GNA-G Community VCs Q2 2025
The next Community Video Conferences (VCs) for the Global (R&E) Network Advancement Group (GNA-G) are scheduled to take place online using Zoom on 8-10 April, 2025.
The topic of the Community VC is research engagement.
The aim of the Community VCs is to:
- Bring ongoing progress and advancements to the attention of the worldwide R&E Network, Science, and Computer Science communities;
- Foster deeper engagement within and among the communities, bringing mutual benefit for more effective operations now, and for the future vision of next generation networks and workflows;
- Synergize the efforts and leverage the progress of the GNA-G Working Groups and discover new opportunities for advancement while avoiding unnecessary overlaps;
- Provide a wide-ranging focus and synergy, tools and services for the global ensembles of research and education networks, present and future;
- Sustain the conversation and maintain forward progress in the time of the pandemic, and deal with the ongoing transformations it will leave in its wake;
- Providing opportunities to join one or more efforts through our working groups and sustain and strengthen our global mission.
Agenda
- Welcome, agenda [slides] {Watch recording}
- Theme: research engagement
- 20 years of perfSONAR – Andrew Lake and Laetitia Delvaux [slides] {Watch recording}
- SciTags – Marian Babik and Tim Chown [slides] {Watch recording}
- AI and Global Networks – Philip Harris [slides] {Watch recording}
- PERN update – Yahya Khan [slides] {Watch recording}
- LT update:
- Leadership Team update {Watch recording}
- Introduction of the new WG: Network eAcademy [slides] {Watch recording}
- NomCom update – Alexander van den Hil [slides] {Watch recording}
- Discussion
- Wrap-up