
DR. JOSEPH J. ATICK
Executive Chairman, ID4Africa Bio

ABDELHAK HARRAK
Governor, Director of Information Systems, Ministry of Interior The Kingdom of Morocco Bio

ALIYU AZIZ
Governor, Director of Information Director General / CEO National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Nigeria Bio

SITIONNI KAFANA
Director General, Office National de l'État Civil et de l'Identification (ONECI) ONECI, Côte d’lvoire Bio

YODAHE ZEMICHAEL
ID4Africa Ambassador, Technical Advisor, Technical Advisory Unit Office of the Prime Minister, Ethiopia Bio

DR. HIMI DEEN TOURE
Technical Director, WURI Program Office of the Prime Minister, Guinea Bio

PROF. KENNETH A. ATTAFUAH
Director General National Identification Authority (NIA), Ghana Bio

DR. ARNOLD M. KIHAULE
Director General National Identification Authority (NIDA), Tanzania Bio

PROF. PHILIP ALSTON
UN Special Rapporteur Special on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Professor of Law NYU Law School Bio

DR. PETRA SONDEREGGER
Senior Project Manager State of Aadhaar Initiative Bio

HON. CINA LAWSON
Minister of Posts, Digital Economy and Technological Innovation, Office of the President, The Republic of Togo Bio

MORY CAMARA
President, The ID4Africa Identity Council (IIC) and Director General, ANGEIE, Guinea Bio

DR. VERA SONGWE
UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, United Nations Ecomomic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Bio

VYJAYANTI DESAI
Program Manager, Identification for Development (ID4D), The World Bank Bio

CORNELIUS WILLIAMS
Associate Director & Global Chief of Child Protection, Programme Division UNICEF Bio

NIALL MCCANN
Policy Advisor and Project Manager, Legal Identity, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bio

GREG POTE
Chief Information Officer ID4Africa Bio

NATHALIE GOSSET
Vice President, Identity Document Solutions THALES Bio

ARTUR SERRANO
Regional Director, Zetes People ID Bio

PHILIPPE JUNG
Product & Marketing Director, Identity Business Unit, IN Groupe Bio

DEBORA COMPARIN
Chair, IDforAll Working Group, Secure Identity Alliance Bio

CHRISTIAN KNEIFEL
Regional Sales Director, HID Global Bio

SEAN ZHENG
CEO, Emperor Technology Bio

ALAN GELB
Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development Bio

CHARLES WALTON
Senior Vice President, Digital Identity, Mastercard – Purchase Bio

PAM DINGLE
Director, Identity Standards, Microsoft Bio

SANJAY JAIN
Partner at Bharat Innovation Fund, Chief Innovation Officer at CIIE, IIMA, Bharat Innovation Fund Bio

ANDERSON CHEBII
Principal ICT Officer, National Registration, National Registration Bureau (NRB), Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, Kenya Bio

DR. EMRYS SCHOEMAKER
Research Director, Caribou Digital Bio

JUDY OBITRE-GAMA
Executive Director, National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), Uganda Bio

MEGAN O’DONNELL
Assistant Director for Gender & Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Global Development Bio

LUCIA HANMER
Lead Economist in Gender and Development, The World Bank Group Bio

DR. SAVITA BAILUR
Research Director, Caribou Digital Bio

KEN OKONG’O
Policy and Advocacy Manager, Digital Identity, GSMA Bio

CHAHNAAZBEE TAKUN
Civil Status Officer, Civil Status Division, Office of the Prime Minister, Mauritius Bio

DAVID GERULSKI
Executive Vice President, Integrated Biometrics Bio

CHRISTABEL ONYEJEKWE
Executive Director, Business Development, Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) Bio

SANABA KABA
ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador, Director General, ANIES, Guinea Bio

DONAL GREENE
Regional Manager, EMEA, Innovatrics Bio

MUSTAFA MAHMOUD
Senior Program & Advocacy Officer, Namati Bio

DRUDEISHA MADHUB
Data Protection Commissioner, Data Protection Office (DPO), Office of the Prime Minister, Mauritius Bio

OMAR SEGHROUCHNI
President, CNDP (Data Protection Authority of Morocco) Bio

MARGUERITE OUEDRAOGO/BONANE
President, The Commission on Informatics and Freedoms, Burkina Faso Bio

PAM DIXON
Executive Director and Founder, World Privacy Forum Bio

BERHAN TAYE
Senior Policy Analyst, Access Now Bio

PATRICIA ADUSEI-POKU
Commissioner/Executive Director, Data Protection Commission, Ghana Bio

HADIZA ALI DAGABANA
General Manager, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Bio

AWA NDIAYE
President, Personal Data Protection Commission (CDP), Senegal Bio

MOHAMMED OUZGANE
Governor, Director, Regulations and Human Rights, Ministry of Interior, Morocco Bio

SHASHI RAGHUNANDAN
Senior Vice President, Humanitarian & Development, Mastercard Bio

KHALED SELLAMI
Director General, e-Government Administration Unit, Office of the Prime Minister, Tunisia Bio

BARRY COOPER
Technical Director, Center for Financial Regulations and Inclusion (CENFRI) Bio

LIONEL BARABAM
Co-founder & CEO, Famoco Bio

ODO YARAMBA
Rwanda Country Director, ZAKA Group Ltd Bio

FRANZ BRUDL
Project Manager, Mobile Identities, Youniqx Identity AG Bio

LEONARD ZULU
Deputy Director, UNHCR’s Regional Bureau for Southern Africa Bio

DR. ISAAC M. RUTENBERG
PhD, JD, Director, Center for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT), Kenya Bio

ACHIENG AKENA
Executive Director, International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI) Bio

