Shaping the Future of Access Management in the Schools Sector

In the past few months, the UK Access Management Federation has seen a steady increase in membership from organisations within the schools sector. In recognition of this, the UK federation and Becta have invited key individuals from identity providers and service providers, to attend a meeting on 1 October 2008 to discuss specific issues facing organisations within this sector.

The aim of the meeting will be to identify the kinds of information required for access management decisions in the schools sector and to plan how federated access management technologies, standards and policies can be used to improve the accuracy and privacy of those decisions and information transfers.

This meeting will also provide an opportunity for all those involved in federated access management in the schools sector to discuss future steps in establishing a framework of help, advice, best practice and guidance in this area.

If you have received an invitation to this meeting can you please return your booking form as soon as possible. This will help us to allocate appropriate resources for the day and make sure that the agenda reflects the issues you would like addressed and discussed.

This is an invitation only event and numbers are limited, however, if you have not received an invitation and feel you would like to take part then please contact Frances Burton, Schools Co-ordinator: UK federation, as we may still be able to accommodate you.

Further information about the UK federation can be found at www.ukfederation.org.uk. And please do contact Frances if you have any queries at frances.burton@ja.net or telephone 01235 822336.