Kantara Initiative News Round-Up: January 2012 - Kantara Initiative: Trust through ID Assurance

Registration open for Kantara Initiative Meeting April 13-14, 2012 at Fraunhofer SIT offices, Garching, near Munich, Germany
Spotlight on Lucy Lynch
Congratulations on re-election and new leadership for Kantara Initiative’s Leadership Council
Announcing re-election and new leadership for Kantara Initiative’s eGovernment Work Group
Announcing re-election for Kantara Initiative’s Federation Interoperability Work Group
UMA Webinar: Dec 14, 2011 – you can review the slides and the webinar recording
UMA WG are holding an UMA tweet chat, focusing on technical details (spec, implementation, interop, deployment), on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at 9-10am PT
Kantara Initiative grants Accreditation to Deloitte & Touche LLP, and, eValid8, and Approves Verizons Universal Identity Service at LoA3

Industry events – Kantara members receive a discount at the following events, contact Dervla O’Reilly for the discount codes dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org:
– The Smart Card Alliance 2012 Payments Summit – Feb 8-10, in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
– HIMSS HIE Symposium 2012 – Feb. 20, 2012, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
– Kantara Face-to-Face Meeting – April 13-14 – kindly facilitated by Fraunhofer SIT at their meeting facility, Garching, near Munich, Germany
– Kantara Summit at EIC Conference (detailed agenda to follow) – April 17, Munich Germany

Kantara Initiative Membership Details
– Membership Details & Membership Levels
– Membership Forms: Membership Agreement & Membership Information Form