About us
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Johannes Ernst is the founder and CEO of Dazzle Labs Inc.,
which advises organizations how to navigate the new landscape of federated social networks
and provides technologies to help them do so.
He pioneered user-centric identity with LID and
OpenID, and helped create Yadis, a predecessor
of the Webfinger specfication, a key component of the Fediverse.
He’s helping to put a Fediverse Developer Network together, and leads
development of FediTest, the test suite for the Fediverse.
Reach out to Johannes at @j12t@j12t.social.
Kaliya Young is the co-founder of the
Internet Identity Workshop (IIW) and
She’s Geeky: Connecting Women in Tech, which are both long-running
unconferences. She’s an advocate for
Self-sovereign Identity (SSI)
and the author of two books:
Domains of Identity (2020)
and A Comprehensive Guide to Self Sovereign Identity (2018).
Reach out to Kaliya at @identitywoman@mas.to.
Jennifer Holmes started producing events while working for
Wired Magazine in 1996. She has produced hackathons, conferences,
concerts, parties and underground art events. She is a member of
Survival Research Labs and the
San Francisco Cacophony Society.
Reach out to Jennifer at @Dangerangel@kolektiva.social.
You can also e-mail us at fediforum@proton.me.