Find out what to expect from the next two days.

Laura Camplisson, Future Identity Portfolio Lead

As momentum behind digital ID wallets continues to grow, is digital identity about to hit the mainstream? Wallets could allow users to securely store smart, reusable credentials, for convenient access to services. Which initiatives are underway to drive interoperability at a national and international level? What considerations must be made to ensure reusable credentials work for relying parties, whilst protecting personal data? Will accessibility drive widespread adoption?

• Felipe Peñacoba Martinez, CIO, Revolut EU
• Rumer Ramsey, Legal Officer, European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)
• Martin Sladecek, Director, Digital Strategic Studies, Société Générale
• Janny Kinende, Engineering Manager, BankID Norway
• Maria McCann, Organisational Psychologist, Director of Health Identifiers Service, Health Service Executive
• Jessica Figueras, Founder, Hither Strategy (Moderator)

Science fiction author William Gibson famously said that the future is already here, it’s just not very evenly distributed. If digital identity systems are to work for everyone, there are a wide range of usability and accessibility needs that must be accounted for. What practical steps can organisations take to address exclusion at each stage of product development? How do we mitigate bias, both conscious and unconscious, from identity solutions?

• Emma Lindley, Managing Director, CAF and Co-Founder, Women in Identity
• Sol Enenmoh, Director – Group Digitalisation, Global Financial Institution
• Adam Desmond, Sales Director, EMEA, OCR Labs
• Sian Williams, CEO, Switchback
• Kay Chopard, Executive Director, Kantara Initiative
• Henk Marsmann, Digital Identity Thinker and Principal Consultant, SonicBee (Moderator)

It’s coffee o’clock! Grab some refreshments from our expo floor before the stage resumes.

As the saying goes, ‘start as you mean to go on.’ Verifying the identity of new customers has become a critical step in any organisation’s financial crime strategy. Once a fraudster has created an account with a synthetic identity, the door to re-authentication is left wide open. How can businesses leverage new technologies to strengthen the onboarding process against evolving threats, thwarting bots and fraudsters before damage is done?

• Guillaume Ehny, CISO, Kroo
• Sergei Federov, Head of Onboarding, ANNA Money
• Harry Weber-Brown, Chief Executive, TISA
• Anouk Moll, Innovation Manager, ABN AMRO
• Mark Haine, eKYC & IDA Working Group Co-chair, OpenID Foundation (Moderator)

As quickly as businesses have embraced digital to engage with their customers, bad actors have used credential stuffing, account takeover, and other types of attack to take advantage. Keeping pace with an evolving threat landscape requires innovative approaches to optimising both security and convenience. But how do businesses avoid creating internal friction and slowing innovation through multiple integrations? Can a drag-and-drop approach to identity bring together all the tools businesses need to rapidly build, test and optimize customer journeys?

Máté Barany, Enterprise Account Executive, Ping Identity

Technology alone will not solve digital identity. The resulting ecosystem will be shaped by the standards, regulations and policies governing identity systems. How can government and industry collaborate to drive trust and interoperability? What impact will data privacy, AML and KYC regulations have? What rights do individuals have to assert, alter and control their identity and how will this change as we determine a path forward for digital ID?

• Francisco Martins, Senior Executive, Financial Services & Crypto, IDnow
• Paul Munson, Head of Financial Crime, Shares
• Steven Bisoffi, Payments Technical Specialist, Payment Systems Regulator
• Donna Beatty, Global Digital Identity Executive, Private Industry
• Nick Mothershaw, Chief Identity Strategist, Open Identity Exchange (Moderator)

Lunch is served! Head to the catering area on the expo floor, explore the networking options, and don’t forget to visit the exhibitor booths.

Introduction to the sessions coming up this afternoon.

• Laura Camplisson, Future Identity Portfolio Lead, VC Innovations

The percentage of transactions carried out and services accessed online, has skyrocketed in recent years. At the same time, bad actors continue to find new methods of attack. How can online retailers, consumer facing platforms and payment processors evolve their approaches to customer identity? How can automation and new authentication measures be leveraged to combat fraud and meet regulations, while providing seamless omnichannel experiences throughout the customer journey?

• Mansoor Qureshi, Senior Technical Sales Manager, Fraud Detection and Mitigation Solutions, Ping Identity
• Aamir Hanif, Regional Head of Financial Crimes for EMEA & UK MLRO, Stripe
• Manuela Sedvartaite, Innovation Manager, PagoNxt, Santander
• Duncan McIntosh, Product Owner, CIAM, NatWest
  Laura Moore, Global Director of Identity, Sky
• Dario Salice, Ex-Google & Meta, Identity & Security Thinker, Jenario (Moderator)

The future of employment and hiring is a fascinating emerging use case for digital identity. Can digital ID help to streamline right to work checks and secure businesses and employees against fraud? How can innovative identity solutions support a seamless employee onboarding journey from prospective talent, through to new hire? How will digital employee credentials be leveraged for authentication and access use cases, throughout the employee journey.

• Alison McDowell, Advisory Board Member, Better Hiring Institute
• Keith Rosser, Director of Group Risk, Reed
• Elinor Hull, Identity Services Director, Post Office Ltd
• John Harrison, Policy Manager – Right to Work, The Home Office
• Russ Cohn, General Manager International, OCR Labs (Moderator)

Time for a quick break! Grab a tea or coffee (…or a famous festival craft beer!) before the last sessions of the day.

Social media sites and subscription services have revolutionised how we interact with companies and individuals online, providing a platform for e-commerce, entertainment, and instant connection. As the dangers of fraud, identity theft, trolling and grooming intensify, should more be done to verify the real identities and ages of online users? How do we govern data privacy, security, and liability in a limitless online world?

• Claire Maillet, Head of Financial Crime Operations, Ziglu
• Keily Blair, Chief Strategy and Operations Officer, OnlyFans
• Mark Bentley, Safeguarding and Cybersecurity Manager, London Grid for Learning (LGfL)
• Ros Smith, Senior Technologist – Digital Identity, Ofcom
• Emma Lindley, Managing Director CAF and Co-Founder, Women in Identity (Moderator)

As the metaverse and web 3.0 pick-up pace, a new vision of the internet is emerging. We could soon find ourselves consuming data and experiencing online spaces very differently. How will users trust the identities of virtual personas they interact with? How will NFTs and digital assets be protected against fraud? Does creating an environment where users can interact safely, securely and privately, mean building the future internet on digital identity?

• Flavia Kenyon, Barrister, 36 Group
• Niall McCann, Policy Advisor and Project Manager, Legal ldentity, United Nations
• Andreas Valentin Pedersen, Blockchain Consultant, Contraint Ltd and Technical Director, Triple-A Games Industry
• David Palmer, Blockchain Lead, Vodafone Business IoT
• Ana Maria Jipa, Co-Founder and CEO, Olyn
• Chana Kanzen, Founder, London Women Leading Web 3 (Moderator)

That’s a wrap on day 1! Find out what’s still to come on day 2.

• Laura Camplisson, Future Identity Portfolio Lead, VC Innovations