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The Nordic gateway for Research and Education.
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โœจ ๐—ก๐—–๐—ช๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ - ๐—–๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ & ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€
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.

Images from NCW2025: https://nordu.net/tcs8
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๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ โ›ฑ๏ธ Before you activate your out-of-office messages and close down your work computers, hereโ€™s a quick reminder:
Make sure to register for the NORDUnet Community Workshop 2025 #NCW2025

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Copenhagen | 9โ€“11 September 2025
๐Ÿ”— Register here https://nordu.net/ncw25reg โ€” early bird pricing is still available!

We look forward to seeing you in September!

Earlier this spring, the #PolarConnect 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/
#assw #NPF #science #research
Polar Connect Presented at Arctic Science Summit Week 2025  โ€“ North Pole Fiber

๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’™ 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. ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐ŸŽ–๏ธ
https://nordu.net/EJB-OON
๐ŸŽ‰ Congratulations, Erik-Jan!
Royal honour for Erik-Jan Bos

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 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐ŸŽ–๏ธ The Chancery of the Netherlands Orders has awarded Erik-Jan Bos, Technical Policy Officer at NORDUnet, the title of [โ€ฆ]

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

Read about the visit:
https://nordu.net/lvxc

Nordic Visit to OFC50

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 essential to build and operation networks that meet the next-generation demands of research and education [โ€ฆ]

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The registration to the NORDUnet Community Workshop #NCW2025 running 9-11 September will open later this month.
In the meantime, we invite you to make your hotel reservations as the week of 8-12 September is a very ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† busy conference week in Copenhagen.

We have made an agreement with the NCWs venue, Crowne Plaza, for a block booking of a limited number of rooms.

Booking link can be found here:
https://nordu.net/ncw25

#Community #NREN #TandI #NordicAI #Research #Education

NCW2025

The NORDUnet Community Workshop (NCW) is the continuation of the successful NORDUnet Technical Workshop (NTW). The goal of the workshop remains unchanged โ€“ to give Nordic NREN communities an opportunity to meet, share, and collaborate โ€“ and to do so in an environment that offers both old-timers and newcomers an opportunity to join forces, stimulate [โ€ฆ]

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The Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) serves as a hub for experts, businesses, and organizations involved in global telecommunications and technology.

As part of this years PTC's conference,, NORDUnet, in collaboration with the Polar Connect, has been actively engaging with stakeholders to explore innovative solutions for Arctic connectivity.
Check out the highlights from #PTC25:
https://nordu.net/okkg

Highlights from PTC25

The Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) serves as a hub for experts, businesses, and organizations involved in global telecommunications and technology. PTCโ€™s annual conference, held in Honolulu, Hawaiโ€˜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 yearโ€™s event, NORDUnet, in collaboration with [โ€ฆ]

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For more information about the project, visit:

https://nordu.net/PCstep1

EU Grants Funding for Polar Connect Step 1

The next subproject of Polar Connect begins, bringing together five Nordic stakeholders to secure the future of global digital infrastructure.  Polar Connect is an initiative to establish a sustainable and reliable fibre connection between Europe and Asia, along a new route via the Arctic Ocean. The European Commission is granting 4 million Euro in funding [โ€ฆ]

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๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿญ (๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ-๐—˜๐—จ-๐——๐—œ๐—š-๐—ฃ๐—–๐Ÿญ) Kicked off!

๐Ÿš€ On Wednesday in Stockholm, we officially started this 3-year initiative (2025โ€“2027)

With a total budget of โ‚ฌ7,090,000, co-funded by CEF Digital (50%), the project is driven by five beneficiaries.

Looking forward to the journey ahead and the transformative impact this project will have on polar research and connectivity! ๐ŸงŠ ๐Ÿ›ณ๏ธ โ„๏ธ ๐Ÿ’ช

#PolarConnect #Vision2030 #PCStep1 #CEFdigital #DigitalEU #HaDEA

๐Ÿš€ Shaping Europeโ€™s Supercomputing Future ๐ŸŒ
NORDUnet is proud to join the CSC-led consortium building the EuroHPC Federation Platform! This project will connect Europeโ€™s top supercomputers, including LUMI & quantum systems into one seamless, secure system. ๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ”—

๐Ÿ”— Discover more:
https://nordu.net/tqq4/

#HPC #QuantumComputing #Innovation #EuroHPC

NORDUnet Partners in Building EuroHPC Federation Platform

NORDUnet is proud to be part of the CSC-led consortium awarded the contract to deliver and operate the EuroHPC Federation Platform (EFP). This initiative, commissioned by the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), will integrate Europeโ€™s supercomputing, quantum computing, and data resources into a unified, scalable, and secure environment. Enhancing Federated Infrastructure Across Europe [โ€ฆ]

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