Proposed Topics ii8

Planning to Present about

 * reputation and expertise
 * ProtectServe and relationship management
 * aligning opensocial with activity stream discussions
 * Drupal & OpenID or DiSo
 * OpenSocial, Friend Conect, Microformats
 * OAuth, OpenID, SAML, PDS/CDS
 * Information Cards, R-Cards, XRI, XRD, XDI
 * OpenID validation extension
 * Identity in the browser and XRDS
 * enhanced trusted identity transaction model
 * SEO for people
 * Mainstream adoption
 * legal, identity maintenance services, tech-mediation and identity quantification issues, feedback loops and identity construction
 * cross-the-firewall identity
 * openid
 * Identity in the browser
 * Getting rid of the tick boxes/ Volunteered Personal Information
 * Trying to build "REAL" VRM/OpenID products for regular businesses.
 * Identity Business Models
 * OAuth, XRD, Discovery
 * VRM and general user acceptance of Identity issues
 * VRM, I-Rights, Identity Quartet, Standard Agreement for Use of User Provided Data
 * activity streams
 * auth and application integration
 * the problem space of anonymity/pseudonymity in self-identity, one-way edge, and two-way edge distributed relationships
 * Soft Token for a safe web surf
 * DataPortability Project, EULA & ToS Taskforce, Standards Landscape, what else?
 * identity futures
 * User-Managed IdM Primer
 * OpenSocial, Friend Conect, Microformats
 * OAuth, OpenID, SAML, PDS/CDS

Hoping to hear about

 * services discovery, distributed publishing standards
 * Activity Streams
 * identity rights agreements
 * Implementation, Challenges, Business Use Case, Usability
 * XRD, OpenID AX and what others are up to
 * Activity Streams
 * Syndication of activity/content via identity & relationships
 * Discovery, StrongAuth
 * Practical identity validation options for various countries
 * Multi-factor challenge/response OpenID strong authentication
 * OAuth usage patterns
 * SAML vs openid; OAuth
 * popularizing openid, activity streams, oauth, etc.
 * Open standards and product initiatives
 * oauth
 * state of the art in identity and privacy
 * current and anticipated elements of development in identity
 * Personal Branding
 * OpenID, Kerberos
 * XRD, OpenID usability
 * OAuth futures
 * Convergence and usability of identity tech
 * Profiles for syndicating signed user information to authorized parties, such as "proof-of-purchce" or other assertions that can be made about an identity by a trusted source.
 * Support of social networks for customer care and support; more on the relationship between user-centric identity and VRM
 * Business Models, Legal Issues
 * OAuth, Reputation
 * Evolution of OpenID
 * simplicity and explanation to non-geeks
 * Non-correlation best practices & adoption
 * Progress made from last, about strong auth
 * Hybrid IdM Solutions
 * Discovery, StrongAuth

Critical Conversation

 * "user-centric identity"... as opposed to what other type of identity? (I'll probably learn this at the conference!)
 * Who are the Identity Providers
 * Trust
 * how to best brand the open stack solution set
 * what is the balance of authority for personal data used in online services?
 * getting the word out beyond the tech community
 * Business Models, Legal Issues
 * Internet identity in the institution
 * trade-offs of trust vs. anonymity
 * Openness and adoption
 * unifying the open stack further
 * usability, business value, security
 * StrongAuth, OAuth, OpenID
 * Claims, convergence
 * Personal Branding
 * Business- and security related OpenID extensions
 * best ways to facilitate adoption of user-centric identity
 * How does the "OAuth experience" impact our understanding of user preferences around identity data-sharing?
 * Distributed services
 * handling multiple identities
 * Ease of use
 * user experience
 * What are current perceived needs and how will those affect future choices?
 * VRM related stuff; Perhaps a little about mobility/ubiquity; crowdsourcing
 * Discovery of information about users by services, related services and shared capabilities enabled by authorized user information.
 * How do you make any of this work for "normal human beings"
 * issues of equity, rights, interoperability, leverage & policy
 * open id work with information cards?
 * unifying the open stack further
 * usability, business value, security
 * StrongAuth, OAuth, OpenID

DEMOS

 * Making any site Social with Friend Connect
 * May show a demo related to OAuth or OpenID.
 * Google hybrid OpenID/OAuth endpoint
 * Some applications of Netflix public APIs
 * Information Cards, XDI
 * OpenID Provider with advanced validation options. This demo will be relevant in relation to a proposed discussion of a validation extension for OpenID
 * latest information card demo
 * Azigo Selector, Azigo CardPress
 * Need to better understand other sessions, but happy to talk about opensocial, opensocial rest/rpc (incl portable contacts), opensocial+mobile, google friend connect and more
 * I would Love to demo PeoplePond.com
 * Drupal DiSo progress
 * Basic VRM product for "real world service providers" (plumbers, HVAC, electricians, etc.)
 * Our Mydex proof of concept, VRM and Volunteered Personal Information
 * Polka: Me, My Phone, and My Health demonstration
 * Making any site Social with Freind Connect
 * May show a demo related to OAuth or OpenID.
 * Google hybrid OpenID/OAuth endpoint
 * Some applications of Netflix public APIs