Blockchain (Identity) II

Moderator(s):

Andrew Tobin European Managing Director

Evernym

Dr. George Beridze AI Practice Lead / Project Manager

KuppingerCole

Blockchain Technology is promising solution for digital identities, enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain management and more. Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) makes Self Sovereign Identities (SSIs) possible, where individuals can keep control of their digital identity and share it whenever they want with whoever they want. Furthermore, it can help large companies in having better transparency and security. Blockchain as a Service is already gaining some traction. Several SSI concepts as well as number of commercial products are being offered on the market already. It remains to be seen how scalability, governance questions and future privacy regulations affect wider adoption of DLT.

This session will present real applications of Blockchain technology, advances made in DLT changing identity management capabilities and highlight the existing challenges preventing wider adoption of this technology.

Continuing Professional Education Credits:

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After attending this track you will be able to:

Understand the role of Blockchain Technology in Macroeconomics.
Understand the concepts of Distributed Identity and Self-Sovereign Identity
Learn about Canadian model of Blockchain usage for transaction integrity.
Understand the challenges of Blockchain Technology in relation to the GDPR regulations.
Describe the role of Decentralized Identity in increasing transparency and reducing compliance costs.

You can get 3 CPEs for this track.

Sessions:

Beyond the Hype of Blockchain Economics

Revolutionizing How We Buy, Price, and Create Value for One Another

Date: Thursday, May 16, 2019 Time: 14:30-15:30

Revolutionizing How We Buy, Price, and Create Value for One Another

Samantha Zirkin, Point 93

We present you with a comprehensive look into the future of commerce, encompassing the $5 trillion e-commerce and brick and mortar sectors. Our world will be defined by a decentralized platform in which customers will wield and monetize their personal data and behaviors. We discuss the details of how self-sovereign identity will enable dialogue between retailers and their individual customers. This "conversation" is at the core of how we will create value for one another. It will allow...

You Can’t Do PII on a Blockchain, so What Then Is It Good for in Identity?

Andre Boysen, DIACC / SecureKey Technologies

Many viewpoints of the applicability of blockchain for consumer identity have been expressed. In particular, some express doubt about the viability of being able to reconcile GDPR’s right-to-be-forgotten with the immutable nature of blockchain. This is in fact true. However, there are still ways that blockchain can increase transaction integrity while also providing privacy-by-design leadership. Come join this session to learn about how blockchain is being used in the Canadian model...

A Macroeconomic Perspective on Blockchain

Rachelle Sellung, Fraunhofer IAO / University of Stuttgart IAT

The Macro-Economic perspective of how Blockchain has potentially influenced various industries in a specific European Country. I could present various analyses that we are currently conducting, which includes and empirical analysis, cluster analysis, and a scenario analysis. With these results, it will help us to gain insight on what types of influences that Blockchain has had on the industry and potential future insights. We are working on this study with the European Blockchain...

Best Practice

Creating Rich, Valuable Credentials for People

Date: Thursday, May 16, 2019 Time: 15:30-16:30

Creating Rich, Valuable Credentials for People

Laura Coffey, Onfido

Third Party Risk Management with Decentralized Identity & Verifiable Credentials

Daniel Fritz, Novartis • Marco Cuomo, Novartis

In regulated industries the dependency on suppliers for raw materials and services is very high, especially since there is little flexibility to switch away from qualified suppliers on short notice. Thus the concept of “Knowing your Supplier” is key for a reliable supply setup. This takes on even greater importance with the growing awareness of ethical, environmental and labor policies of individual supply chain partners. This presentation examines how Decentralized Identity and...

SSI & DIDs

Managing Self-Sovereign Identities (a Relying Party Perspective)

Date: Thursday, May 16, 2019 Time: 17:00-18:00

Managing Self-Sovereign Identities (a Relying Party Perspective)

George Fletcher, Verizon Media Group

As the groundswell around the Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) movement grows, it's important to consider what impacts it may have on existing businesses that want to adopt and support this new model of dealing with Identity. This talk will walk through the identity life-cycle at a relying party and discuss impacts and changes necessary to support SSI identities. Key takeaways: How the SSI model differs from current practice for Relying Parties Decisions Relying Parties should...

DID Resolution & DID Authentication

Markus Sabadello, Danube Tech

Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) are a key building block of the emerging Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) ecosystem. They are a new kind of identifier: Persistent, cryptographically verifiable, resolvable, and of course decentralized, i.e. independent of any central authority or intermediary. In this talk we will explore how DIDs function internally, how they can get registered and resolved, and how they can be used for authentication purposes (DID Auth). The talk will also give an update on...