ID2020

Identity2020 Systems, Inc. (known as the ID2020 Alliance or simply ID2020) is an American non-governmental organization based in New York City, New York.¹⁾

The inaugural ID2020 summit took place at the United Nations headquarters in New York City in May 2016. The topic of the summit was “how to provide a unique digital identity to everyone on the planet, including the 1.5 billion people living without any form of recognized identification.”²⁾

The 2018 summit was held in September 2018, and focused on defining what constitutes a “good” digital ID. Sponsors for the event included the United Nations Office of Information Communications Technology (OICT), United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), International Telecommunication Union and the Consulate General of Denmark in New York.³⁾

Participants in the ID2020 initiative include:^{4) 5) 6) 7) 8)}

• Accenture
• Avanade
• Care International
• City of Austin, Texas
• Cisco
• Facebook
• FHI 360
• Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
• Grameen Foundation
• Hyperledger
• IDEO
• Kiva
• Mastercard
• Mercy Corps
• Microsoft
• National Cybersecurity Center
• Okta
• Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Rockefeller Foundation
• Simprints
• United Nations International Computing Centre
• University of California Berkeley