Logistics

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Goal

• positioning of "Distrituted Identities" in the context of the T&I activities of GÉANT (organisation, project and community alike)
  • no technical deep-dive
  • focus on things we should be doing next (or continue to do) as a community, but also point out the risk associated by not acting
  • convey the message that this is a mid-2024 snapshot in a fast-moving field

Agenda

• intro
• our "expert snapshot assessment" including proposed actions
• good examples

Storyline

• quick run through the history of our community's T&I activities with a focus on 
  • the foundational use case
  • point out the various "transitions" we had to make and the "gamechanger" associated with each step
  • point out the stability of the foundational use case of transporting organisational, trusted user-related data to services in need of this information
• enter "distributed identities"
  • a brief look into into "what" and "why"
  • what is the "gamechanger" in this "transition" - industry-wide, but also specifically for our community
• our "expert snapshot assessment" of the current situation
  • (technical) readiness of "distributed identities"
  • "transition" risks: our mid-2024 snapshot risk map
  • risks associated with non-acting ("non-transitioning"): including the "political agenda"
  • proposed actions:
    • protect our investment: recognise and protect our stable, globally scaled T&I services from rushing into low-readiness services
    • monitoring: monitoring the "distributed identity" activities and assess the relevance for our community
    • engagement: engage in relevant industry standardisation processes and trialling activities (e.g. DC4EU)
    • communicate: 
• feature good examples of current engagements:
  • DC4EU
  • OID federation