OpenWallet Forum High-Level Panel

The OpenWallet Forum High-Level Panel Event, hosted by the ITU and Linux Foundation, focuses on advancing global interoperability of digital wallets as critical components of digital public infrastructure. It brings together stakeholders to discuss public policy, technical specifications, security, privacy, and inclusion, aiming to enable wallets to securely store and manage digital credentials like IDs, payment methods, and certificates. The event will present a Call for Action to guide collaboration on creating open, interoperable solutions for digital wallets, driving digital transformation and global cooperation.

Welcome speech
- Beat Jans, Federal Councillor, head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police
- Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary General, ITU

Podium speakers of Panel 1
- H.E Solly Malatsi, Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, South Africa
- Edouard Bugnion, Vice-President for Innovation and Impact, EPFL
- Bill Ren, Chief Open Source Liaison Officer, Huawei
- Christina Hirsch, Head Digital Trust, Swisscom
- Wonseok Baek, Head of Samsung Wallet Global BD/Product, Samsung Electronics
- Alain Labrique, Director, Department of Digital Health and Innovation (DHI) Science Division (SCI), World Health Organization
- Todd Fox, Vice President Government Engagement, VISA
- Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota, Ambassador, Brazilian Mission to the WTO

Podium speakers of Panel 2
- Sergio Mujica, Secretary General, ISO
- Viky Manaila, President, CSC Cloud Signature Consortium
- Arman Aygen, Director of Technology, EMVCo
- Andrew Shikiar, Executive Director and CEO, FIDO
- Philippe Metzger, Secretary-General & CEO, IEC
- Bilel Jamoussi, Deputy Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU
- Gail Hodges, Executive Director, OpenID Foundation
- Seth Dobbs, CEO, W3C
- Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director, Eclipse Foundation

Moderation
Daniel Goldscheider, CEO, OpenWallet Foundation

Person for information & event registration
Vijay Mauree, Programme Coordinator
Vijay.mauree@itu.int 

Person for media requests 
- Rolf Rauschenbach, Communications Officer E-ID, Federal Office of Justice
rolf.rauschenbach@bj.admin.ch
+41 79 133 11 06

- Matthew Dalais
Communications Officer, TSB, ITU
matthew.dalais@itu.int 
+41 22 730 5974