Digital ID workshop
Tightly focused events for digital leaders with similar interests and agendas
While most countries share a similar vision for their future digital capabilities, in some fields they’ll have to take very different routes to get there. Differing constitutions, central government structures, political environments and IT legacies, for example, will require quite different approaches on the part of digital leaders. And in some fields, it is relatively straightforward to divide countries into a couple of main groups – producing parallel events that each directly meet the needs and interests of participants, bringing together people facing a very similar set of options and challenges.
Digital identity
Wednesday 18 May 2022
The most obvious example of this is digital identity, where the tasks facing governments are shaped by a single factor: whether or not the country already has a national ID system.
Where one exists, the main job is to link this national database to a system of online identity verification. Here, the task at the core of this agenda – that of finding a single source of truth providing core data on individual citizens, which can then be used to link together services across government – has already been accomplished. But these countries nonetheless face many decisions: whether to build an in-house system, for example, or to accredit private sector providers. And to realise the full potential of their digital ID systems, civil service leaders must consider issues such as how to build cross-departmental service access portals, sign up public service ‘clients’, and make the offer attractive to citizens.
For those countries without an existing national ID system, the challenge is far greater. There are various ways to develop the core capability: some nations, for example, are working with banks to build digital ID systems; others are creating online citizen accounts, whose level of authorisation depends on people linking them to existing online services or identity documents. Different countries are at various stages of development in this field, and there are enormous opportunities for digital leaders to learn from one another’s experiences.
To meet the needs of these two distinct groups, GGF ran parallel events on digital ID: one for those with an existing national ID system, and one for those without. In each case, the events set out the options facing digital leaders, and explored the experiences and perspectives of those most advanced in grappling with these thorny but crucial issues. We used the information gathered – including a survey of participants’ views, and their comments during the two 90-minute discussions – within our second Digital Leaders report.
Agenda
WORKSHOP FOR COUNTRIES WITH AN EXISTING NATIONAL ID SYSTEM
Introduction and Welcome
11:30 UTC – 12:00 UTC
Facilitator Kevin Cunnington will welcome participants and brief them on the Global Digital Leaders Study, specifically the findings on Digital ID
[30 minutes]
Discussion
12:00 UTC – 13:30 UTC
Kendrick Lee, Director of National Digital Identity (Singpass) programme, Government Technology Agency of Singapore (govtech), Singapore, Andrea Spallacci, Officer for Qualification of Trust Services, Infrastructures and Cloud and Conservative Services, Qualification and accreditation area Service, Agency of Digital Italy, Italy and Miguel Carrasco, Managing Director and Senior Partner, Boston Consulting Group will present on findings related to countries with a national ID system followed by a group discussion
[90 minutes]
Conclusions and summary
13:30 UTC – 13:45 UTC
Summary, thanks and next steps
[15 minutes]
WORKSHOP FOR COUNTRIES WITHOUT AN EXISTING NATIONAL ID SYSTEM
Introduction and Welcome
14:30 UTC – 15:00 UTC
Facilitator Kevin Cunnington will welcome participants and brief them on the Global Digital Leaders Study, specifically the findings on Digital ID
[30 minutes]
Discussion
15:00 UTC – 16:30 UTC
Amod Kumar, Deputy Director General, UIDAI, India and Miguel Carrasco, Managing Director and Senior Partner, Boston Consulting Group will present on findings related to countries without a national ID system followed by a group discussion
[90 minutes]
Conclusions and summary
16:30 UTC – 16:45 UTC
Summary, thanks and next steps
[15 minutes]
Partners
Participants
Daniel Knight
Director of e-government, Ministry of Information, Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Information, Antigua and Barbuda
Guido Picus
Program Lead, Futura Lab, Aruba
Wayne Berry
Director Data & Reporting, Australian Digital Health Agency, Australia
Peter Williams
Strategic Policy Advisor, Western Australia Department of Transport, Australia
Zaidul Alam
Solution Architect, Government of South Australia, Australia
Gale Morgan
Coordinator, Ministry of Innovation, Science and Smart Technologies, Barbados
Miguel Carrasco
Managing Director and Senior Partner, Boston Consulting Group
Annabel Skelton-Malone
Director, Department of Information Technology, British Virgin Islands
Pirthipal Singh
Director General, Digital Design Branch, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Canada
Christopher Jason
Director Information Security, Government of Saskatchewan, Canada
Juan Pablo Pazos
President, Mesas Sectoriales, SENA, Colombia
Lana Belas
Project Management and Digital Society Development Service leader, Sector for Security and Coordination of Digital Society Development, Central State Office, Croatia
Bennette Thomas
Director, Telecommunications and Technology, Ministry of Information, Science, Telecommunications and Technology, Dominican Republic
Khedr Talaat
Financial Regulator, Egyptian Financial Regulatory Authority, Egypt
Barna Gaál
Deputy CIO of Hungary and Head E-Administration Unit, Ministry of Interior, Hungary
Íris Huld Christersdóttir
Specialist in Innovation, Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Iceland
Amod Kumar
Deputy Director General, UIDAI, India
Saransh Agrawal
Chief of Staff, Open Network for Digital Commerce, India
Andrea Spallacci
Officer for Qualification of Trust Services, Infrastructures and Cloud and Conservative Services, Qualification and accreditation area Service, Agency of Digital Italy, Italy
Cecilia Emilsson
Policy Analyst, OECD
Kendrick Lee
Director of National Digital Identity (Singpass) programme, Government Technology Agency of Singapore (govtech), Singapore
Astrid Desset
General Director, Open Government of Catalonia, Spain
Miquel Estapé
Chief Innovation Officer, Open Government of Catalonia, Spain
Supot Tiarawut
President and CEO of Digital Government Development Agency, Thailand
Alessandro Gillies
Senior Strategy & Policy Adviser, Government Digital Service, United Kingdom
ASH SMITH
Deputy Director, Digital Identity, United Kingdom
Godfrey Kyama
Consultant, United Nations
Wai Min Kwok
Senior Governance and Public Administration Officer in Digital Government Branch, United Nations DESA
Rajiv Rao
Chief Technology Officer, New York State, United States of America
Philip Lam
Executive Director, Identity, General Services Administration, United States of America
Rhiannon Lawson
Head of Standards Centre, Public Digital Services, Wales