The ID X Summit 2025 – powered by WebID – is the event for everyone active or interested in the field of digital identification and contract signing. Under the motto “REAL PEOPLE. DIGITAL WORLD.”, the Summit on 25 September 2025 in Hamburg promises an inspiring day full of innovative ideas. The format features captivating talks, lively panels, and hands-on Q&A sessions – in short, an event that addresses current challenges as well as the trends and topics of tomorrow.
Thematically, the ID X Summit 2025 covers a broad spectrum – from Identity & Access Management, Identity Governance, and identity in Web3 and the Metaverse to identity fraud in the context of KYE/KYC, anti-money laundering regulations, data protection, eIDAS 2.0, and the EUDI Wallet.
Klaus Fellner, Managing Director of Namirial Austria, will take the stage at 2:15 p.m. together with Clemens Schleupner, Manager Ecosystem & Partnership Development at SPRIND, and Dennis Hannemann, Head of the Regulatory Strategy and Outsourcing Department at Bundesanzeiger Verlag, in the panel “EUDI Wallet: What Can We Expect by 2027?” to discuss the technological and regulatory steps necessary for achieving a fully established digital identity across Europe.
With Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 (“eIDAS2”), all EU and EEA member states are required to provide digital wallets by 2026 at the latest. These wallets will link national identities with credentials such as driving licences, educational qualifications, or bank account details, enabling citizens to exchange electronic credentials easily and in a privacy-preserving way directly via their smartphones – with cross-border acceptance included.
In 2025, the focus is on practical implementation: numerous implementing acts came into force on 27 May 2025, including rules on the accreditation of wallet-relying parties, the list of certified wallet providers, and procedures for qualified trust services such as remote signatures and electronic archiving. Peer-to-peer interoperability tests were also conducted – in February in Warsaw and in May in Vilnius – involving over 1,300 tests between 34 stakeholders from 20 countries. The publication of further implementing acts is in progress, and Namirial’s feedback on these acts is available on the European Commission’s website.
The EU’s goal is to provide all citizens with universal access to secure digital identity by 2030. The increased use of the online ID card – from 14 % in 2023 to 22 % in 2024 – is a positive sign, although issues such as the unresolved PIN reset process remain.
For the private sector, waiting is not an option. Given rising customer expectations, increasing digitalisation requirements, and the risks of identity fraud, timely and decisive digital transformation initiatives are essential – even without waiting for the full implementation of eIDAS2.