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, building on top of cloud stratgey.

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

The workshop outcome is an agreement on the current roadmap and the priorities for upcoming multi-year community collaboration.

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
  • AI topics
• Education support
  • Interoperability in Higher Education
  • Handling data in education
  • Mobility and 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