Main focus of this edition is the interconnection of knowledge. The world of research and education is gearing up for an extraordinary season filled with exciting and demanding challenges, thanks in part to the NRRP investments, and is in greater need than ever of interdisciplinary exchange and advanced skills to exploit and operate digital services to the best of their abilities. In this context, it is important to create research infrastructures to support the activities that regularly handle vast amounts of data and demand high performance for their processing, transmission, and storage.

Skills4EOSC ‘Skills for the European Open Science commons: creating a training ecosystem for Open and FAIR science’ is funded by the European Commission Horizon Europe programme (GA 101058527). Coordinated by Consortium GARR and supported by 44 partners in 18 European countries, Skills4EOSC will set up a pan-European network of competence centres to speed up the training of European researchers and harmonise the training of new professional figures for scientific data management.

The project kick-off will be hosted by GARR, the Italian Research and Education Network.

Since the beginning of GARR history, the technical workshop has been an important meeting for experts in networking in the research and education community: an opportunity to receive professional updates and discuss about the trend topics of this domain.

The 2022 edition of the GARR Conference focuses on the new challenges faced by the research community, which can only be addressed with a collaborative and open approach.

The 2021 edition of the GARR Workshop will take place online from November 8 to 12. The event features a rich program with morning sessions tailored for industry experts, focusing on the topics that matter most to our community.

This year’s spotlight will be on the new GARR-T network, alongside emerging models for research networks and infrastructures—ranging from scientific computing to quantum communication. The workshop will also showcase cutting-edge network services and applications, while addressing key issues in cybersecurity and digital identities.

A dedicated session will explore Cloud technologies and digital sovereignty, featuring distinguished guests who are among the leading figures in technological innovation in Italy.

"Sustainable/Digital. Data and Technologies for the Future" is the title of the 2021 edition of the usual event dedicated to networking experts and researchers who daily use the network and its services for their activities and international collaborations.

The central theme is digital sustainability, which encompasses both sustainable approaches to technology development and the models—particularly aligned with the goals of Agenda 2030—through which digital technologies can be leveraged to generate positive impacts on the environment, society, and the economy.

The IDEM DAY is a gathering, training, and discussion moment for IDEM representatives and those in the research and education community interested in digital identity topics. This year's program will be entirely online, but the interactive format remains unchanged: through virtual Open Space Technology sessions, participants will not only engage in discussions on current themes but also collaboratively shape the agenda.

Discussions will cover the state of the Federation and the outcomes of the Technical Scientific Committee's working groups on OpenID Connect, MultiFactor Authentication, and Identity Assurance. Additionally, the IDEM DAY will feature a keynote speech on SPID, CIE, and the future of governmental digital identity by the Department for Digital Transformation, and a session dedicated to international applications of federated identity, including discussions on: the Italian eIDAS node by AGID, Erasmus going digital and integration with eduGAIN by the European University Foundation, and the Erasmus+ program for the Italian context by the INDIRE Agency.

Furthermore, the IDEM Federation Members' Assembly will convene during the event for periodic updates on federation activities, services, and the Technical Committee, and to discuss proposals for new working groups. To participate in the IDEM Day and the Assembly, registration via the form is required by February 22nd.

 

 

The GARR Workshop 2020 will take place entirely online from November 2nd to November 6th, 2020. The program is structured around 5 thematic days focused on: network and GARR Lab, e-learning and integrated digital education, applications, cloud and edge computing, security and identity. Each day can be attended individually or as part of a broader program.

Since the beginning of GARR history, this technical workshop has been an important meeting for experts in networking in the research and education community: an opportunity to receive professional updates and discuss about the trend topics of this domain.

This year, the programme will focus on Software Defined Networks, on the current developments both on the European backbone GÉANT and on other research networks as well as on telcos and on the changes that these innovations will bring for the R&E organisations’ campus network. We will also talk about cloud, apps and micro-services and how their constant growth is changing the role of infrastructure and network experts. Finally, there will be space dedicated to the themes of digital identity and cybersecurity two of the main pillars of GARR infrastructure.

As always, in the spirit that characterises GARR where knowledge sharing as well as the development of skills are of the paramount importance, on 7 October the workshop will be anticipated by training classes on some of the most interesting themes for the community.

GARR Conference is the annual meeting of users, operators and managers of the Italian national education and research network aimed at sharing experiences and comments on the use of the network as a tool for research, training and culture, in different contexts and disciplines.

At the hearth of this years’ conferenceare the new IT challenges in multidisciplinary research: from cybersecurity to artificial intelligence, from data preservation to their reuse, from education to open science.
These are topics of interest for the many communities that are part of the GARR network and are becoming more and more interlinked and multidisciplinary. The conference will be an opportunity to present success stories of innovation and topics for discussion for the world of academia, research, education, health and humanities.

At the Department of Computer Science of the University of Pisa, the workshop "Ideas for Innovating the Network" was held, focusing on the evolution from the first metropolitan networks to today's shared values and models.

Twenty years after the creation of the first metropolitan networks, this event provided an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of pioneering initiatives and explore future scenarios for the benefit of the entire education and research community.