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The tag for this event is iiw2007b.
The Internet Identity Workshop focuses on user-centric identity and identity in the large. It is a working meeting for a range of groups focused on the technical, social and legal issues arising with the emergence identity layer of the web.
What do we mean by user-centric identity in the large? Providing identity services between people, websites, and organizations that don't necessarily have a formalized relationship is a different problem than providing authentication and authorization services within a single organization.
Three things will be happening -
Tuesday morning we will open at 8:00 for breakfast and at 8:30 we will begin with the agenda creation process. Sessions will run all Tuesday and Dinner Tuesday evening will include the 'untalent show.'
Wednesday we will open at 9AM and close by 3PM. Please book your flights so you can stay until the close of the conference.
Eating together at our evening dinners IS a part of the conference. We strongly encourage you to join us for our meals. We work to provide high quality food and good atmosphere. If you have business colleagues you would like to meet with invite them along you can buy a dinner ticket for them.
The workshops are organized by a working group within Identity Commons, and are run on Open Space practices and principles*. There are no formal presentations, no keynotes, no panels. Instead, topics are vetted and chosen by participants when the workshop convenes, and open meetings are organized and scheduled for the day that follows.
Still wondering if it will be good or not? Read what folks said about the May 2006 conference.Help advertise IIW2007 by putting one of these banners on your Website:
Like the last IIW, we plan to organize this event using open space principles. We will make the schedule when we are face to face the first day of the conference. We do this in part because the field is moving so rapidly that we your organizing team are in no position to know what needs to be talked about. We do know great people who will be there and it is the attendees who have a passion to learn and contribute to the event that will make it.
Also like the previous two workshops, we will hold IIW2007b at the Computer History Museum. The space there is perfect for this kind of event. We expect a large and energized community to attend and are counting on plenty of participation. Don't be put off by that, however, if you're just getting into this. Come and learn--the first day is designed to get everyone up to speed. You won't be disappointed.
We are committed to keeping this conference open and accessible. Having a venue that will support our doubling in size also means that it costs a bit more.
We decided to have a tiered cost structure to support accessibility as well as inviting those who are more able to pay to contribute. If you want to come we want you there. If cost is an issue please contact us and we can discuss how to make it work.
These fees are good until November 19th. After November 19th, the price will increase by $50 for students and independents and $100 for everyone else.
The fees are used to cover the cost of the venue, organization, snacks and lunch both days. We encourage you to pre-register since we will limit attendance at the event to 200 people. The previous IIW workshops were strongly attended and we expect strong interest in this one as well.
Our goal is to keep the workshop vendor neutral, but we will be accepting limited sponsorships for the following:
If you or your company would like to sponsor one of these workshop activities, or have ideas about other activities contact me. You will not get any extra speaking time for sponsoring but you will get HUGE "thank-yous" and community 'love.' In the past sponsorships have been a huge contribution to the overall event by making the breaks and meals a great networking activity.
IIW2007 is being organized by: