Shibboleth Developers

I'd like to bring to your attention  several Shib-related sessions at 
next weeks Internet2 member Meeting, in Washington, D.C. If you'll be 
at the meeting, I hope you can fit these sessions into your schedule.

1) Monday AM  from 8:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.- NMI-EDIT tutorial entitled
SHIBBOLETH: MOVING YOUR CAMPUS TO PRODUCTION

AGENDA
To make the most of this tutorial, participants should be
familiar with the Shibboleth software, architecture, and
business case. The speakers will be focusing on issues that
organizations should address when migrating test installations
or pilots to production services. This includes performance,
scalability, and strategies for robustness.

2) Monday PM from 4:45 - 6:15 pm, Shibboleth Working Group.

Scott Cantor will be talking about the new metadata format with the 
upcoming Shib v1.2 release.  Simple cases are still relatively easy 
to configure; however, the new metadata schema offers significant new 
functionality and flexibility to  accommodate a wide range of 
situations in a multi-federation world, where targets are exporting a 
variety of different services. That's geek speak for "it can become 
mind-numbingly complex...". There will also be a presentation on the 
still-being-defined ARP GUI for sysadmins/Reference Librarians; we'll 
be seeking feedback and comments.

3) Tuesday AM, 10:30 - 11: 45, Salon I/II/III

Shibboleth Today and Tomorrow (track session)

Speakers:
Daniel Arrasjid, University at Buffalo
Thomas Lenggenhager, SWITCH, The Swiss Education and Research Network
Steve Kellogg, Penn State
William Pence, CTO, Napster
Steven Carmody, Brown University

Over the last year, Shibboleth, the inter-institutional authorization 
system, has progressed from advanced testing to widespread 
deployment. This session will include campus case studies on 
transitioning from testing to production, including an introduction 
to the policy, technical, and transition issues each institution 
addressed. The Shibboleth roadmap for the coming year will be 
presented as well. (For more detailed information and discussion on 
the transition topics, consider attending Monday's tutorial entitled 
"Shibboleth: Moving Your Campus to Production.")

This session will also be webcast live on tuesday.