Vedran Lalic

Senior Digital Identity and Trust Services Advisor

The United Nations University-EGOV

Mr. Lalic is a Digital Identity Lead Consultant at Fime and a Senior Digital Identity and Trust Services Advisor with the UNU-EGOV Research Unit.

Previously, he served as Head of Cabinet and Senior Digital Policy Adviser to the European Parliament's rapporteur for the revision of the eIDAS Regulation. From 2021 to 2024, he was the Parliament's lead technical negotiator on the landmark reform that established the European Digital Identity framework and laid the foundations for the EU Digital Identity Wallet.

From 2024 to 2026, he worked at the World Bank, advising governments on national digital identity strategies, with a particular focus on digital wallets and their potential to transform access to public services.

Across these roles, his work has been guided by the conviction that well-designed digital identity systems are more than technical infrastructure: they are instruments of empowerment, enabling individuals to interact with governments and service providers on their own terms, with greater transparency, security, and trust.

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4:00–5:30pmTue 23 JunGFTN InsightsRoundtable Room 2, Ground FloorOpen
Bridging the Financial Gap

Solving for the Fundamentals: Identity Wallets, Trust Infrastructure, and Preparing for the Agentic Economy

GFTN InsightsRoundtable Room 2, Ground FloorOpen
About this session

By the end of 2026, all EU member states will be required to issue the European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI), with a goal of achieving 80% voluntary adoption by 2030.

While much of the current focus has been on user adoption and interoperability, a more fundamental shift in the economy is underway: the rise of AI agents capable of acting, transacting, and coordinating on behalf of individuals and businesses. This raises a critical question: how can these agents be trusted to act, transact, and take decisions safely across platforms and jurisdictions?

Identity-wallets and verifiable credentials hold the potential to become foundational trust infrastructure that unlocks this shift, by authenticating identity, delegating authority from human to agent, and resolving KYC and liability questions. With the right design choices today, the EUDI could evolve into a global benchmark not just for digital identity, but for programmable, interoperable trust.

Yet, critical questions remain around adoption, sustainable business models, and resilience to emerging technological risks. As the deadline draws closer, this roundtable will convene financial institutions, digital identity and verifiable credentials providers, technologists, and policymakers to examine key design and coordination challenges and trade-offs facing identity wallet ecosystems today.

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