PCSS Experts at BalticNOG 2025

2025-10-04

PCSS Experts at BalticNOG 2025

BalticNOG is an initiative that brings together professionals from various fields with the aim of enhancing economic competitiveness and fostering deeper integration across Scandinavia, the Baltic States, as well as Central and Eastern Europe. This year’s edition took place on 24 and 25 September, in the Lithuanian capital city of Vilnius. During the event, PCSS experts – Roman Łapacz and Łukasz Łopatowski delivered two presentations.

Roman discussed topics related to standards-based orchestration of network services using open-source tools. The solutions he presented, developed as a part of the GÉANT GN5-2 project, and have already been implemented in the PIONIER network as production services, with the goal of building a system enabling automated and intelligent network management. The emphasis was also put on the role of artificial intelligence in facilitating the implementation of systems based on network operations processes.

Łukasz, in turn, presented the virtual Network Operations Center (vNOC) based on the nmaas platform. The Center allows users to easily configure a secure cloud environment for network management. The development of vNOC was tightly connected to the GÉANT GN5-2 project and the finished product is currently available as a production service.

We are looking forward to the 2026 edition of BalticNOG, which is going to take place in Riga.

This photograph shows a male speaker - Roman Łapacz from PCSS standing on a stage during an event. He is an older man, wearing glasses, a dark navy sweater, and blue trousers, with a watch on his left wrist. He holds a presentation clicker in his right hand and has his left hand casually in his pocket, looking off-camera. A lanyard with an orange name badge hangs around his neck. The background is washed in a strong purple and magenta light, creating an atmosphere of soft illumination. In the bottom left, another man is visible, seated and looking forward.

Roman Łapacz from PCSS at BalticNOG 2025

This picture captures a speaker Łukasz Łopatowski from PCSS, a man wearing a dark blue button-down shirt and trousers, standing on a stage. He is holding his hands together and looking directly at the camera with a serious expression. A lanyard with an orange name badge is visible around his neck, and he has a small microphone headset on his cheek. The background is dim, featuring dark blue curtains and vertical strips of bright blue LED lighting. To the right, a large screen or banner shows some text and a prominent QR code. On the left, a small table holds several water bottles and glasses.

Łukasz Łopatowski from PCSS at BalticNOG 2025