1. New Danish NREN

2. A merger between Forskningsnettet (operated by UNI-C) And Danish Center for Scientific Computing

3. Mandate

4. September 2011 - Signed agreement with the 8 universities Election! Negotiations between Ministry of Higher Education and Ministry of Finance about the wording of a supplementary budget Nomination of the new board An introductory board meeting 1. February 2012 Supplementary budget passed at 19. April 2012 First offical board meeting 25. April 2012 History

5. The board Center Director Børge Obel, Interdisciplinary Center for Organizational Architecture, Aarhus University (chairman of the board) Institute Manager John Renner Hansen, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen Chief Technology Officer Ingrid Melve, UNINETT A/S Institute Director Helle Rootzen, DTU Informatics, Technical University of Denmark Institute Manager Peder Thusgaard Ruhoff, Institute for Technology and Innovation, University of Southern Denmark Managing Editor Karen Skovgaard‐Petersen, Society for Danish Language and Literature Director Malou Aamund, Microsoft Enterprise and Partner Group

6. DeIC was born!

7. Name and logo Danish e-Infrastructure Cooperation – DeIC

8. Organisation Untill 1. January 2013

9. Process

10. What we know: Name, organisation, some services – and that things are still going to change What will happen: Task force to make a report on expectations for the new organisation Board strategy seminar in september All hands strategy seminar in october

11. Communication….

12. Press release (Published on PeaR) Logo and website (ASAP) Meetings with stakeholders at all levels at the universities and other connected institutions User conference in November ”Data, computing and network – at the service of research” Some merchandise….