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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ITU Workshop on "Trustable and Interoperable Digital Identities for Human and Agentic AI”

Geneva, Switzerland, 30-31 March 2026

Contact: tsbevents@itu.int

Day 1: ​​Monday, 30 March 2026
The human digital identity domain

0​9:00 - 09:15
​​Opening Remarks

MC: Debora Comparin, Chair, WP1/17 "Digital identity, quantum-based security, PKI and fundamental security technologies" | Standardization Expert, Thales Digital Identity & Security
09:15 - 10:30​​Session 1: Different models for g​overnment issued credentials: From physical to digital 
​This session will focus on understanding the transition of legal identity documents from physical formats to digital credentials stored in wallets. It will explore the current state of digitalization of government-issued credentials such as passports, driving licences, visas and identity cards, and examine the different models used to represent and manage these credentials in digital form.

Moderator: Debora Comparin, Chair, WP1/17 "Digital identity, quantum-based security, PKI and fundamental security technologies" | Standardization Expert, Thales Digital Identity & Security
​10:30 - 10:45
Coffee Break
10:45​ - 12:00
Sessi​on 2: Towards cross-border interoperability for digital identity and credentials
This session will focus on discussing approaches for designing a path towards cross-border acceptance of digital identity and credentials. It will examine how interoperability can be achieved across jurisdictions and review current developments in digital identity frameworks around the world.

Moderator: TBC
12:00 - 13:30​Lunch Break
​13:30 - 14:30
Sessi​on 3: Trust Management - How to scale trust across ecosystems?
This session focuses on exploring how trust can be managed and scaled across digital identity ecosystems. It aims to foster international collaboration towards cross-domain trust and to discuss approaches that support trusted interactions across different identity environments.

Moderator: Hiroshi Takechi, NEC
​14:30 - 15:30
Sessi​on 4: Security of wallets 
This session focuses on analyzing the current technological options for securing digital wallets and the credentials they contain. It will also examine the potential gap between the levels of security achievable in different regions of the world.

Moderator: Abbie Barbir, Rapporteur of Question 10/17 "Management of digital identity"
15:30 - 15:45​Coffee Break
​15:45 - 16:45
Sessi​on 5: Trust frameworks - Towards interoperability at the policy level ​
This session focuses on identifying differences in policy and regulatory approaches related to digital wallets across regions. The discussion will examine how trust frameworks at the policy level may support interoperability between digital identity ecosystems. 

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Moderator: ​TBD
​16:45 - 17:00
Day 1 wrap-up 

​​​​Day 2: ​​Tuesday, 31 March 2026​
Challenges and opportunities brought by Agentic AI digital identity domain


09:15 - 10:30
Session 1: Defining the layered identity management model for agentic AI
This session focuses on defining a layered model for identity management of Agentic AI. The discussion will explore how identity management concepts may be structured to support the operation and interaction of Agentic AI systems.

Moderators: Debora Comparin, Chair, WP1/17 "Digital identity, quantum-based security, PKI and fundamental security technologies" | Standardization Expert, Thales Digital Identity & Security and Abbie Barbir, Rapporteur of Question 10/17 "Management of digital identity"
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break​​​​​
11:00 - 12:00
Session 2: Identifying a mechanism for delegation of authority to agentic AI
This session focuses on defining mechanisms that allow the delegation of authority to Agentic AI. It will examine how such delegation could be structured and managed within digital identity and trust ecosystems.

Moderator: Abbie Barbir, Rapporteur of Question 10/17 "Management of digital identity"
12:00 - 13:30
​Lunch Break
​​13:30 - 14:45

Sessi​on 3: Challenges and opportunities to agentic AI trust management and governance
This session focuses on identifying challenges and opportunities related to trust management and governance for Agentic AI. It will also contribute to preparing the planned workshop on "Global interoperability for trust management of digital identity for humans and agents​", which will be dedicated to governance aspects of trust management.

Moderator: Kang XinChief Research Scientist in Trust and Security, Huawei Singapore Research Center
​​14:45 - 15:00
​Coffee Break
​​15:00 - 16:15
Sessi​on 4: Where dots connect between identities for human and AI agent?
In this session, rapporteurs will summarize the key findings from the two days of discussion. Participants will then discuss areas where human identities interact with AI agents and identify next steps and gaps that need to be addressed.​

​​16:15 - 17:00
​​Future outlook and closing remarks ​