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This is the running update from the Executive Director. Have questions or comments? Suggest some added information or edits? Contact Colin at kantarainitiative dot org.
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For me, it was a watershed month as I notified staff and members, in advance of it going public, of my intention to step back from leading Kantara in a few months time. (Apply here!). I'm at that time of life where attention is needed on personal finance, assets and property ... and life really. While I have thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of surmounting hurdles as they arose, Kantara has been all consuming. But life balance is important too, and mine is overdue for a reset. Also overdue is my need to switch my residency back to my home country of New Zealand for at least three years. So the time feels right to hit the reset button. Rather than having to work much of the night in New Zealand to operate in Kantara's primary time zones, it is time to to take a step back. It's only a step back (semi-retirement) ... it is not retirement! I will remain in and around Kantara, as well as around the industry, for quite a while yet. My involvement, however, will be at a more relaxed tempo than the deadline driven cadence that comes with leading a global community of three Kantara branded organizations.
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The FinTechTalents Identity conference aired on March 17th. But, of course, the preparation and pre-record activity started as the month opened. I had the pleasure of moderating a panel with Dai Banerji representing Women in Identity, our friend and fellow mDL journeyer Gail Hodges from the Future Identity Council, Andrew Black from Natwest Bank, and David Pollington from the GSMA. We developed discussion themes around the topic of ‘Privacy Enhancing, Consent Based Digital Identity'. Our discussion and debate focused on three points:
- should the financial service sector embrace a decentralised ID mode;
- how we can ensure that we build Digital Identity that enhances privacy and consent as well as granting users control over how their personal credentials are shared; and
- whether users are actually ready to take control of their digital identity.
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