Session
Organizer 1: Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Organizer 2: Private Sector, Intergovernmental Organization
Organizer 3: Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Organizer 4: Technical Community, Intergovernmental Organization
Organizer 2: Private Sector, Intergovernmental Organization
Organizer 3: Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Organizer 4: Technical Community, Intergovernmental Organization
Speaker 1: Lenah Chacha, Technical Community, African Group
Speaker 2: Alvik Tor, Government, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 3: Gail Hodges, Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 4: Elizabeth Garber, Technical Community, Intergovernmental Organization
Speaker 5: Stephanie de Labriolle, Private Sector, Intergovernmental Organization
Speaker 6: Debora Comparin, Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 2: Alvik Tor, Government, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 3: Gail Hodges, Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 4: Elizabeth Garber, Technical Community, Intergovernmental Organization
Speaker 5: Stephanie de Labriolle, Private Sector, Intergovernmental Organization
Speaker 6: Debora Comparin, Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Format
Roundtable
Duration (minutes): 90
Format description: The Sustainable Interoperable and Digital Identity Hub community is a multistakeholder, consensus based community in which no individual, government, non-profit, or private sector entity has disproportionate influence on the work of the group. From our experience hosting SIDI hub summits and contributing to ID4Africa and UNDP and other workshops, we believe the roundtable format encourages a communal dynamic conducive to mutual respect, shared learning, and shared problem solving. The roundtable format allows us to move seamlessly through the phases of the workshop from introductory keynote and welcome, short presentations on the tools developed to date, the dynamic group discussion on key questions, concluding with the rapporteur summary and live poll. The roundtable format also allows us to invite expert discussants to be actively involved in the discussion portion of the agenda, stimulating the conversation with the wider IGF attendees and ensuring a diversity of viewpoints are introduced.
Duration (minutes): 90
Format description: The Sustainable Interoperable and Digital Identity Hub community is a multistakeholder, consensus based community in which no individual, government, non-profit, or private sector entity has disproportionate influence on the work of the group. From our experience hosting SIDI hub summits and contributing to ID4Africa and UNDP and other workshops, we believe the roundtable format encourages a communal dynamic conducive to mutual respect, shared learning, and shared problem solving. The roundtable format allows us to move seamlessly through the phases of the workshop from introductory keynote and welcome, short presentations on the tools developed to date, the dynamic group discussion on key questions, concluding with the rapporteur summary and live poll. The roundtable format also allows us to invite expert discussants to be actively involved in the discussion portion of the agenda, stimulating the conversation with the wider IGF attendees and ensuring a diversity of viewpoints are introduced.
Policy Question(s)
1. How do different participants in a global ecosystem trust each other through mapping policies and technical interoperability? How should we preserve and promote domestic sovereignty (on matters of policy and technology) while ensuring sufficient global rule-making for interoperability?
2. What policies do jurisdictions need to be able to accept credentials from other jurisdictions?
3. How can domestic policies future proof the global interoperability of their own digital identity ecosystems?
What will participants gain from attending this session? 1. All attendees will be valued contributors to the roadmap of policy and technical tools that SIDI Hub is developing to deliver trustworthy, inclusive, and interoperable digital identity infrastructure
2. All attendees will obtain a solid foundation in how and why domestic digital identity programs and global interoperability can and must be built in parallel
3. All attendees will benefit from a range of insights from fellow IGF members and the expert speakers and discussants.
Description:
Digital Identity promises inclusive access, to accelerate sustainable development, and to deliver significant societal benefits globally. Yet there is no single approach for how sovereign nations will develop trustworthy digital identity infrastructure that safeguards public interests. Every jurisdiction is going through their own process of self-determination. Many jurisdictions are far advanced with 1.5 billion digital identity credentials issued and 60 jurisdictions with digital identity programs underway. However, many stakeholders lack the means to participate fully and safely in the economy. The focus on domestic implementations overshadows another pressing issue, that the credentials issued today are not interoperable. People and businesses cross borders as part of their daily lives and the conduct of cross border trade. Digital transactions will rely on digital identity infrastructure for everything from e-commerce to e-signatures, and financial services to supply chains. The resilience and interoperability of these digital identity ecosystems is vital. Left unresolved, we risk embedding architectures that fragment communities, eroding trust rather than building it. This workshop will build on the work of the Sustainable and Interoperable Digital Identity Hub, a multistakeholder project that engaged thousands of people in 6 SIDI Hub Summits on 4 continents. The speakers will share lessons learned and a roadmap for an open suite of policy and technical tools that will support jurisdictions to build safe, interoperable digital identity. Key themes will include the role of globally interoperable standards, mapping local policies, and advancing “champion” use cases like education and health credentials. In the second part of the session, we will invite IGF attendees and invited experts to participate in a structured listening session allowing for diverse viewpoints and insights. Together we seek to make tangible progress on this challenging – but solvable – problem of safeguarding trustworthy and interoperable digital identity infrastructure that serves 8 billion people.
Digital Identity promises inclusive access, to accelerate sustainable development, and to deliver significant societal benefits globally. Yet there is no single approach for how sovereign nations will develop trustworthy digital identity infrastructure that safeguards public interests. Every jurisdiction is going through their own process of self-determination. Many jurisdictions are far advanced with 1.5 billion digital identity credentials issued and 60 jurisdictions with digital identity programs underway. However, many stakeholders lack the means to participate fully and safely in the economy. The focus on domestic implementations overshadows another pressing issue, that the credentials issued today are not interoperable. People and businesses cross borders as part of their daily lives and the conduct of cross border trade. Digital transactions will rely on digital identity infrastructure for everything from e-commerce to e-signatures, and financial services to supply chains. The resilience and interoperability of these digital identity ecosystems is vital. Left unresolved, we risk embedding architectures that fragment communities, eroding trust rather than building it. This workshop will build on the work of the Sustainable and Interoperable Digital Identity Hub, a multistakeholder project that engaged thousands of people in 6 SIDI Hub Summits on 4 continents. The speakers will share lessons learned and a roadmap for an open suite of policy and technical tools that will support jurisdictions to build safe, interoperable digital identity. Key themes will include the role of globally interoperable standards, mapping local policies, and advancing “champion” use cases like education and health credentials. In the second part of the session, we will invite IGF attendees and invited experts to participate in a structured listening session allowing for diverse viewpoints and insights. Together we seek to make tangible progress on this challenging – but solvable – problem of safeguarding trustworthy and interoperable digital identity infrastructure that serves 8 billion people.
Expected Outcomes
● Learnings from the wide and diverse IGF audience
● A non-attributable report of proceedings
● Revision to 2025 SIDI Hub roadmap of open policy and technology tools based on IGF feedback
● Intersessional follow-up discussions before the next IGF
Hybrid Format: The workshop builds on seven SIDI Hub Summits, all of which were hybrid with a mix of presentations, moderated discussion, a real time polling. The first three speakers will cover the introduction, “Champion use cases,” trust framework mapping, and technical interoperability. The moderators will then engage the discussants and workshop participants in a hybrid discussion to ensure a digitally inclusive atmosphere. At least one of the moderators and presenters will be fluent in French, Spanish, English, and Japanese so that questions posed in those languages can be translated in real time. We will leverage the rapporteur to summarize the findings of the listening session before conducting a real-time digital poll. All participants will have the option (but not the obligation) to answer 2-4 survey questions, to ensure everyone has a chance to provide input. If the hybrid presentation tools do not have built in polling, we have a Mentimeter tool.