Identity Woman

Independent Advocate for the Rights and Dignity of our Digital Selves

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Speaking at Blockchain Summit India

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I am in India as a New America India-US Public Interest Technology Fellow. My topic of study is Aadhaar the country’s national digital Identity system.
This Friday I am speaking at the Blockchain India Summit on a panel:
Aadhaar on Blockchain, a potential solution for continued innovation

The rapid march of Aadhaar came to a sudden halt with its declaration on acting unconstitutionally and violating fundamental Indian rights! This also halted new ways of innovation happening in FinTech. Is it time to redesign Aadhaar while ensuring the data ownership resides with the citizen and yet safe, secure and effective.

  • Vishal Gupta CEO, Diro
  • Sarang Bhoyar, Blockchain Program Manager, Infosys
  • Kaliya Young, New America India-U.S. Public Interest Technology Fellow
  • Dinesh Prasad, Asia Head, Ex- Qualcomm
  • Saurabh Katiyar, Program Head, NIIT
  • Moderator: Vaibhav Vardhan, Founder and CEO, Inc42 Media

It will be a bit of a challenge to explain/get across the new decentralized Identity and Self-Sovereign Identity tech without any slides and what will likely be one question. For those coming to find this site after hearing me talk here are some good resources.
Internet Identity Workshop – please join us to dive into the deep end of the pool with the community building the goals.
The W3C group on Decentralized Identifiers is in the Credentials Community Group 
The specification for Verifiable Credentials.
There is also this Comprehensive Guide to Self Sovereign Identity. If you are interested in it but can’t afford it just fill out this form. 

Here is some more about the conference from their web site:
The Summit is targeted towards enabling Indian government and ministries to speed up the process of developing a flourished Blockchain and Cryptocurrency ecosystem. Global Blockchain brands and government bodies are joining to make India, a Blockchain capital.

Vision Blockchain 2030!

Started with a vision to bring full transparency in Governance and a flourished economy for India in coming 10 years.

Blockchain Summit India 2019 is first edition in series of Vision Blockchain 2030. Indian Government, various ministries, country’s premium academic institutes and country’s most influential people are participating to support the initiative.

https://blockchain2030.co.in/agenda.html

Blockchain vs. CryptoCurrency: BridgeSF Talk

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I was asked to substitute in at the last minuet to talk about the difference between blockchain and cryptocurrency at the BridgeSF conference on their Enterprise Day.
Here are links to what I cover in the talk:
Do You Need a Blockchain. This slide is from DHS S&T and Anil John  who is leading research int his area for that agency.

Supply Chain

Immutable Data

Identity on the Blockchain 

Slide from Anil John DHS S&T explaining Verified Claims.

The Known Traveller : Unlocking the potential of digital identity for secure seamless travel. World Economic Forum Report.
Crossing the boarder involves many parties. The United States and Canadian Government are collaborating in exploring how to improving boarder crossing and customs clearance. 
Coordination across many parties. 

Blockchain and Land Rights – work by Mike Graglia at New America Foundation

Joining the Community to engage further.

Conclusion:

 
Here are the Slides:

Identity is Changing: The Rise of Self-Sovereign Identity Infrastructure using Blockchain

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I gave a presentation, “Identity is Changing: The Rise of Self-Sovereign Identity Infrastructure using Blockchain,” at InteroplTX on May 2, 2018.

Identity is Changing at InteroplTX

Identity can seem deceptively simple. We know who we are. Sometimes we have to convince others of that fact and confirm other characteristics: our age, our qualifications, or our right to access some services or tools. This happens every day over the Internet, but in ways that are disorganized, redundant, and risky. The lack of reliable, universal standards puts our private information at risk of public dissemination, fraud or worse.

A new set of standards is emerging that creates an infrastructure for self-sovereign identity that can scale. This talk looks forward to help you think ahead and prepare for this new infrastructure. We will walk through standards that together create a new identity infrastructure that leverages the blockchain. This isn’t about what you can implement tomorrow to solve your employee identity challenges or manage customer accounts. It will instead prepare you for the coming changes and help you play a role in shaping them.