"Identity is how we recognize, remember & ultimately respond to people & things." -- Joe Andrieu, Primer on Functional Identity

Many of the practical questions about blockchain technology involve the concept of identity. What do participants need to form a network? How can distributed systems protect against sybil attacks? Who is allowed to update shared resources?

Join us at NYC Blockchain Center for a presentation & workshop on self-sovereign identity systems. We'll cover public key infrastructure (PKI), web of trust (PGP), the W3C specification for decentralized identifiers (DIDs), existing methods (uPort, Sovrin, etc.), verifiable credentials, governance, regulatory issues (GDPR), & even a bit of philosophy. All information has identity!

AGENDA
5:30 ~ Doors Open
5:45 - 6:15pm ~ Check In
6:15 - 6:30pm ~ Welcome
6:30 - 7:00pm ~ Presentation
7:00 - 7:30pm ~ Workshop
7:30 ~ Networking

For additional info, check out Rebooting Web of Trust & the Decentralized Identity Foundation.

Documents from RWoT8 (March 2019):
- https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot8-barcelona

Latest DIF articles:
- https://medium.com/decentralized-identity/the-self-sovereign-identity-stack-8a2cc95f2d45
- https://medium.com/decentralized-identity/the-sidetree-scalable-dpki-for-decentralized-identity-1a9105dfbb58

Relevant examples:
- https://digitalgovernment.io/blog/bc-self-sovereign-id
- http://www.govtech.com/products/Austin-Looks-to-Blockchain-Powered-ID-Management.html

Limited capacity!