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 […]
OpenID for Verifiable Credential self-certification to launch Feb 2026
The OpenID Foundation is pleased to announce implementers will be able to start self-certifying their implementations in February 26th 2026 for OpenID for Verifiable Presentations (OpenID4VP) 1.0, OpenID for Verifiable Credential Issuance (OpenID4VCI) 1.0 and High Assurance Interoperability Profile (HAIP) 1.0 implementations through the OpenID Foundation’s conformance testing platform. Organizations developing wallets, issuers, and/or verifiers […]
OpenID Foundation launches EUDIW resource hub
The OpenID Foundation has launched a dedicated resource hub to support organisations implementing the European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDIW), providing centralised access to specifications, testing tools, and implementation guidance. The new resource hub consolidates essential materials for implementers working with the three core specifications selected for the EIDAS 2.0 Architecture Reference Framework: the OpenID for […]
EUDIW Community Members Page
OpenID Foundation Resource Hub for European Digital Identity Wallet Implementers Latest update: December 10, 2025 We are delighted to offer EUDIW a centralised resource hub on the specifications, open source tests, conformance tools and other materials to help deploy and maintain your implementations. OIDF Specs selected for the EIDAS […]