Blockchain for Digital Identity

Panel: Current Developments in Blockchain Ecosystem for Digital ID

The convergence of digital identity and blockchain technology has caught the imagination of governments, enterprises and developers around the world. Lots of approaches are being tried. But it only works if it all works together. The world needs a digital standard that is as ubiquitous as paper is in the physical world. We need the SMTP of identity that everyone can use, that is open and non-proprietary. This panel will be enlighten the audience about the development efforts that are under way, how the gurus of digital identity are focusing on standardisation, and the barriers still to be overcome.

Speakers:

Rouven Heck Digital Identity Lead

ConsenSys

Experienced IT professional with demonstrated leadership skills in program delivery and global strategic initiatives across different business environments in Europe, Asia and the US. Passionate about disruptive technologies (Blockchain, IoT, AI, big data, etc), transformational change, and...

Maximilian Möhring Founder / CEO

Keyp

Starting during his childhood, Maximilian grew more and more fascinated with technology and started modifying desktop PCs with his dad. Driven by curiosity, he has always been trying to understand the inner workings of systems and has been looking for new technologies. Not surprisingly, he...

Martin Riedel Product Manager

Civic

Martin is a software engineer with over 10 years of experience in software architecture and development, project management, and team leadership. After finding his calling in the blockchain space, Martin joined Civic Technologies as a Product Manager, where he manages the development of...

Ewan Willars Senior Associate

Innovate Identity

Ewan is a futurist and digital policy research consultant, with a range of recent digital identity publications with a range of international clients, focusing on the emerging digital identity market, as well as biometric border entry, and the development of private sector digital identity...

Dr. Phil Windley Enterprise Architect

Brigham Young University

Phil Windley is an Enterprise Architect in the Office of the CIO at Brigham Young University. A passionate tech educator, he is chair of the Sovrin Foundation, the co-founder and organizer of the Internet Identity Workshop, serves as an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at BYU, writes the...