KENNETH OKEREAFOR
Deputy General Manager, Database Security, ICT Department, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Nigeria Bio

BASHAR T. R. ARAFEH
Managing Director, MEA, IrisGuard Bio

MICHAËL G.L. FOLANE
Director General, National Agency of Security for Information Systems (ANSSI), Burkina Faso Bio

CEDRIC HUET
Vice President, Digital ID Sales, Public Security and Identity, IDEMIA Bio

FREDERIC REBOULLEAU
Director, Marketing Enabler, Orange Bio

BART SYMONS
Director of ZetesConfidens Trust Services, Zetes People ID Bio

LÉONTINE GBATO
Director of Personal Data Protection, ARTCI, Côte d’lvoire Bio

TEKI A. FALCONER
Founder & Executive Director, Africa Digital Rights’ Hub, Ghana Bio

DHWANI YAGNARAMAN
Associate, Busara Center for Behavioral Economics Bio

ALEXANDRA GRIGORE
CPO & Co-Founder, Simprints Bio

LIZ OREMBO
Trustee, Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Bio

ROBERT PALACIOS
Global Lead, Social Protection, The World Bank Bio

ARUN SHARMA
Director, Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) Mission, Cabinet Secretary, The Government of India Bio

MAHA BAHOU
CEO, Jordan Payments and Clearing Company (JoPACC) Bio

ARCHIE HESSE
CEO, Ghana Interbank Payment & Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) Bio

GREGOR DOBBIE
CEO, Vocalink – a Mastercard Company Bio

OLIVER CHINGANYA
Director, African Centre for Statistics, UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Bio

ANETTE BAYER FORSINGDAL
Senior Program Specialist, Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems, International Development Research Centre ( IDRC), Canada Bio

MARTIN NYAHODA
Deputy Registrar General, Department of National Registration, Passport and Citizenship, Zambia Bio

DIANA GICHENGO
Program Manager, Identity and Inclusion, Kenya Human Rights Commission Bio

BRONWEN MANBY
Senior Policy Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science Bio

ANNE-SOPHIE OGER
Civil Registration & Identity Expert, Enabel Bio

EMMANUEL K. BROWN
Vice President, and Senior Officer, ID4Africa Identity Council, ID4Africa Ambassador for Ghana and National Identification Authority (NIA), Ghana Bio

JI ZHENG
Technical Marketing Manager, Identity Solutions, Infineon Technologies Bio

DANIEL HOLLIGER
Regional Sales Director, Government Documents, OVD Kinegram Bio

MICHAEL EDWARDS
Director, Business Development & Technical Sales – eGovernment, Veridos Bio

CALUM BUNNEY
Senior Systems Product Manager, Citizen ID, HID Global Bio

MICHAEL PISA
Policy Fellow, Center for Global Development Bio

DR. STEPHEN TOPLISS
Vice President, Global Market Planning, LexisNexis Risk Solutions Bio

NINA KERKEZ
Market Planning Director, LexisNexis Risk Solutions Bio

EMAD MUHANNA
Vice President, Government Sector, SITA Bio

LESLEY-ANN VAUGHAN
Co-Creator, M-PESA Bio

DR. GARRY CONILLE
Chairman of the Board, ID2020 Bio

TARA NATHAN
Executive Vice President, Public-Private Partnerships, Mastercard Bio

FRANK LEYMAN
Manager, International Relations, Directorate General for Digital Transformations Federal Public Service, Policy and Support (BOSA), Belgium Bio

RAHEL FIDEL
Head, Management Information Systems, Ministry of Revenue, Ethiopia Bio

ADAM COOPER
Identity Expert & Consultant, ID4D, The World Bank Bio

R.RAJESHKUMAR
Chief Executive, Auctorizium Pte Ltd Bio

JANA KRIMPE
Co-Founder & Co-Chair, GANMI (Global Alliance for National Mobile Identities) Bio

AIMÉ MARTIAL MASSAMBA
Deputy Director, Official Biometric Identification Project of Gabon (IBOGA) Ministry of Interior, Gabon Bio

MELANIE TJIJENDA
Director, Quality Assurance, Standards, Skills Development & Coordination and Project Manager for eGovernance, Dept. of Public Service Information Technology Management, Office of the Prime Minister, Namibia Bio

TANUJ BHOJWANI
Co-Chair, Digital Public Goods Alliance & Fellow at iSPIRT Bio

MAGUETTE NDONG
Technical Advisor, Digital Square Project, PATH Bio

EDWARD DUFFUS
Global Head of Innovation, Plan International Bio

SRIJONI SEN
Legal Counsel, Modular Open Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) Bio

EDDIE-JOSEPH KAGO
CEO, Vibranium ID Bio

PRIYA VORA
CEO, Future State Bio

SHAIDA BADIEE
Managing Director & Co-Founder, Open Data Watch Bio

STEPHEN CHACHA
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Tanzania Data Lab Bio

PATRICK GROTHER
Head, Biometric Evaluation Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Bio

THAMPY KOSHY
Senior Partner, Ernst & Young (EY) Bio

NIDHI PAREKH
Project Director, DigiFi Africa, Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) Bio

BART SUICHIES
Head, Digital and Software, SICPA SA Bio

CARSTEN MAPLE
Fellow, Alan Turing Institute, Professor, Cyber Systems Engineering WMG University of Warwick Bio

DR. MICHIEL VAN DER VEEN
Director Innovation & Development, Ministry of Interior and Kingdom relations, National Office for Identity Data, The Netherlands Bio

C. V. MADHUKAR
Investment Partner, Omidyar Network Bio

INDIA BIRRELL
Research Assistant, ID4Africa Bio

RECK DENIS ELION-EYAINEBI
Advisor of Information Systems and the IBOGA Project, Minister of Interior, Gabon Bio