Conference Theme

Our theme is “Managing Digital Identity in a Networked World”. Topics will include:

• How do we manage our identity information within and across multiple e-enabled relationships with friends, family, businesses, government agencies, NGOs, and community service providers? 
• Have our concepts of personal identity and managing identity changed in the social networking era, with a quarter of a billion people using Facebook on any given day?
• Who ‘owns’ our digitised identity information and what are the challenges and opportunities around new forms of accessing, sharing, processing, storing or tracking identity information? How can we protect our identity information against current and future security threats?
• How could  businesses and government agencies build and develop trusted, authentic  relationships with their customers in an online environment?
• What could be considered ‘good’ governance arrangements of large digitised datasets in the public or private sector?

While New Zealand leads the world in a number of identity areas, we continue to learn from international experience and debate. We also cannot act alone. Finding solutions to many of the problems in the identity field rely on international agreement, standardisation and co-operation.

Who should attend:

• chief executives
• business managers
• academic staff members and students
• chief information officers
• customer service managers
• policy analysts
• policy managers
• identity practitioners
• digerati
• financial industry
• IT industry
• anyone interested in broadening their understanding on the understanding of the concepts, ideas and challenges of managing identity

This two day conference focuses on managing digital identity, and attendees will take part in a dialogue between key managing identity stakeholders from government, business and academia. It will evolve thinking on the broader topic of identity as well as share knowledge and engage in discussions.

Why you should attend the conference:

• This is an international event, focussing on managing digital identity in New Zealand with key thought leaders and practitioners from New Zealand and overseas.
• Be stimulated by debate and discussion about managing digital identity by facilitating greater awareness of identity-related topics.
• People from government, business and academia are coming together to share knowledge, and experiences in order to widen perspectives.
• Get involved in the debate on managing digital identity and what it means for us, as New Zealanders.