Happy Holidays!
The OpenWallet Foundation team would like to wish you and yours Happy Holidays and a Happy New Years!
We had some last minute news and wanted to end 2024 with holiday wishes, a few final stories and a review of things to look forward to next year.
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Recent Achievements
Congrats to Animo (using Credo) and Lissi (using Wallet Framework for .Net Lab) teams for moving forward in the SPRIND Funke competition! You can find out more about the competition and the work of these teams here.
OpenWallet Forum
The inaugural High-Level Panel Meeting in Davos will be held on 22nd January, where influential leaders from both public and private sectors, including our Premier and General Members, will converge. A discussion panel on digital wallet interoperability will be held, and the primary outcome will be to adopt a call to action for global interoperability.
23 Member States and 9 intergovernmental organisations have joined the Government Consultative Committee (GCC), and many others are in the process. The leadership team will be confirmed at the next meeting on 28th January.
We are in the midst of organizing a groundbreaking Global Summit in Geneva, scheduled for early July 2025. This unique event will facilitate an open dialogue between OWF developers and GCC members—an opportunity you won’t want to miss!
Technical Advisory Council
The Technical Advisory Council for the OpenWallet Foundation provides guidance and technical leadership to OWF projects and community. The TAC meets every two weeks for one hour.
Recent TAC Meetings
During the December 11th TAC meeting, TAC Chair Tracy Kuhrt shared a fantastic retrospective of 2024 with the TAC and led a conversation about what worked, what needs work and ideas for the future.
Agenda
TAC Schedule
The first TAC of 2025 is scheduled for 8 January.
Events
OWF ED Daniel Goldscheider was a recent guest on the Identerati Office Hours livestream. Daniel and host Mike Schwartz discussed the UN and OpenWallet Digital Public Infrastructure Collaboration. Check out this fantastic 45 minute discussion here.
On Tuesday December 31st at 16:00CET, OWF Executive Director Daniel Goldscheider will share his POV on the panel, “The Future of Public Sector Collaboration Across Europe”. Find out more here: https://summit.openforumeurope.org/
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