Potentially interesting gathering to discuss standards oriented view of public sector in the cloud. Its a bit sad that people still see Europe, North America and Asia as sufficient to provide a truly global perspective, but there you have it. Most of the really critical issues (security, identity, policy, law, interoperability etc) are getting an airing.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jane Harnad <jane.har...@oasis-open.org> Date: 19 September 2011 18:42 Subject: Invitation to Participate at the International Cloud Symposium To: bobjolli...@gmail.com Dear Bob, The OASIS open standards consortium invites you to attend the International Cloud Symposium (ICS), an event focused on the unique security challenges faced by the public sector in deploying cloud computing. High-level government officials from around the world will explore the intersection of policies, standards, and best practices with leaders from the privacy, identity, and security industry. The Siena Initiative (funded by the European Union), the Cloud Best Practices Network (based in Canada), and the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) join OASIS in supporting the Int'l Cloud Symposium. The event will be held at the historic Ditton Manor, near Heathrow, UK, on 10-13 October. http://events.oasis-open.org/home/cloud/2011 Responses to the need for policy and standards in the Cloud have been driven to a great degree on a national basis. ICS will work to broaden the dialogue with presentations from key players in Europe, North America, and Asia. The event will offer a truly global perspective of the standardization issues for Cloud security. Speakers, include: Megan Richards, Director of Converged Networks, INFSO, European Commission Alissa Cooper, Center for Democracy and Technology Marnix Dekker, European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) Chiemi Hayashi, World Economic Forum Lee Hing Yan, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore Jens Jensen, International Grid Trust Federation (IGTF) Steven Johnston, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada Dawn Leaf, U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Andy MacLeod, Cisco M.R. Rajagopalan, The Chennai Unit of the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), India Megan Richards, INFSO, European Commission Christine Runnegar, Internet Society (ISOC) Mark O'Neill, UK Cabinet Office Hiroshi Sakai, Global Inter-Cloud Technology Forum Mike Edwards, IBM, Head of Delegation for the UK to the International JTC1/SC38 Jerry Horton, CIO, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) plus many more... View the full programme -- http://events.oasis-open.org/home/cloud/2011/programme See who's attending -- http://events.oasis-open.org/home/cloud/2011/attendees The Int'l Cloud Symposium is sponsored by: CA Technologies, IBM and Microsoft. Other supporters include the Cloud Security Alliance, Cloud Times, ECM Plus, the European Association for e-Identity and Security (eema), the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), Kantara, Object Management Group, Open Data Center Alliance, and the World Economic Forum. Registration for this event is open to all with fees beginning at 195 GBP / 225 EUR / 320 USD. http://events.oasis-open.org/home/cloud/2011/registration Regards, Jane Jane Harnad OASIS Manager of Events jane.har...@oasis-open.org _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs Post to : dhis2-devs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
