Ivar Janmaat
Ivar Janmaat is manager of SURF Research Cloud at SURF and actively involved in the development of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). He represents SURF in various European working groups and steering committees and plays a key role in connecting policy, infrastructure, and scientific research. He is also involved in partnerships such as ELIXIR, where he contributes to the integration of bioinformatics infrastructures, and GÉANT, the pan-European network for research and education. He also contributes to the JTC 25 committee of CEN and CENELEC, where he is committed to European standardization in the field of data, cloud, and edge. Within SURF, he focuses on strengthening digital facilities for open science and coordinating national and international developments.
Sessie
An open and trusted environment for data, tools, and services for researchers in Europe: that is the goal of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). On October 1, 2024, the EOSC EU Node officially launched: the first node of the EOSC federation. At first glance, this may not seem like a big change—just as the internet did not seem like one in 1994. Yet, in the years that followed, the internet radically changed our world.
What does EOSC mean for the Netherlands? What is ‘under the hood’? Who is involved and how are EU member states tackling this jointly? The long-term impact cannot yet be predicted – but the direction is clear: open, connected, and future-oriented research and education in Europe.