Greetings folks
This is the running update from the Executive Director. Have questions or comments? Suggest some added information or edits? Contact the ED colin@kantarainitiative.org
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As the first days of July appear, with the Bank Holidays for Canada Day and Independence Day now behind us, the vacation season is already in evidence.
And that is great!
The digital identity and privacy industry is incredibly vibrant and active, with an often punishing schedule of events and related opportunities to showcase and participate across the world.
There is so much to learn, consume and ponder over, yet the time 'in the heat of the moment' is so short. The northern hemisphere summer offers its citizens the chance to bring out those great ideas that were relegated to the cerebral 'parking lot' in earlier months and give them the due consideration they deserve. At last, there's time to reflect, refresh, review and plan. Certainly that's how we see it at Kantara .
For you, perhaps this is the time to go and join that Kantara Work Group of Discussion Group you has always planned to, but never quite got around to doing. There's some seriously interesting stuff going on. Take a look here .
Wherever you are reading this.. on your phone on a beach or lake, on your back porch, perhaps in the ski lodge in Australia, New Zealand or South America, I hope you take time to think about your next step in engaging with Kantara and other industry consortia that, while different in their particular focus, share a common goal towards a better place for the world's digital citizens.
Cheers!
Colin
Around the Houses:
Liaisons:
- Nothing new to report yet, but we are working on some new developments that we hope to share with you later.
- Meanwhile take a summary look at our Liaisons here and those detail along with our other relationships of various forms memorialized here
- Further liaisons are progressing, with announcements expected soon.
New Activities:
- Blockchain Smart Contracts had its inaugural call a few days ago, with good attendance.
New Members:
- Kantara welcomes David Inglehart and JLINC Labs as new members. Thank you David, Jim, Victor and Iain!
Marketing:
- Folks really love our snazzy graphics on our website sliders, so kudos to our web guru Oliver and Virtual's Marketing team. They were also responsible for the 'I signed the pledge' badge ribbons and the device case stickers we gave away at Cloud Identity Summit. If you have more ideas please contact the ED.
Work Group and Discussion Group Updates:
- CIS WG: The Consent Receipt spec has undergone more surgery and tracking well towards its release later in the year.
- Identity Assurance WG: An ad hoc call schedule has been set up to review and comment on the new draft 800-63-3. Rock up to contribute and learn.
- Smart Contracts and Blockchain DG: This ground breaking work takes some elements of the Common Accord development, together with Distributed Ledger Technology to explore a step-change in the way online services contracts might be structured.
Events:
- You can find the events we hope to see you at here on the events page on the website.