Programme meeting: Access management transition
- Date 29-30 May 2007
- Venue Aston Business School Conference Centre Birmingham
- Purpose A discussion platform for those who are adopting, or considering adopting, federated access management within the UK
Audience senior managers, technical and library staff
Sessions
Presentations are on the JISC FAM team SlideShare SlideSpace See the session information on the team's Blog
Day One
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Session One: Options for joining the UK Access Management Federation |
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Time |
Tuesday 29 May 2007, 2.15pm–3.30pm |
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Room |
1A |
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Convenor |
Nicole Harris, JISC |
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Speakers |
Simon Cooper, UKERNA (ppt) (audio)
Simon Bilton, Salford Software (ppt) (audio)
Richard Dunning, Eduserv (no slides) |
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Description |
This session will provide an overview of the services offered by the UK Access Management Federation and some of the options currently available for joining either directly or via an outsourced Identity Provider (IdP). |
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Parallel A: Institutional Audit BoF |
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Time |
Tuesday 29 May 2007, 4.00pm–5.00pm |
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Room |
1B |
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Convenor |
Mark Williams, JISC |
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Speakers |
Mark Williams, JISC (ppt) (pdf) (audio) |
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Description |
This session will provide attendees that are starting the process of adopting federated access management an overview of how to make the business case within the context of your own institution. This session also serves as a ‘first glimpse’ of the JISC Business Case Toolkit for federated access management that will be published in June 2007. |
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Parallel B: Technical BoF |
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Time |
Tuesday 29 May 2007, 4.00pm–5.00pm |
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Room |
1A |
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Convenor |
Nicole Harris, JISC |
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Speakers |
Nicole Harris, JISC (ppt) (audio)
Rhys Smith and Zoe Young, Cardiff University (ppt) (pdf) (audio) |
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Description |
This session will provide an overview of the technical recommendations for joining the UK federation, describe and update attendees on some of the frequently asked questions in relation to technical uptake and give an opportunity to hear about the experiences of an early adopter of federated access management. |
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Parallel C: Library BoF |
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Time |
Tuesday 29 May 2007, 4.00pm–5.00pm |
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Room |
1C |
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Convenor |
Masha Garibyan, LSE / JISC |
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Speakers |
John Paschoud and Masha Garibyan, LSE (ppt) (audio) |
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Description |
This session will explore the impact of the move towards federated access management on libraries, including a discussion of the Athens administrator role, changes to library processes and the impact on the end-user. |
Day Two
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Session Two: Futures |
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Time |
Wednesday 30 May 2007, 9.15 am–10.15 am |
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Room |
1B |
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Convenor |
John Robinson, JISC |
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Speakers |
Nicole Harris, JISC (ppt) (audio)
Josh Howlett, UKERNA (ppt) (audio) |
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Description |
This session will be an opportunity to update all attendees on the development roadmap for the UK federation, SAML and Shibboleth 2.0 and also JISC developments in the area of federated access management. |
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Parallel D: Policy update |
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Time |
Wednesday 30 May 2007, 10.30 am–11.30 am |
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Room |
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Convenor |
Mark Williams, JISC |
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Speakers |
Jason Campbell, JISC Legal (audio)
Henry Hughes, UKERNA |
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Description |
This session will be an opportunity to hear from JISC Legal regarding the role of policy documents in education and to learn more about the policy for the UK Access Management Federation. |
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Parallel E: Technologies update |
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Time |
Wednesday 30 May 2007, 10.30 am–11.30 am |
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Room |
1A |
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Convenor |
Masha Garibyan, LSE / JISC |
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Speakers |
John Paschoud, LSE
Simon McLeish, LSE (ppt) (pdf) (audio)
David Chadwick, University of Kent |
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Description |
This session will look at more innovative uses of federated access such as use with virtual learning environments and repositories and use of tools for managing rights and roles. |
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Parallel F: Service Provider update |
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Time |
Wednesday 30 May 2007, 10.30 am–11.30 am |
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Room |
1C |
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Convenor |
Nicole Harris, JISC |
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Speakers |
Nicole Harris, JISC (ppt) (audio) |
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Description |
This session will provide attendees with an update on liaison with Service Providers in relation to federated access management and ask for feedback on priority publishers and service providers within the community. |
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Session Three: Plenary |
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Time |
Wednesday 30 May 2007, 11.30 am–12.30 pm |
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Room |
1A |
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Convenor |
John Robinson, JISC |
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Speakers |
Nicole Harris, JISC
Mark Williams, JISC
Masha Garibyan, JISC |
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Description |
In this session the convenors will summarise the event and priorities to take away. It will also be an opportunity for delegates to ask final questions and make observations from the perspective of institutional adoption requirements. |