Events

The core of the GÉANT community gathered in Poznań to discuss the future of the network. The 35th General Assembly was organised in the capital of Wielkopolska region of Poland on 5 and 6 March.

On 11-12 March Warsaw is hosting one of the most important events dedicated to the future of the data-driven economy, namely the Data Spaces Symposium 2025. Experts from across Europe will meet there to discuss key aspects of data sharing and its impact on innovation, artificial intelligence, and the development of connected economies. Representatives of the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center are going to provide participants with insights into how data spaces influence the future of certain economic sectors such as agriculture.

Towards the new opportunities – that is how one can sum up the meeting that concluded the EaPConnect2 project, summarizing the last decade in the development of NRENs in Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus.

The ICOS project addresses the challenges associated with the computing continuum by offering a comprehensive approach – from precisely defined functions to the creation of an IoT2Cloud operating system.

Representatives of NRENs from Macedonia, Moldova, France, Greece, Croatia and PSNC – collectively known as the nmaas team got together to discuss further development of the GN5-2 project. The meeting took place at CBPIO (PSNC headquarters in Poznań) on 20 and 21 February 2025. The topics discussed included: software development, implementation of new functionalities, analysis of current and potential new cases of system use and expanding the nmaas service for GÉANT community users.

Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) in Trento hosted a meeting concerning two cultural heritage projects: 3DBigDataSpace (aggregation, processing and enhancement of 3D objects) and 3D-4CH (creation of a 3D competence center). Both of these EU funded projects were launched on 1 February 2025.

Between 17 and 21 February, the Italian city of Trento is hosting project meetings concerning 3DBigDataSpace and 3D-4CH. The official partner of both projects, which are directly connected with presenting cultural heritage in 3D, is the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center.

The city of Kraków hosted the NATO DIANA Defense and Security Days. The event took place on 5 and 6 February and was supported by both the Polish Innovation Department of the Ministry of National Defense and the Kraków NATO DIANA Accelerator. It brought together experts involved in the development and acceleration of dual-use technology, end-users from the defense sector, entrepreneurs developing the latest technologies and investors.

On 22 January 2025 the GRAPHIA project was kicked off in Brussels. This international meeting lasted for two days and gathered researchers and specialists who are interested in SSH data. Among them were Aleksandra Nowak and Tomasz Parkoła, both representing the Digital Libraries and Knowledge Platforms Department of PSNC.

The AGRO-PREMIERY International Agricultural Fair is the biggest agricultural event in Poland and it kicks off in Poznań on 23 January 2025. For two days the event is going to focus mainly on AGRICULTURE 5.0. Participants of the fair will have a chance to witness a presentation of the agrifoodTEF project, which is realized with heavy participation from PSNC.

Its full name is Linked User-driven Multidisciplinary Exploration Network, but you can simply call it LUMEN. Despite this friendly and simple moniker, LUMEN is actually a pioneering phenomenon which is very likely to turn cross-domain collaboration around and make a research journey across various scientific fields, like Mathematics, Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH), Earth System sciences, and Molecular Dynamics a joyride! Two PSNC ambassadors – Tomasz Parkoła and Paweł Marciniak from the Digital Libraries and Knowledge Platforms Department joined the scientific extravaganza aka LUMEN kick-off meeting in Brussels on 20 and 21 January 2025.

On 16 January 2024 representatives of four universities from Poznań along with PSNC signed a letter of intent to implement an interdisciplinary cooperation program called Mind Challenge. The project will involve the Adam Mickiewicz University, the Medical University, the Poznań University of Technology, the Poznań University of Economics and Business, PSNC and some business partners.