This conference will examine the next steps for development of digital identity in the UK – which is set to be central for enabling private and public sector organisations to provide services to customers and citizens into the future, and for growing the digital economy.

Delegates will assess plans being put in place by for technology rollout and regulation, and what it will mean for stakeholders.

It will be a timely opportunity for stakeholders and key policymakers to discuss key issues and how they can be addressed, with:

• government consultation on its revised UK digital identity and attributes trust framework, which sets out rules, standards and governance for organisations providing or using digital identity
• the Office for Digital Identities and Attributes, being set up within DCMS as an interim regulatory body to oversee the Framework’s development as it moves into law

With senior contributions from the DCMS and TechUK, areas for discussion include:

• policy and regulation: priorities and next steps – the evolving roles of regulators – information and guidance for developers and providers – developing equivalence with paper-based verification
• stakeholder impact: implications of developments for vendors, service providers and their customers – their priorities and support they may need – issues for local government, charities and SMEs
• public adoption: communication with the public and gaining their trust – ease of use and building accessibility into design – tackling digital inequalities
• organisational implementation: the roadmap for rollout – data sharing, cooperation, and relationships between public and private sector – skills and supply chain development
• data: the future of policy on GDPR and implications for international cooperation – what data is stored, how it is shared, how long it is kept, and by who – action and assurance on fraud
• technology: interoperability internationally and across sectors, organisations and uses – challenges for facial recognition and other biometric data

The conference will be an opportunity for the stakeholders to consider the issues alongside key policy officials who are due to attend from CMA; DCMS; Dstl; DfT; HMRC; Home Office; Ofcom; and the Welsh Revenue Authority.