1. The State of Federations

2. Specimens
Denmark
Finland
Switzerland
Netherlands UK
France US

3. The Current Kool-aid
Campuses build consistent and sustainable middleware infrastructures
Federating software and federations create effective inter-institutional collaboration infrastructure
Federations peer internationally and across sectors to extend the value
Virtual organizations leverage campus infrastructure and peered federations for user- centric enterprise-manageable teams

4. Discussion Points Name of federation Federated operator
Scope and type of members
What we sell
How much does it cost
Bootstrap identity providers

5. More discussion How do we manage the WAYF need
What attributes do we use
How much do we try to control semantics
What LOA do we use
Virtual organization support
Change of contracts
Dispute resolution
Impact of international peering