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….