Meeting Topic:

Leveraging OpenID, OAuth, Portable Contacts, Activity Streams, and other Open Standard Technologies for Online Retail Applications

Objective:

The objective of the OpenID Foundation Retail Summit is to provide an overview of the retailer and consumer benefits of open standard identity platform solutions including OpenID, OAuth, Portable Contacts, Activity Streams, Open Social, etc.   Additionally, technology and solution providers will be soliciting input and feedback from retailers on how these technologies should evolve to provide further benefits to retailers and their customers.

Attendees:

• OpenID Foundation members
• OpenID Technology and Service Providers
• Retailers

Time/Date/Location: 

• Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 
• Noon to 5pm Pacific 
• Directly preceeding the National Retail Federation (NRF) Innovate 2011 Conference: http://events.nrf.com/innovate11/public/enter.aspx
• PayPal Headquarters: 2211 N. First St., San Jose, CA 95131 
• Phone: 408.376.7400
• Map:  http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2211+First+Street,+San+Jose,+CA&hl=en
• Sign up at Eventbrite: http://openid-retail-summit.eventbrite.com 

Keynote Speakers

• Rob Harles (Global Head of Social Media Bloomberg and formerly VP Social Media and Community at Sears)
• Steve Braunschweiger (IT Architect and IS Worldwide Application Tech Support at Kodak)
• Other retailers TBD.  If you are interested in presenting, please contact Don Thibeau (don@oidf.org), the Executive Director of the OpenID Foundation
• Andrew Nash (Senior Director of Information Risk Management, PayPal) 
• Eric Sachs (Identity and Security Product Manager, Google)
• Brian Kissel (Board Member, OpenID Foundation) 
• Expecting representatives from Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, and others

Background Information

• Overview presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/bkkissel/openid-foundation-retail-advisory-committee-overview-5193852
• OpenID Foundation Wiki on Retail Advisory Committee: http://wiki.openid.net/w/page/29089817/OpenID-Retail-Advisory-Committee
• Retail Advisory Committee Discussion Forum: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/openid_RAC/

Agenda

• 12:00–13:00: Lunch and Introductions
• 13:00-14:30: Presentations by the OpenID Foundation and representative technology/solution providers including PayPal, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, and others
• 14:30-16:00: Presentations by retailers who have deployed these platforms covering objectives, results, and lessons learned
• 16:00-17:00: Discussion and feedback between platform providers and retailers to help guide future platform development priorities relative to the needs of retailers

Logistics

• Sign up at Eventbrite: http://openid-retail-summit.eventbrite.com
• Hotels nearby
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