Re: Introducing our new W3C CCG Co-Chair

This is great news! Congrats Denken!

I’m new to this but learned a lot chatting with Denken at TPAC.

Also Happy Holidays and New Year to all.

Elaine Wooton

On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM Patrick St-Louis <
patrick.st-louis@opsecid.ca> wrote:

> Congratulations Denken!
>
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM Will Abramson <will@legreq.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am delighted to announce that Denken Chen will be joining Mahmoud and
>> myself as a Co-Chair of the Credentials Community Group in January.
>>
>> Denken is currently affiliated with the Ministry of Digital Affairs,
>> Taiwan and is an active contributor to the standards efforts at the W3C and
>> the broader decentralized identity space.
>>
>> He is also, I believe, our first chair from the Asia Pacific region. This
>> is an exciting opportunity to deepen our connections with the people and
>> communities building decentralized identity solutions throughout this
>> region.
>>
>> I look forward to working with you in the new year Denken!
>>
>> Finally, let me express my gratitude to Harrison Tang, our outgoing
>> chair. Harrison has done an excellent job over the past three years,
>> providing a structure and organisation to our weekly calls that has greatly
>> reduced the administrative burden of being a chair. It is thanks to
>> Harrison that we have a regular schedule of engaging speakers lined up
>> months in advance.
>>
>> Harrison, you will be missed. Don't be a stranger :)
>>
>> Our first call back in the new year will be on the Tuesday 13th of
>> January. This will be an opportunity to hear from Denken and chat with
>> other CCG community members.
>>
>> Happy holidays everyone!
>> Will
>>
>>