O Future Talent 2025 is a program that gives students and young professionals from various countries the opportunity to develop their presentation and public speaking skills effectively. Applications must be submitted by February 3rd.
This is an initiative of the pan-European data network for the research and teaching community, GÉANTwhich links the different national research and education networks (NRENs). A FCCN, the digital services unit of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), is the Portuguese representative of this network and is responsible for registering all students interested in the program.
The Future Talent 2025 program includes several practical and interactive workshops , which take place in virtual format during the months of April and May, and will give candidates a safe environment to develop their communication skills and create networking opportunities among themselves. At the end of this training, each candidate is invited to record a video in which they present their project(s), which is then posted on GÉANT's communication channels.
In 2024, Ricardo Veiga, from the University of Algarvewas nominated to give a presentation at TNC24 and says that "it was a transformative experience, which took me out of my comfort zone and brought new professional opportunities in the area, through the networking that the meeting provides".
Take the TNC25 stage and participate in the Lightning Talks
The best projects in the program are selected for their authors to take to the stage and give a presentation at the Lightning Talks at TNC25, the largest and most prestigious research and education networking conference, which runs from June 9 to 13 in Brighton, UK.
Applications for the Lightning Talks must be made by March 11, 2025, and include the presentation of an innovation discovery, a project, the result of an investigation, a study or innovative idea, among other formats that are of interest to the community, as long as it addresses a technical, economic, legal, environmental or security aspect in any area of IT and/or networks.
Candidates for the program
All bachelor's, master's, PhD students or recent graduates, with up to five years' professional experience, studying or working in IT or network-related areas, belonging to a higher education institution are eligible.
All participants must be nominated by a GÉANT member NREN - in Portugal, FCCN, FCT's digital services. Each NREN can select and support the registration of up to 3 candidates.
Registration until February 3rd
Interested parties have until February 3rd to secure their registration, which must be submitted by their country's NREN. In Portugal, interested parties should send their application to the following address email: c.imagem@fccn.pt
All the information is available on the Future Talent Program page on the GEANT website .
