ID-Legal Conf Plan Outline

Kaliya Hamlin and Lucy Lynch are meeting in Eugene Oregon - January 8, 2009

Outline so far

Initial meeting of 20-40 people in DC area.

Identifying specific people in the legal/governance/policy side to reach out to (will be writing e-mails to some of them today)

Identity Community members from various communities of activity that we know will be interested, InfoCards, VRM, DP

Overall Thematic - Rights and Responsibilities: A Gap Analysis around Frameworks for Identity in the Digital Age
 * of individuals (personhood and persona)
 * of 3rd party provider (including the legal ramifications of filling this role)
 * technology to be supportive of different policies (US-EU legal framework differences)
 * tech over to be neutral around policy and have it work with it

Event Length: 2 days + social event in evening before. Ending 2nd day by 3pm to get home to west coast.

Timing: Before IIW

Location: DC

Size:20-40 people

Long Term Goal:Build a community that can successful address the challenges as identity technologies evolve and policy and regulation and case law begin to interact with it.

Beyond this Event:Looking to a larger meeting after IIW - potentially coinciding with Fall 2009 (IIW9)

For discussion this afternoon.
 * Format - some open space with a longer time to look into the future re: collaboration - addressing issues.
 * Barriers to Entry - "position paper perhap"
 * What should the pre-reading be?
 * How to frame invite legal centers (berkman, stanford - work on at least an outline).