• Registration open for Kantara Initiative Meeting April 13-14, 2012 at Fraunhofer SIT offices, Garching, near Munich, Germany
• Spotlight on Lucy Lynch
• 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
• 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
• 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