Niels Deriemaecker

After my social science studies and my first work experiences, Belnet - the national research and education network (NREN) from Belgium - was my first experience in the world of IT. Since 2017 I am the account manager for the public institutions and all federal scientific institutions connected to our network. Recently my current position at Belnet changed. As from this year, I was one of the lucky birds in the company who got introduced in the exiting world of Open Science and EOSC where the FAIR principles and data sharing swiftly became anchor points in my day-to-day work. In the EOSC-Focus project I help out as hub coordinator to engage the EOSC stakeholders for countries such as the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, France and Luxembourg.