Event venue:
Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel, Tbilisi city centre
Accommodation: Hotel room can be booked at special rate by the meeting participants
the hotel booking link: https://www.radissonhotels.com/en-us/booking/room-display?checkInDate=2022-10-09&checkOutDate=2022-10-13&adults[]=1&children[]=0&searchType=pac&promotionCode=SIGMSP&hotelCode=TBSZH
Price shown in the link does not include VAT and other taxes. Total price is fixed as negotiated and agreed and equals to Euro 130 including breakfast.
Any problems with the link please email the hotel directly....
Sofia Kordzadze
Groups and Events Sales Manager
T: (+995 322) 402 200 M: (+995) 597 152 355
sofia.kordzadze@radissonblu.com
- Once the link is available it will be valid till 20.09.2022 (if you wish to book the hotel now - see above for details)
- The dates – 08.10.2022-13.10.2022
- The price of the standard single room will be EUR 130 including VAT for single/EUR 154 including VAT for double breakfast included
The cancellation will be Free of charge in case of cancellation the booking in 20 working days before arrival ; first night will be charged in case of cancellation in 10 working days before arrival ; full stay will be charged in case of cancellation in 3 working day prior arrival; full stay will be charged in case of no-show.
Other recommended hotels:
MIRAVERE Hotel
Rooms Hotel
ibis Styles Tbilisi Center
Courtyard Tbilisi
There are also plenty of hotels including boutique hotels close to the meeting venue.
How to get there:
The venue can be reached from the Tbilisi International Airport by taxi. Airport taxi service at Tbilisi International Airport is available outside the terminal in front of the Arrival Hall and provides 24 hour service to the passengers. The journey time to the city center takes approximately 30 minutes dependent on traffic. Price of the taxi service to the Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel is fixed and at this stage equals to 60 GEL equivalent to approx. 20 € (there is a probability of price change in Autumn). Passengers can book the taxi 1 month prior to the arrival in Tbilisi via the following link: http://www.flytaxi.ge/ or the contact person at GRENA can assist in booking a taxi. The taxi company advised to reserve a cab in advance before the arrival and to give the names of passengers in order to avoid any inconveniences.
Contact Tamara Gvenetadze tamara@grena.ge regarding transportation issues.
Virtual Participation:
There will be possibility of online participation via ZOOM.
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
DRAFT AGENDA
Monday, 10 October - city tour in the afternoon and dinner hosted by GRENA
EAP Connect meeting will follow on Wednesday 12 October 2022
**Tbilisi is 2 hours ahead of CEST**
| 9:30-10:00 | Warm Welcome by Ramaz Kvatadze and introduction to GRENA |
| Foresight (Part 1): Contextualising Foresight in R&E (what is it, why is it important, latest learnings etc.) | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Prof RenÉ Rohrbeck (Professor of Foresight, Innovation and Transformation, EDHEC Business School, Lille) |
| 10:30-10:45 | Questions and discussion |
| 10:45-11:00 | Break |
| Foresight (Part 2): Foresight in GEANT/NREN community | |
| 11:00-12:00 | National case studies - JISC, SURF (confirmed) - why we did this/why is foresight important for NRENs (from their point of view) |
| 12:00-12:30 | Questions and discussion |
| 12:30-12:45 | Foresight for GEANT - Scoping the GEANT wider Foresight study - Raimundas Tuminauskas - early thoughts |
| 12:45-13:15 | Group discussion - what’s important for you/what would you like to see in a foresight study |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
| Sustainability of Services | |
| 14:00-14:15 | Sustainability - introduction. Learnings from CEO Track TNC and beyond |
| 14:15-15:00 | Part 1: Network services - use cases on service positioning of new network services. Learnings/best practice. Discussion. |
| 15:00-15:30 | Break |
| 15:30-16:30 | Part 2: Above the net services - use cases on T&I services and or Cloud. How do you market to your users. What worked/what didn’t. (At least one failure or learning). SURF (SURFSpot), RedIRIS, HEAnet (Heanet Store) |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Procurement Community of Practice (Olaf); General Discussion and goodbye |