Toward a UK National AAAI Infrastructure

Friday 4 Apr 2025, 09:30 → 17:00 Europe/London

Palmer Building

The workshop will provide an opportunity to discuss recent developments in Authentication, Authorisation, Accounting and Identity Management such as the evolution of Identity Federations to include cloud native approaches like OpenID Connect, and best practice integrating higher assurance applications such as Trusted Research Environments.

We hope that the workshop will be instrumental in helping to build a community of participants and stakeholders recognising the significant changes in landscape in recent years including entire new communities, and the range of UKRI investments in DRI.

Workshop outputs will feed into UKRI’s Trust and Identity strategy and wider UKRI Digital Research Infrastructure initiatives to support more effective access and collaboration across the whole range of DRI facilities and resources.

Travel and Logistics

The workshop will take place in the University of Reading's Palmer Building.

For information about the venue, including travel details, see the following PDF

https://tiime-unconference.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Delegate-Information-Pack-for-Palmer.pdf

There are frequent buses (20 and 21) from Reading Station to the University.

If you plan to arrive by car let us know and we can provide parking permits - there is parking available on the campus, but you should probably allow time to get into Reading.

For any questions please contact Ian Collier ian.collier@stfc.ac.uk
 

09:30 → 10:00 Arrival - Tea & Coffee

10:00 → 10:15 Introduction

Speakers: Ian Collier (STFC), Tom Griffin (STFC)

10:15 → 11:15 Session 1 - Evolution of Trust and Identity

Key trends in Identity and Access Management - Josh Howlett, Federated Solutions
The role of community in Trust and Identity (REFEDS, AARC-TREE, FIM4R etc) - Heather Flanagan (facilitator)
Breakout session - Identification of key trends in identity and infrastructure as they apply to the UK DRI

11:15 → 11:35 Break - Tea & Coffee

11:35 → 12:30 Session 2 - What is “Federated?” - Heather Flanagan (facilitator)

MyAccessID and EuroHPC FP: Enabling Federated Access for Science - Christos Kanellopoulos, GÉANT
AIRRFED and AIRRPortal - Thin Federation demonstrator for UK AI Research Resources - Sadaf Alam, University of Bristol/Isambard-AI
Breakout session - Federated DRI successes, opportunities, blockers and enablers

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:30 Session 3 - Trusted Research and Innovation

What is “Trust?” - Martin Hamilton (facilitator)
FRIDGE and SATRE: Federating Trusted Research Infrastructure - James Hetherington, UCL
Life sciences and bioinformatics perspective - Jonathan Tedds, ELIXIR/EOSC
Health data science perspective - Rob Baxter, DARE UK
Breakout session - What value-add might federation bring to trusted research and other innovative environments?

14:30 → 14:50 Break - Tea & Coffee

14:50 → 15:50 Developing Trust and Identity for the UK DRI

Landscape study and follow up DRI Trust and Identity activities - Ian Collier, STFC
Interactive summary of topics emerging from the breakout discussions - Heather Flanagan (facilitator)
Potential actions and next steps - ALL

15:50 → 16:00 Wrap up