CONNECT Weekly Newsletter for 01/04/20

View this email in your browser CONNECT Newsletter 01/04/20 The CONNECT weekly newsletter brings you news, articles and content from across the GÉANT Community.   'eduroam in fakbars seems like a good idea' Interview with Klaas Wierenga, founder of eduroam By Karl Meyer 31/03/20 Read the full story In Focus Viewpoint: COVID-19, open science, and a 'red alert' health indicator By Cathrin Stover on 31/03/20 Read the full story Webinar: Nokia optical trials – Breaking records for Capacity and Span using embedded Photonic Service Engines 6 April 2020 @ 13:00 CET By Karl Meyer on 30/03/20 Read the full story Rescale Partners with Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure to Accelerate the Race for COVID-19 Vaccine with Cloud Supercomputers for Researchers By Karl Meyer on 27/03/20 Read the full story Events Webinar: Nokia optical trials – Breaking records for Capacity and Span using embedded Photonic Service Engines 6 April 2020 @ 13:00 CET By Karl Meyer on 30/03/20 Read the full story In the Field Stories Coronavirus triggers Portuguese distance learning boom By Jane Gifford on 01/04/20 Read the full story TNC20 has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic Read More Here Community News EMBL-EBI leads International collaboration to share COVID-19 research data By Karl Meyer on 01/04/20 Read the full story URAN rapidly deploys eduMEET to support openUp2U and Ukrainian home research and education By Laura Durnford on 31/03/20 Read the full story Continued NOC operations in the face of a pandemic By Maria Isabel Gandia Carriedo on 31/03/20 Read the full story Network Performing Arts Production Workshops (NPAPW) webinar: interactive live-streaming for Education and Performing Arts – Thursday 2 April 10am ET/4pm CEST By Rosanna Norman on 31/03/20 Read the full story Trusted Certificate Service and Business Continuity By Nicole Harris on 31/03/20 Read the full story Fast-track co-creation funding for COVID-19 related activities By Karl Meyer on 31/03/20 Read the full story 2020 GÉANT Community Award – voting deadline extended to 3 April 2020 By Rosanna Norman on 30/03/20 Read the full story Claudio Allocchio elected as the new GÉANT Community Committee Chair By Paul Maurice on 26/03/20 Read the full story AzScienceNet supports young Azerbaijani scientists By Laura Durnford on 25/03/20 Read the full story Up2U remote learning platform expands access to all schools and universities across Europe By Paul Maurice on 25/03/20 Read the full story Interviews 'eduroam in fakbars seems like a good idea' Interview with Klaas Wierenga, founder of eduroam By Karl Meyer on 31/03/20 Read the full story Copyright © 2018 GÉANT, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: GÉANT Association Hoekenrode 3 1102 BR Amsterdam The Netherlands Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from the list To subscribe to this newsletter click here This newsletter is published by GÉANT, as part of GÉANT Specific Grant Agreements: GN4-3 (No. 856726), GN4- 3N (No. 856728), and BELLA-S1 (No. 731505), which have received funding from the European Union's 2020 research and innovation programme under the GÉANT2020 Framework Partnership Agreement (No. 653998).  The following projects that may be mentioned in the newsletter also receive funding from the European Union: AfricaConnect2, CAREN3, and Asi@Connect (DG DEVCO), EaPConnect and EUMEDCONNECT3 (DG NEAR).  The content of this document is the sole responsibility of GÉANT and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union. GÉANT does not necessarily endorse any opinion, real or implied, expressed by contributors to CONNECT. If you would like to reproduce articles please contact GÉANT. All brand, company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.