BRUSSELS – November 06, 2026 -- Six identity technology providers will run a complete birth registration through the OSIA standard (ITU-T X.1281) at TRUSTECH Paris on 1-3 December 2026, with a different vendor line-up each day, the Secure Identity Alliance (SIA) announced.
DIGITECH, iDAKTO, IN Groupe, Mühlbauer, Thales and X Infotech will connect their systems at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. The demo covers the full chain, from checking the parent's identity to a birth certificate printed on a card and verified on the spot.
Demo walks visitors through a birth registration from parent check to QR verification
Visitors play the child whose birth is being registered. The parent's identity is first obtained and checked, and the visitor provides details and a live face capture. After data verification, the birth is registered and a unique identification number (UIN) is attributed.
The birth certificate is then printed on a card with the visitor's data, portrait and a visible digital seal in the form of a QR code. Visitors present the QR code to a mobile app, which verifies identity by collecting data and portrait from the different OSIA-powered identity systems.
Vendor lock-in from custom integrations drives the push for a shared standard
SIA said the birth certificate is the first identity document a person receives and the foundation for national ID, passport and driving licence. In many countries it remains a paper document that is easy to forge and hard to recover if lost.
Modernization requires connecting enrollment, biometrics, UIN generation, credential management and civil and population registries. These components often come from different vendors. Without a shared standard, each connection is a costly custom integration that ties governments to a single supplier.
OSIA defines open interfaces between the building blocks of identity systems, allowing governments to combine components from different suppliers.
Competing vendors swap places daily to show interchangeable components
Debora Comparin, Chair of the OSIA Initiative, said six competing companies built one seamless process and rotate daily, giving governments the freedom to pick the best building block for each step without lock-in.
Privacy limits apply: no fingerprints, daily data erasure
Visitors' faces appear on screen and are stored only to print the demo certificate. No fingerprints are captured, the child is fictional, and all data is erased at the close of each day.
The demo runs in the OSIA Live Demo Area, Alley D, between the Innovation Stage and the ID Conference Room, with open drop-in during show hours. It will also be presented on stage on Wednesday 2 December at 12:00 in the ID Conference Room.