IIn our age of data and identification, how can the governance of digital ID systems ensure that they are good for people, governments, and business? You’re invited to a dialogue workshop to discuss how ID systems, from state, defacto to self-asserted, can be governed to empower and protect people, and to explore the ethical decisions they pose for governments, technologists, and businesses.

 IIn our age of data and identification, how can the governance of digital ID systems ensure that they are good for people, governments, and business? You’re invited to a dialogue workshop to discuss how ID systems, from state, defacto to self-asserted, can be governed to empower and protect people, and to explore the ethical decisions they pose for governments, technologists, and businesses.

In our digital world, data and identity are synonymous. As the world responds to data-related scandals with new business models, checks, and balances, we invite you to help consider the appropriate governance for digital identity. Regulating how digital identities are created and used can play a powerful role in ensuring everyone can fully and fearlessly engage in digital society.

In this full-day workshop, we will explore the ethical decisions and policy avenues that can empower individuals, while simultaneously protecting their right to privacy, security, and user control. Our conversation will kick off a global series dedicated to thoughtful debate and the collaborative development of digital identity policies, practices, and technologies that work for everyone, everywhere.

Because ID systems are not inherently good or bad, it is critical that we plan for the outcomes we want. With careful design and safeguards, all forms of ID – state-issued, defacto data trails, and self-sovereign – can embody Good ID.

Let’s explore:

>       What is our shared understanding of ‘digital identity’?

>       What makes digital identity good for people, government, and business?

>       What uses of identity should be regulated to better empower and protect individuals as well as to curb bad ID?

>       What regulatory approaches can help make identity more inclusive, secure, and safe for everyone to use?

>       How can good governance change the game and restore power to individuals?

>       What can we learn from recently enacted laws, standards, and innovations in the US and globally?

Joining the conversation are leaders from government, private sector, academia, and civil society who want to make identity work for all. We will invite some to share their first-hand experiences from various political contexts, and we will guide the conversation toward practical solutions that are relevant worldwide.

The workshop will be hosted by Nicco Mele, director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, and Tom Wheeler, former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, and current Fellow at the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University Kennedy School. The workshop is supported by the Omidyar Network.

We look forward to your participation

The workshop will include participants from policy making, academia, government and private sector engaged directly on ID as well as related areas and concerns, and will include invited presentations as well as active discussion to explore the many dimensions of governing for privacy, security, and user-control. We look forward to your participation, and will be in touch shortly with further information about the event.

 IIn our age of data and identification, how can the governance of digital ID systems ensure that they are good for people, governments, and business? You’re invited to a dialogue workshop to discuss how ID systems, from state, defacto to self-asserted, can be governed to empower and protect people, and to explore the ethical decisions they pose for governments, technologists, and businesses.