Belnet Community Day

Introduction: Strategic agenda Belnet for Innovation (part services) - 15'

Summary
Digital opportunities arise in all sorts of activities and sectors throughout the Belgian and European landscape and within the divers Belnet community. In order to see if those opportunities are worth investigating at Belnet, a Strategic Innovation Agenda (SIA) has been created. In the introduction of the innovation sessions we will explain the SIA and how the SIA is the gateway to more concrete actions where Belnet is involved in. Each session will then zoom in on two of those specific actions.

Speaker
As Innovation Lead, Niels Deriemaecker is taking up the role at Belnet to scope for new opportunities and promising technologies together with his colleagues in the innovation team. Those opportunities in the near, mid-term and long term future might play an important role the Belnet community, the Belnet strategy and even for society as a whole. Niels gained experience by being an accountmanager at Belnet for 7 years. It was the perfect basis for learning how to connect to new and existing partner initiatives and organisations and how to build strong relationships in Belgium and across Europe where new opportunities arise.

FedOSC - 25'

Summary
Belnet is launching a new Persistent Identifier (PID) service based on the Handle system, ensuring long-term accessibility and citability of research outputs while complementing our existing DOI offerings.
This session introduces PIDs and explains when to use Handle versus DOI systems. Unlike per-item DOI registration, Handle uses prefixes enabling unlimited PID creation, making it cost-effective for large-scale research infrastructures. Using a DNS analogy, we'll explain the technical architecture and the difference between registration and hosting components.
Our service operates through the international ePIC consortium, providing 24/7 global availability with cross-border mirroring. Key features include flexible metadata structures, transparent pricing (€49/year prefix registration, tiered hosting from €50/year), and migration support for existing Handle users.

Speaker
Sam Kauranne is the global project manager for the Federal Open Science Cloud (FedOSC) project at Belnet. FedOSC is a federal initiative to promote Open Science and FAIR data practices within the Belgian federal scientific community.

GÉANT - 20'

• What's is it for the R&E community in Belgium
• Current projects
• Q&A

Speaker
Jennifer Ross has been a part of GÉANT’s Partner Relations & Insights team for over 5 years. Based in Amsterdam, she is the relationship manager for a group of NRENs, including Belnet, and the sub-task lead on Insights, including responsibility for the GÉANT Compendium of NRENs.