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February 2020

Become a member of the Sovrin Foundation

The Sovrin Foundation launched a new membership program! Now, individuals and organizations can become 'Sovrin Foundation Members' by being a Donor, Steward, and/or Volunteer.

As a nonprofit, the Sovrin Foundation relies on financial donations from its Donors in order to continue to build the Sovrin Network and promote SSI around the world. Stewards commit ongoing resources to strengthen the infrastructure of the network, and Volunteers give their time and expertise by participating in our many governance working groups, industry-specific task forces, and open source developer calls.

If you would like to learn more about any of these membership roles, please fill out the inquiry form at https://sovrin.org/join-sovrin/, and a Sovrin Foundation staff member will contact you shortly.

To celebrate the launch of this new program, the Foundation is publishing a series of blog posts that dive deeper into the four core areas of its nonprofit work, which Sovrin Chairman Phil Windley first described as the "Four Pillars of an SSI Network":

Governance
Network Operations
Community Engagement (blog coming soon)
SSI Advocacy (blog coming soon)

Until Feb. 29, 2020, the prices to become a Donor are discounted by 10%. If you support the mission of the Sovrin Foundation, become a Member today!

Community calendar

Check out our new community calendar to easily navigate through the various calls, meetings, and events going on throughout the Sovrin community.

View calendar

New Stewards

The Sovrin Foundation welcomes Medici Ventures and Vibranium ID as the newest Stewards of the Sovrin Network! Read the announcement here.

“When reviewing Steward applications, the Sovrin Foundation looks to approve organizations that come from varying geographic locations, sizes, and industries in order to strengthen the network’s diversity and security,” says Heather C. Dahl, Executive Director & CEO of the Sovrin Foundation. “Both of our newest Stewards reflect that goal. Medici Ventures is the first blockchain accelerator to be a Sovrin Steward, and Vibranium ID is our first Steward located in Kenya. We are thankful for their support of the Sovrin Network in helping us bring self-sovereign identity to all.”

Sovrin in the news

Article: Introducing the Blue Tulip Awards 2020 Top 25

Accenture's Blue Tulip Awards revealed who made it to the Quarterfinals, and the Sovrin Foundation is excited to have made the list under the Security category.

Whitepaper: A taxonomic approach to understanding emerging blockchain identity management systems

The National Institute of Standards and Technology published a whitepaper categorizing emerging blockchain identity management systems "based on differences in blockchain architectures, governance models, and other salient features." The paper makes mention of the work the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Ontario are doing using the Verifiable Organizations Network (VON) on the Sovrin Network.

Article: It's time to redefine how data is governed, controlled and shared. Here's how

The World Economic Forum (WEF) highlights the innovative work the Sovrin Foundation is doing in creating the world's first identity metasystem, providing an identity layer for the internet.

Our top picks

Video: Ideology & architecture of self-sovereign identity

Christopher Allen, internet cryptography pioneer and author of "The Path to Self-Sovereign Identity", gave the opening keynote presentation at Odyssey Connect 2020 on the ideology and architecture behind self-sovereign identity.

Video: Developing a more useful, safe, and valuable identity

Accenture led a panel on digital identity at the World Economic Forum 2020 in Davos-Klosters, including panelists from Workday, the World Economic Forum, Vision-Box, and Mastercard.

Upcoming events

Sovrin Foundation Webinar: Zero Knowledge Proofs
Online via Zoom | Feb. 18 & Feb. 20
Sovrin Foundation's Security Maven, Mike Lodder, will be the speaker in an upcoming free webinar on "Zero Knowledge Proofs: The easy math behind them & how they work". There will be two sessions to accommodate a global audience. The first session will be on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 4:00pm UTC, and the second session will be on Thursday, Feb. 20 at 11:30am HKT. Email info@sovrin.org to register.

Hyperledger Global Forum
Phoenix, Arizona | March 3-6
Sovrin Foundation is an Associate Community Sponsor of the Hyperledger Global Forum in March 2020. More than 1,000 users and contributors of Hyperledger projects have the chance to meet and collaborate in-person at this upcoming event. Use the code HGF20DIS20 for 20% off the current registration price.

KNOW Identity 2020
Las Vegas, Nevada | April 5-8
The KNOW Identity Conference is the leading industry event focused on digital identity, trust, and the data economy. Executive Director Heather Dahl and Chairman Phil Windley will be speakers at the conference. Sovrin Foundation is one of the event sponsors, and anyone who uses the discount code SOVR2020 will receive 10% off the current registration price.