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Day CAMP: Getting Started with InCommon
Providence, Rhode Island * February 15-16, 2011 * www.incommon.org/camp
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Thinking about joining the InCommon Federation, but want to know more about what's involved? Or have you just become a member and are now working on next steps?
Consider attending Day CAMP: Getting Started with the InCommon Federation, hosted in Providence, RI, by NEREN, OSHEAN and Five Colleges, Inc with support from Internet2. Registration is now open and all are welcome.
The meeting will feature technical and management information for higher education institutions looking to run an identity provider to access federated services. Attendees will:
- Discuss the value proposition.
- Learn what it takes to begin accessing federated services.
- Link up with experienced colleagues.
- Leave with concrete, practical information and a local action plan.
Appropriate for any size school, the meeting offers IT managers and technical implementers the chance to learn more about how to federate through InCommon.
PROGRAM: The complete program is posted at https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/display/DayCAMP.
REGISTRATION: Online registration is open at http://www.oshean.org/Page/Events/Register/121
RESOURCES: Several resources are now available at the Day CAMP website (https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/display/DayCAMP/Meeting+Resources), including case studies and the InCommon Resources booklet, a handy guide for getting started with federated identity management.
INCOMMON DAY CAMP SPONSORS
InCommon Day CAMP is sponsored by NEREN, OSHEAN and Five Colleges, Inc., in partnership with Internet2.
The next IAM Online features presentations on groups provisioning for federated educational applications. Here's the announcement, including the date, time, and speakers.
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IAM Online - Wednesday, February 9, 2011
3 p.m. EST / 2 p.m. CST / 1 p.m. MST / Noon PST
www.incommon.org/iamonline
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Group Provisioning for Federated Educational Applications
Looking at provisioning Google Apps or other off-site services with your campus identity system? This IAM Online will feature two speakers on the topic of group provisioning for higher education.
Nathan Dors will share work being done at the University of Washington in group provisioning, particularly as it relates to syncing campus groups with Google Apps for Education. Tom Zeller from the University of Memphis will discuss ongoing activity in federated provisioning, specifically within the area of SPML (Service Provisioning Markup Language) standards.
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Speakers
Nathan Dors, Manager, Identity and Access Management, University of Washington
Tom Zeller, Internet2 and Emerging Technology Developer, University of Memphis
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Host
Tom Barton, Senior Director for IT Architecture, Integration & CISO, University of Chicago
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Connecting
We use Adobe Connect for slide sharing and audio: http://internet2.acrobat.com/iam-online. For more details, see www.incommon.org/iamonline.
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ABOUT IAM Online
IAM Online is a monthly online education series including essentials of federated identity management, hot topics from the EDUCAUSE Identity and Access Management Working Group, and emerging topics in IAM. Experts provide overviews, answer questions and lead discussions. IAM is brought to you by InCommon in cooperation with Internet2 and the EDUCAUSE Identity and Access Management Working Group.