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 leg