Mrs. Sarah Thomas, Dr Fahame Emamjome
1Australian Access Federation, Brisbane, Australia
Biography:
Sarah Thomas is a Portfolio Manager at the Australian Access Federation (AAF). She has been working on the delivery of Trust and Identity for national research infrastructure, partnering with the community on co-designing a unified approach to trusted and seamless access for Australia's research sector. An enthusiastic and dedicated community engagement manager, with demonstrated expertise in research and innovation ecosystems. Committed to using her skills in relationship management, communication, program design, delivery and evaluation to deliver positive outcomes for the community.
Fahame Emamjome is an eResearch Analyst at the Australian Access Federation (AAF). She has been working on the delivery of Trust and Identity for national research infrastructure, co-designing a unified approach to trusted and seamless access for Australia's research sector. Fahame has a PhD in Information Systems from Queensland University of Technology (QUT), with several years of experience as a post-doctoral researcher and business analyst. She is passionate about technology and innovation, especially in supporting the research sector.
Abstract:
The Australian Government's 2021 National Research Infrastructure (NRI) Roadmap identified the importance of trust and identity (T&I) for national research infrastructure and how it could be strengthened to support secure, scalable, and globally connected research.
The Australian Access Federation (AAF) is funded to work with the community, and has partnered on six incubator projects with national research infrastructure providers, the National Imaging Facility, Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre, NCI – National Computational Infrastructure, ARDC – Australian Research Data Commons, ACCESS-NRI, and Microscopy Australia, to uncover emerging T&I use cases and test solutions aligned with international standards.
This Birds of a Feather (BoF) session will present insights and practical findings from these projects to date.
Join us as we share what we’ve learned, identify patterns across different infrastructures, and invite input on emerging or unresolved use cases. Your contributions will help further shape a responsive and inclusive Australian Trust and Identity Framework for National Research Infrastructure.
We will cover recurring challenges including identity assurance, unique identifiers, policies, and how to collaborate across communities and infrastructures. We will open the conversation to hear similar or different use cases from the community, as well as international best-case solutions, and the suitability of these approaches in the Australian context.
Whether you’re facing similar challenges or designing new services, this session aims to foster collaboration and co-design across the sector.
These real-world examples and discussions will highlight and illustrate the opportunities and benefits on building a coherent, federated identity landscape across Australia’s research ecosystem.