1. Klaas Wierenga, EuroCAMP Helsinki, 17&18th April 2007
EuroCAMP closing
Klaas Wierenga, EuroCAMP
Helsinki, 17&18th April 2007

2. The Characters Do we really need that stuff here?
Simply put a piece of
middleware for...
Go buy some middleware
pipes round the corner
Middle...what?

3. Federations are happening
Applications outsourcing their users
To the home institution of the user
To a single place at the home institution
Academic identity federations are operational
Real services used everyday by large amount of users
Research and educational applications are federated
Federation software available in the marketplace
Convergence is there
With SAML as lingua franca
JISC federation

4. All suits are equal

5. …but some suits

6. Let there be rock! Federations!
See you at:
TNC: May Copenhagen
NRENs&Grids: June 11-12, Paris or
EuroCAMP!

7. Special thanks Minna Harjuniemi (University of Helsinki)
Jim Buddin (TERENA)
Local Staff
All speakers
You
Programme committee
Diego Lopez (RedIRIS)
Klaas Wierenga (SURFnet)
Ingrid Melve (UNINETT)
Brian Gilmore (University of Edinburgh)
Mikael Linden (CSC)
Miroslav Milinovic (SRCE)
Florent Guilleux/Olivier Salaun (CRU)
Ken Klingestein (Internet2)
Licia Florio (TERENA)