Leadership Workshop – Personal Data

Start: Tuesday 23 February 2016 3:04 pm

End: Tuesday 23 February 2016 3:04 pm

Venue: Fira Barcelona Gran Via

The future of digital identity in building a successful digital society

As the number of services we access online has grown and the level of risk we expose ourselves to has increased, there is a critical need for more sophisticated, secure and convenient ways of creating, managing and applying digital identities. Mobile represents one of the most powerful and flexible platforms for the transformation and use of digital identity. Ubiquitous, intelligent, and protected by the SIM card, which is constantly authenticating, mobile already comprises all of the elements required to take the notion of identity into its next generation. The value of mobile identity for governments lies in its ability to drive the uptake of digital services and unlock the potential of the digital economy. Mobile identity can provide increased convenience and accessibility, strong security and enhanced privacy for people, as well as lower implementation costs for businesses and public administrations.

Furthermore, as trust and reputation become increasingly important assets within the economy, policymakers need to create balanced and workable legal frameworks that affect digital identity management. With digital identity proving a powerful catalyst for e-Government service and digital inclusion, governments around the world are continuing to develop their electronic identification frameworks. Significantly, in the EU, a major adoption of the implementation rules of the Regulation on Electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the EU internal market (eIDAS Regulation) has now been announced by the European Commission.

This session will explore the opportunities and challenges presented by the growing adoption of mobile identity solutions, offering a variety of developed and developing world perspectives.

Speakers and panelists include:

  • Harmeen Mehta, Global Chief Information Officer, Bharti Airtel
  • Michael Garcia, Deputy Director, National Institute for Standards and Technology, United States of America
  • Michael Foley, CEO, Telenor Pakistan
  • Paul Timmers, Director of Sustainable and Secure Society, DG Connect, European Commission
  • Pierre Guislain, Senior Director for the Transport and Information & Communications Technology Global Practice, World Bank

 

The Ministerial Programme will be located in Auditorium A at Mobile World Congress. It is an invitation only event targeted at senior government and industry representatives.