Alexander Herranz
ALASTRIA
Biography
Alexander Herranz is the Head of Technology at Alastria Blockchain Ecosystem. He leads the Blockchain area in different projects of cascading finance (TRUBLO, TRUSTCHAIN) and some HORIZON projects. As a Blockchain expert he is also involved in different Web3 projects based on Tokenization, Smart Contracts, Crypto, DeFi & NFT. He also teaches Blockchain at University and different Business Schools.
Organisation
ALASTRIA
NGO
Alastria is the hub between knowledge and innovation. The public-private blockchain platform for developing use cases for real world problems. Alastria is one of the world's largest public-permissioned multisector blockchain platforms, bringing together companies, academia, and public administration with a common purpose: the implementation of decentralized technology.
https://alastria.io/en/home/
Speaker session
PLENARY 2 : Shaping Digital Identity and Credentials in the Web 4.0 Era: Empowering and Safeguarding Individuals in the Online World
Three European Commission’s flagship initiatives – the European Digital Identity (EUDI) Regulation, reinforced by the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI), and the Next Generation Internet (NGI) – have great potential to boost the adoption of digital identities across Europe and to prepare for future implementation. Driven by a common set of values, they aim, among others, to shape a user-centric digital identity and establish an enabling ecosystem for the Web 4.0 era.
The panel will explore whether – and how – the three initiatives could steer technological developments towards social and environmental good, ensuring that digital identity solutions empower and protect users in the EU and across the globe, leading to a safer, more connected, and sustainable world for all.
The invited experts will examine potential synergies between the initiatives to reinforce the adoption of digital identities across Europe and facilitate cross-border services while prioritising inclusion, user protection and privacy. The panel will furthermore explore future evolutions of digital identity, challenges and ways to shape a user-centric digital identity ecosystem for Web 4.0 that would foster trust and confidence in the digital realm globally.
Moderated by Alex Grech, Executive Director, The 3CL Foundation
Paul Jackson
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (Government of Canada)
Biography
Paul Jackson is the Director of Digital Trust for the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Digital Credentials Program. He is leading several initiatives to enable the use of digital credentials across Canada and with trading partners, with particular focus on:
- Domestic and international standards for digital credentials and interoperability for digital credential solutions;
- Infrastructure and enabling services for digital credentials, including working through the innovation ecosystem to pilot test potential infrastructure and service approaches; and
- Key digital credential use cases, including exploring, designing, implementing, testing and aligning those uses cases.
Before his work on digital credentials, Paul led the migration of more than a dozen federal departments to the Managed Web Service for Canada.ca, as part of the Web Renewal Initiative; development and maintenance of the Web Experience Toolkit, an open-source front-end framework for websites that is deployed across much of the Government of Canada; and co-authoring and supporting implementation of the Government of Canada web standards.
Organisation
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (Government of Canada)
Local/national government
Speaker session
PLENARY 2 : Shaping Digital Identity and Credentials in the Web 4.0 Era: Empowering and Safeguarding Individuals in the Online World
Three European Commission’s flagship initiatives – the European Digital Identity (EUDI) Regulation, reinforced by the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI), and the Next Generation Internet (NGI) – have great potential to boost the adoption of digital identities across Europe and to prepare for future implementation. Driven by a common set of values, they aim, among others, to shape a user-centric digital identity and establish an enabling ecosystem for the Web 4.0 era.
The panel will explore whether – and how – the three initiatives could steer technological developments towards social and environmental good, ensuring that digital identity solutions empower and protect users in the EU and across the globe, leading to a safer, more connected, and sustainable world for all.
The invited experts will examine potential synergies between the initiatives to reinforce the adoption of digital identities across Europe and facilitate cross-border services while prioritising inclusion, user protection and privacy. The panel will furthermore explore future evolutions of digital identity, challenges and ways to shape a user-centric digital identity ecosystem for Web 4.0 that would foster trust and confidence in the digital realm globally.
Moderated by Alex Grech, Executive Director, The 3CL Foundation
Petar Kochovski
University of Ljubljana
Biography
Petar Kochovski is an assistant professor and research associate at the University of Ljubljana, who holds a PhD degree in Computer Science, earned from the Institute of Computer Science and Technology at Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University. His research passions encompass blockchain technologies, Web3, and the assurance of reliability and trust within Edge-to-Cloud computing environments. He brings a wealth of experience as a software engineer, with a track record in designing and developing diverse software solutions. Furthermore, he has applied his expertise to a multitude of Horizon 2020 projects, including SWITCH, ENTICE, DECENTER, and ONTOCHAIN, and remains actively involved in ongoing Horizon Europe projects such as ExtremeXP and TRUSTCHAIN.
Organisation
University of Ljubljana
Educational institution
Speaker session
PLENARY 2 : Shaping Digital Identity and Credentials in the Web 4.0 Era: Empowering and Safeguarding Individuals in the Online World
Three European Commission’s flagship initiatives – the European Digital Identity (EUDI) Regulation, reinforced by the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI), and the Next Generation Internet (NGI) – have great potential to boost the adoption of digital identities across Europe and to prepare for future implementation. Driven by a common set of values, they aim, among others, to shape a user-centric digital identity and establish an enabling ecosystem for the Web 4.0 era.
The panel will explore whether – and how – the three initiatives could steer technological developments towards social and environmental good, ensuring that digital identity solutions empower and protect users in the EU and across the globe, leading to a safer, more connected, and sustainable world for all.
The invited experts will examine potential synergies between the initiatives to reinforce the adoption of digital identities across Europe and facilitate cross-border services while prioritising inclusion, user protection and privacy. The panel will furthermore explore future evolutions of digital identity, challenges and ways to shape a user-centric digital identity ecosystem for Web 4.0 that would foster trust and confidence in the digital realm globally.
Moderated by Alex Grech, Executive Director, The 3CL Foundation