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Digital Identity & Privacy 2007
Already a key enabler today for eBusiness and eGovernment, identity management (IDM) is fast becoming a central element of the social and business fabric. Education, training, business development, human resources management, and knowledge management are in urgent need of the information security, privacy and trust that IDM can provide. IDM is essential to the further expansion of network boundaries, access points, innovative practices and technologies. It is central to the emergence of digital identities that bring a whole new dimension to our existing identities and the way we interact with other people and organisations.
Managing digital identities for education, employment and business development
From the very first digital records of our pre-natal scans to our death certificates, through the data collected by diverse agencies and organisations on our behalf during our life, and through the blogs we have kept, the emails sent, the internet searches performed, each one of us now leaves an increasingly significant digital footprint in cyberspace. Visible or invisible, left consciously or not, this collection of data, when aggregated, contributes to the definition of one's identity. It is clear that an individual’s own editing of personal information, as in an ePortfolio or a personal profile within a social network, will be very different from that carried out, for example, by an employer 'googling' prospective employees, tracking their activities as citizens, and possibly inferring health problems from their visible activities in self-advocacy groups… Anonymity, privacy, authentication and trust are critical rights and protections to enforce if we wish to provide individuals with the means to control their digital identities, while enabling institutions, businesses and employers to exploit fairly this invaluable source of information.
Digital identity is also a question of education - the education of children as well as educators, human resource managers, chief learning officers, employees and policy makers. We need to maintain in good form the digital representation of our selves, our digital selves just as we do our physical selves with sports and physical education. Could developing an agile digital self for maximising one's contribution to society be one of the goals of modern education?
DIP 2007, as part of the Human Capital & Social Innovation Technology Summit, aims at addressing the issue of digital identity management and privacy from the point of view of the individual and the organisation. This year's principal theme is: Managing digital identities for education, employment and business development. The event comprises:
- DIP 2007 – Digital Identity and Privacy (16-17 October)
- Plugfest (17 October) – to explore current and future progress in the domain of digital identity, CV and ePortfolio interoperability under the aegis of Concordia, a Liberty Alliance initiative.
- Exhibition (17-19 October)
- Human Resources Technology Conference (17 October).
- ePortfolio Conference (18-19 October)
