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Delegate Testimonials

Excellent quality of organisation! Good to see broad attendance, from political, to NREN to scientists. It is important to get the message across about the progress being made!

- John Boland, HEAnet, Ireland

GÉANT2 has opened up possibilities for research collaboration on a global scale.

- Kevin Thompson, NSF, USA

A great opportunity to network and to lobby for life sciences.

- Rupert Lück, EMBL, Germany

Good memories. Lots of fun. Meeting old and new friends. Interesting presentations.

- Yigal Burstein, IUCC, Israel

It was a very high quality event and GÉANT2 will continue to provide a high-level network service to the scientific community.

- Cem Saraç, ULAKBIM, Turkey

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GÉANT2 Launch logo

at the
Abbaye de Neumünster, Luxembourg City

GÉANT2, the latest pan-European research and education network, was officially launched on 14 June in Luxembourg.

“GÉANT2 is a truly giant step forward. With this modern network, we will ensure that researchers will be better and faster connected everywhere in Europe than anywhere else in the world”, said Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding in her speech during the Opening Ceremony.

Following a substantial upgrade of the network, GÉANT2 will provide a Europe-wide “roaming” service that enables scientists to access the network and their home university’s working environments from anywhere, at any time.

The programme on the following day featured presentations on the nature of the new network, on the opportunities and challenges of global research networking, and on the importance of understanding and meeting the users’ requirements.

Over 200 delegates from across the globe attended the event, among others, senior representatives of the European and global research networking community, politicians and decision-makers, representatives of the user community, and infrastructure and equipment suppliers.