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

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, while eIDAS/EUDI focuses more on EU-wide interoperability and legal recognition.

There are also concerns about the level of trust European citizens are expected to place in these systems.

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
• Presentation on the characteristics of eIDAS/EUDI from that perspective - {Speaker wanted}

We are still looking for the second speaker.

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 Henk van Cann

1. MSc Management and Computer Science (1992) and BSc Water and Soil Management (1987)
2. Certified Bitcoin Professional & MOOC DFIN 511 University of Nicosia - Digital Currencies (2016)
3. Co-founder ‘Permission-less Society’ Meetups (2016-today)
4. Trainer of teachers at Blockchain Workspace (2016-2020)
5. Cardgame bitcoin misconceptions site (2019-2021)
6. KERI Suite documentation and education (2021-today)
7. Co-chair Concepts & terminology of Lunix Foundation Decentralized Trust /Trust over IP foundation (2023-2025)
8. Founding chairman of KERI Foundation LLC (2024-today)
9. Organizer of the KERICONF26 in Utah, US (2025-today)