Identity

SOCIAL CHALLENGES

• 1,2 billion people who currently lack of document to prove they exist
• US identity theft victims lost $15.4 billion in 2014
• 82% online businesses report problems with fake users
• There are 3.8billion people online
• Only 71% of overal births are registered
• Only 46% of all children under 5 years of age in sub-Saharan Africa have their births registered

SOLUTIONS & USE CASES

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PROJECTS

• Aid:Tech: a platform delivering digital entitlements via blockchain technology and digital identity
• Uport: a Self-sovereign identity and user-centric data platform built on Ethereum: the keys to the digital world you’ve always wanted.
• ShoCard: a platform providing secure enterprise identity authentication management and single sign on (SSO) solutions for your business, all powered by the blockchain
• Deloitte’s Smart Identity: a next generation digital identity for individuals, organisations and IoT devices
• Onename: a Fuel Decentralized Identity Protocol, like Facebook Auth, built on the blockchain
• IDBox: a cost efficient device that enables people in developing countries to create a unique identity. The device is then used for voting remittance, energy trading, access to healthcare, etc.
• Abt Associates (project with Papua New Gunea): an MOU with the Central Bank of Papua New Guinea to pilot blockchain-based efforts to establish and confirm identify and improve financial inclusion in Papua New Guinea
• Civic: a blockchain identity-verification technology giving businesses and individuals the tools to control and protect identities
• VERFiD: a startup from Malta working on digital identity incubated at MITA in 2018
• EverID: a stealth-stage company working on user-centric, biometric, global identity solutions on the blockchain
• Kora Network: a blockchain-based infrastructure for inclusive financial systems. We connect people, communities, and capital
• Taqanu Bank: a globally accessible, secure and self-owned digital identity platform for refugees and people without an address
• Estoni’s e-Residency: a new digital nation for global citizens, powered by the Republic of Estonia, that gives the ability to establish and manage a trusted location-independent company entirely online
• Amply.Tech: a digital protocol that uses the power of information to amplify the social and economic impacts of services delivered through decentralised networks, and provides every child with their own self-sovereign digital identity based on the blockchain. This will enable children to receive benefits and services that they might have previously been excluded from.
• BanQu: a FinTech company focusing on economic identities and extreme poverty
• Chronicled: a blockchain technology for the secure exchange of physical assets, especially working on supply chains, brand protection and anti-counterfeiting

NETWORKS & ORGA

• WIN: a netwok that explores blockchain technology’s potential to provide secure, safe forms of identification for the 2 billion people who lack such documentation
• ID2020 Alliance: a global partnership committed to improving lives through digital identity, bringing together governments, NGOs, UN agencies and the private sector
• Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF)
• W3C Credentials Community group

EXPERTS & SPEAKERS

• Balázs Némethi, CEO @Taqanu, Berlin
• Alex Simons, Director of Program Management @Microsoft Identity Division
• Ankur Patel, Principal Program Manager @Microsoft Identity Division
• Adam Gunther, Director, Blockchain Trusted Identity @IBM
• Daniel Buchner Head of Decentralized Identity @Microsoft

LINKS & RESOURCES

EVENTS

• KNOW Identity 2018, March 26-28, 2018, Washington
• Digital Identity Summit 2018, May 14-15, 2018, Paris
• Digital Identity Summit 2018, September 12-14, 2018, Los Angeles
• IDnext 2018, March 28-29, 2018, Utrecht
• Blockchaingers Global Digital Identity Deep Dive, February 14, 2018, The Hague
• Identity & KYC Summit Europe, March 1-2, 2018, London
• IDM Europe, 20th September, Amsterdam, the Netherlands