I am appearing at the Digital Identity and Privacy Tech Forum 2024, hosted by PwC Japan Group, where I serve as an adviser. It will be available from March 11, 2024 (Monday) through April 30, 2024 (Tuesday). This online, on-demand forum provides several sessions explaining in detail the latest trends in digital identity and privacy technology, important areas of privacy protection accompanying digitalization.
- Digital ID Trust for Building Confidence in a Digital Society: The Future of Digital ID in Japan
- Technologies Supporting Digital Identity — Failed and Successful Solution Implementations
- The Forefront of Privacy Governance — What Companies Must Do Now to Promote Data Use
- Using Privacy Technology and Its Future Prospects
I appear in session 1, “Digital ID Trust for Building Confidence in a Digital Society: The Future of Digital ID in Japan,” led by Takehisa Shibata, Director at PwC Consulting LLC, who planned the session.

I was joined by:
- Naofumi Mitsushio, Security Architect, Digital Agency
- Nick Mothershaw, Chief Identity Strategist, OIX
- Takehisa Shibata, Director, PwC Consulting LLC
These 3 participants were joined by Mr. Fujiyoshi of Forbes Japan as moderator.
The topics were:
- “The Concept of Digital Identity”
- “Global Standardization Trends in Digital ID Trust”
- “Expectations of Japanese Government Stakeholders for the Identity Ecosystem”
- “The Current State of Japanese Companies and Discussion of Future Use”
- “Future Prospects”
We exchanged perspectives and opinions on these issues.
The recording took place in a studio whose walls and floor are made of LED panels1, giving me an excellent and entirely new experience2. With my recent decline in eyesight, I could not see the cue cards—or even the next topic—so I relied completely on improvisation. I hope you will watch and let me know what you think.
The titles of the other 3 sessions are also highly intriguing. I have not watched them yet, but I intend to make time to do so.
Please register to watch on the registration page.
https://www.pwc.com/jp/ja/seminars/digital-identity-forum2024.html
Footnotes
- LED Tokyo Yokohama Studio
- my first such experience
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