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Building lightweight digital-sovereign AI Chatbots for Higher Education: Connecting the dots of openness
by Jonny Lundin 22 May '26

22 May '26

Hi all, got another call for proposal from Jörg Paraeigis, see below, Vegard what’s you thoughts on the below? Building lightweight digital-sovereign AI Chatbots for Higher Education: Connecting the dots of openness Hossein Erfani (Karlstad University), Jörg Pareigis (Karlstad University) Generative AI is rapidly entering higher education, yet most institutions rely on commercial, opaque systems that undermine autonomy, privacy, and pedagogical control. Karlstad University has developed a system for digitally sovereign AI chatbots built on open standards, open-source technologies, and institutionally governed infrastructure. Integrated via LTI and using WordPress as a modular knowledge layer, the system ensures universities retain control over data, governance, and educational use. A key innovation is structured ingestion of Open Educational Resources and course syllabi, improving accuracy and pedagogical alignment. The project demonstrates how European universities and NRENs can collaboratively build transparent, sustainable AI aligned with public-sector values.

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NDN conference speaker updates
by Jonny Lundin 22 May '26

22 May '26

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Outstanding items
by Josva Kleist 19 May '26

19 May '26

Dear Programme Committee I have been over the programme and double checked what I think is currently missing and created a list grouped by person. We don’t have a lot of big outstanding items and some of them just need time. I will not be joining you today, and most likely Susanne will also be occupied. As the wiki is now read only for the rest of you, make sure to have a note taker and mail any updates to Susanne and me. I think there are two major items to consider for your call. 1) Licia has discovered that there is an EOSC federation meeting at the week of the conference and is investigating what that means to us. 2) Listed as ALL. We should decide on who do what on the Panel: The future of NRENs. I am willing to take that task, but we should agree first. And here home the total list Outstanding items per person: Bruno - Network Arch to support AI: Verda speakererName etc missing - Digital Twins: Poll Alexander Krentsel Jonny - Campus Networks: Speaker from a Swedish University to talk about experiences be identified - Educational interop: Help Vegard find Ladok speaker - The community we serve: Identify speaker from Royal SE Lib to talk about the collab on SE language model for transcription Josva: - Q and T&F: Poll Inder for potential speaker on quantum communication (done 260512) - Stakeholder mgmt: Poll Jacob Steen (done 260512) Licia: - Several sessions: Clarify what the fallout is of the EOSC federation meeting that is apparently scheduled for the week of the conference is. - Enabling Access: Clarify who will step in instead of Esther Makaay or if she will present herself - Educational interop: Help Vegard identify speaker from a university alliance, preferably from Luleå - Data demands: Identify speaker on the topic of data in relation to AI factories together with Anne Sofie - The community we serve: Poll Peter Szegedi (related to 1st item) Kristina - How AI is changing edu: Identify actual speaker on EST secondary schools and AI Vegard: - Educational interop: Find speaker from Ladok, ask Jonny for help if needed - Educational interop: Together with Licia identify speaker from a university alliance, preferably from Luleå Anne Sofie: - Data demands: Identify speaker on the topic of data in relation to AI factories together with Licia Maria Isabel - Sustainability: Find out if we can get a JISC speaker or need to look elsewhere Jani: - Digital Twins: Poll Vittorio Curri ALL: - Panel: The Future of NRENs: I have deliberately left this session without any responsible or chair. To ensure some level of neutrality from the panelists I will suggest that we use a person who is not affiliated with a Nordic NREN as chair. SMI and I checked and since Sabine is combining for the conference, she would be a good suggestion. In addition to agreeing on the chair, we should decide who talks to the panelists and the moderators to set the scene. I will be happy to do it, but if anyone has a strong desire to volunteer, please step forward. Cheers, Josva -- Josva Kleist, Ph.D. NORDUnet A/S Kastruplundgade 22, 1, DK-2770 Kastrup Cell phone: +45 3162 1403, Zoom: josva Email: kleist(a)nordu.net Data Protection Policy - https://nordu.net/privacy-policy/ Legal Notice - https://nordu.net/legal-notice/

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Sustainability session
by Maria Isabel Gandia Carriedo 14 May '26

14 May '26

Dear all, Abdullah Qaban from JISC has finally declined our invitation to speak at the Sustainability session, as he has another meeting on the same dates. We already have Andy from Asiera and a combined presentation with Juha from CSC and Börje from SUNET. With no speakers from JISC, I was thinking on inviting Geoff Bennett from Nokia, who has a good presentation around power usage in AI (https://nluug.nl/evenementen/nluug/voorjaarsconferentie-2025/talks/geoff-be…). Does this sound like a good option for you, or are there any constraints I should know about before inviting him, or any other ideas that you would like to prioritise? Best regards, Maria Isabel Gandia Carriedo Cap de Comunicacions Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya (CSUC) Gran Capità, 2 (Edifici LEIA UPC) | 08034 Barcelona T. 93 205 1115 | mariaisabel.gandia(a)csuc.cat<mailto:mariaisabel.gandia@csuc.cat> www.csuc.cat<http://www.csuc.cat/> | Segueix-nos a X @CSUC_info<https://twitter.com/CSUC_info> | Bluesky @csuc.cat<https://bsky.app/profile/csuc.cat> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/csuc/> Subscriu-te al butlletí (www.csuc.cat/butlleti<http://www.csuc.cat/butlleti>) Si rebeu aquest missatge fora de l'horari laboral, i requereix resposta, no l'espero fins que reprengueu l'activitat dins del vostre horari laboral

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NDN conference speaker - update
by Jonny Lundin 10 May '26

10 May '26

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Actions needed and status from today's PC meeting
by Susanne Michelsen 05 May '26

05 May '26

Dear all, Quick recap on today’s meeting. Overall, the program is progressing well – info and actions as follows * Please review your sessions checking that confirmed speakers and their e-mails stated are correct before noon Wednesday 6th May. * You will note that you no longer have the authority to edit in the wiki – you can only view. Please e-mail all updates and comments to me (smi(a)nordu.net) , cc josva. * SMI will send registration links to confirmed speakers and ask for abstracts / titles if not yet available – this work will start Wednesday 6th, for which reason your update of sessions is vital. Chairs will be copied on the correspondence * The “Disruption” session will be a session for submissions – a call will go out. * The panel on the future of NRENs with representative from each Nordic NREN will have Erik Kikkenborg and Leif Johansson as moderators. You can see the description of the session in the wiki. – and soon in the public programme also.. * The fourth Keynote is in place. Best, Susanne Kind regards/ Med venlig hilsen Susanne Michelsen Exec. Assistant & Conf. Mgr www.linkedin.com/in/susannemichelsen NORDUnet A/S Kastruplundgade 22,1 DK-2770 Kastrup Tel: +45 26 81 62 13 Web: https://nordu.net/ Please read NORDUnet's Data Protection Policy - https://nordu.net/privacy-policy/ Legal Notice - https://nordu.net/legal-notice/

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