Members and colleagues, As you may know from social media - it's SXSW panel picker voting season. We're putting together a list of our favourite submissions. Please let us know if you submitted a proposal this year. We'd love to see and share all of the Kantara community highlights. We'll publish a more detailed blog post this week, but I can already advise that we have 2 highlights this year we hope you'll consider voting for. See below and let us know what your planning for SXSW! 1. Care and Feeding of Human & Device Relationships http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/38095 Relationships are formed of connections and interactions. We have relationships with humans and entities like our employers, Twitter, Facebook, and our families. We also have relationships with objects like our phones, cars, and gaming consoles. Our connections, roles, and relationships are multiplying with each innovation. People, entities, and things all have identities. Who is paying attention to the relationships between each? Who has the authority to confirm if a relationship is valid, current, and should be trusted? With more and more interactions and automation how can we understand the associated relationships and how to manage billions of relationships? This session discusses the developing laws of relationships between people, entities, and things and provides an innovative view of the landscape from the Identity Relationship Management Open Work Group. Find out what you need to know about the management human and device relationships. Discover how you can participate. 2. Identities of Things Group: Paving the Way for IoT http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/36365 There's a ton of promise in "smart everything." However, the convergence of technology and sheer proliferation of data being gathered by sensors, cameras and other networked devices are making the road to the Internet of Things (IoT) a bumpy one. Today, there are no overarching frameworks that support broad authentication or data management, fueling serious data privacy and security concerns. Further, there's no "DNS-like" framework that maps object identities, so things can effectively communicate and work with each other. In order for IoT to realize its promise, we must differentiate between people and objects, putting standards and structures in place that maximize the use of networked data, while guarding against abuse. Learn how the Identities of Things Group is working with industry to assess the IoT Landscape and develop harmonized frameworks that will help enable the Internet of Things. Find out how to get involved in defining an IoT future where PEOPLE matter most! Best Regards, Joni Brennan Kantara Initiative | Executive Director voice:+1 732-266-8994 email: joni @ kantarainitiative.org