OASIS Adoption Forum Enabling Efficiency between Government, Business and the Citizen: Managing Secure Interactions in Sector Applications 27-29 November 2006 Hilton London Kensington Hotel, London, UK <http://www.oasis-open.org/events/adoptionforum2006/> Join Fellow Security Interaction Experts at the OASIS Adoption Forum, London With increasing threats encompassing everything from hacking to identity theft, providing a secure, online environment has become a major objective for governments and organisations worldwide. This will be a key goal of the OASIS Adoption Forum. Now, due to limited seating, time is running out to secure your place at the third annual event. In just 4 weeks, your peers will gather at the Hilton London Kensington Hotel to discuss the tools, standards and implementations that are transforming security interactions and relationships between citizens, businesses, governmental institutions and agencies. Keynote speakers include Karel De Vriendt, Head of Unit for the European Commission, Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General, and Mark D. Ferrar, Director of Infrastructure at the Technology Office for UK's National Health Service (NHS) Connecting for Health. Secure your seat today at a discounted rate and take advantage of all the benefits: content-rich sessions, luncheons featuring roundtable discussions, and networking receptions. <http://www.oasis-open.org/events/adoptionforum2006/registration.php> LATEST ADDITIONS! The Forum Expands the Programme to Include a Special PKI Workshop The Forum will now include a special workshop on the "State and Future of PKI", hosted by the OASIS PKI Member Section. This will explore the use of PKI in business applications around the world. The goal is to collectively assess how PKI is being used today - particularly as it is becoming embedded in business and government systems - and to understand its interaction with other security technologies, standards, and applications. The workshop will showcase PKI case studies, followed by an interactive panel discussion featuring major implementers. ITU Joins the List of Event Supporters ITU recently joined the list of event supporting organisations including: Liberty Alliance, CEN/ISSS, eema, and ICTSB. The event is also sponsored by BEA Systems, EDS, HP, IBM, OASIS PKI, SAP, Sun Microsystems, and Xenos. Panelists Confirmed for the Closing Panel on "Open Source and Security Standards" John Gøtze, XML Standards Specialist and Technical Writer, and John Wailing, Director of Technical Policy Cabinet Office in the UK Government, will be joining the closing panel on Open Source and Security Standards, moderated by Nigel Stanley, Practice Leader-IT Security for Bloor Research. Panelists will discuss the issues wrapped around the use of open vs. closed source / traditional software and provide their views on how both approaches address important evaluation criteria such as security, quality, support and TCO, in public sector projects. Authors and Publishers - Book Donations Accepted There is a growing body of books that feature technical and executive-level information on OASIS Standards and specifications. A "Book Table" at the event will showcase these books throughout the duration. This is not a book sale, but an opportunity to give attendees a first-hand look at the range of available titles. A handout listing all books, including information on purchasing options, will be provided. Books will be on display during the event and raffled off to attendees at the end. Contact the manager of events at events@oasis-open.org for more details. ******************************************************************** OASIS Members and members of our supporting organisations are entitled to receive the discounted daily rate of EUR100. <http://www.oasis-open.org/events/adoptionforum2006/registration.php> ******************************************************************** All the event details may be found at <http://www.oasis-open.org/events/adoptionforum2006/index.php> Have you booked your hotel yet? The deadline is fast approaching - 6 November The OASIS Adoption Forum will be held at the Hilton London Kensington Hotel. A block of rooms has been reserved for conference attendees at a specially reduced rate of £99 + VAT (single occupancy) and £109 + VAT (double occupancy) - including breakfast. Contact the hotel at +44(0) 207 605 7675 and provide the group block code "EEM271106" before 6 November. If you encounter any reservation problems, please contact manuela.koch@hilton.com. Please feel free to forward this message to others within your organisation and to appropriate mail lists, forums, and events calendars.
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