Omnisecure has been regarded as the leading conference for digital identities and secure smart ID solutions for decades. 450 experts from business, administration and science are expected to discuss current trends and technologies relating to identity management, authentication procedures, trust services, data security and data protection in Germany, Europe and globally.
Launched in 1994 under the name Omnicard as a meeting place for the smart card community, the event has evolved from card-based concepts to software-based identity solutions without additional hardware.
Today, the focus is on trustworthy digital identities, secure infrastructures, eIDAS-compliant procedures and the further development of regulatory frameworks. The event is aimed at legal and technical professionals in public authorities and companies from regulated industries (e.g. banking, insurance, telecommunications and energy) as well as their IT service providers and consultants. During the breaks and at the accompanying trade exhibition, decision-makers from administration, industry and consulting meet for informal exchanges. With its mix of technical and legal depth and strategic perspective, the conference offers a high-calibre platform for everyone involved in shaping the future of secure digital identities. Namirial will once again be represented in Berlin by Jörg Lenz, Head of Marketing and Communications, among others.
On 19 January 2026, he will give a presentation and participate in a detailed session on new trust services that have been added since 2024 thanks to the revised EU Regulation on electronic identities and trust services (eIDAS 2.0), together with Christian Drews, Head of Human Resources and Legal at Governikus, and Arno Fiedler, Founder & CEO of Nimbus Technologieberatung. A representative of the Federal Network Agency has also been invited to participate in this session.
This session will provide an overview of the status and prospects in terms of regulation, technology, political influences and market potential for the new trust services
- Qualified electronic attribute certificates – digital evidence of specific personal attributes that can be issued by providers of qualified trust services with the highest level of evidential value.
- Qualified electronic archiving services for tamper-proof long-term storage. This data includes electronic contracts, electronic signatures or seals, electronic time stamps or digital receipts, whose long-term evidential value and probative force must be ensured.
- Qualified management of remote signature and remote seal creation units. This service allows for the centralised management of secure signature keys, enabling remote signatures and seals without local hardware.
Qualified electronic journals are also briefly discussed. These are based on electronic distributed ledgers, such as blockchain technology. In particular, there are different priorities for the use of this technology in EU countries in the context of digital identities. At Omnisecure 2022, the then Federal CIO Dr. Markus Richter explained that blockchain technology would not be used in Germany in this area for the time being.
The session will also examine new compliance requirements for established trust services, in particular signatures and seals, in the context of new implementing regulations. Among other things, the discussion panel will conduct a reality check to determine the extent to which trust services in Germany can be provided in a needs-based and sustainable manner under the new framework conditions. In addition, an initial assessment will be made as to whether the legislation on the European Business Wallet, which will come into force in 2026, can close the gap created by the discontinuation of De-Mail through the creation of harmonised qualified delivery services.