# DIF APAC Regional SIG (2023)

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## :triangular_flag_on_post: July Meeting

This call is a collaborative effort between DIF and ToIP Communities and interested parties involved with Decentralized Identity in the Asia Pacific region

## 💬 Agenda Items

| **Item** | **Presenter** | **Pass Time** |
|---------- |----------------- |-------------- |
| New Member Introductions | Victor |5 mins
Reshaping the future of Decentralized Identity Management-Affinidi|Michael |20 mins
Updates: Regional Digital Identity Initiatives, DIF Hackathon & IIWXXXVII FALL 2023 |Catherine|15 mins

Are you ready to make a significant impact on the future of decentralised identity management? Calling all Developers! Affinidi is thrilled to invite you to join our exclusive beta trial and be at the forefront of shaping secure, user-centric software solutions.

At Affinidi, we are changing data ownership for good, by building capabilities that empower everyone to own, protect, and share universally-accepted data and digital assets. Come join us on July 27th to learn more about our Early Access Programme.

Attendees:
1. Catherine Nabbala
2. Victor R Ocampo
3. Paul Grehan
4. Joanne Knight
5. Sankarshan
6. Michael She
7. Michael Yih
8. Aniket
9. Ashish Tripathi
10. Adam Bradley
11. Carmen

Links shared during the meeting

Affinidi's Early Access Program launching on 3rd August: https://events.affinidi.com/eap

Recent work out of ToIP around harms and digital ID https://trustoverip.org/blog/2023/07/12/what-is-the-business-value-of-harms-countermeasures-in-digital-identity-systems/

There’s a recent white paper from OpenID Foundation which is available for comments until mid Aug https://openid.net/open-for-comment-human-centric-identity-a-primer-for-government-officials/

https://restofworld.org/2023/japan-my-number-card/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds

Australia next year apparently ?!? https://ia.acs.org.au/content/ia/article/2023/national-digital-id-on-the-horizon.html?ref=newsletter&deliveryName=DM18788

Here is a recording of the last Digital Identity from Vienna with Jacques van Benecke https://vimeo.com/823723520

Identity Week Asia. 7-8th Nov: https://www.terrapinn.com/exhibition/identity-week-asia/index.stm

Internet Identity Week 20%: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/640919837487/?discount=DIF_XXXVII_20

Japan’s digital ID program is a complicated mess: https://restofworld.org/2023/japan-my-number-card/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds

## :triangular_flag_on_post: May Meeting

This call is a collaborative effort between DIF and ToIP Communities and interested parties involved with Decentralized Identity in the Asia Pacific region

## 💬 Agenda Items

| **Item** | **Presenter** | **Pass Time** |
|---------- |----------------- |-------------- |
| New Member Introductions | Sandeep |5mins
Intro to DCDR|Jean F. Queralt |40 mins
Updates from IIW & Upcoming Events/Regional Updates|Catherine | 10 mins

## :triangular_flag_on_post: April Meeting

This call is a collaborative effort between DIF and ToIP Communities and interested parties involved with Decentralized Identity in the Asia Pacific region

## 💬 Agenda Items

agenda items to discuss in this meeting.

| **Item** | **Presenter** | **Pass Time** |
|---------- |----------------- |-------------- |
| New Member Introductions | Eric |5mins
Recap of the APAC Digital Identity Unconference (https://www.apacdigitalid.org/en)|Ashish|10 mins
[e-Estonia](https://e-estonia.com/)'s Digital Transformation using [X-Road](https://x-road.global/) |Eric| 20 mins
Recap of the Thoughtful Biometrics Workshop (https://www.thoughtfulbiometrics.org/2023) |Eric|10mins
Upcoming Events/Regional Updates|Catherine|5 mins

### About [e-Estonia](https://e-estonia.com/) Digital Transformation and [X-Road](https://x-road.global/)

The [e-Estonia](https://e-estonia.com/) home page says it all:
>We have built a digital society and we can show you how

In our presentation we will briefly explore the [e-Estonia](https://e-estonia.com/) online resources and historical timeline. This sets the stage for addressing some of the misconceptions about the Estonian Digital Transformation - specifically in the areas of scalability, decentralization, privacy, and deployment maturity.

We will pay special attention to [X-Road](https://x-road.global/), a key driving force behind Estonia's Digital Transformation.

>X-Road supports various implementation models. Whether implementing a national, regional, or domain-specific data exchange solution, X-Road is scalable and adapts to the needs.
>
>To ensure secure data exchange, all outgoing data is digitally signed and encrypted, and all incoming data is authenticated and logged.
>
>The X-Road core is published under the MIT open source licence, and the source code is publicly available on GitHub. Support is available through X-Road Community and X-Road Technology Partners.

A particuarly useful started video on X-Road is:

{%youtube 9PaHinkJlvA %}

The architecture itself is well summarized on the [X-Road Architecture Page](https://x-road.global/architecture):


**Regional updates**

AyanWorks won “FIDO Developer Challenge 2022 - India: Go Passwordless with FIDO Authentication”https://ayanworks.medium.com/ayanworks-won-fido-developer-challenge-2022-india-go-passwordless-with-fido-authentication-79667f1ac34d

UIDAI, NPCI to set up eKYC aggregator, fin entities to gain
Read more at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/99717229.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

#36 - Thinking Locally and Globally for Digital Wallets and Identification.
Link to the Event: https://www.meetup.com/digital-identity-from-vienna/events/292993136/ May 3, 12:00 AM to 1:30 AM ICT

## :heavy_check_mark: Meeting Summary

**Members present**
* Ashish Tripathi
* Eric Drury
* Victor Fernando R. Ocampo
* Ajay Jadhav
* Carmen Lam
* Catherine Nabbala
* Dasun Hegosa
* Michael Shea
* Sammotic Switchyarn
* Eric Welton
* Richard Tung
* Jo Spencer

Links shared during the meeting
* https://github.com/JanssenProject/jans
* https://agama-lab.gluu.org
* https://gluu.org
* https://www.apacdigitalid.org/en/content/past-events?iw_mailid=55fa9ee0-19d5-ed11-9f74-000d3a2dcd55&iw_scope=Event
* https://www.theiofoundation.org/
* https://docs.theiofoundation.org/the-io-foundation/v/data-centric-digital-rights/research/dcdr-principles
* https://docs.theiofoundation.org/the-io-foundation/v/data-centric-digital-rights/research/dcdr-principles
* https://www.mdes.go.th/law/download/1289

APAC Digital Identity Unconference. Book of Proceedings
:https://cdn-assets.inwink.com/5b73d46b-329d-44a2-a4b7-eb92bf54c4c1/e6c2bcca-c933-4663-86b8-42ed0fe05e6f

e-Estonia / X-Road
* https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18LUO4q3D_3sZE1K2fSApRvNoIXSrfa-NYYQBXLB0yYY/edit#slide=id.p
* https://www.mdes.go.th/law/download/1289
* https://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/02-Final-_-Report-Blockchain-for-digital-government.pdf
* https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2021-10/enabling-cross-border-data-flow-asean-and-beyond-report.pdf

Thoughtful Biometrics
* https://www.thoughtfulbiometrics.org/