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font-family:Tahoma'>With the moderator’s permission, I am hoping this can
be distributed to Talk NBLUG mailing list members. Thanks, Russ DeVeau</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>On January 24<sup>th</sup>, at the Palo Alto Crowne Plaza
Hotel, Liberty Alliance will hold an informational event featuring tracks
focusing on federated identity management from both a developer (including Java
and Linux) and business perspective. The Liberty Alliance Project is the only
global organization working to advance federated identity management
specifications and identity-based Web services using open standards.</span></font></p>
<h1><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:normal'>This free event will provide developers, system integrators
and businesses with information about how open federated identity management
solutions are helping enterprises address a wide range of B2B, B2E, B2C and
end-user identity management, privacy and security issues. There will be
interactive demonstrations of Liberty Alliance specifications at work by many
Liberty Alliance members including, AOL, General Motors, Nokia, Vodafone,
Neustar and Novell. These Liberty Alliance members, as well as members of the
Liberty Alliance board, will be available to discuss how open federated
identity management specifications are benefiting developers and businesses
today. </span></font></b></h1>
<h1><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:normal'>The event runs from 11:30am-4:30pm and begins with a buffet
lunch and key note address by Donal O'Shea, executive director of the Liberty Alliance.
Developers and businesses interested in attending can register online at
https://www.projectliberty.org/scripts/developer_event_paloalto.asp. </span></font></b></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We hope to see NBLUG members on the 24<sup>th</sup>. Get in
touch at any time if you have questions. In the meantime, a one-page
information sheet is available to provide more details. Please let me know if I
can send this sheet to any interested members. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Who: Liberty Alliance Project</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>What: Developer and Business Informational Event and
Demonstrations</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Where: Crowne Plaza Hotel; Palo Alto</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>When: January 24, 11:30AM - 4:30 PM</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Liberty Alliance Project was formed in September 2001 to
address the technical and business issues associated with federated network
identity. The Alliance is moving to accomplish this goal through the ongoing
release of open technical specifications as well as business and policy
guidelines to help companies deploy federated identity services across a broad
range of products, systems and devices. More information on the Liberty
Alliance Project is available at www.projectliberty.org.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Best,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Russ DeVeau</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Liberty Alliance Project</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>www.projectliberty.org</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Mobile: 908-251-1549</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Office: 718-263-1762</span></font></p>
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