We’re excited to connect once again with the global Higher Education community! If you’re heading to Nashville next week for the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, don’t miss the opportunity to join our EUNIS sessions and meet our community leaders in person.
Hear Evelien Renders (EUNIS President, SURF) and Isabel Gallin (EUNIS Vice President, KIT, Germany) as they explore how interoperability empowers universities to collaborate seamlessly across borders. They will share insights from European collaborations such as the EPICUR University Alliance and SURF’s national interoperability model, showing how these initiatives are making cross-border mobility and shared digital services a reality.
  Interoperability without Borders: European Models for Scalable, Trusted Infrastructure
Date: Wednesday, 29 October
Time: 2:15–3:00 PM
Location: Meeting Room 209 AB, Level 2
Isabel Gallin has also been recognized by EDUCAUSE as part of the 2026 Top 10 Panel, contributing to discussions shaping the future of higher education and technology.
 Also at EDUCAUSE:
Thierry Koscielniak (Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology – ENSAM, EUNIS Learning Technologies SIG co-leader, CSIESR ) will co-present three engaging sessions:
- Â (Digital) Education Reimagined for 2040: A European Insight on Possible Futures of Digital Education
 Tuesday, 28 October | 9:45–10:30 PM |  EDUCAUSE Commons, Teaching & Learning Central, Poster Area -  The JENII Project: Integrating Immersive and Interactive Virtual Environments into Hybrid Learning
 Wednesday, 29 October | 1:00–1:45 PM |  Meeting Room 104 CD, Level 1 -  Keeping It (Virtually) Real: XR Project Management in the Classroom
 Wednesday, 29 October | 2:15–03:00 PM |  EDUCAUSE Commons, Teaching & Learning Central, Community Collaboration Station
Within the French delegation, our EUNIS Board Member Frédéric Habert (Nantes University) will also be present — don’t miss the chance to say Bonjour!
Ahead of EUNIS participation in our partner EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, we share this inspiring interview with EDUCAUSE President John O’Brien — where he discusses the power of community in advancing education, the challenges of today’s global political climate, and the evolving conversation around AI regulation in higher education.
See you in Nashville!Â