Many research collaborations as well as campus services need a solution to deal with guest identity, as in many cases not all users are members of the academic Identity Federations.

In several cases these users are working for a commercial company that has a relation with the research community or the campus. Rather then force these users to use e.g. social accounts to authenticate for academic services, or have accounts created locally, this project activity investigates if and how the exiting existing IdM within the companies may be used as external IdPs.

• support public - private collaboration which is core to scientific collaborations. 
• allow institutions to more easily offer courses to corporate
• would make corporate IdP users first class citizens; 
• would potentially improve LoA of guest login; 
• would enhance eduGAIN as the source of federated identity in R&E

• A report on the feasability feasibility of and model for using corporate Identity in R&E federations
• Optionally a test implementation, e.g. in collaboration with eduTEAMS