Dear GNA-G Community, We're looking forward to two interactive GNA-G Community VCs on Monday and Tuesday UTC. If you have not registered yet, please do so by following the link below. As we would like to have as much valuable interaction as possible during the online events, we asked our working group chairs to pre-record their WGs update. In addition we received one external contribution from GÉANT that we share with you. You'll find all pre-recorded sessions here: https://www.gna-g.net/attend-a-meeting/gna-community-vcs-2020q3/ We kindly ask you to visit this link and watch the pre-recordings before you join the VC - note that these are relatively short videos. Looking forward to seeing you in a couple of days! On behalf of the GNA-G Leadership Team, Gerben On 25/08/2020, 15:26, "Erik-Jan Bos" <bos(a)nordu.net> wrote: Dear All: (pardon the X-posting). As announced earlier, in just three weeks time, the Community VCs of the Global (R&E) Network Advancement Group (GNA-G) are scheduled to take place. The aim of the Community VCs is to: * Bring ongoing progress and advancements to the attention of the worldwide R&E Network, Science, and Computer Science communities; * Foster deeper engagement within and among the communities, bringing mutual benefit for more effective operations now, and for the future vision of next generation networks and workflows; * Synergize the efforts and leverage the progress of the GNA-G Working Groups and discover new opportunities for advancement while avoiding unnecessary overlaps; * Provide a wide-ranging focus and synergy, tools and services for the global ensembles of research and education networks, present and future; * Sustain the conversation and maintain forward progress in the time of the pandemic, and deal with the ongoing transformations it will leave in its wake; * Providing opportunities to join one or more efforts through our working groups and sustain and strengthen our global mission. Registration for the Q3 2020 VCs is open. You can register for one or, if you want, both VCs, using the links below. Please note that registration is required in order to be able to participate. VC #1: Monday, 14 September 2020 2pm – 4pm UTC (most suitable for participants from North America, Latin America, Africa, and Europe; this is the former date of the GNA-G face to face meeting in Reykjavík, Iceland). Registration link: https://nordunet.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Euc-CsqzouEt1Pzrfb_U0YinLLleKNY… VC #2: 15 September 2020 7am – 9am UTC (most suitable for participants from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and Europe). Registration link: https://nordunet.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5crdeqhpzkqGtbuEc8PSSiqOy-qS9utq… After registering, you will receive a confirmation e-mail containing information about joining the meeting that also enables you to add the Zoom VC(s) to your calendar. The GNA-G Q3 2020 Community VCs are planned to have a lot of interactivity, as a couple of presentation will be prerecorded and made available in advance of the Community VCs, for watching at a time convenient for you. More information on this and a detailed agenda will be sent closer to the meeting. In case of any questions, please send e-mail to: <leadershipteam(a)lists.gna-g.net>et>. On behalf of the GNA-G Leadership Team, kind regards, __ Erik-Jan Bos Policy & Strategy Officer NORDUnet A/S - Kastrup, Denmark Web: https://www.nordu.net/