DAY
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PS1: THE IDENTITY VERIFICATION ECOSYSTEM
PS2: THE DEMAND SIDE OF DIGITAL IDENTITY
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Designing Effective Digital Ids: Lessons From Aadhaar

Nidhi Parekh, Project Director, Digital Identification and Finance Initiative in Africa (DigiFI) - J-PAL
The Economic Value Of Digital Id In Africa: A Multi-Country Field Study
Yiannis Theodorou, Head, Digital ID, Tony Blair Institute
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Digital Identity and its Applications in Social Protection and Financial Inclusion
Ismail Hassan Rumatila, Director General, National Identification Authority (NIDA), Tanzania,
Josephine J. Temba, E-Payment Coordinator, Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF), Tanzania
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Digital Identity as a Game-Changer for Inclusive Service Delivery in Sierra Leone
Michala Mackay, Director and Chief Operating Officer, Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), Sierra Leone and Board Member, DPGA,
Philip Bangura, Deputy Director, Banking Supervision, Central Bank of Sierra Leone
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Digital Identity and G2P Efforts in the Payment of Social Grants
Fanie Sethokga, General Manager, Grants Operations, South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), South Africa
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Ghana’s Health App: Leveraging identity for deepening social inclusion
Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby, former CEO, National Health Insurance Authority, Ghana
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From Federation to Decentralization: The approach to digital identity in the USA
Gail Hodges, Executive Director, OpenID Foundation
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The European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet: Enabling the ecosystem for interoperability of trust
Didier Trutt, Chairman, Secure Identity Alliance
Digitalization Of Service: Identity Use At Population Scale
Dr. Joseph Atick, Executive Chairman, ID4Africa
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Empowering Public and Private Services: The Ghana Card Experience
Prof. Kenneth Attafuah, Executive Secretary, National Identification Authority (NIA), Ghana
The Moroccan eID as a Platform for Identity Verification for Service Delivery
Mouhcine Yejjou, Director, Morocco eID Project, La Direction générale de la sûreté nationale (DGSN), Morocco
Building the Virtual & Mobile Identity Verification Ecosystem in Nigeria
Engr. Aliyu Aziz, Director General/CEO, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), and ID4Africa Ambassador, Nigeria
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Taking Identity Management to the Next Level: Pakistan’s Experience
Sheharyar Ajmal Khan, Head of Business Development, National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), Pakistan
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Uganda’ s Approach To Identity Verification For Service Delivery
Rosemary Kisembo, Executive Director, National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), and ID4Africa Ambassador, Uganda
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Population And Civil Registration Innovation For Utilization In Indonesia
Dr. Teguh Setyabudi, Director General, Population and Civil Registration (Dukcapil), Ministry of Home Affairs, Indonesia
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DAY
02
PS3:THE SOLUTIONS SYMPOSIUM CONT’D
PS4: HIGH-IMPACT DEVELOPMENTS AND TRENDS
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Physical and Digital Identity: Innovation as an accelerator for a sustainable identity
Yann Haguet, Executive Vice President, Identity Division, IN Groupe
The Missing Link for Inclusion in Africa
Rahul Parthe, Co-Founder, Chairman & CTO, TECH5
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“Exceptional” Biometrics: Solving local peculiarities of biometric identity projects
Jan Lunter, Founder and CEO, Innovatrics
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Future-Proofing Government ID Document Lifecycle Starting from Production
Marc-Julian Siewert, CEO and Chairman, The Management Board, Veridos
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The Power of Design in Enhancing Credential Value
Colin Howell, Senior Security Designer, HID Global
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Aimé-Martial Massamba, Director General (ANINF), Deputy Director (IBOGA Project) and ID4Africa Ambassador, Gabon, Sébastien Guérémy, VP, Digital Identity and Verification Solutions, THALES
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Building Nationwide Digital Public Infrastructure by Enabling Inclusive Ecosystems: India’s Journey
Suresh Sethi, MD and CEO, Protean eGov Technologies
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Finding the Right Solution for Mobile Identity: Insights from the United States and Canada
Mark Sullivan, Digital Identity Architect, Canadian Bank Note
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The Digital Transformation of Borders and Travel
Jeremy Springall, Senior Vice President, SITA AT BORDERS
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AI-Powered Trusted Identity Ecosystem
Chin Boon Loo, General Manager, International Business Unit, EMPTECH
NIMC Mobile App: Changing the game of Digital Identity Management
Uchenna Chigbo, Director /Senior Special Advisor, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Nigeria
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Ethiopia’s Super Fayda App and Pre-registration: Empowering users and accelerating inclusion
Al Shiferaw, Senior Advisor, National ID Program, Ethiopia
Mina Awol Abdo, Stakeholder Engagement Lead, National ID Program, Ethiopia
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Benin’s fID Certificate: A novel standards-based credential for mass inclusion
Dr. Jean Aholou, National Coordinator, WURI Benin
Mariel Attonde, Technical Operations Manager, WURI Benin
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DPIs and Interoperability: The India Stack experience
Dr. Pramod Varma, Co-Chair and Ex Chief Architect, Center for DPI (cdpi.dev), Aadhaar, India Stack
