09:20-10:00KEYNOTE - The next 50 years: trust, identity, and the future we’re about to create
What does it take to secure trust in a world where identity is fluid, currency is becoming invisible, and technology is advancing faster than our ability to govern it?
In this opening keynote, Tom Koulopoulos will take us on a fast-paced, eye-opening journey from 1976 to 2026 - a fifty-year arc defined by exponential innovation, shifting power structures, and the quiet reinvention of how we establish trust at scale. From the birth of digital systems to the rise of AI and synthetic identity, the forces reshaping our world are the same ones redefining the very foundations of currency and identity.
But this isn’t a history lesson. It’s a wake-up call.
Drawing powerful connections between past inflection points and what lies ahead, Tom will challenge assumptions about security, authenticity, and control in a world where the line between physical and digital has all but disappeared. What does ‘identity’ mean when it can be generated, cloned, or decentralised? What happens to currency when trust shifts from institutions to algorithms? And most importantly, who decides?
With his signature clarity, energy, humour, and provocative insight, Tom will set the tone for the conference by reframing the next 50 years not as a continuation of the past, but as a fundamental socio-economic reset.
His message is simple and powerful: AI may be able to build the future, but we are the ones who must decide what kind of future to build.
Tom Koulopoulos
Chairman & Founder
Delphi Group __ United States of America
Hall A1
