INTERNET IDENTITY WORKSHOP Report Q1 2008 (Home Page) (Charter

Phil Windley, Kaliya Hamlin and Doc Searls produce the Internet Identity Workshop twice a year. One way to track the vector of developments in user-centric identity is to record the milestones of the workshop each year. This is Phil Windley's characterization of the developments (based on some earlier comments from Johannes Ernst):

#1 Oct 2005: initial meeting and introductions to projects being worked on.

#2 May 2006: proponents of multiple identity protocols start dialog about how they can work together.

#3 Dec 2006: small-scale interoperability and some consolidation.

#4 May 2007: interoperability demonstrations of Information Cards and lightweight solutions converge on OpenID.

At the 5th IIW in Dec 2007 OpenID, CardSpace, and SAML, along with supporting technologies, projects, and consortia were accepted. The questions have become what to do now that these foundational technologies have been worked out.

The 6th Internet Identity Workshop is May 12-14 in Mountain View.
Based on feedback from Newbies 4 Newbies the language describing usercentric identity and the topics covered in the even have been improved. Their feedback is also helping shape the content of our introductory day. http://iiw.idcommons.net/index.php/Iiw2008a

We have booked the 7th Internet Identity Workshop for November 10-12, 2008 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.

Thank You to our sponsors to date:
AOL, Novell, Microsoft, British Telecom, Liberty Alliance Project, Google, Verisign, Plaxo, Adobe, Cisco, OASIS IDtrust, CommerceNet, SXIP, Higgins Project,
Bandit Project, Vidoop, Applied Identity, Authentrus, Planetwork, ClaimID

Breakdowns
It has been a challenge to get community input for the upcoming workshop - people are very busy with work.

Requests
If you have a project, please update your one pager:
http://iiw.idcommons.net/index.php/Iiw2008a#Who_Participates_in_IIW.3F

We are open to feedback and suggestions for the conference, please contribute those ASAP.

We would like your help inviting others to participate. Please don't be shy to invite others.

Announcements
We will be announcing our Monday May 12th program shortly. It will include a comprehensive introduction beginning at 1pm. With all the developments in the field it will be of interest to all. The main program will begin at 3:30.

We are looking for sponsors - if you are interested in sponsoring please contact Phil. Phil@windley.org

The Data Sharing Summit will follow the Internet Identity Workshop on May 15th. It will include a wider range of participants who are interested in this specific set of technical and social issues.