22 April 09 agenda

Building on the original suggestions, Jonathan Markow and Robert Sherratt have suggested the following agenda for the day:

Update from the Executive Director
Roundup of institutional activity
Presentations on identity management
- Identity Management Toolkit - Gary Brown (see attachments under Tools for PowerPoint presentation)
Topics for birds of a feather sessions in the afternoon
Lunch
Notes from the Dallas conference JSG:pps JSG:pdf
The birds of a feather sessions
The future of the portal
Wrap up and next meeting

Please add BoF sessions to the link if there is anything in particular you wish to talk about.

Report from Executive Director
Report from Dallas conference
"Future Portal": Many of us feel that the time is ripe to consider whether the portal will continue to play a vital role in organizations. Is the portal-as-campus-gateway construct itself still a critical function for higher education constituents? Does the portalUI speak to current expectations of a desktop interface? Is the purpose of aggregating distributed content from all corners of the institution within one interface still important? Is there a role for the portal in SOA applications? Do underlying portal frameworks need to evolve to serve new requirements? To embrace new technologies? Jasig has been having recent discussions on these topics, and I'd like to both summarize what people have been saying as well as get feedback from the UK institutions. -Jonathan Markow
"Authentication and Access control" for portals, what are the considerations for setting up and/or modernising login systems and role based access control. What impact does federated access control have on portals? What impact does federated application provision (e.g. google apps for edu, live@edu, ejournals) have on portals and what is the best way to adapt or defend the portal role? -Caleb Racey