Date: 8 November 2024

Time: 10:00-12:00 CET (2h)

Moderators: Jakob Tendel, Jan Meijer

Other facilitators (breakouts, notes): ...

Attendees: CSDMs, Above-the-net Strategy group members, CTOs (GA)

Objective

• Review 2023 roadmap topics and how they have been implemented.
• Identify areas where roadmap items need further progress,  outside of the GN5-2 plan.

Maximise discussion time, to cover the topics within the GN5-2 plan but also those not included, such as education and AI (presentations 30 min vs discussions 90 min)

Context

2023 topics taken up in GN5-2:

• Maintaining the GÉANT Cloud Framework OCRE
• Developing service concepts and business models for:
  • Transferring research data.
  • Federating sovereign research data storage.
  • Creating a cloud-based Trusted Research Environment platform.
• Expanding the cloud strategy to cover more areas.
• Ensuring the stability maintenance of eduMEET and advancing its federation.

2023 topics not yet addressed:

• AI (role of NRENs in AI, AI in education, topics)
• Education support (Interoperability in HE, handling data, mobility & identity).
• Research data.

Questions

• Are there other areas that need to be addressed?
• Which topics are collaborative and cross-cutting?
• Where can we add value?
• How can our experience with cloud sovereignty inform current discussions, like AI?

Other Discussion Points

• Any changes in NRENs and their priorities about the Above-the-net activities since 2023 CTO workshop?
• Prioritised activities (interest, capabilities)

Maybe we should assign participants some homework to think about or ask them to come prepared to share their opinions?

Preliminary Agenda