Hosted by Jisc
Brettenham House,
5 Lancaster Place
London WC2E 7 EN United Kingdom
Recommended hotel:
STRAND PALACE HOTEL 4 ****
WC2
The best way to book your room, is to call is the ‘groups’ number: +44 (0)20 7379 4737 between 9am-5pm and quote the code: ‘THEC160119’
www.strandpalacehotel.co.uk/
AGENDA 🇬🇧 👨🏻💻:
DAY 1: Wednesday 17 January - Training solutions for the GÉANT community: Best practice, mapping, Learning & Development collaborations.
12:00-13:00 Welcome lunch 🥗 🤝
13:00 - 13:10 Start of the meeting and introductions
13:10 - 13:15 Introducing theme of the day and splitting up into groups
Part I - “Understanding NRENs training needs” 📚
13:15 - 13:45 Work in groups on identifying strategic challenges, gaps of knowledge and common needs
13:45 - 14:10 Presentations of discussion outcome
14:10 - 15:00 The value that GÉANT training brings for NRENs, followed by feedback and discussion - Irina Mikhailava, GÉANT
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break ☕️ 🍪
Part II - Lightning talks ⚡️ - “From identifying gaps to finding solutions for NRENs and their users”.
15:30 - 15:45 LT 1 - Gabriela Paolini, GARR
15:45 - 16:00 LT 2 - Katharine Iles, Jisc
16:00 - 16:30 LT 3 - Campus Best Practice - Andrijana Todosijevic, AMRES
16:15 - 16:45 - Summarising gaps and available solutions and setting scene for collaboration - Irina Mikhailava and Annabel Grant, GÉANT
16:45 - 17:00 - Cloud update ☁️ - Robert Hackett, HEAnet
18:15 - 🚶🚶🏽Walking tour of Covent Garden and the London theatre district. 🎭. The walk will leave the Strand Palace hotel reception at 18:15 and finish at 19:30 at Brown’s restaurant.
19:30 - 🍽 Dinner 🥘 at Browns Covent Garden Restaurant, 82-84 St. Martins Lane, Covent Garden, London (thank you, JISC!)
Day 2: Thursday, 18th January - NREN member “Recruitment Fair”: Driving your value proposition – making the perfect pitch for your NREN 🗣
9:00 - 9:10 Introducing the theme of the day - “Why should you join my NREN?” - Annabel Grant and Irina Mikhailava, GÉANT.
9:10 - 11:10 NRENs present their value proposition (presenting: HEAnet, CYNET, RASH, DFN), each presentation followed by plenary discussion based on “what you heard, what you did not, how you understand the offer"
11:10 - 11:30 Coffee break ☕️ 🍪
11:30 - 12:00 Perfecting the short elevator pitch for your NREN (split up in 3 groups)
12:00 - 12:30 Presenting and discussing feedback
12:30 - 13:00 Final conclusions. Next steps and future meetings 🇭🇷
13:00 - Goodbye lunch 🌭 ✈️