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HE conference at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), 11 Feb 2020, Amsterdam
2020-02-11
HE conference at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), 11 Feb 2020, Amsterdam. Read more here.

EUNIS Rectors' Conference 2020
2020-04-22 - 2020-04-24
EUNIS Rectors’ Conference 2020 will be held on 22-24 April 2020 at the University of Malaga, Spain. Read more here.
Every two years EUNIS organises the Rectors’ Conference, which is attended by 100+ Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Provosts, Vice‑Chancellors and Rectors from many HE institutions across Europe and beyond in order to discuss high-level IT strategic issues.

EUNIS 2020 Annual Congress: on-line
2020-06-10 - 2020-06-13
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, EUNIS has decided to cancel the face-to-face event for the Annual Congress that was planned for 10–12 June at the University of Helsinki and replace it by an online event at the same dates!
See the schedule of the #EUNIS20 in “Virtual Helsinki” and register here. The event is free and open to all HE community.
Please note, there are pre-Congress on-line workshops offered by our Special Interest Groups already on 8-9 June.

EDUCAUSE 2020 online
2020-10-27 - 2020-10-29
EDUCAUSE annual conference will be held online on 27-29 October 2020. More information here.

EUNIS Data Protection and Cloud Security online workshop
2020-10-27 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Warsaw)
This two-hour workshop will address how cloud services help to make available and protect data. The focus of the workshop will be on legislative aspects concerning remote working, online teaching and research, data protection and security policies.The introductory address will be delivered by Andrew Cormack, Chief Regulatory Adviser, Jisc, UK. If terms like ‘Schrems’ and ‘EDPS’ ring a bell, this workshop is for you.
Expected audience: CIO’s, security officers and those involved in legislative policy and compliance
Read more here.

How To Make Cloud Services Secure online workshop
2020-11-03 14:00 - 16:00
This two-hour workshop will address what actions can be taken, and what approaches and tools are available, to increase security in a world where cloud services rule – examples are Microsoft’s 365 and Amazon services. What is the role of, and how to best set up security centres? What can be done to prevent, detect, resolve security breaches? How to set priorities in security policies? How to use offerings by cloud service providers to improve our security? The introductory talk will be delivered by Jeroen Vandeleur, Service line lead Cloud Security, NVISO, Belgium. The discussions will address technical and implementation issues. Read more here.

CAUDIT Higher Education Business and Data Reference models
2020-11-04 10:00 - 11:00
The CAUDIT Higher Education Reference Models provide standardised business and data reference architectures that communicate a generalised view of how higher-education institutions are organised and the information they use. Read more on the webinar here.

EUNIS benchmarking annual online workshop
2020-11-25 15:00 - 17:00
EUNIS BencHEIT annual workshop will be held online, on Thursday 25 of November at 15.00-17.00 CET. Read the agenda of the workshop and register here. If you have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to contact us on bm-pg@eunis.org.

IMS Europe Summit 2020
2020-11-30 11:00 - 15:00
IMS Europe Summit 2020 hosted by IMS Europe is offered free for everyone. The last session from the series of virtual meetings will be held on November 30.
It will focus on Measuring Student Success using Learning Analytics and Digital Assessments. The agenda includes a mix of informative presentations, open discussions, and expert lightning talks. Visit https://www.imsglobal.org/event/europe/2020 to view the meeting schedule and to register.

SAP: Bring your university's exams and assessments to the next level
2020-12-02 10:00 - 11:00
SAP Assessment Management by Questionmark provides universities and colleges the one-stop-shop solution they need to keep exams, tests and assessments going. It provides a seamless experience for the author and the test-taker. Results are easy to analyze and patterns and trends can quickly be identified. It helps to protect the integrity of assessments, integrated with the LMS and of course, GDPR compliant. Read more and register here.

