Kantara Initiative News Round-Up: August 2011

Catch up on recent Kantara Initiative updates and activities:

• Registration open for Kantara Initiative Meeting Oct. 20-21, 2011 hosted by CA, Redwood City, CA, USA
• Spotlight on Colin Wallis
• New leadership for Kantara Initiative Identity Assurance Work Group
• New leadership for Kantara Initiative Japan Work Group
• UMA webinar recording now available
• Announcing User-Managed Access: UMA Gives Data-Sharing Power to the People
• Kantara announces NSTIC Discussion Group formation
• Industry events – Kantara members receive a discount at the following events, contact Dervla O’Reilly for the discount codes dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org:
  – IIW XIII – Oct. 18-20, Mountain View, CA, USA
  – Smart Card Alliance Government Conference – November 2-4, Washington D.C., USA
  – Hacker Halted USA – Oct. 21-27, Miami, USA
  – Hacker Halted Asia – Nov. 17-19, Kuala Lampur
  – Gartner Identiy & Access Management Summit – Nov. 14-16, San Diego, CA, USA
  – Takedowncon 2 – Mobile & Wireless Security – Dec. 2-7, Las Vegas, NV, USA
  – The Smart Card Alliance 2012 Payments Summit – Feb 8-10, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
  – HIMSS HIE Symposium 2012 – Feb. 20, 2012, Las Vegas, NV, USA