David Heed |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | JOFFRE C | Security Human Factor – Sustainable Outputs – How can we optimize the use of all materials that are produced in T2 (training, Awareness, exercises) | Charlie van Genuchten |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | JOFFRE D | WP4 all-hands and Above-the-Net planning – In-person meeting time is worth its weight in gold for our distributed project work. The Symposium is a huge opportunity for personal engagement and coordination. We therefore apply for a side meeting for the WP4 Above-the-Net activity team, to gain the benefits of personally meeting as many as possible, to align our group for coming work, and to have practical work time for the big tasks coming in early 2024. | Jakob Tendel |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | SULLY 1 | GLAD – What’s in it for YOU? – GÉANT Learning & Development (GLAD) is here for YOU! We work with all Work Packages, equipping teams with new knowledge and skills, encouraging continual professional development and enabling you to share your expertise with the Research & Education community | Sarah Hughes |
| 17:00 | DAY ONE CLOSE | ||
| Time | Room | Activity | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Einstein Conference Hall | Opening Plenary | TBC |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Catering Area | MORNING COFFEE BREAK | |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Einstein Conference Hall | Lightning Talks | TBC |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Catering Area | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | TBC | Breakouts A | TBC |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | TBC | Breakouts B | TBC |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | TBC | Breakouts C | TBC |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | TBC | Breakouts D | TBC |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Catering Area | AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK | |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | Einstein Conference Hall | Plenary | TBC |
| 17:00 | DAY TWO CLOSE | ||
| 19:00 – 23:00 | TBC | Symposium Dinner | |
| Time | Room | Activity | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Einstein Conference Hall | Lightning Talks More info | TBC |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Catering Area | MORNING COFFEE BREAK | |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | TBC | Session A | TBC |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | TBC | Session B | TBC |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | TBC | Session C | TBC |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | TBC | Session D | TBC |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | TBC | Session E | TBC |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | TBC | Session F | TBC |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Catering Area | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | SULLY 1 | WP8 T3 team meeting, planning and evaluation | David Heed |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | SULLY 3 | eduMEET spinout coordination and board meeting – This open meeting will focus not only on technical aspects but also on general ones, as further development, needed features, pan-European collaboration as well as management and funding plans (TCC + GN5-2). | Bartlomiej Idzikowsk |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Catering Area | AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK | |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | SULLY 3 | WP8 T4 team meeting, planning and evaluation | Alf Moens |
| 17:00 | DAY THREE CLOSE | ||
Book your accommodation in Montpellier
We have negotiated rates for the Symposium participants for the below hotels, Crown Plaza Montpellier Corum and Hotel Oceania Le Métropole Montpellier. All hotels are located close to the conference venue, at walking distance. The below hotels can be booked up until 27 November.
If you prefer to stay at the Crowne Plaza Montpellier Corum, we advise you to book prior to 2 October. After this date, they can only offer the rooms that they have available at the moment you book.
There is not ‘one conference hotel’. Feel free to make use of the below booking links, or select your own preferred booking tool.
Please find here a list from the Montpellier Tourism Office with all accommodation in the centre of Montpellier. Please select ‘Montpellier Centre’ and ‘Montpellier Comédie’ in order to see all hotels closest to the Symposium venue (Le Corum).
Crowne Plaza Montpellier Corum
3 minute walk from Le Corum
MORE INFO
PRICES
Classic room €130 per night
Premium room €150 per night
Deluxe room €170 per night
LOCATION
190 Rue d’ Argencourt , Montpellier 34000
T + 33-4-67722222
contact@cpmontpellier.com
TERMS
The above rate includes breakfast and VAT, but excluding €2 city tax.
A credit card is required in order to proceed with the reservation.
The booking link will expire once no more rooms are available. Availability is dependent on what is booked.
Free cancellation until 27 November. After this date, the first night will be charged when cancelling.
Hotel Oceania Le Métropole
10 minute walk from Le Corum
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PRICES
Comfort room €130 per night
Superior room €150 per night
Deluxe room €180 per night
Prestige room €205 per night
Junior suite €230 per night
LOCATION
3 Rue Du Clos René
34000
Montpellier
T +33 (0)4 67 12 32 32
oceania.montpellier@oceaniahotels.com
TERMS
The above rate includes breakfast and VAT, but excludes €2 city tax.
A credit card is required in order to proceed with the reservation.
The booking link will expire on 27 November. Availability is dependent on what is booked.
Each reservation can be cancelled without penalty until 4PM on the day of arrival.
For any cancellation after 4PM, 100% of the amount of the reservation will be charged.
MAKE A RESERVATION
- Select your number of guests
- Add code 10531294, but first select ‘Corporate code’ (not ‘discount code’)
- Select your dates
Now you can proceed with the booking