Die kommende re:publica 2018 in Berlin findet vom 2. bis 4. Mai 2018 statt. Die re:publica ist eine der weltweit wichtigsten Konferenzen zu den Themen der digitalen Gesellschaft. Seit ihren Anfängen 2007 mit 700 BloggerInnen hat sie sich zu einer "Gesellschaftskonferenz" mit in 2017 über 9.000 TeilnehmerInnen bei der elften re:publica in Berlin entwickelt. Hier vermitteln die VertreterInnen der digitalen Gesellschaft Wissen und Handlungskompetenz und diskutieren die Weiterentwicklung der Wissensgesellschaft. Sie vernetzen sich mit einem heterogenen Mix aus AktivistInnen, Künstlern, WissenschaftlerInnen, HackerInnen, UnternehmerInnen, NGOs, JournalistInnen, BloggerInnen, Social Media- und Marketing-ExpertInnen und vielen mehr. Dadurch entstehen Innovationen und Synergien zwischen Netzpolitik, digitalem Marketing, Netz-Technologie, der digitalen Gesellschaft und (Pop-)Kultur. Rund 47 Prozent der SpeakerInnen auf der re:publica 2017 waren weiblich. Kaum eine andere Veranstaltung mit vergleichbarer Ausrichtung kann eine ähnlich ausgewogene BesucherInnenstruktur vorweisen.
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episode 5: Blockchain: Digital Identities for Everyone?
2 billion people worldwide are without a passport. Your identity acts as enabler to accessing education, jobs, financial inclusion, and many other governmental and business services. But how far can the individual decide what happens with their data? India's centralized identity solution Aadhaar has shown great merits, but its centralized architecture poses risks of data leaks. This session discusses blockchain-based solutions for self-sovereign identity, looks at their potential decentralizing personal data management from the perspective of German and European principles of privacy and informational self-determination, and contextualizese their potential use for vulnerable populations in developing economies and refugees.
- Andreas Proksch
- Marit Hansen
- Andrew Tobin
- Franz von Weizsäcker
Whether you open a bank account, obtain health services, register your car, file a complaint, apply for a job or travel for holidays -- in the rich world, identification credentials are part of our daily lives enabling us to be an active member of society and the economy.
In developing and emerging economies, or for refugees, identification credentials often play a vital role for social and economic empowerment on one side, but at the same time they can expose individuals to risks for their safety and security, be it identifying them as war deserters, or as members of a minority, or being excluded for their sexual orientation or medical background.
Andreas Proksch, Director-General of GIZ's new Sector and Global Programmes Department, will open the session by outlining the importance of identity management in the context of international development cooperation.
The potentials for informational self-determination and potential pitfalls will be discussed by Marit Hansen, the Head of the Independent Centre for Data Protection (ULD) and the Data Protection Commissioner of Schleswig-Holstein.
Andrew Tobin, founder of Evernym, will finally talk about the potential of self-sovereign identities, privacy enhancing technologies as well as the non-profit open source platform sovrin.org.
While this session provides an entry point to the discussion, we invite participants to join a workshop to develop ideas around applications of self-sovereign identity in development cooperation with GIZ and other experts.
supported by BMZ