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DIF Techincal Lead @bumblefudge.com shares his reflections from representing DIF & AGNTCon + MCPCon Europe, where massive enterprise deployments existed alongside a strong sense that “we’re so early.”

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October 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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DIF member Martin Riedel joins PANEL: Standing Privilege for Machines: The Habit We Can't Break at AIdentity & NHI Impact Day.

📅 Oct 6 · 12:10
📍 Marriott Hotel, Munich
👉 Event details: zurl.co/3UAHl
AI & NHI Impact Day 2026 Agenda
Have a look at how the event agenda is structured at the AIdentity & Non-Human Identity Impact Day 2026
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October 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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DIF member Martin Riedel presents No Keys on the Agent: Delegated Authority from DIF Concepts to SSH in Practice [Intermediate] at AIdentity & NHI Impact Day.

📅 Oct 6 · 10:50📍 Marriott Hotel, Munich

👉 Event details: www.kuppingercole.com/events/nhiid...
October 4, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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DIF member @curity.bsky.social joins the conversation in Munich, with Gerhard Zehethofer on PANEL: Building Trust for the Autonomous Enterprise.

📅 Oct 6 · 15:40
📍 Marriott Hotel, Munich

👉 Event details: www.kuppingercole.com/events/nhiid...
AIdentity & Non-Human Identity Impact Day 2026
Learn how to secure and govern non-human identities at scale through analyst insights, real-world case studies, and practical implementation guidance. Explore proven approaches to protecting AI...
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October 2, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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DIF member @curity.bsky.social joins AIdentity & Non-Human Identity Impact Day, with Mike Goerlich presenting Secure the Chain: Continuous Authorisation for Autonomous Action [Intermediate].

📅 Oct 6 · 10:30
📍 Munich

👉 Event details: www.kuppingercole.com/events/nhiid...
AIdentity & Non-Human Identity Impact Day 2026
Learn how to secure and govern non-human identities at scale through analyst insights, real-world case studies, and practical implementation guidance. Explore proven approaches to protecting AI...
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October 2, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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DIF ED @gracedao.bsky.social joins as a panelist for “Machines Now Outnumber Humans - Is IAM Ready” at AIdentity & Non-Human Identity Impact Day in Munich.

📅 Oct 6 · 11:10
📍 Marriott Hotel, Munich

👉 Event details: www.kuppingercole.com/events/nhiid...
October 1, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Being a chair of a DIF Working Group is a great way to get started in the world of standards development. Trusted Agentic AI, Identifiers & Discovery, and DID Methods Working Groups are actively looking for new chairs.

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Who makes the decisions at DIF? It could be you! — Part 2
Next week we start DIF’s Steering Committee Nominations, but if you want an influential role at DIF, you don’t need to be elected–you can step up to chair one of the Working Groups at any time. In this second in the series of how DIF operates, we
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September 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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You don’t need to be elected to take on an influential role at DIF.
Associate & Contributing members can step up to co-chair a Working Group, help move work items forward & participate in DIF’s Technical Steering Committee.

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Who makes the decisions at DIF? It could be you! — Part 2
Next week we start DIF’s Steering Committee Nominations, but if you want an influential role at DIF, you don’t need to be elected–you can step up to chair one of the Working Groups at any time. In this second in the series of how DIF operates, we
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September 30, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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Who Gave the Agent Permission?

DIF ED @gracedao.bsky.social joins KuppingerCole’s Road to Impact Days webinar on delegated authority, trust & accountability in agentic AI.

📅 Sept 29 · 16:00 CEST
💻 Online
👉 Register now: okt.to/RwrkUh

Event: www.kuppingercole.com/events/nhiid...
September 23, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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🔥 The latest DIF Hot Takes is out! Damian Glover & Ward Duchamps reflect on AI for Good, covering trust management for AI agents, accountability, attestation & agent interactions.

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AI for Good Hot Takes: Trust, Identity, and Accountability for AI Agents
In this DIF Hot Takes session, Damian Glover and Ward Duchamps reflect on AI for Good and discuss emerging approaches to trust management for AI agents.Topic...
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September 23, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Unlocking Self-Sovereignty at the MetaTr@versal Immersive Identity Summit.
DIF ED @gracedao.bsky.social joins experts exploring open identity standards, authenticity & portable identity in immersive spaces.

📅 Sep 22 | 9am PT / 6pm CET

👉 Register: luma.com/9xhxk5v7
September 22, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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DIF members Sachio, Dylan, and Rosalyn are hosting Agentic Identity, Explained, with sessions on agentic identity happening throughout this week.

📅 September 21-25, 2026
🕘 9am PT · 12pm ET · 5pm London
🎥 Recordings available

Register here: www.vouched.id/agentic-iden...
Agentic Identity Webinar Series | Vouched
Register for Vouched's five-part webinar series on agentic identity — the crash course plus dedicated sessions on e-commerce, blockchain, healthcare, and general business.
www.vouched.id
September 22, 2026 at 4:51 AM
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CAWG caught unexpected interest from the MCP community: C2PA/CAWG was pitched for provenance of unsigned, unattributed AI agent “skill files,” requiring no changes to MCP itself.

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DIF Newsletter #65
September 2026 DIF Website | DIF Mailing Lists | Meeting Recording Archive Table of contents 1. Decentralized Identity Foundation News 2. Steering Committee Updates 3. GDC Update 4. Working Group Updates 5. Upcoming Events 6. Get involved! Join DIF Decentralized Identity Foundation News Steering Committee Elections are around the corner, with nominations
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September 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Agentic AI work moves forward at DIF: the Delegated Authority report now connects the problem space, solution evaluation, governance & threat modeling, while KYA-OS explores MCP extensions, registries & directories.

