Added final plenary and webinar-related news

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+title: "News"
+subtitle: "Mar 13, 2024"
+release-title: "5G Innovations for Verticals Workshop"
+release-date: "Mar 13, 2024"
+image: "/assets/img/news/5G_innovations_for_verticals_workshop.jpg"
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+5GASP was established to create a prosperous, network-based application testing and certification environment for SMEs and larger companies alike. The project helps companies profit from the newly-developed configurability of Network Function Visualization (NFV) techniques, implemented on top of Software-Defined Networks (SDN) and the 5G network stack. To do this, the project created an international testbed, which can be used to test and certify the network-based compatibility, as VNFs/CNFs (especially for 5G), availability, security and performance of applications that could be better used in a modular, distributed manner. A CI/CD and certification pipeline for the novel Network(-based) Applications (nApps) was created and implemented in the 5GASP platform.
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+Thus, on 14th of March took place the 5G Innovations for Verticals workshop in Athens, Greece. This was the last public event of 5GASP and gathered not only 5GASP partners but also partners from 5G-IANA, 5G-Epicentre, Smart5Grid and some external guests from Greece.
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+In this workshop, 5GASP partners and other ICT-41 projects (5G-IANA, 5G-Epicentre, Smart5Grid) approached the achievements of the 5GASP project and of other ICT-41 projects accordingly, to show and highlight the technological progress made by the projects, assess and discuss the integration of projects and the novel solutions of 5GASP to the community through standardization of software components and Open Source Software contributions.
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+![Photo]({{ site.url }}/assets/img/news/5G_innovations_for_verticals_workshop.jpg)

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+title: "News"
+subtitle: "Mar 14, 2024"
+release-title: "5GASP 8th Plenary Meeting"
+release-date: "Mar 14, 2024"
+image: "/assets/img/news/8th_plenary.jpg"
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+Today marked the  latest plenary meeting of the 5GASP project, held in the vibrant city of Athens, Greece. The gathering proved to be an immensely productive platform for deliberating upon the conclusive outcomes and milestones achieved throughout the project's duration.
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+With participants from various project partners, the meeting served as a pivotal juncture for engaging in insightful discussions and sharing invaluable insights garnered from the project's endeavors.
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+Throughout the session, attendees fervently explored the final project results, assessing achievements made in alignment with the overarching objectives set forth by 5GASP. From breakthrough discoveries to innovative methodologies, each aspect of the project's journey was meticulously examined, paving the way for informed decisions.
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+Stay tuned for further updates and final deliverables on the impactful contributions stemming from the collective efforts of 5GASP in shaping the landscape of 5G network application testing.
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+![Photo]({{ site.url }}/assets/img/news/8th_plenary.jpg)