OIDF responds to Australia’s digital trust consultation
The OpenID Foundation, through its Australian Digital Trust Community Group (ADT CG), has responded to the Australian Government’s Department of Finance consultation on verifiable credentials policy. The Australian Government’s work on verifiable credentials (VCs) is a significant development in the ongoing evolution of the Australian Government Digital ID System (AGDIS), and one the OpenID Foundation […]
OpenID Well-Known Conference 2027 – Call for Proposals
Call for Proposals The OpenID Foundation is inviting proposals for its inaugural OpenID Well-Known Conference, bringing together an intimate, expert community of decision-makers, ecosystem leaders and technologists from established and emerging ecosystems around the world. Our focus is clear: how can we use standards and technology to advance, scale and drive adoption across digital identity […]
Call for Participation: Demonstrate MCP-based AI agent security with open identity standards
Prove that MCP clients, gateways, and servers from different vendors can secure AI agents together — within and across enterprises. The OpenID Foundation’s Artificial Intelligence Identity Management Community Group (AIIM CG) is running an interoperability event to show that Model Context Protocol (MCP) flows can be secured with open identity standards. Taking place at the […]
Four OpenID Foundation voices at ID4Africa 2026 in Abidjan
The OpenID Foundation was proud to join the recent ID4Africa 2026 Annual General Meeting in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. ID4Africa is the only pan-African movement dedicated to helping African nations build robust and responsible identity ecosystems, bringing together 48 member governments, international development agencies, and the private sector. This year’s theme, Digital Identity: From DPI to […]
OIDF presents at ITU-T workshop on digital ID and agentic AI
The OpenID Foundation recently participated in the ITU-T’s most recent workshop on Trustable and Interoperable Digital Identities for Human and Agentic AI in Geneva – the first of three planned ITU-T workshops on this theme. The workshop brought together speakers from governments, standards bodies, and industry across two days, with sessions covering digital identity policy, […]
Calling all members – register for the GDC Conference now
The OpenID Foundation is pleased to announce that it is a co-organizer of the Global Digital Collaboration (GDC) Conference, taking place this September 1-3 in Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland. The GDC is not a typical industry conference. It has been brought together by a coalition of standards development organizations, intergovernmental bodies, open-source foundations, and NGOs with […]
Leading organisations join OIDF independent conformance test program
In December 2025, the OpenID Foundation announced the forthcoming launch of self-certification for OpenID for Verifiable Credentials. Since then, the OpenID Foundation has been working to confirm the organisations who will help shape the next phase – a globally recognised independent conformance test program. Today, we are pleased to introduce the organisations that will play a key […]
Nine countries prove OpenID Federation interoperability
Hands-on testing at TIIME 2026 confirms real world readiness of OpenID Federation across nine implementations. On 13 February 2026, implementers of OpenID Federation – a specification that provides a common framework for organisations to verify and trust one another at scale, without requiring bilateral agreements between every party – gathered in Amsterdam for a hands-on […]
OIDF presents at European Commission’s EUDI Wallets Launchpad 2025
The OpenID Foundation was invited to present at the recent EUDI Wallets Launchpad 2025, a landmark three day community event organized by the European Commission on December 10-12 in Brussels, Belgium. The EUDI Wallets Launchpad 2025 represents a critical milestone for digital identity implementation across the European Union. As the first multi-day testing event of […]
AuthZEN shows enterprise readiness at Gartner IAM Summit
After two years of development, the AuthZEN Working Group reached a significant milestone at this month’s Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit in Grapevine, Texas, with enterprise practitioners signalling clear readiness for implementation. The main AuthZEN session drew nearly 100 attendees whose questions revealed an important shift in market maturity. Rather than asking whether standards […]