Conference: Digital identity and distributed systems

Blockchain technologies are flexible concerning the identity of the participants. Some of them are structurally public and open to access: Bitcoin, for instance, has a lack of trust policy; anyone can read and write on the ledger, creating anonymous identities at will. Other kinds of blockchains require access permissions: Hyperledger Fabric, for instance, provides a based Certification Authority structure to participate in the network.

FBK virtual event

Via Sommarive, Povo

Distributed protocol development handles identity management by pursuing the guideline of permissioned DLTs. Once an external identity (through Bank authentication systems according to the EBA RTS regulation on Strong Authentication, Identity Provider, SPID, …) is associated with the one inside the system, the identity management takes form by defining related permissions. For instance, how to distinguish who has permission to read the ledger, arrange transaction orders, write changes to the ledger, and other possible operations. When the definition of permissions takes place, an access policy is then declared, in other words, a series of rules which are consulted by a central entity at each request for access to a resource.

The challenge is to integrate the identities provided by external entities with the internal network protocol, define the access policies related to such identities, and include security mechanisms to ensure that the policies are respected.

In this conference, we will take stock of the Italian and European initiatives on the subject of the integration of public and private digital identity systems in DLT and blockchain systems.

Goal

The conference aims to highlight studies, evidence, and guidelines on how public systems of digital identity (such as SPID, CIE, CNS) or private (such as banking SCA, digital signatures, Certification Authority services) and distributed systems (such as DLT, Blockchain) can collaborate to strengthen identification, authorization and recognition mechanisms in digital processes.

Organizers:

Silvio Ranise, Fondazione Bruno Kessler

Carlo Rizzi e Luca Guadagnini, CherryChain

Paolo Campegiani, Bit4Id

Program:

9.00 – 9.15        WELCOME –  Alberto Nucciarelli, Associate Professor at the University of Trento

9.15 – 10.00       KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Pēteris Zilgalvis, Head of Unit, Digital Innovation and Blockchain, DG CONNECT

10.00 – 11.00     RESEARCH TRACK – Distributed and identity systems research frontiers overview

Silvio Ranise, Full Professor, University of Trento and Head of the Security and Trust Research Unit, Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Challenges in securing digital identity solutions: from design to implementation
Andrea De Maria, Head of ICT Research and Development at Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato
Card Based Digital ID – The Italian Experience
Luca Viganò, Professor in Computer Science at the Department of Informatics of King’s College London
Formal and automated verification of the security of complex systems: challenges and opportunities

11.00 – 12.00     INNOVATION TRACK – Working innovation through shared digital identity by distributed system

Luca Guadagnini, Computer scientist, CherryChain
Distributed-KYC for Know Your Customer Ecosystem
Roberto Griggio, CEO & CTO Monokee
The Evolution of an Identity and Access Management system according to the decentralized model
Alex Puig CTO, Caelum Labs
Business Digital Identities to boost digital local economies

12.00 – 13.00     INDUSTRIALIZATION TRACK – Opportunities and challenges in distributed identity from market point of view

Paolo Campegiani, ISO Project Leader on digital identity and blockchain Bit4id
Deconstructing SSI
Domenico Racanelli, Innovation Project Manager of InfoCamere
Self Sovereign Identity in B2B Processes
Vincenzo Croce, Coordinator of eDream Project Engineering
IoT Decentralized identity for electric mobility and renewable energy

13.00 – 13.30     TAKE HOME MESSAGE – Alberto Nucciarelli, University of Trento

 

 


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