EUA-EUNIS webinar: Information security strategies for higher education institutions
2021-05-06 14:00 - 15:00
The European University Association (EUA) and the European University Information Systems (EUNIS) are partnering for the first time to organise this webinar on information security strategies for higher education institutions.
Phishing, ransomware and hacking – none of these terms are new. However, the scaling up of digitalisation in university teaching and research activities over the past year has highlighted the importance of addressing IT security risks even further.
This webinar is designed for non-specialist decision-makers within European universities. It will provide a general understanding of the issues at stake and a basis to take informed decisions at the leadership level.
Speakers:

Raimund Vogl, President, EUNIS
Bart van den Heuvel, Chief Information Security Officer, Maastricht University
Christian Foetinger, Information Security Unit, Bavarian State Universities
Pri Alagoda, Chief Information Security Officer, Nottingham Trent University
Charlie van Genuchten, Product Manager for Privacy and Security, SURF

Moderator: Christel Vacelet, Head of Communications, Public Affairs and Membership, EUA.
Register here.
A recording of the webinar will be available on the EUA YouTube Channel.
The webinar will be free of charge, and open to everyone interested in attending. Registrations are open until the beginning of the webinar. For more questions, please contact EUA at events@eua.eu.

#EUNIS21 pre-Congress workshops
2021-06-01 - 2021-06-04
Register for the #EUNIS21 pre-Congress online workshops on 1-4 June in Virtual Athens! The event is open and free to attend! Check the inspiring programme:

1 June:
Everywhere and Nowhere: student mobility in the era of micro learning, digital credentials and blockchain.
2 June:
Building up high and down under: inter-continental collaboration on enterprise architecture.
How to save millions by giving up spaghetti: true interoperability for the digital age.
3 June:
The times they are changing – Doing BI and analytics during a pandemic.
Home Alone: information security for remote learners and workers.
How can I learn as an avatar?
4 June:
Leading digital transformation: nurturing the ecosystem.
IT Leaders’ Forum.

The workshops are organised by EUNIS Special Interest Groups, Partners and sponsors.

EUNIS brings a local flavour even when virtual. Relax and meet others on EUNIS’ own Greek island: a new experience in virtual networking! Register here.

EUNIS Annual Congress 2021
2021-06-09 - 2021-06-11
EUNIS Annual Congress 2021 entitled A New Era of Digital Transformation: Challenges for Higher Education will be held in Virtual Athens, Greece on 9-11 June 2021 online.
Register here.
The program of the event includes contributions in the following tracks:

IT Leadership & Management,
ICT Infrastructure & Security,
Learning, Teaching and Student Experience,
Software Development,
OpenX & Interoperability,
ICT in Research,
Covid-19 as an accelerator for digital transformation.

Besides the high-quality technical program, this event provides a unique opportunity for building relationships and sharing knowledge and experiences in the area of digital transformation in higher education, with special consideration on the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.
You can also register for the pre-Congress workshops held on 1-4 June. Check the schedule here and register here.
EUNIS 2021 will be hosted by the Greek Universities Network (GUnet). We look forward to welcoming you in (virtual) Athens with a warm “yassou”, literally “health to you”, which is particularly relevant today!
Read more on the event page.
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Enterprise Architecture SIG monthly meeting
2021-10-01 10:00 - 12:00
If you want to attend the regular monthly online meetings of EUNIS EA SIG on every first Friday of the month, contact the SIG leaders. More info here.

InfoSec SIG Coffee Break
2021-10-01 11:00 - 12:00
Join the EUNIS Information Security SIG to attend the regular InfoSec SIG Coffee Breaks – informal meetings for information exchange between the group members and others interested.

EUNIS Business Intelligence SIG webinar
2021-10-09 09:15 - 10:00
Financial Management of research projects in custom SAP Fiori at Ghent University
You are invited to join EUNIS Business Intelligence SIG webinar on 8 October 2021.
Read more and register here.

EUNIS Cloud Management SIG and GÉANT online workshop
2021-10-29 10:00 - 12:00
EUNIS Cloud Management SIG and GÉANT invite you for the 2-hour online workshop on 29 October 2021 from 10.00 – 12.00 CEST.

The agenda includes:

results of cloud management surveys
tools (OCRE IaaS, GÉANT ’s Cloud Flow, eduMEET, multi cloud management)
main challenges for universities re cloud services
discussions on how GÉANT and/or EUNIS can help/be of benefit.

Meet the full programme here. Register here.

The Future of Assessment and Feedback in Europe
2021-11-23 - 2021-11-24
EUNIS is partnering with IMS Europe, GÉANT and Jisc to offer a free online event. Join us to find out how digital technology is changing assessment and feedback practice. Get insights from the latest research and innovation projects, practical tips and guidance and access to free tools and resources.
Highlights include:

Making large classes feel small: how learning analytics is supporting formative assessment and student wellbeing
Delivering end-to-end EMA (electronic management of assessment) using LTI

Read more and register here.

BencHEIT online workshop
2021-11-23 13:00 - 15:00
The annual IT benchmarking workshop will be held online on 23 November 2021 at 13.00 -15.00 CET. BencHEIT project group will give an update on benchmarking survey and the upcoming BM2021 round.
The agenda includes the following speakers:

Teemu Seesto & Yvonne Kivi, BencHEIT, Finland
Pekka Kähkipuro “Benchmarking across country borders – personal observations”, University of Tampere, Finland
Angeliki Agorogianni ”IT Costs and Volumes in the time of COVID-19”, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Martijn De Keere ”impact of COVID on the UGent IT-spending and the Benchmark”, University of Ghent, Belgium
Leah Lang “Benchmarking and Peer Wayfinding with EDUCAUSE Analytics Services”, EDUCAUSE, USA
Kurt Gammelgaard Nielsen, University College Lillebaelt, Denmark

Register here.
If you have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to contact: bm-pg@eunis.org.

EUNIS BI SIG webinar on using survey data
2022-02-03 14:00 - 15:00
Title: Using survey data from student and employee engagement surveys to support decision making
Presenter: John DeVille, Explorance
Date & Time: Thursday 3rd February 2-3pm CET
Registration: Register here.
Read more here.

EUNIS InfoSec online workshop on vulnerability testing
2022-02-25 10:00 - 12:30
The InfoSec SIG invites EUNIS community members to an online workshop on vulnerability testing. Read more and register here.

EUNIS & GÉANT GDPR online workshop
2022-04-01 10:00 - 12:00
EUNIS & GÉANT invites you to the GDPR online workshop. This two-hour event will address how GDPR regulations (Schrem-2) change and impact cloud services delivery and security. The focus of the workshop will be on practical approaches, tools and policies to deal with legislative and security aspects concerning cloud service delivery.
Read more and register here.

EUNIS EA and BI SIGs spring seminar
2022-04-27 09:00 - 2022-04-28 17:00
EUNIS Business Intelligence SIG and Enterprise Architecture SIG invites you to a joint spring seminar at the U. of Tampere, Finland on Modeling for strategic decision making: explore how to combine enterprise architecture (EA) and business intelligence (BI) to improve strategic decision making in higher education institutions (HEI).
Read more and register here.

EUNIS 2022 Annual Congress
2022-06-01 - 2022-06-03
EUNIS 2022 Annual Congress will be held on 1-3 June 2022 at the University of Göttingen, Germany. Read more here.

EUNIS Rectors' Conference 2023 is cancelled
2023-05-10 - 2023-05-12
EUNIS Rectors’ Conference 2023 planned for 10-12 May 2023 at the University of Bergen, Norway is cancelled.

EUNIS23 Congress
2023-06-14 - 2023-06-16
EUNIS 2023 Congress will be held at the University of Vigo, Spain, on 14 – 16 June 2023

European Student Card update
2023-10-19 11:30 - 13:00
Online meeting on the update on European Student Card. You’ll hear the general information about the ESC, the involvement of EUNIS in the ESC governance model and also some technical updates of the IT Infrastructure will be raised. Read more and register here.

EUNIS24 Congress
2024-06-05 - 2024-06-07
EUNIS 2024 Congress will be held at the University of Athens, Greece, on 5 – 7 June 2024.
It provides an ideal forum to present and publish the latest results of research, development, and deployment of information technology and systems for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). It also provides a unique opportunity to exchange perspectives and experiences in relation to the digital transformation of European Universities, aiming to strategically assess challenges and opportunities in an era of new concerns about demographics, mobility, energy and digital sovereignty.
Find more details here.

Learning Impact Europe
2024-10-09 - 2024-10-11
Leaders from the EUNIS community will be hosting sessions and sharing success stories and case studies at the Learning Impact Europe hosted by UOC in Barcelona on 9 -11 October.
EUNIS reinforces partnership with the 1EdTech community as an official supporter of this event and EUNIS members have been granted a promo code. Apply for it now by emailing to: gferrell@1edtech.org.

AI implementations, results and effects: online workshop
2024-10-29 10:00 - 12:00 | EUNIS Special Interest Group
EUNIS SIGs Information Security and Cloud Management organise online workshop on AI implementations, results and effects which will address various interfaces and LLMs, their functionality and features. Read more and register here.
