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This is the running update from the Executive Director. Have questions or comments? Suggest some added information or edits? Contact ED Colin at kantarainitiative dot org.
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I'm starting this month's Director's Corner from Mountain View California, on the eve of VRM/Me2B day as the prelude to Internet Identity Workshop (IIW) this week. It's tropical compared to the 3 feet of snow up in the US north and mid-west, tho' the Bay area is providing a bell-weather for the approaching fall. I'm pleased I brought a jumper for the evenings 
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The exciting news that I was portending in last month's blog has been delayed by a few weeks. Rest assured that it is coming, so please watch out for it on the website and on social media during this month.As we gather our strength for the re-start of the conference circuit through until the end of the year, I hope that you have had a break over the northern hemisphere summer, got some skiing done in the south, and are poised for what is about to descend upon us. Take a look at the sheer spread of events at which Kantara is speaking on our Events page. While on the subject of events, Kantara has been offered complimentary passes to give to five lucky members for recent months was emailed to Kantara members and then released into the public domain. It is nothing short of fantastic news (here's the announcement again if you haven't seen it) that FDX is collaborating with Kantara on the Consent Receipt to deliver an industry game-changer for Financial Services. The agreement resonated well with Twittersphere and LinkedIn too, because it pairs Kantara’s Consent Receipt specification with FDX’s open banking use cases and API standards to support enhanced financial data traceability along a similar path that delivered the Financial API (FAPI) for authentication.
It was a massive week all up, with many Kantara members and non member participants gathering in Helsinki to speak at and participate in the MyData2019 conference - @digime @Meeco_me @Datafund @OpenConsent @IDIMAndrew @Dativa4Data Janlindq @Iainh1 @PrivacyCDN @ruthpuente supporting Kantara on and off the podium.
Later in the week we gather in San Francisco for Kantara's North American member's plenary in the morning followed by the Board's F2F meeting. The following week it's IDENTITY WEEK ASIA, October 8-9th 2019 at Suntec Convention Centre, Singapore. These passes are valued at $1000 so, even if you are not yet a member, and reside nearby or are visiting during that period, join now and save!
The mention of member-only benefits reminds me to note that the slate of draft standards and associated documents has arrived into the Kantara Board sub committee group from ISO /IEC JTC 1/SC 27/ Working Group 5 (Identity Management & Privacy) for comment and review in advance of the next round of meetings in Paris next month. Given the difficulty many folks face in engaging with national body mirror groups, Kantara offers its members a rare opportunity to preview and contribute to this work through its Category C Liaison. If this is of interest, please contact Staff.
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