***Apologies for cross-postings Federated Access: Future Directions Day (JISC programme meeting and future spend planning event) -Places still available- Date: 30 June 2008 Venue: Aston Business School Conference Centre, Birmingham If you would like to get an update on federated access management activities in the UK and also to have an opportunity to have your say about the areas of work that should be supported by the JISC Capital Programme for 2008/09, come to the ‘Federated Access: Future Directions’ Day to be held by JISC on Monday 30th June 2008 in Birmingham. The programme for the day: • Update & scene setting (JISC) • Future directions for access management (Eduserv Foundation) • Project case studies, covering four current JISC strands of work: 1 Federated Access: Next steps 2 E-Research 3 Institutional Exemplars 4 Identity Management • Future spend brainstorming sessions To see the full programme and to register for this free event, please go to www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/themes/access_management/federation/federation_even ts/programmtgjune08.aspx Please note that the registration deadline is Friday 20 June 08. Kind regards, Masha Garibyan