To follow up on the previous email, I think that we a booth layout the emphasizes the following:
1. Stations for participants that make up the perimeter of the booth that have enough room for each station to walk visitors through an interoperability demonstration. The stations need to be open enough to encourage interaction of the Interop Demo participants.
2. A center area in the booth that can be used for more detailed (one on one) conversations about OASIS/KMIP/PKCS11. If we have TC specific presentations cycling throug on a display, all the better.
Chuck White
Fornetix
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Howdy Everyone!
For Fornetix we would like to see the emphasis on demonstrating interoperability between all the participating parties.
It would be useful to focus on booths that allow for technical demonstrations of interoperability and flow that focuses on showing how interoperability works between the participants. I know that made an initial impression on my team coming into this problem
space back in 2014.
As for booth construction I recommend an approach that allows for groups to look at a particular node and allows for more direct interaction amongst the participants. Thus reinforcing the "OASIS First" Mantra of Interop Demo participants.
I think using the middle for more one on one conversations about specifics for OASIS, PKCS11 and KMIP would be incredibly beneficial as we want to use that space for parties who want to know more about OASIS and our TCs once they see the value of the Interoperability
Demonstration.
That being said - I recognize that planning for RSA is no simple task and at the end of the day we as a TC will put our collective best foot forward. Its worth noting that our best foot happens to be interoperability that works.
Thanks!
Chuck
Chuck White
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From: Tim Hudson <tjh@cryptsoft.com>
Date: 11/30/16 20:39 (GMT-05:00)
To: rsa-interop-demo@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [rsa-interop-demo] RSA Interop booth space layout feedback for review & comment
For the record, we absolutely appreciate the efforts and dedication of the OASIS staff and in particular Jane in working through the huge amount of things that have to be done to pull together a successful OASIS booth each year.
From our perspective (having now been through six KMIP interop events and three PKCS#11 showcases in a row) having a presentation area does not really make sense for an interop demonstration which is very much focused on concrete demonstration of actual
cross-vendor interoperability.
If we did have a presentation area (as distinct from a display running a rolling presentation which we have done previously) then the TCs would have to go through the approval process and vet the material given that this is an OASIS event and not a vendor
demonstration - and that process will certainly add to the work of each of the TCs.
The current four options for presentation areas absolutely impacts the booth design - effectively the approach of accommodating a presentation area in each of the current four options has carved out a substantial chunk of the 20x20 booth area and that
impacts the space for the pods and the ability for people to flow between them and attendees to gather around a specific pod as part of the demonstration flow.
Our preference is that we have a design that is essentially more like the previous years with some minor tweaks (especially removal of the tall panels on each pod as that worked to isolate each pod and impact the flow) - i.e. none of the current options
(as they are proposed).
There are definitely some nice elements in the design approach in some of the options - but I think we have a standard approach we have been using that just needs a few tweaks - rather than changing the format to be a presentation podium with a set of pods
around it. The emphasis (for KMIP) has always been on actual interoperability demonstrations.
Having a central pillar option with displays running a TC approved presentation in a loop with pods placed to maximise access to the traffic corridors would make most sense - effectively a hybrid approach. I think this (from the feedback I've received
both on the booth and afterwards) is closest to the consensus view - but everyone does need to express their view to the group rather than just to each other privately - for the decision making process to work.
I'm also mindful of the enthusiasm some of the marketing teams from various organisations have for product/company pitches being able to occur - this is something that we believe does not belong at any OASIS event - the focus is on the work of the technical
committees and the work of OASIS as an standards organisation. The enthusiasm is great for a vendor-specific booth - just not for a community oriented booth that is what the OASIS booth has always been.
Thanks,
Tim.