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

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 - Social Hub Amsterdam City

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.

A quick introduction of Sheila Ghosh:
EDI-stelselarchitect 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.

### 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.

### 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
• Presentation on the characteristics of eIDAS/EUDI from that perspective - 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/lfdt-netherlands/events/314921548

Meetup – SEDI en het KERI-protocol vergelijken met het eIDAS-gebaseerde EUID.

Maandag 29 juni, 19:00 uur
Amsterdam (zie beneden voor de Social Hub Amsterdam City)

Een meetup over SEDI en het ondersteunende KERI-protocol en hoe dit zich verhoudt tot de EUID-wallet (eIDAS-gebaseerd) die we in Europa gaan krijgen.

Kort:
SEDI = State-Endorsed Digital Identity, wettelijk vastgelegd in de staat Utah (US). De staat “endorses” een digitale identiteit, maar de burger blijft zelf de identity provider.
KERISuite / KERI = technische basislaag voor veilige, zelfbeheerde, lang houdbare, cryptografisch verifieerbare digitale identiteit.

eIDAS = Europees juridisch kader voor elektronische identificatie en vertrouwensdiensten.

EUDI Wallet = de Europese digitale identiteitswallet onder eIDAS 2.0, waarmee burgers en organisaties digitale credentials kunnen bewaren en delen.

Samenhang:
SEDI en eIDAS/EUDI zijn twee beleidsmodellen voor digitale identiteit: VS versus EU. KERI/KERISuite kan worden gezien als een mogelijke technische infrastructuur om zulke modellen privacyvriendelijk, decentraal en verifieerbaar uit te voeren. SEDI legt meer nadruk op individuele soevereiniteit en de staat die goedkeurende ondersteuning geeft;
Sheila: "eIDAS/EUDI legt niet alleen nadruk op EU-brede interoperabiliteit en wettelijke erkenning, maar stelt privacy, veiligheid en gebruikersgemak centraal. Het opbouwen van vertrouwen onder Europese ingezetenen is daarbij een belangrijk onderdeel van de bredere adoptie."

De meetup wordt georganiseerd door Permissionless Society Meetup Group en ondersteund door de Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LFDT).

Er zijn twee sprekers:
Een introductie over SEDI en het KERI-protocol - Henk van Cann
Europese Digitale Identiteit Wallet: meer mogelijkheden online - Sheila Ghosh

Toegang is gratis. Deur open om 18:45 uur. Het begint precies om 19:00 uur.
Om 20:30 uur uiterlijk napraten met een borrel.

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)