FYI From: cc_standards@nist.gov [mailto:cc_standards@nist.gov] On Behalf Of Bob Marcus Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 5:00 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: FYI: Conference on International Government Clouds in March in Reston, Virginia On October 12, there is going to be a Government Cloud Executives Session at the International Cloud Symposium http://events.oasis-open.org/home/cloud/2011 outside London. (See the speaker list below.) The Symposium also includes two International Standards Roadmapping Sessions http://events.oasis-open.org/home/cloud/2011/agenda#wednesday featuring European, UK, and American leaders (e.g. NIST). In March, a follow-on Conference with a similar level of international Cloud executive participants will be held in Reston, Virginia hosted by the Cloud Standards Customer Council http://www.cloud-council.org/Cloud-Council_Core_Document.pdf . Several of the October speakers have already signed up to participate. The date will be March 20 or 21. Some of the topics are listed below. Any feedback on possible topics would be valuable. - Federated Trust (Federated Identity, Authentication, Authorization, Policy, Regulatory, Monitoring) - Data Transfers (Categorizing Data, Regulatory Constraints, Policy, Security, Interface and Format Standards) - Shared Resources (Global Public Utilities, Service Catalogs, Resource Descriptions, Access Mechanisms) There is now a window of opportunity to establish international government collaboration on Cloud data and resource interoperability. In a few years, the national Cloud infrastructures and frameworks will be more complex and it will be difficult to retrofit Cloud collaboration across international boundaries. Bob Marcus 720-352-0784 ============================================= Government Cloud Executives at International Cloud Symposium USA : Jerry Horton http://www.cio.gov/profile/Horton-Jerry.cfm (CIO of USAID http://www.usaid.gov/ ) Jerry is the Chair of the US Cloud Computing Executive Steering Committee http://www.info.apps.gov/content/executive-steering-committee EC: Megan Richards http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/information_society/directory/index_en.htm#Dir_D ( Director of Converged Networks and Services for EC Information Society and Media Directorate General) China: Jinzy Zhu http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jinzy-zhu/0/931/81 (Former Program Director, Cloud Computing Center - Greater China at IBM http://www.linkedin.com/company/ibm?trk=ppro_cprof ) Jinzy's team is delivering Cloud Computing Solutions to major Chinese clients. IBM China is building Asia's largest data center http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/33447.wss Jinzy Zhu has left IBM and will now be "spearheading Cloud development in China". UK: Mark O'Neill <http://www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-network/2011/mar/21/mark-o-n eill-skunkworks-cio-clg-dcms-interview> , (Head, HMG Skunkworks, Government Digital Service, Cabinet Office, UK) The Skunkworks <http://www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-network/2011/jun/02/skunkwor ks-cabinet-office-develop-e-petitions-system-mark-oneill> is an innovative group within the UK Government IT organization that is developing a Cloud Computing framework Singapore: Lee Hing Yan http://www.sp.edu.sg/rinc/leehingyan.htm (Program Director of Singapore National Grid Office at the Infocomm Development Authority) He is responsible for the national program for cloud computing. Singapore is becoming a leader in Cloud Computing. <http://www.koreaittimes.com/story/10397/singapore-emerging-cloud-computing- hub-asia-pacific> India: M.R. Rajagopalan (Director at C-DAC http://www.cdac.in/ ) Coordinator National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source software Canada: http://www.linkedin.com/search/fpsearch?fname=Jirka&lname=Danek Jirka Danek (CTO of the Department of Shared Services Canada) Jirka is leading Canada's Cloud Computing Initiative <http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/021610-canada-clears-up-its-cloud.htm l> He can't make the October Session but will participate in March ------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Ireland Limited (Branch) Collinstown Industrial Park, Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland Registered Number: E902934 This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies.