Attendees
Voting participants: Mark Hapner; Martin Smith; Ken Dagg; Tom Jones; Mark KingStaff: Mark King; Richard Wilsher. Jimmy Jung; Sarah Chu; Colin Wallis, Ruth Puente
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Staff reports and updates
- Colin explained that in terms of September Newsletter and the Director’s corner, he has not done it yet, he has been really busy these days.Colin provided some background about SAFE Biopharma. Colin said that later shared the PR about SAFE-Kantara collaboration agreement, and said that they created a new organization called SAFE Identity. He commented that they recognize Kantara’s capability and expertise in the non-PKI area. Colin added that the agreement is a very good one.Colin mentioned that the other important thing is
- He commented that he is on the Advisory Board of digital partnersThink Digital Partners, which is a UK conference. He commented , and that he is writing about legislation , since they asked the Advisory Board to write.There is another announcement next week. Colin remarked that busy days are coming for the team.on digital identity.
- Ken commented that SAFE-Kantara collaboration Agreement agreement is a major step forward in a very strategic space.
LC reports and updates
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- Colin asked about mDL. Ken said there is an mDL draft charter for privacy in the mDL space, in essence that is being voted by LC. The new discussion group is going to generate a report about dealing with privacy in the mDL. Ken encouraged everyone the participants to get involved on this.
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- Ken commented that the comments that Mark has been working on are due tomorrow.
- Mark mentioned that the main point here is that the European Commission, a week before the end of the consultation, announced a completely new way of doing things. They are planning to propose identification at European level rather than national level.Mark added that Colin has taken the lead on knocking by comments. There were no significant comments, apart from the one he would like to thank Martin for his discussion earlier on this.
- Ken asked if the UK is aware about Kantara Europe. Colin said yes.
- Ruth explained that Kantara is a partner on a European commission funding project. The European commission knows Kantara Europe on the NGI communityhe suggested to read page 36 of the Economist.
- Ruth said that the European Commission knows Kantara Europe from the NGI community/H2020 R&D funding, because Kantara is running NGI Trust projects . It is another side of the European commission and it is positive.Colin observed that European commission looks at Kantara in a different way than they do in the US, Canada and North America.along with other partners.
- Ken clarified that these comments are being reviewed by Kantara experts within the Assurance working group and he suggested to add "international" after "open".
- Mark thanked the team for the support.
- Motion: To approve IAWG comments on eIDAS. Moved: Martin Smith; Seconded: Richard Wilsher. Unanimous approval.
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