Re: DID Press Release Testimonials

From: Identity Woman in Business

I still remember that first whiteboard session for what would become
Decentralized Identifiers (DID) v1.0 that I helped facilitate following the
ID2020 conference in 2016. Since then, as a community steward and
contributor, I have had the pleasure to watch the DID specification
progress through workshoping at the Internet Identity Workshop and
pre-standardization in the Credentials Community Group before spec work
graduated into an official W3C working group - which I participated in as
well. It is a big milestone for the community and towards the
infrastructure we need to support individuals really owning and controlling
the digital representations of themselves. In my new role as a Principal of
a Decentralized Identity consulting firm, I look forward to helping
organizations understand and implement this standard.


Kaliya Young, Identity Woman <http://www.identitywoman.net>, Founder and
Principal at Identity Woman in Business
<https://consulting.identitywoman.net/>, W3C Invited Expert, co-founder of
the Internet Identity Workshop <http://www.internetidentityworkshop.com>

On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 8:49 AM Adrian Gropper <agropper@healthurl.com>
wrote:

> Standardized DIDs are an essential first step toward empowering
> individuals to engage peers, institutions and service providers without
> having to trade platform surveillance for convenience. A standardized
> digital identifier empowers the individual by reducing their switching
> costs among service providers and platform intermediaries. The power of
> individual choice and self-determination will not be realized, however,
> unless the protocols that incorporate identity enable delegation in order
> to manage the burden of choice and the anxiety of self-determination.
>
> Adrian Gropper, CTO, Patient Privacy Rights Foundation
>
> On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 12:23 PM Zundel, Brent <brent.zundel@avast.com>
> wrote:
>
>> This message is to inform the DID WG and CCG that the W3C intends to
>> write a press release.
>> To that end, we are seeking testimonials about Decentralized Identifiers.
>> For an example of the sort of thing we're looking for, please see:
>> https://www.w3.org/2019/03/pressrelease-webauthn-rec.html
>>
>> The testimonials may be submitted as a reply to this email. The deadline
>> for submission is July 15th.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Brent Zundel, co-chair DID WG
>>
>