SecAppDev 2025 Faculty
Kristina Yasuda
Product Owner, SPRIND - German Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation
Kristina is a Product Owner at SPRIND - German Federal Agency of Disruptive Innovation. Previously she worked as an Identity Standards Architect at Microsoft. She is known for her work on standards in decentralized identity ecosystem: as an editor of OpenID for Verifiable Credentials specifications in OIDF, Selective Disclosure for JWTs draft in IETF, as a former co-chair of Verifiable Credentials Working Group in W3C; and as a member of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC17 working on mobile driving licence. Her awards include Forbes Japan 30Under30, and MITTR Japan Innovators Under 35.
Verifiable Credentials: Concepts to Practice
Introductory lecture by Kristina Yasuda in room Lemaire
Monday June 2nd,
14:00 - 15:30
Also available as a recorded session on
Tuesday June 3rd,
11:00 - 12:30
A technical introduction to Verifiable Credentials, highlighting use cases, implementation lessons, interoperability profiles, and recent updates to the related specifications.
Key takeaway: Interoperability in the wallet model requires aligned choices across the stack that meet use case requirements in terms of UX, security, privacy, etc.
Slides available for download
lecture by Kristina Yasuda in room Heilige-Geesttafel
Tuesday June 3rd,
11:00 - 12:30
Also available as a recorded session on
Tuesday June 3rd,
11:00 - 12:30
TBD
Germany’s EUDI Wallet Ecosystem Development
Deep-dive lecture by Kristina Yasuda in room West Wing
Tuesday June 3rd, 16:00 - 17:30
Explore the architecture, governance, and real-world implementation of Germany’s EUDI Wallet ecosystem within the EU Digital Identity Framework.
Key takeaway: National-scale digital identity is built on both compliance and collaboration - Germany’s EUDI Wallet shows how strategy meets technical execution.
Slides available for download