New Danish NREN
• A merger between
Forskningsnettet (operated by UNI-C)And
Danish Center for Scientific Computing
Mandate
• September 2011 - Signed agreement with the 8 universities
• Election!• Negotiations between Ministry of Higher Education and
Ministry of Finance about the wording of a supplementary budget
• Nomination of the new board• An introductory board meeting 1. February 2012• Supplementary budget passed at 19. April 2012• First offical board meeting 25. April 2012
History
The board• Center Director Børge Obel, Interdisciplinary Center for Organizational
Architecture, Aarhus University (chairman of the board)• Institute Manager John Renner Hansen, Niels Bohr Institute,
University of Copenhagen• Chief Technology Officer Ingrid Melve, UNINETT A/S• Institute Director Helle Rootzen, DTU Informatics, Technical University
of Denmark• Institute Manager Peder Thusgaard Ruhoff, Institute for Technology
and Innovation, University of Southern Denmark• Managing Editor Karen Skovgaard Petersen, Society for Danish ‐
Language and Literature• Director Malou Aamund, Microsoft Enterprise and Partner Group
•DeIC was born!
Name and logo
Danish e-Infrastructure Cooperation – DeIC
OrganisationUntill 1. January 2013
Process
• What we know: Name, organisation, some services – and that things are still going to change
• What will happen:• Task force to make a report on expectations
for the new organisation • Board strategy seminar in september• All hands strategy seminar in october
Communication….
• Press release (Published on PeaR)• Logo and website (ASAP)• Meetings with stakeholders at all levels at the
universities and other connected institutions• User conference in November ”Data,
computing and network – at the service of research”
• Some merchandise….