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PANEL: From Wallets to Business Models: Where’s the Real Value in Verifiable Credentials?

PANEL: From Wallets to Business Models: Where’s the Real Value in Verifiable Credentials?

Combined Session
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 11:40—12:00
Location: B 05
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This panel examines how decentralized identity and digital wallets are reshaping the identity value chain and forcing new business models to emerge. Experts will explore who creates, captures, and exchanges value in verifiable credential ecosystems, from phone-home trust models to decentralized and cross-ecosystem value flows.

Attendees will gain clarity on sustainable economic incentives, understand where different participants fit, and learn what it will take to build viable, scalable business models in a world where issuers, holders, and verifiers operate with limited visibility into each other's activities.

Michael Doujak
Senior Product Manager
Airlock by Ergon Informatik AG
After his studies at the ETH Zurich, Michael Doujak went through various positions. For 20 years he has planned and implemented different projects and solutions in the field of Identity Management....
Dr. Andre Kudra
CIO | Board Member
esatus AG | TeleTrusT
Digital identity becomes valuable when it works across systems and enables real processes. That’s where Dr. Andre Kudra focuses his work. For more than 20 years, he has been working at the...
Dr. Torsten Lodderstedt
Project Lead for Germany’s EU Digital Identity Wallet
SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Dr.-Ing. Torsten Lodderstedt is a Digital Identity Architect with more than 15 years experience in developing and running large scale consumer identity services. He currently works for the German...
Stephan Schweizer
CEO
Nevis Security AG
Stephan Schweizer is CEO of Nevis Security AG and brings nearly three decades of experience in digital security and identity. Over the course of his career, he has played a central role in building...
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