Re: Decentralized Identity and Product Design/UX Q&A Session, Next Wednesday at 12 PM ET

Phil, glad to hear of your interest/support. I imagine we could help to
facilitate the convos needed between the other groups mentioned. I'm also
keeping tabs on other interested parties that fall beyond the bounds of
CCG/SVIP/DIF.

Anil, what would be an appropriate next step to explore broadening the Q1
'21 event? At LEF, we would also be open to supporting the evolution of #3
(expectations of engagement). Open to thoughts from CCG leadership, but if
it's not overcooking the kitchen, I would be excited to join the 30 Oct.
cohort meeting to better understand what might be possible among a
broader network.

*~ If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.*

TK

On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 3:57 PM John, Anil <anil.john@hq.dhs.gov> wrote:

> >There's a fairly clear need among aligned groups (e.g. T3 Network
> <https://urldefense.us/v2/url?u=https-3A__urldefense.proofpoint.com_v2_url-3Fu-3Dhttps-2D3A-5F-5Fwww.uschamberfoundation.org-5Ft3-2D2Dinnovation-26d-3DDwMFaQ-26c-3Dl45AxH-2DkUV29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4-5F2jInuKy6zbqQ-26r-3DwhPMCrJJokni4GTPDANC6Fj-2D-2DrQ5itrFskRlh4e4wJo-26m-3DSoxUnMD2Ywo7W-5FOwE2XXAKrLrj7LYZ6my6r0VTTvH88-26s-3DuNjLD3xYtTYcPKF63FkguMJMHx4VudnD-5FqENM-5FL6OlM-26e-3D&d=DwMGaQ&c=2plI3hXH8ww3j2g8pV19QHIf4SmK_I-Eol_p9P0CttE&r=FUgYmx6LTIaPqn7QR6TBfzml-fqCTpab-djgqlCFtgU&m=MqDfRACBX-9xLHckpsDSZ_cIJqObUb3Q1otYCRKabv4&s=iiqatsCY4vTO40so1jmEMMpbrUz0LefI9TE0gkBzzNY&e=>
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> etc.) for open, public infrastructure that enables rapid/iterative
> prototyping and informed resource allocation.
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> So, let us have that conversation!
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> I also have a concrete suggestion on where/how best to have that
> conversation …
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> As a bit of background, SVIP just finished the contract awards for all the
> existing companies who moved forward to the next phase of their work w/in
> SVIP and the new companies who are joining our portfolio to work a variety
> of problem sets all leveraging the DID/VC ecosystem  (Not going to share
> those names right now, as you will know them soon enough, as we like to
> highlight each company individually via a press release).
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> We will be meeting with them as a Group in late October, to discuss a
> variety of items including:
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>    1. To begin the scenario planning needed for the SVIP hosted follow-on
>    multi-vendor, multi-platform interoperability plug-fest for around the 1Q
>    of 2021 (Building on top of what was accomplished earlier this year)
>    2. Expectations regarding contributions to the community
>    infrastructure needed to move the work forward on the interop front
>    (Contribution/Expansion of the Test Suites, Credential Samples, APIs,
>    Common data elements and more)
>    3. Expectations of engagement in the global technical community (W3C,
>    DIF etc.) to work on the interoperability of VC/DID/SSI Systems
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> On a separate, but parallel track, I’ve also had multiple one-on-one
> conversations with both companies and organizations globally about how best
> we can work together on technical interop.
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> An idea that I’ve socialized with many of them, to which there has been
> active and positive feedback, has been to host an event to bring together
> the companies in the SVIP portfolio with other companies/organizations with
> products to discuss and plan an “expanded” interop plug-fest with
> additional scenarios. i.e. We would use that day to define additional
> interop scenarios that will be part of a future “expanded” plug-fest in the
> future.
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> SVIP plans to host and set the table for this discussion for the folks
> I’ve spoken with already on Friday, October 30, 2020 as part of our Cohort
> meeting i.e. with the folks w/ real products who are ready and willing to
> test their products via a real multi-party, multi-vendor interoperability
> using both test suites and n X n testing.
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> However, if there is broader interest, I am happy to work with the W3C CCG
> leadership (if they see value to something like this) and others to see how
> best we could expand the scope of the discussions to include more
> implementers.
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> Happy to discuss, if appropriate, on a future CCG call as well.
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> Best Regards,
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> Anil
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> Anil John
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