The OpenID Foundation is pleased to announce the dates for its inaugural Global Conference, bringing together leaders, innovators, and decision-makers from across the digital identity ecosystem. 

The goal: to connect ecosystems, share best practices, and accelerate global interoperability.

📅 Main Conference Day: Tuesday 2 February 2027
📅 Working Groups & Side Events: Wednesday & Thursday 3–4 February 2027

📍 Location: etc.venues County Hall, London

A new format designed for impact

The 2027 conference introduces a refined three-day structure, carefully designed to balance strategic insight, practical collaboration, and community engagement.

• Day 1 (2 Feb): Flagship Conference Day
  A high-production plenary experience featuring curated, expert-led content, global perspectives, and thought leadership. 
• Days 2 & 3 (3–4 Feb): Working Sessions & Community Collaboration
  Dedicated to Working Group meetings, interoperability sessions, demos, and collaborative discussions—designed to accelerate real-world implementation and progress. 

This structure supports up to 11+ Working Group sessions across the event, ensuring meaningful progress alongside strategic discussion. 

What to expect

The 2027 programme will focus on the most pressing topics shaping digital identity today, including:

• Security, trust & standards 
• Digital identity & global interoperability 
• Ecosystem development & governance 
• Implementation, adoption & real-world use cases 

Attendees can expect highly curated content, practical insights, and “from the trenches” experience sharing to help accelerate deployment and adoption across ecosystems. 

A landmark London venue

The 2027 conference will take place at etc.venues County Hall, one of London’s most iconic and historic locations.

The main conference day will be hosted in the South Bank Wing (3rd floor)—a striking setting within County Hall, which served as the headquarters of London’s local government for over 60 years until the late 1980s.

Days 2 and 3 will move to the 4th floor, providing dedicated space for Working Group meetings, collaboration sessions, and eco-system-led activity.

This unique setting offers the perfect backdrop for bringing together global leaders in digital identity—combining history, scale, and modern conference facilities

Who should attend

The conference will bring technical experts together with practitioners leading identity and data ecosystems at scale—including open finance, open health, digital identity networks, and public sector initiatives—alongside global partners such as development organisations and standards bodies. 

It is designed for:

• Ecosystem leaders and decision-makers 
• Architects, policy leaders, and business stakeholders 
• Governments, regulators, and global organisations 
• Technology providers and enabling partners 
• Members of the OIDF community who are the driving force behind the technical standards and protocols that serve these use cases 

Save the date

Whether you’re shaping policy, building infrastructure, or deploying identity solutions, this is a must-attend event for anyone serious about the identity ecosystems of tomorrow.

📍 Location: etc.venues County Hall, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 7PB, UK

📅 Main Day: 2 February 2027
📅 Working Sessions: 3–4 February 2027

More details coming soon

Further information on registration, venue, sponsorship opportunities, and the full programme will be released in the coming months.

In the meantime—save the date and plan to join us in London for OIDF 2027.

About the OpenID Foundation

The OpenID Foundation (OIDF) is a global open standards body committed to helping people assert their identity wherever they choose. Founded in 2007, we are a community of technical experts leading the creation of open identity standards that are secure, interoperable, and privacy preserving. The Foundation’s OpenID Connect standard is now used by billions of people across millions of applications. In the last five years, OAuth2 - the FAPI standard for interoperable, high security - has become the standard of choice for Open Banking and Open Data implementations, allowing people to access and share data across entities. Today, the OpenID Foundation’s standards are the connective tissue that enable people to assert their identity and access their data at scale, the scale of the internet, enabling “networks of networks” to interoperate globally. Individuals, companies, governments and non-profits are encouraged to join or participate. Find out more at openid.net.

To learn more about conformance testing and self-certification, please visit the OpenID Foundation’s FAQ section.