OASIS Events Calendar

Cloud Connect is the leading conference and expo for enterprise IT managers and cloud providers to meet, set their cloud roadmap and explore the latest technologies, platforms and opportunities in the cloud. Come to this premier event to learn from thought leaders and top computing technology companies.

OASIS members can register with priority code CPMWCC41 to save 25% off the onsite price of passes or for a free expo pass.

Cyber threats, data breaches, social engineering, compliance, risk management, cloud security. You can’t read an industry security news site, blog, or magazine without noting that the landscape is changing faster than ever. One event brings all the security issues, answers and thought leaders together in one place in San Francisco. Over five days, RSA 2012 will deliver the latest, knowledge to protect your organization from threats today and tomorrow. Select from over 220 sessions across 17 tracks, covering a wide swath of critical themes and topics. These including the latest threats, mobile security, application security, cloud security, data security, governance, risk and compliance, law, legislation and policy, identity management, cryptography and much more – including some of the most highly regarded industry experts in security.

OASIS is extending complimentary expo passes to our members. If interested in attending, please use the code "EC12OAS" when registering to receive the free pass. The deadline to redeem a free pass is Friday, 24 February.

OASIS will be holding two Security Interoperability Demonstrations at RSA 2012, featuring KMIP and XACML.

• View list of OASIS KMIP Interoperability participants
  
  
• View list of OASIS XACML Interop participants

International leaders from the European and North American Utilities, Security and Information Technology sectors will meet again in London on March 12th and 13th for an in depth discussion and review of the current security landscape surrounding the global emergence of the Smart Grid initiative. Last year’s inaugural launch gained international press, solidifying this forum as the premier European touch point for industry professionals. 2012 will provide insight into enterprise strategy and initiatives from Chief Information Security officers, as well as technical presentations from the engineering and cyber security industry. Don’t miss this timely opportunity to create a common voice, and understand the roadmap in securing the critical national infrastructure as we further progress the transition to a low carbon economy.

OASIS members are entitled to a 10% discount of their registration. Mention "OASIS" during the registration process.

The 2012 NIST/NSTIC IDtrust Workshop will be held March 13-14, 2012 at NIST in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The workshop will focus on how technologies and standards can help the framework of the identity ecosystem coalesce. The two day workshop will feature plenary presentations and panel discussions by leading identity management and standards experts addressing a broad swath of technology and standards issues that surround identifying and implementing the four NSTIC Guiding Principles in the Identity Ecosystem: a) Identity Solutions will be Privacy-Enhancing and Voluntary, b) Identity Solutions will be Secure and Resilient, c)Identity Solutions will be Interoperable, and d) Identity Solutions will be Cost-Effective and Easy To Use.

In this-two day Cloud summit, the CSCC will bring together international public sector Cloud leaders to exchange information about current projects, future plans, and prioritized requirements. Standards Development Groups, and Cloud Providers will be present to discuss progress related to the prioritized requirements. Attendees will explore possible frameworks for ongoing discussion and coordination across international public sector Cloud initiatives, SDOs, and Cloud Providers.

Representatives of OASIS will be on hand to discuss our Cloud-related standards activities (including the new initiative TOSCA).

European Identity Conference (EIC) is the place to meet with enterprise technologists, thought leaders and experts to learn about, discuss and shape the market in most significant technology topics such as Identity Management, Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) and Cloud Computing. With its world class list of speakers, a unique mix of best practices presentations, panel discussions, thought leadership statements and analyst views, EIC has become an absolute must-attend event for enterprise IT leaders from all over Europe and beyond.

This year's conference will feature an OASIS Cloud Audit Track and Roundtable.

Victoria University of Wellington, the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs and the New Zealand Office of the Privacy Commissioner are jointly organising and hosting the 2012 Identity Conference ‘Managing Digital Identity in a Networked World’. The conference will highlight the latest trends, perspectives, solutions and experiences in the wider field of digital identity and discuss strategic, implementation and policy issues related to establishing user-centric identity information management in a variety of public and private sector relationships.

Confirmed keynote speakers include: Bruce Schneier, Chief Security Technology Officer at British Telecom and cryptographer, Dr John Borking, Privacy Enhancing Technologies expert and former Board Member of the Dutch Data Protection Authority (CBP) in The Hague, The Netherlands, Malcolm Crompton, Managing Director of Information Integrity Solutions Pty Ltd and Australia’s third Federal Privacy Commissioner, Professor Charles Raab, University of Edinburgh and Advisor to UK House of Lords Select Committee on the Surveillance Society, Marie Shroff, New Zealand Privacy Commissioner, Colin MacDonald, Chief Executive of Land Information New Zealand, and Graeme Osborne, Director of the National Health IT Board, New Zealand

For more information and to register please visit www.identityconference.victoria.ac.nz.

OASIS, Environment Canada, and ITU collaborate on a new workshop. The Emergency Alerting Policy Workshop will explore domestic policy and international coordination issues for public alerting and identify how these issues are being addressed within implementations of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP). The workshop will be held in Montréal, Canada, 1-2 May. Details are available in English and Canadian French. Registration for the Workshop is limited to 80 individuals, with priority given to individuals or groups:

• eager to participate in the workshop discussions
• representing current implementations that have dealt with policy issues in their alerting systems
• that are developing new systems and are wrestling with these issues
• and/or that have alerting activities across international borders.

The organizing committee will also provide a short list of common policy issues in advance to help participants consider their positions prior to arriving. Additional registration information will be posted soon.

SMi is pleased to announce their 2nd annual conference on Smart Grids Data Management on the 9th – 10th of May in London. From design, deployment, management to integration and analysis of real time data, this two-day conference will cover all the relevant issues. The essential networking opportunity will bring together a host of experts involved in tackling these critical issues for the utility industry. With the smart grid and smart meter roll out expanding throughout Europe utilities will need to manage how they handle all this data – how to store it and how to convert it into useful information which can be used to make more profit, locate faults, make the customer savings.

OASIS Members are entitled to receive a 10% discount off the registration price. Mention "OASIS" during when registering.