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DIF Newsletter #65
September 2026 DIF Website | DIF Mailing Lists | Meeting Recording Archive Table of contents 1. Decentralized Identity Foundation News 2. Steering Committee Updates 3. GDC Update 4. Working Group Updates 5. Upcoming Events 6. Get involved! Join DIF Decentralized Identity Foundation News Steering Committee Elections are around the corner, with nominations
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September 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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DIDComm is staying at DIF, with the WG turning its attention toward DIDComm 3.0 rather than pursuing an IETF RFC.

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DIF Newsletter #65
September 2026 DIF Website | DIF Mailing Lists | Meeting Recording Archive Table of contents 1. Decentralized Identity Foundation News 2. Steering Committee Updates 3. GDC Update 4. Working Group Updates 5. Upcoming Events 6. Get involved! Join DIF Decentralized Identity Foundation News Steering Committee Elections are around the corner, with nominations
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September 17, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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In the DID Methods Working Group, did:hedera and did:soul are in the Recommended DID Methods review period with did:julia showing promise as a potential candidate.

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DIF Newsletter #65
September 2026 DIF Website | DIF Mailing Lists | Meeting Recording Archive Table of contents 1. Decentralized Identity Foundation News 2. Steering Committee Updates 3. GDC Update 4. Working Group Updates 5. Upcoming Events 6. Get involved! Join DIF Decentralized Identity Foundation News Steering Committee Elections are around the corner, with nominations
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September 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Where’s Your Network State Passport? Why don’t alternative communities have one? Web3 talks about sovereignty and privacy.

At Berlin Ethereum Day, DIF's @gracedao.bsky.social explores interoperability, KYC reliance & privacy-preserving identity.

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Where's My Network State Passport? | Grace Rachmany (Berlin Ethereum Day, June 2026)
Despite all the talk of sovereignty, DAOs as a new form of governance, and Network States, the Web3 communities have not solved the problems of identity. In ...
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September 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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The agentic identity conversation continues Oct. 6 in Munich. DIF ED @gracedao.bsky.social will speak on Who Approved That? The One Question Your Agent Logs Cannot Answer [Advanced].

👉 AIdentity & Non-Human Identity Impact Day 2026: www.kuppingercole.com/sessions/789...
Delegated Authority, Trust & Accountability
Every agent log answers what happened and none answer who allowed it. This talk closes that gap with live forensics on a staged incident.Sooner or later an AI agent at your company will do...
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September 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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DIF TAAWG member Rosalyn Curato of @vouched.bsky.social joins Forcepoint’s podcast, Autonomous Agents Need a Verified Identity, to discuss agent identity, delegated permissions & KYA-OS.

🎧 Listen to the podcast: www.forcepoint.com/resources/po...
Autonomous Agents Need a Verified Identity with Rosalyn Curato
Rosalyn Curato of Vouched explains why every AI agent needs a verified identity tied to a real human, and how agentic security keeps rogue agents in check.
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September 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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DIF Technical Lead & TAAWG Co-Chair @bumblefudge.com will be at AGNTCon + MCPCon Europe, where the agentic AI ecosystem comes together around MCP, interoperability & agent systems.

📍 RAI Amsterdam · Sept. 17–18
👉 events.linuxfoundation.org/agntcon-mcpc...
September 15, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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🔥 The latest DIF Hot Takes is out.

George Fletcher reflects on IETF 126, covering AI’s impact on standards, delegated authorization, agent interoperability & the challenges of moving authorization across trust boundaries.

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IETF 126 Hot Takes: AI, Delegated Authorization, and the Future of Standards
In this DIF Hot Takes session, George Fletcher reflects on his experience at IETF 126 in Vienna and discusses what stood out from the week’s standards conver...
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September 11, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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Join Damian Glover & Ward Duchamps as they share their reflections on the AI for Good Global Summit 2026 in Geneva and what stood out from the event.

📅 Sep 14, 2026 · Monday
🕝 9AM PDT

Check out the DIF Calendar bit.ly/dif-group-cal or become a DIF member to attend live.
DIF Calendar
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September 8, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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In a new DIF guest post, Alan Karp argues that restricting delegation can encourage credential sharing, proxy workarounds, and weaker security.

Read the full blog: blog.identity.foundation/blocking-del...
Blocking Delegation is an Anti-pattern
Guest Post by Alan Karp, Principled Architect of The Global Computer, DIF Member, Trusted AI Agents Working Group Editor’s Note: To Silicon Valley insiders, Alan Karp has been the unsung guru of delegation and “capability security” for decades, urging people at a wide range of conferences to reconsider some
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September 3, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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And another one! 🎉 did:ethr is now a DIF Recommended DID method.

Any Ethereum address becomes a valid DID — no registration required.

Congrats to Mircea Nistor for sponsoring the method.

Come join the conversation: identity.foundation/working-groups/did-methods.html
September 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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did:cid is now a DIF Recommended DID method 🚀

Built on the Archon protocol by Archetech — instant, zero-cost DID creation via IPFS with flexible finality options. Fully W3C compliant and production-ready.

Follow the work:
👉 archetech.com
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Archon - Decentralized Identity Protocol
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September 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM