Submit Your Proposal
Ready to share your idea?
Just click the buttons below to submit through the TNC Indico platform.
Read the guidelines for submission on Indico.
TNC is all about meeting in person, so we don’t accept remote contributions.
All submitted proposals are reviewed by the TNC Programme Committee and then discussed by the Committee in detail at an annual review meeting. The decision is fully in the hands of the Committee and decisions are not made by GÉANT staff members. Rejection rates for TNC are high.
We fully appreciate that it is disappointing when your proposal is not accepted but the Programme Committee strives for a balanced, diverse and representative programme every year. All decisions of the Programme Committee are final and non-negotiable.
More on our FAQ page.
TNC26 Venue
The Helsinki Music Hall (Helsingin Musiikkitalo in Finnish), is a concert hall and a music centre. The building is home to Sibelius Music Academy and two symphony orchestras, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. The new Music Hall, opened in August 2011, is the first ever venue in Finland’s capital city specifically designed and intended for the performing of symphonic music.
All of Musiikkitalo’s halls provide wheelchair-accessible seating. In the Concert Hall, however, stairs must be used to reach non-accessible seats. There are accessible restrooms on all floors of Musiikkitalo.
TNC26 Side Meetings will instead take place at the Finland Hall, which is next door to the Helsinki Music Hall.
Don’t miss the deadlines!
Opening Call for Proposals (Single Presentations and Side meetings)
Submission deadline for Single Presentations and Side meetings (midnight CET)
Opening Call for Lightning Talks, BoFs, and Community Hub (midnight CET)
Submission deadline for Lightning Talks, BoFs, and Community Hub (midnight CET)
Final day for Early Bird registration (midnight CET)
Regular Fee registrations open (midnight CET)
Thanks for inviting us in Helsinki!
CSC – IT Center for Science builds digital solutions for data management, scientific computing, and education that help researchers, learners, and companies understand the world. CSC supports society’s digitalization and, on its part, promote the green transition with its customers, owners, and partners.
CSC manages and operates Funet, a high-speed, cost effective academic and research network for Finnish higher education institutions, research organizations and other Funet members. Over 440 000 Funet community users use daily Funet services such as solutions for campus and wireless networking, cybersecurity and video technology. One of the world’s oldest NRENs, Funet (founded 1983) connects to other European NRENs and worldwide research networks through NORDUnet and GÉANT.
Get ready to be part of TNC26 in Helsinki!
Early bird registration for TNC26 is officially open. Register to attend the event in Helsinki at a reduced rate until 24 March 2026 (midnight CET). Don’t forget that in order to attend the Monday and/or Friday side meeting(s), it is mandatory to purchase a ‘Side Meeting Pass’. This Pass can be purchased alongside the Regular Pass as well as the Speaker Pass.
TNC26 theme revealed!
The Finnish word sisu is untranslatable, but overall it can be explained as a concept encompassing inner strength, tenacity, determination, and courage, particularly in the face of adversity.
In a changing world, the TNC26 theme seems very fitting: our community needs to embrace the idea of sisu to ensure our future as a community. With this action-orientated mindset, we need the courage to make difficult decisions about our response to world events, to ensure a sustainable future for our activities and to maintain the strong ecosystem we have built.
Sisu is an all-purpose philosophy of life and as such it underpins all aspects of the NREN community.
