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Federating the next generation

Abstract

FAM09 Session – AIM Programme

Access and Identity Management is a key component of many initiatives across JISC and as such the Innovation Group works closely with the Services and Collections Teams. This work involves both the support and expansion of the UK Access Management Federation as well as looking at how new developments can both improve on this service and how innovation might help increase the uptake of access to resources and information within the community.

Previous programmes in AIM have focused primarily on the technologies used to provide good access and identity management, with a gradual shift towards exploring the issues around policy and process. The AIM programme now aims to focus on process, policy and technology, exploring innovative new areas in all three and forming a natural complement to work being completed under the Services banner on the UK federation.
Between 1 January 2009 and 31 March 2011, JISC intends to fund projects and activities that help to achieve these aims of the programme. This session will describe the programme in more detail, the 08/09 grant funding call and possible future calls. Any future call will be driven by feedback from the community, so this session will provide the opportunity to contribute and discuss the issues that should be addressed by this call.

Presenter

Christopher Brown

Christopher Brown joined JISC in February 2009 as an e‐Research Programme Manager with responsibility for the Access and Identity Management (AIM) programme.

Part of his remit has been to take over projects from the previous e-Infrastructure Security Programme as well as release the 08/09 call in the two areas of Innovation and Levels of Assurance. The AIM Programme aims to focus on process, policy and technology, exploring innovative new areas in all three and forming a natural complement to work being completed under the Services banner on the UK federation.

Before joining JISC Christopher spent 3 years working for OMII‐UK at the University of Southampton as User Community Engagement Team Leader. During his last year at OMII-UK he managed the ENGAGE project, one of three JISC sponsored community engagement projects. His time before OMII-UK comprised 17 years working in the commercial sector for a variety of organisations as a developer, team leader and project manager.

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