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GÉANT will publish in 2025 a new framework agreement for open Cloud solutions (IaaS, PaaS, Saas, etc.).

BOOSTED stands for 'Belgium Optical network for Optical frequency Standards and TimE Dissemination' and aims to develop an optical network for time & frequency (T&F) transfer in Belgium and connect it, via France, to the European metrological network.

International Connectivity uses the GÉANT network, of which Belnet is a part. Belgian research and higher education institutions can therefore make point-to-point connections with sites abroad without leaving the research network.

Félix Gaudin gave a Lightning Talk about his thesis regarding an open-source tool allowing internet users to measure latency more precisely and efficiently

The Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) is a non-profit research institute, with a clear focus on groundbreaking strategic basic research in life sciences and operates in close partnership with the five universities in Flanders. Scientists at VIB conduct pioneering research across a wide spectrum of disciplines ranging from cancer, inflammation and neuroscience to plant biology. To exchange huge amounts of data with the scientists of the different VIB labs and other academic researchers, the organisation makes extensive use of Belnet FileSender. We spoke to Marcus Fislage, Cryo-EM manager at VIB/VUB.

Laura Standaert is Data Steward at UGent for the Life Sciences & Medicine cluster, which includes the Faculties of Medicine, Health Sciences, Veterinary Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Together with four other Data Stewards and two Data Curators, she works within the Open Science Team to provide professional support to researchers (from PhD level upwards) in the management and preservation of research data.