Save the date for the next Kantara Initiative meeting to be held May 16-18, 2011.

Many thanks to our gracious hosts Fraunhofer FOKUS who will host the meeting at their institute in Charlottenburg, Berlin.

Kantara is planning a one-day Summit on May 10 at the European Identity Conference in Munich where we expect many members and participants to be in attendance.

Contact Dervla O’Reilly if you have questions regarding the meeting and are interested to participate in the May 10 Summit.

The Kantara Initiative is announcing the formation of the 2 new Discussion groups.

The Kantara Initiative European Use Case and Market Discussion Group (EUM DG). The purpose of this discussion group is to identify and raise awareness of Use Cases that are of particular importance to Federation and Identity systems in the European Union market. The convener of this group is Serge Ravet.

For more information on the European Use Case and Market Discussion Group, please visit the home page here

· Join the Group 
· Review the Charter
· Mail list and Archives
· Designated IPR Policy options for operation – the Creative Commons Share Alike Attribution IPR Policy option

The Kantara Initiative Business Cases for Trusted Federation Discussion Group (BCTF DG). The purpose of this discussion group is to identify and raise awareness of Business Cases for the deployment and adoption of Federation models – particularly the Trust Framework model. The convener of this group is Rainer Hoerbe.

For more information on the Business Cases for Trusted Federation Discussion Group, please visit the home page here

· Join the Group
· Review the Charter
· Mail list and Archives
· Designated IPR Policy options for operation – the Creative Commons Share Alike Attribution IPR Policy option

ANYONE may participate in a Kantara Initiative Discussion Group (DG) or Work Group (WG). If you or your colleagues would like to join this group, you will simply need to complete the Group Participation Agreement here for either group. Stay tuned for details of kick-off calls for both groups.

(NOTE: joining Kantara Initiative as a Member does not automatically enroll you as a Participant in any particular DG or WG — you must specifically join those groups in which you choose to participate):

If you have any questions about the Kantara Initiative or how to get involved please don’t hesitate to send us a message (support@kantarainitiative.org) or use our contact form

We’re happy to share two new reports created by Kantara Initiative’s Information Sharing Work Group (ISWG).

The first report, The Information Sharing Report, is a Work Group Report of the Kantara Initiative’s Information Sharing Work Group based on a comprehensive literature review. Research and report by Mark Lizar, with contributions from Joe Andrieu, Judi Clark, and Iain Henderson. A special thanks also to Eve Maler for her contributions.

The second report, the Personal RFP Engagement Model Report, is a Work Group Report of the Kantara Initiative’s Information Sharing Work Group based on Step 3 in the ISWG’s Car Buying Engagement Model.

Both reports have been approved by Kantara Initiative’s Leadership Council and can be found on our Reports page.

We encourage your participation in the ISWG. Send comments to joe@switchbook.com

Kantara Initiative Japan Work Group (Japan WG) will host a technical seminar on Tuesday, December 14 in Tokyo, courtesy of CA Technologies Japan and other members.

When: December 14, 2010, 15:00-17:30

Where: CA Technologies Seminar Room (Tokyo, Japan)

Capacity: 30 seats (this event just reached capacity as of December 6, 2010)

Abstract: Cloud computing has focused renewed attention on “identity federation technologies” as an important part of IT security measures. This seminar will feature a practical lecture on identity federation by “GakuNin” an academic authentication federation project, and look at another case study of identity federation around egovernment area.

Details in Japanese: http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/WGJ/Kantara+Initiative+Tech+Seminar+2010

What: Identity Collaboration Day: Across User-Centric, Enterprise and Government Identity Initiatives

When: Monday February 14th, prior to RSA North America

Register and get the early-bird rate before January 14, 2011

This event is being jointly produced by the Kantara Initiative and IIW producers (Doc Searls, Phil Windley and Kaliya Hamlin) – Identity Commons.

Join us in connecting the big enterprise resources with individual contributors (big and small) The focus of this event will be to explore the emerging synergies between the user-centric and enterprise communities.

On-going perceptions of a struggle between these two communities have been written about and explored by some of the brightest minds in the identity management and privacy spaces. However, given this event takes place on Valentine’s Day the, Identity Collaboration Day will take the inverse approach and focus on what these groups actually have in common and how we can, and ARE, working together to leverage the sweet spots within both areas of approach. We hope that you’ll join us in working to dispel negative competitive perceptions and work towards harmonized approaches for the good of all!

We imagine a whole range of interesting topics that user-centric and enterprise communities contribute to will be put forth. You can see the range of topics covered at the most recent IIW in November here on their wiki. Kantara’s current list of working groups is here and latest announcements can be found here.

So…. if you are involved in the Identity Commons or Kantara Initiative, OIX, Open ID or Information Cards come and spend a day collaborating together!

Like IIW, the agenda will be created live the day of the event by the participants. Ideas for session topics are gathered as attendees register and they will be shared online leading up to the event.

Due to the many different activities happening on the Monday before RSA, we have divided the day into 2 distinct sessions – morning and afternoon. Tickets are available for the entire day or for just the Morning or Afternoon session. Agenda creation will happen a second time just after lunch at the beginning of the Afternoon session.

The venue is in downtown San Francisco, just a short walking distance, cab or subway ride from the RSA event at Moscone Center.

Schedule
8:00 AM Registration – Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 Agenda Creation Part 1
9:30 – 10:30 Session 1
10:30 – 11:30 Session 2
11:30 -12:30 Session 3
12:30 Lunch & Registration for Afternoon Session - – We plan to serve a tasty and easily transportable box lunch!

1:00-1:30 Kantara Initiative IDDY Awards Ceremony

1:30 – 2:00 Agenda Creation Part 2
2:00 – 3:00 Session 4
3:00 – 4:00 Session 5
4:00 – 5:00 Session 6
5:00 – 5:30 Closing
5:30 – 6:30 Social Hour Immediately Following the Closing Session