Terena, together with Internet2 and SURFnet are happy to announce the first Virtual Organisation Architecture Middleware Planning (VAMP) workshop to be held on September 6,7 2012 in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
IdM for research and collaboration
Goal of the workshop is to foster the deployment of identity management and collaboration tools within the research community. The organizers of the workshop therefore invite the IT architects of key international research groups (aka VO’s), along with leaders in international federation and collaboration platform development. The intent is to directly engage all communities into helping the VO’s in effectively leveraging the emergent interfederation infrastructure, resulting in more effective research organizations.
The design of the workshop is to provide structured presentations on the infrastructure as well as exemplar deployments within specific VO’s, and have extensive open discussion periods for the VO architects to share requirements and use cases, best practices, etc. Parallel sessions including common identity management needs across the collaborations and domain centric collaboration issues will be included.
By the end of the workshop, participants will have a new understanding of how federations may better support VO’s, how VO’s can (and cannot) use federation, and how what tools are available to all for strengthening collaboration.
Programme and themes
The workshop will look at the identity management needs across almost all aspects of the research process in assessing new approaches and efficiencies. These include:
- Collaboration activities – wikis, videoconferencing and net meetings, listprocessors, ad hoc scheduling, event calendaring, file sharing and document centers, annotated video, science gateways and portals, wireless access, etc.
- Domain specific uses – Grids, cloud services (IAAS and PAAS), large scale integrated data stores (ala iRods), command line applications, control of instruments, etc
- Scholarly tools – integration with publishers and citations, integration with institutional CV systems, work to expedite the grant proposal process, archival data services, etc.
Audience
The workshop wants to cast a wide net among international research groups, with the expectation that large science and engineering collaborations will be the primary participants, but also drawing on social science and humanities international research groups. Campus and NREN IT architects are invited to learn and contribute when these are engaged in support of the identity management needs of the research community. While most VO’s do not have an identity architect per se, the people serving as “identity architects” for key virtual organizations are also very welcome. In addition, we will invite key people from national and international research funding organizations (NSF, Dept of Energy, JISC, WHO, etc) to observe and hopefully shape their future solicitations.
Venue
The VAMP workshop will take place in Utrecht, The Netherlands, an easy 30 min by train from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. The venue is located at walking distance from Utrecht Central Station. Directions for getting to the venue, coming from Utrecht Central Station can be found here.
Several hotels in Utrecht have made available discount rates for this event. To book your hotel please visit our partner.
For other practical information please look here.
REFEDs
Please note that this event will be organised in conjunction with a REFEDs meeting on September 5. The venue for REFEDs will be the SURFnet offices, which are also within walking distance of the VAMP venue. For the programme and registration for the refeds meeting please go to the REFEDs meeting page.
