Markus Sabadello has been a pioneer and leader in the field of digital identity for many years and has contributed to cutting-edge technologies that have emerged in this space. He is co-editor of the Decentralized Identifiers standard at W3C, and member of the Steering Committee at the Decentralized Identity Foundation. Markus has spoken at many conferences and published papers about both the politics and technologies of digital identity. He participated in DWeb Summits 2016 and 2018. He is founder of Danube Tech, a consulting and development company that works on decentralized identity infrastructure.