Conference Theme

The management of ‘identity’ is becoming increasingly important now that individuals are replicating many aspects of their personal and professional lives in emerging digital environments. Aimed at building trust for all stakeholders concerned, digitised forms of identity management (IdM) are being introduced in a wide range of e-enabled relationships, such as e-shopping, e-government, e-banking, e-trading, e-learning, and e-participation. As the representation of personal identity in digital environments takes place on a different footing compared to identification processes in the physical world, IdM in the digital age raises considerable social, technical, legal, political, and economic challenges to the historically stable relationships between people, business and government.

Different sectors in New Zealand have set about addressing these challenges to meet their particular needs, resulting in a growing range of methods and initiatives and an accumulation of experience and lessons learned. For instance, the New Zealand State Services Commission’s Authentication Programme recently collected a global online identity award for its unique authentication solution driven by principles of privacy, security and user-control.

This international conference on “Managing Identity in New Zealand: Identity Conference 2008" is a forum for presenting and discussing state of the art thinking, research and practice around managing identity in the 21st Century. The conference will focus on the development and future directions of identity management (IdM) in New Zealand, and its wider implications for users, with particular reference to the introduction and use of new digitised forms of IdM. A major issue for future IdM will be establishing user-centric IdM: individuals’ ability to control the (digital) representation of their identity and its potential uses.

Who should attend:

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

This two day conference focuses on identity management, and attendees will take part in a dialogue between key identity management 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 a first time event, focussing on identity management in New Zealand with key thought leaders and practitioners from New Zealand and overseas.
• Be stimulated by debate and discussion about identity management 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 identity management and what it means for us, as New Zealanders