REFEDS BOF, Raleigh – 2nd October 2011

Meeting Information, Venue and Hotels

The REFEDS BOF will take place in conjunction with the Internet2 Fall Member Meeting 2011, in room 301a of the Raleigh Convention Center. For more information about the venue, please visit the Internet2 website.

Meeting Agenda

AGENDA: Start time 09.00 – End Time 12.00

  1. Welcome and REFEDS Overview (Licia Florio)
    Licia gave an update on progress made by REFEDS over the last year, work plans for 2011 – 12 and a brief overview of how people can be get involved in REEFDS work items.
  2. Report from the REFEDS Attribute Release Working Group (Steven Carmody)
    Steven will give an update on the extensive work undertaken by the group to better define policies, processes and recommendations for effective attribute release in a federated environment.
  3. Introduction to PEER – why would you want to use the PEER service? (Nicole Harris)
    Nicole will give a demo of the beta version of PEER and ask the question, why would entities want to use a PEER service?
  4. Business models for Federations (Ken Klingenstein)
    Ken will talk about the current business models for federations, services offered by federations and how the environment may have to change and adapt as interoperation becomes a reality.