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On 2 September, as part of the Global Digital Collaboration Conference 2026, IEEE, in cooperation with École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Gigabit European Academic Network (GÉANT), Miles College, Netherlands, and Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), is organizing a panel discussion on how trust in digital systems can be defined, assessed, and operationalised through standards, indicators, and value-based design, and how digital identity can support trustworthy interactions across digital environments.
Co-organized by IEEE, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Gigabit European Academic Network (GÉANT), Miles College, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) sur le site de IEEE SA
Aligned with the Conference’s focus on advancing digital trust infrastructure worldwide, the session will examine how concepts central to digital humanism, such as transparency, accountability, human agency, inclusion, privacy, security, and fundamental rights, can be translated into practical assessment criteria for digital public infrastructure and identity ecosystems.
It will bring together perspectives from standards development, applied research, industry, government and civil society to discuss how trust and identity assurance can be embedded not only in technology design, but also in public governance, procurement, regulatory frameworks, and cross-border digital cooperation.
The speakers will refer to current work on Digital Humanism Indicators, value-based design and assessment, and relevant standardization efforts, offering participants a concrete bridge between high-level principles of digital humanism and implementable tools for trustworthy digital collaboration.
Speakers
- Tom Barbereau, Scientist Specialist, TNO
- Thomas Lohninger, Executive Director, epicenter.works
- Brian Kemler, Principal Product Manager, DoorDash
- Walter Gehr, Deputy Director, Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs$
- Clara Neppel, Senior Director, IEEE Europe
This session is organized as part of the EU-funded project EUDHIT (European Digital Humanism Initiative), that IEEE Europe is part of.
More information about the event: https://globaldigitalcollaboration.org/