Registration Opens for Int’l Cloud Symposium

[Jane Harnad <jane.harnad@oasis-open.org>]

Make plans now to attend the International Cloud Symposium (ICS) on 10-14 October at the historic Ditton Manor near London. Hosted by OASIS, in collaboration with EU-funded Siena Initiative and the Cloud Best Practice Network, this is the first in a series of events that will bring together leaders from around the world to exchange experiences and explore new ways to accelerate robust and trusted Cloud deployments for the public sector.  ICS 2011 will generate dialogue across government and the business community to stimulate fresh thinking,address gaps, and identify real solutions. 

ICS 2011 will be held 10-12.  Related workshops and committee meetings will continue on 13 -14 October. 

Highlights:

Interactive panel sessions focusing on many of the barriers and concerns addressed in recent Cloud Computing studies, including:

·         Governance: Loss of Control in a Cloud Environment

·         Identity & Access Control Challenges Not to Be Overlooked

·         Protecting Information Through Cybersecurity Risk Management Policies & Practices

·         Data Privacy & the Role Policy Plays in Defining Trust Requirements

·         International Roadmapping Projects: Progress & Trends – and the SDO's Response

·         Legal Impediments to Successful Cloud Implementations

·         Public Sector Clouds: Constraints & Requirements

·         Government Inter-Cloud: Data Portability & Interoperability

International speaker representation:  

• Alissa Cooper, Chief Computer Scientist, Consumer Privacy, Center for Democracy and Technology
• Marnix Dekker, Cloud Security and Smartphone Security, ENISA
• Chiemi Hayashi, Associate Director, The World Economic Forum
• Dawn Leaf, Senior Advisor, U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Silvana Muscella, Technical Coordinator, Siena Initiative
• Lee Hing Yan, Program Director of National Grid Office, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
• Tim Cowen, Partner, Sidley Austin
• David Bernstein, Founder and Working Group Chairman, IEEE Guide for Cloud Portability and Interoperability Profiles
• Plus more…

With the combination of these high-profile speakers, interactive roundtable sessions, moderated debates and interoperability demonstrations, ICS 2011 will be an event you won’t want to miss. 

View the full programme -- http://events.oasis-open.org/home/cloud/2011/programme

Register to attend ICS 2011 -- http://events.oasis-open.org/home/cloud/2011/registration

ICS is sponsored by IBM and Microsoft and supported by the Cloud Security Alliance, eema.org, ENISA, Open Data Center Alliance, U.S. NIST, and the World Economic Forum.

Additional sponsorship opportunities are available. http://events.oasis-open.org/home/cloud/2011/participate

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