<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hi Mike,<div><br></div><div>I’d prefer EIC, NORDUnet, SUNET or SURF in no specific order.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 29 Jan 2025, at 15:33, Michael Jones via Openid-specs-ab <openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">The OpenID Foundation is planning to hold an in-person interop testing event for OpenID Federation implementations sometime in the coming months. I’m writing to ask who might be interested in participating. I’m also seeking feedback on where and when to hold it.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Co-locating with an identity conference is one possibility. These are possible candidates:<o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><a href="https://tiime-unconference.eu/" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;">TIIME Unconference</a>, Mar 31-Apr 3 in Reading, UK<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.kuppingercole.com/events/eic2025/" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;">EIC</a>, May 6-9 in Berlin<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><a href="https://tnc25.geant.org/" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;">TNC</a>, Jun 9-13 in Brighton, UK<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><a href="https://nordu.net/nordunet-community-workshop-2025/" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;">NORDUnet</a>, Sep 9-11 in Copenhagen<o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Another possibility is for an identity organization to host it. These might be possible candidates:<o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.sunet.se/" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;">SUNET</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.surf.nl/" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;">SURF</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.garr.it/" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;">GARR</a><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Please reply-all letting us know that you interested and what venue and dates you’d prefer.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> -- Mike<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;">_______________________________________________</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;">Openid-specs-ab mailing list</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><a href="mailto:Openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-specs-ab" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">https://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-specs-ab</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>