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We’re delighted to announce our three keynote speakers for #PIDFest26.
Felienne Hermans
Felienne Hermans
Our opening keynote, Felienne Hermans, will give an outside-in perspective on PIDs. She will discuss the DigID case (an identity management system for government organisations) and its potential acquisition by an American organisation, highlighting how digital sovereignty and trust are playing an increasingly critical role in this field.
Felienne is Professor of Computer Science Education at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a computer science teacher at Open Schoolgemeenschap Bijlmer. At VU Amsterdam she teaches Computer Science Didactics and AI in Education, and conducts research on the accessibility of the digital world in the broadest sense.
Cameron Neylon
Cameron Neylon
Our second keynote speaker, Cameron Neylon, is well-known in PID circles. Their talk, Keeping knowledge connected in a hostile information environment, will discuss what we need PIDs to be if they're going to save the world. Cameron will be addressing questions of geopolitics, trust in knowledge, sustainability models and the age-old centralisation vs federation question – by questioning the assumptions in the question.
Cameron is an advocate for open access and Professor of Research Communications at the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University.
Suze Kundu
Suze Kundu
Our closing keynote, Suze Kundu, is now effectively a PIDfest/PIDapalooza fixture! She’ll be returning to #PIDfest26 with another joyful retrospective of the conference’s biggest moments, boldest ideas, accidental themes, infrastructure in-jokes, and more. Expect highlights, hindsight, hilarity, and heartwarming reminders of why communities like this matter so much. From metadata to memes, governance to global collaboration, Suze’s closing keynote will celebrate the people, conversations, and connections that keep knowledge connected.
Suze is a freelance consultant for research community engagement with clients including NASA’s Science Explorer, as well as a science communicator and journalist.
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