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Catch-up from PC meeting
by Susanne Michelsen 21 Aug '26

21 Aug '26

Dear all PC members and Vidar, Thank you for a great meeting yesterday where we covered a lot of ground – bit of a recap below. For this year’s conference we have a keynote speaker for the closing session– Hrund Gunnsteinsdottir – who has asked for questions and input to her talk before she finalises her talk. You can find our news item about Hrund here https://nordu.net/revival-of-the-non-artificial-intelligence-ndn2026-keynot…, please read it and send me your question or suggestion as to what else you would like to hear more about by 26 August. (I am aware that the deadline featured in the article says 1 September..) As agreed, I have now drilled through the wiki and programme and tried to get an overview of what is missing and what is in place. Some of you will already have received individual notes from me on status. If your sessions are all ok with all speakers registered, bios, pictures, abstracts, and titles please also make sure to reach out to the speakers in your session(s) and * Agree on speaking order * Get all their mobile phone numbers * Inform them that all presentations will run from a presentation laptop in the room – presentations will be uploaded there in the correct order * Ask them to send their presentations to me (smi(a)nordu.net), cc to you. (Tuesday speakers by Friday 4 September, Wednesday and Thursday speakers by Monday 7 September) -if their presentations are horrendously big, I’ll look into an upload option. * Agree with speakers how you will inform them that their timeslot has come to an end (hand signs,,,…) * Ask them to come to the conference room 10 minutes before the session starts and meet them there – we will reserve seats on the front row for them, chat with them, make them feel comfortable. * If – and only if in emergency – you agree last minute with the speakers to change the speaking order, please make sure to inform the tech crew on site asap. * Align with your speakers that you will repeat questions from the audience – or the speaker can do it – just to make sure the question is recorded, otherwise it is only the response that is recorded properly. Other Session Chair tasks * Check with Stina /myself at the registration desk if your speakers have picked up their badges in the morning * You will be asked to make a number of announcements (ex Tuesday you should announce the Lightning Talks session and the opening reception, Wednesday misc. about dinner, etc., more specifics will follow) * Familiarize yourselves with the venue – where is the conference room.. * Be your own wonderful selves and have fun 😊 Looking forward to a great conference. /Susanne Kind regards/ Med venlig hilsen Susanne Michelsen Exec. Assistant & Conf. Mgr www.linkedin.com/in/susannemichelsen NORDUnet A/S Amager Strandvej 390, 2 DK-2770 Kastrup Tel: +45 26 81 62 13 Web: https://nordu.net/ Please read NORDUnet's Data Protection Policy - https://nordu.net/privacy-policy/ Legal Notice - https://nordu.net/legal-notice/

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NDN conference Session confirmation and abstracts
by Jonny Lundin 18 Aug '26

18 Aug '26

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NDN2026 programme done!
by Josva Kleist 14 Jul '26

14 Jul '26

Dear NDN26 PC I am perhaps exaggerating a tiny bit! But the programme for NDN26 is done to the level where all that is missing is to pinpoint two speaker names - we have confirmation for the presentations. Nice work. What is outstanding is for - Bruno to get the last name to go into the “digital twins” session - Josva to get the last name to go into the “sustainability” session. So those of you who still have vacation coming up can relax and enjoy that regarding the conference you have done what you should and those who are back can put your mind to other stuff that have piled up in the meantime. All the best, Josva -- Josva Kleist, Ph.D. NORDUnet A/S Amager Strandvej 390, 2nd Floor, DK-2770 Kastrup Cell phone: +45 3162 1403, Email: kleist(a)nordu.net Data Protection Policy - https://nordu.net/privacy-policy/ Legal Notice - https://nordu.net/legal-notice/

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NDN Conf 2026 logistics and meetup
by Jonny Lundin 26 Jun '26

26 Jun '26

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Summer is approaching and so is a complete programme for NDN2026
by Josva Kleist 19 Jun '26

