Planning for SAML 1.1 Interop at RSA conference in Feb...

Hi folks,

 

I received about 10 or so responses to my query of interest
in a SAML 1.1 interop at the RSA Conference the week of Feb 23.  The conference
is at the Moscone Center in San Franciso.

 

I've been working behind the scenes to attempt to
organize some facilities. You'd think this might be easy since, it's
our conference, after all... I won't bore you with the details, but
it isn't easy...

 

Anyway, I think we need to kick off some separate con-call meetings
to get this rolling.  There are some technical things we need to work out (e.g.
interop scenario, network considerations, etc) and a number of logistical work
items (e.g. working with OASIS on signage, providing some $$ to cover costs,
etc).  

 

I recommend that every organization/vendor that expressed
interest in participating please provide 2 names; one as a contact for
technical issues and the other as a marketing/event coordination contact.  I
suggest that we take the technical discussion to the saml-dev list like we did
last time.  The marketing folks can coordinate via their own list.  Once I have
the names, I'll try to schedule a call to kick things off. 

 

****** An immediate request ******

 There are a few significant costs that I'm running up
against, depending on the approach we take for "marketing" this event.
E.g. do we want to be on the exhibitor show floor so folks can drop in there (lots
more traffic this way, but more expensive).  Or do we want to keep this low
visibility?  Do we want to do it as a cocktail event? My sense is that it's
to our advantage to make as much splash as we can this time around.

 

I am working on some internal options at RSA to help cover some
of the costs for the event, but RSA won't be able to do it alone.  Last
time around, the group intentionally kept the costs minimal and, other than Sun
providing monitors, RSA the network, and Baltimore the CA), we split the tab
equally... some folks didn't have much of a budget for this activity. 

 

We could take the same approach this time or we could
consider having any vendors that can afford some extra $$ sponsor the event (in
addition to everyone chipping in a small amount).  In this case, we would
clearly want to make sure the sponsorship is advertised in some appropriate
fashion.

 

So, I need to know - are there any vendors interested
in chipping in $$ to sponsor the event (e.g. perhaps $3k-$5k)?  If so, please
contact me directly asap.

Rob Philpott 

RSA Security Inc. 

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