January 2013 - Community - mailman.kantarainitiative.org

Invite to the European Trust and Identity Workshop
by Joni Brennan 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Kantara Initiative supports the European Trust and Identity Workshop event as part of ongoing activities to build shared infrastructure, value, and experience to Identity and Access Management systems. As a Trust Framework Provider and operator, Kantara Initiative has strong interest to ensure that internet identity systems are developed transparently and in a multi-stakeholder environment. European Trust and Identity Workshop supports that interest through its activity and outreach helping to connect European interests with similar interests on a global scale. We encourage Kantara Members and Participants to attend the European Trust and IdentityWorkshop. Event: European Trust and Identity Workshop When: February 12-13, 2013 Where: Vienna, Austria. Details: http://identityworkshop.eu The European Trust and Identity Workshop will focus on the following areas: - Technology. Developing feasible and open standards. - Trust Frameworks. Establishing new paradigms and policy sets. - Usability. How can users navigate different identities and understand their data? - Economy. How can identity services fit into businesses requirements and opportunities for all stakeholders? - Interoperability. On which levels and areas is interoperability necessary or feasible? This is a cross-cutting concern for technical, legal and business views. - Deployment and operation. How can different options be supported and exploited in the best way, given the whole range of places and devices. - EU project challenges. The European Commission’s projects related to trust and identity like STORK and eID regulation are landmarks on the roadmap. How do other actors relate to and utilize those projects? The meeting focus areas are of direct relevance to Kantara Groups including but not limited to: - Identity Assurance<http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/idassurance>: maintaining the life cycle development of the Identity Assurance Framework (the core of current Katnara Trust Framework offering) - Federation Interoperability<http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/fiwg>: Focusing on enabling interoperability of federations through development of profiles and test plans at the technology protocol level. - Trust Framework Meta Model<http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/TFMMWG>: Developing landscape and analytical view of trust framework development and deployment across verticals and jurisdictions. - eGovernment <http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/eGov>: Focused on alignments and opportunities for interoperability of both technology and policy within and across multiple jurisdictions. - Business Cases for Trusted Federation<http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/bctf>: Collecting and analyzing business model use cases (planned and operational) for Trusted Federations. - Telecommunications Identity<http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/telcoid>: Focused on interoperability and evolution of federations from a telecommunications perspective. We encourage interested organizations and individuals to attend the EuropeanTrust and Identity Workshop and join Katnara Initiative in supporting shared infrastructure alignments via open and transparent multi-stakeholder participation. We look forward to your participation! Event: European Trust and Identity Workshop When: February 12-13, 2013 Where: Vienna, Austria. Details: http://identityworkshop.eu Best Regards, Joni Brennan Executive Director Kantara Initiative

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Kantara will be at HIMSS 2013 - Will You?
by Joni Brennan 16 Jan '13

16 Jan '13

As we ramp up a year busy with progress and activities Kantara is please to host a workshop at HIMSS 2013 read the details below. Will you (your organization) be there as well? Let us know (reply to me) and come visit us on-site! Kantara Initiative to Appear at HIMSS13<http://kantarainitiative.org/kantara-initiative-to-appear-at-himss13/> New Orleans welcomes the 2013 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition, March 3-7, 2013, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. More than 36,000 healthcare industry professionals are expected to attend to discuss health information technology issues and review innovative solutions designed to transform healthcare. *Kantara Initiative *is proud to support this annual event that helps HIT professionals make the right decisions for their organizations. *As part of our support for the event Kantara Initiative will host a discussion on-site Tuesday March 5th, 3:30 to 6:30 to focus on: Trust and Assurance Workshop: NIST 800-63 Equivalent, Identity Credentialing, Authentication and Identity Proofing. This discussion will include guest thought leaders from the healthcare space including SureScripts, DirectTrust.org and others. * Conference education sessions include pre-conference symposia on ICD-10, clinical and business intelligence, health information exchanges, clinical engineering, innovation, meaningful use, nursing informatics, physicians’ IT, and RFID and RTLS in healthcare. More than 300 peer-reviewed sessions, including workshops and roundtables, round out education offerings at HIMSS13. President Bill Clinton leads a keynote roster that also includes James Carville, political consultant, and Karl Rove, media contributor and former deputy chief of staff and senior advisor to President George W. Bush. The Meaningful Use Experience, new to HIMSS13, is designed to help providers find EHR solutions that are certified for acute or ambulatory facilities. The exhibition also features knowledge sharing that focuses on usability and proven implementations. To learn more about the *Kantara Initiative*, visit us at *our workshop on-site (details in the HIMSS13 Program)* during HIMSS13 or visit the *Kantara web site at kantarainitiative.org*. Visit the *HIMSS13 web site at www.himssconference.org* for more information on the conference. # # # About HIMSS HIMSS is a cause-based, not-for-profit organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. Founded 52 years ago, HIMSS and its related organizations are headquartered in Chicago with additional offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. HIMSS represents nearly 50,000 individual members, of which more than two thirds work in healthcare provider, governmental and not-for-profit organizations. HIMSS also includes over 570 corporate membersand more than 225 not-for-profit partner organizations that share our mission of transforming healthcare through the effective use of information technology and management systems. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare practices and public policy through its content expertise, professional development, research initiatives, and media vehicles designed to promote information and management systems’ contributions to improving the quality, safety, access, and cost-effectiveness of patient care. To learn more about HIMSS and to find out how to join us and our members in advancing our cause, please visit our website at www.himss.org.

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Kantara All-Member ballots: At-Large BoT seats and IAF document approval
by Heather Flanagan 15 Jan '13

15 Jan '13

Hello Kantara Community, The Kantara Initiative is ultimately designed by its Members. This week, two ballots have gone out: 1. Kantara Initiative All-Member Ballot - Identity Assurance Framework and 2. Kantara Initiative Trustee At-Large 2013 Ballot If the At-Large ballot is passed, the Government of Canada and TERENA will be re-elected to the Kantara Board of Trustees. The IAF documents under review are: * Kantara IAF-1300 Assurance Assessment Scheme v 3.0 * Kantara IAF-1400 Service Assessment Criteria v 3.0 * Kantara IAF-1800 Rules governing Assurance Assessments v 1.0 Document location: http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/x/PQAK *If you are a Kantara Member and did not see those ballots, please send a note to staff(a)kantarainitiative.org* -- Heather Flanagan Technical Program Coordinator Kantara Initiative Skype: hlflanagan email: heather(a)kantarainitiative.org

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