For me, the most relevant new topic and trend was to finally see the convergence of decentralized identities (DID) and traditional approaches on IAM starting. DID, also referred to as SSI (Self Sovereign Identity) or verifiable credentials, is a concept where the user has a wallet that holds proofs of identities and attributes.
* [OIDF Workshop at EIC 2022 — Tuesday, May 10, 2022](https://openid.net/workshops/workshop-at-eic-2022/)
The OpenID Foundation hosted a workshop at [EIC 2022 in Berlin](https://www.kuppingercole.com/events/eic2022/)that was part of the pre-conference workshops on Tuesday, May 10, 2022.
The Foundation was thrilled to welcome and introduce two of the 2022 Kim Cameron Award winners, Rachelle Sellung and Alen Horvat at the workshop. The Foundation will soon publish blogs from Rachelle and Alen describing their experiences at EIC 2022.
* [What the EIC Decentralized Identity Award Means For Indicio](https://indicio.tech/what-the-eic-decentralized-identity-award-means-for-indicio/)Indico
it could provide definitive proof of a person’s Covid test status without airlines having to integrate with centralized databases of health data, a path mired in complexity and legal liability. It could allow passengers to use this proof in a way that protected their privacy.
* [EIC Keynote 2022 — The Value Paradox: The 3 Inflections of IGA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DejA_YoyhrBg)Jackson Shaw
Explore the inflection points of identity governance and administration (IGA) through modern history with Jackson Shaw at the 2022 European Identity & Cloud Conference (EIC) hosted by KuppingerCole.
* [ABB Honored with an EIC Award for Excellence in Enterprise IAM](https://blog.clearskye.com/abb-honored-with-an-eic-award-for-excellence-in-enterprise-iam)Clearskye
ABB is being honored for its Global IAM initiative, established to improve security, compliance, and operations, and ensure access management is properly overseen. But with operations in over 100 countries,180,000 employees,13,000 servers, 6,500 applications, hundreds of HR systems, and a complex Active Directory implementation, this is not an easy undertaking.
* [Announcing the 2022 OpenID Foundation Kim Cameron Award](https://openid.net/2022/04/08/announcing-the-2022-openid-foundation-kim-cameron-scholarship/)OpenID
Award recipients will be studying, researching, interning or working in a field relevant to one or more [OpenID Foundation working groups](https://openid.net/wg/)and consistent with Foundation’s Mission. The recipients will also be invited to participate in Foundation breakout meetings at the European Identity Conference and Identiverse which will provide exposure to both the Foundation’s business as well as leading technologists.
GAIN was a big topic of discussion
* [Nat Sakimura @_nat_en · May 12](https://twitter.com/_nat_en/status/1524654753917153280)
GAIN: The Global Assured Identity Network [@OIX_Nick](https://twitter.com/OIX_Nick)and [@gailhodges](https://twitter.com/gailhodges)on the main stage.
* [Protocols, Standards, Alliances: How to Re-GAIN the Future Internet from the Big Platforms](https://www.kuppingercole.com/watch/eic2022-panel-gain-future-internet)Kuppinger Cole
just like trade unions helped the working class during the industrial revolution to fight for their rights. In this panel session, we will discuss about the enablers of such a different approach and the requirements to actually be successfull.
## Tweeters
Tweet from EIC By [Tatsuo Kudo](https://twitter.com/tkudos/status/1525039878911713282)
Answering the#privacyquestion asked in[@timcappalli](https://twitter.com/timcappalli)'s #ssetoken revocation talk at the#EiC2022- read thisOpenIDblog post to know how privacy can be protected in SSE
* [Shared Signals: An Open Standard for Webhooks](https://openid.net/2021/08/24/shared-signals-an-open-standard-for-webhooks/)
defines stream-based communication mechanisms between Transmitters that generate events and Receivers that consume them. It defines an Event Stream Management API for obtaining the Transmitter configuration: Which events it supports, how they can be verified, and where it sends them to the receiver.
* [@styrainc 12:02 PM · May 11, 2022](https://twitter.com/styrainc/status/1524419573096800257)
“[@OpenPolicyAgent](https://twitter.com/OpenPolicyAgent)has become the standard for policy-based access and externalized#Authorization”. A great takeaway from the intro to#OPAfor multi-cloud policy and process portability session at#EIC2022.
