Meetup Digital Freedom - SEDI & KERI Protocol and eIDAS-based EUDI Wallet

A quick introduction of Sheila Ghosh:
System architect for the EDI system in the Netherlands. Started in 2000 as an architect for the Dutch government and was the architect for the first version of DigiD and MijnOverheid.
Bio below, more on LinkedIN.

A quick introduction of Henk van Cann:
KERI Foundation, KERICONF 2026 and onwards, contributing to LFDT-TrustoverIP with documentation and educational resources.
Lagos, Portugal, and Haarlem, The Netherlands
Bio below, more on LinkedIN.

Meetup – Comparing SEDI and the KERI Protocol with the eIDAS-based EUDI Wallet Model
(KERISuite: Free Open-source Identifier Systems Software under TrustoverIP Foundation that is anchored in LFDT)

Monday June 29, 7:00 PM
Amsterdam area (exact location to be announced)
A meetup about SEDI and its supporting KERI protocol, and how this compares to the EUDI Wallet (eIDAS-based) that will be introduced across Europe.

### In short

• SEDI = Model legislated in the State of Utah (US): State-Endorsed Digital Identity. The state endorses a digital identity, while the citizen remains in control.
• KERISuite = technical foundation for secure, self-controlled, persistent, cryptographically verifiable digital identity.
• eIDAS = European legal framework for electronic identification and trust services.
• EUDI Wallet = the European Digital Identity Wallet under eIDAS 2.0, enabling citizens and organizations to store and share digital credentials.

### The relation between these concepts

SEDI and eIDAS/EUDI represent two policy approaches to digital identity: Some US states versus EU.

KERI/KERISuite can be seen as a possible technical infrastructure for implementing such models in a privacy-preserving, decentralized, and verifiable manner.
SEDI places more emphasis on individual sovereignty and state endorsement. Sheila: "... “while eIDAS/EUDI not only emphasizes EU-wide interoperability and legal recognition, but puts privacy, security, and ease of use at its core. Building trust among European residents is an important part of broader adoption.”

The meetup is organized by the Permissionless Society Meetup Group and supported by the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LFDT).

### Speakers

• Introduction to SEDI and the KERI protocol — Henk van Cann
• European Digital Identity Wallet: more features online - Sheila Ghosh

Free entrance.
Doors open at 6:45 PM.

The meetup starts exactly at 7:00 PM. At 8:30 PM we'll have a drink and a chat.

Also announced here: https://www.meetup.com/permissionless-society/events/314848909/

Bio Sheila Ghosh
Sheila Ghosh has been working on digital identity and government digitization for more than 25 years. She started as an architect for the Dutch government in 2000 and was involved in the first versions of DigiD and MijnOverheid.
Since then, she has helped many government organizations with digital identity projects and digital transformation. In this Meetup, Sheila will share her perspective on the European Digital Identity (EDI) Wallet, explain its core concepts, and discuss the standards that underpin it.

Bio Henk van Cann

1. MSc Management and Computer Science (1992) and BSc Water and Soil Management (1987)
2. Co-founder ‘Permission-less Society’ Meetups (2016-today)
3. Trainer of teachers at Blockchain Workspace (2016-2020)
4. KERI Suite documentation and education (2021-today)
5. Co-chair Concepts & terminology of Lunix Foundation Decentralized Trust /Trust over IP foundation (2023-2025)
6. Founding chairman of KERI Foundation LLC (2024-today)
7. Organizer of the KERICONF26 in Utah, US (2025-today)