19 Jun '26

Dear PC members This week has proven very productive and thanks to you, I have been able to significantly shorten our todo list. The latest version of the programme at https://portal.nordu.net/spaces/NDN2026/pages/294715428/Sessions shows a mostly yellow page which signifies that the session is complete at least to the point where we have all speakers confirmed, which is right now the most important. We still have a few items which needs setteling, Josva: - Quantum and T&F: Follow up with Inder on last speaker, if unsuccessful drop the 3rd (the other two presentations are two speaker presentations). - Sustainability: Get name of speaker on sustainability and software. We have commitment, just don’t know who from the group will come Bruno: - Digital twins: Keep hunting down potential speaker from DE-IX Jonny: - The community we serve: Contact speaker from Royal SE Lib to talk about “whisper collaboration” - Lightning talks: Contact speakers from Karlstad and tell them that we unfortunately only had a slot for them in the LT session. Have a pleasent weekend, Josva -- Josva Kleist, Ph.D. NORDUnet A/S Kastruplundgade 22, 1, DK-2770 Kastrup Cell phone: +45 3162 1403, Email: kleist(a)nordu.net Data Protection Policy - https://nordu.net/privacy-policy/ Legal Notice - https://nordu.net/legal-notice/

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This week's (shrinking) todo list
by Josva Kleist 15 Jun '26

15 Jun '26

Dear programme committee Our todo list continues to shrink and we are really down to the last few bits and pieces - if your name is not on the list, just sit back and enjoy that you have done your deal for now. And some of the things may already have happened, if so, please let Susanne and me know. For those who worry about the state speaker registration, check out our portal page - Susanne keeps it updated as things happen. Licia: - Find the last speaker for the Enabling Access Session to talk about enabling access for EOSC and EuroHPC - Contact speaker from University Alliance for presenting in the Educational Interop Session Anne Sofie: - Inform Bo Bai that we are in the happy situation that our programme is full, which means that we unfortunately only can offer him a lightning talk Ingimar - Invite Gudmundur to join the happy gang at the Future of NRENs panel Jonny: - Follow up on a speaker from the Royal SE Lib to present in The Community we Serve Session - Inform Hossein and Jörg from Karlstad that we are in the happy situation that our programme is full, which means that we unfortunately only can offer them a lightning talk Josva: - Contact Inder and ask if he is made progress on finding a speaker on quantum networks. If he hasn’t, we will instead have two long presentation in the T&F + Quantum session (the two presentations are two person presentations each). - Ask Stefan Schmidt about presenting in the digital twins session. If he fails the ball goes back to Bruno which has yet another idea. Cheers, Josva -- Josva Kleist, Ph.D. NORDUnet A/S Kastruplundgade 22, 1, DK-2770 Kastrup Cell phone: +45 3162 1403, Email: kleist(a)nordu.net Data Protection Policy - https://nordu.net/privacy-policy/ Legal Notice - https://nordu.net/legal-notice/

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Lastest update
by Josva Kleist 10 Jun '26

10 Jun '26

Dear Programme Committee Jonny and I did our weekly walkover of the status on the conference programme. We are happy to report that progress towards a final programme continues, but there are still some bits and pieces missing here and there. I have added a page for lightning talks (https://portal.nordu.net/spaces/NDN2026/pages/328368130/Lightning+Talks) and I suggest we keep track of them there when they come in. Susanne: - What is the status regarding registration of the speakers that we have confirmed? It seems that some of our speakers are getting back to the person who invited them asking about registration. I can see you have made additions to the session pages, so actually all the information may be available there. Licia: - Find the last speaker for the Enabling Access Session to talk about enabling access for EOSC and EuroHPC - Contact speaker from University Alliance for presenting in the Educational Interop Session Bruno: - Follow up on the possibility of persuading Neha Manjunath to present Anne Sofie: - Follow up on the possibility of having Jeanette Nilsson to present in the Data Demands Session - Inform Bo Bai that we are in the happy situation that our programme is full, which means that we unfortunately only can offer him a lightning talk Ingimar - Invite Gudmundur to join the happy gang at the Future of NRENs panel Jonny: - Follow up on a speaker from the Royal SE Lib to present in The Community we Serve Session - Inform Hossein and Jörg from Karlstad that we are in the happy situation that our programme is full, which means that we unfortunately only can offer them a lightning talk Josva: - Contact Inder and ask if he is made progress on finding a speaker on quantum networks. If he hasn’t, we will instead have two long presentation in the T&F + Quantum session (the two presentations are two person presentations each). - Contact Bent Thomsen and see if he or one of his colleagues are willing and able to come and present at the Sustainability session about energy considerations when writing code. - Contact Martin regarding his participation in The Future of NRENs panel All the best, Josva -- Josva Kleist, Ph.D. NORDUnet A/S Kastruplundgade 22, 1, DK-2770 Kastrup Cell phone: +45 3162 1403, Email: kleist(a)nordu.net Data Protection Policy - https://nordu.net/privacy-policy/ Legal Notice - https://nordu.net/legal-notice/

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PC Dinner at Restaurang CG - Luleå
by Susanne Michelsen 29 May '26

29 May '26

Subject: PC Dinner at Restaurang CG - Luleå When: Mon 07/09/2026 16:30 - 20:30 (4.0 hours) (GMT +00:00) Where: Storgatan 9, 972 38 Luleå Required: ndn2026pc(a)lists.nordu.net Your reservation at Restaurang CG for 11 . https://public.zenchef.com/en/restaurants/385600/bookings/174e2d3b-6045-499…

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Recap from yesterday
by Josva Kleist 29 May '26

29 May '26

Dear PC members At our meeting yesterday we made good progress on the final major outstanding items. I will try to summarize what we agreed on below, so that we are all back in sync. I may call some of you out below, so please read it all Submitted presentations - we have received a proposal from JISC for a panel session titled “Bridging Borders: Geopolitics, Collaboration, and the Evolving Role of NRENs”. After some discussion back and forth there was consensus among those present that this panel could be used to set the scene for the “Future of NRENs” panel and we therefore did some reshuffling of the sessions to make everything. Susanne will let you all know when the programme has been updated accordingly so that you can double check if we inadvertently have created some clashes. Panel on the future of NRENs - We have made good progress with the panelists. Gitte is fine with letting Martin join as DeiC rep. Jonny will talk to Pelle/Maria and Ingimar will contact Gudmundur. We agreed that the chair should not be associated with a Nordic NREN and we will ask Sabine Jaume if she is willing to take the job. Jonny takes the responsibility of coordinating chair, moderators and panelists. Jonny distributed to all of you the submitted proposal “Building lightweight digital-sovereign AI Chatbots for Higher Education: Connecting the dots of openness”. We think it is highly relevant and would like to include it in the programme. The immediate idea of having the presentation in the “How AI is changing education” is not viable as we consciously decided it was a 2 presentations session because the time needed. If Licia and Anne Sofie agree that they think it can work, we could put it into the “Data Demands” session, where we currently miss a presentation. It will then most likely require some tweaking of the title and session description. In addition to that my walkthrough our session pages in portal indicates the following outstanding items (organized per session this time). Quantum and Time & Frequency Nets Josva: Work with Inder on a speaker. If unsuccessful, consider dropping the additional speaker as we already have 4 people presenting Enabling Access Licia: Get confirmation from Johan Sörmling that he is willing and able to present Educational Interop Licia (and Vegard): Find speaker from a university alliance ! Data demands for sharing, re-use and training Licia and Anne Sofie: Consider the proposal for putting in the submitted presentation. Sustainability Maria Isabel: Continue working on finding the final speaker Digital Twins Bruno: Investigate alternatives to Alexander Krentsel. Talk to Josva about Stefan Schmid from Berlin, he may be an option The Community we serve Jonny: Find speaker from SE Royal Lib Stakeholder Mgmt Josva: Get proper confirmation from Jacob Steen All the best, Josva Sent from my iPad

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Building lightweight digital-sovereign AI Chatbots for Higher Education: Connecting the dots of openness
by Jonny Lundin 22 May '26

22 May '26

Hi all, got another call for proposal from Jörg Paraeigis, see below, Vegard what’s you thoughts on the below? Building lightweight digital-sovereign AI Chatbots for Higher Education: Connecting the dots of openness Hossein Erfani (Karlstad University), Jörg Pareigis (Karlstad University) Generative AI is rapidly entering higher education, yet most institutions rely on commercial, opaque systems that undermine autonomy, privacy, and pedagogical control. Karlstad University has developed a system for digitally sovereign AI chatbots built on open standards, open-source technologies, and institutionally governed infrastructure. Integrated via LTI and using WordPress as a modular knowledge layer, the system ensures universities retain control over data, governance, and educational use. A key innovation is structured ingestion of Open Educational Resources and course syllabi, improving accuracy and pedagogical alignment. The project demonstrates how European universities and NRENs can collaboratively build transparent, sustainable AI aligned with public-sector values.

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