Relying Party Engagement Programme

Verified on 2026-10-29

RELYING PARTY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME

Get ready for the EUDI Wallet

Join our first webinar and discover how the EUDI Wallet can help your organisation enable seamless, trusted travel across Europe.

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Relying parties are driving the future of digital services

The EUDI Wallet will only create value if citizens can use it across the services they rely on every day. From travel and hospitality to education and public services, relying parties play a critical role in turning trusted digital identity into real-world experiences.

Enable adoption

Make the wallet useful in everyday services.

Create value

Expand what users can do with their wallet.

Build the ecosystem

Help grow a trusted digital identity ecosystem.

More usable services

More relying parties

More adoption and demand

More attestation issued

The exponential effect of relying parties

The exponential effect of relying parties

  • More usable services
  • More relying parties
  • More adoption and demand
  • More attestation issued

What's in it for you?

The webinar series will help organisations:

  • Understand the EUDI Wallet value proposition Learn why the EU is building this infrastructure and what it means for your organisation.
  • Identify sector-specific opportunities Explore concrete use cases relevant to your industry and discover where to start.
  • Explore emerging use cases and implementation scenarios Engage with practical scenarios and pilot results from across Europe.
  • Learn about onboarding pathways and engagement mechanisms at Member State level Understand the technical and legal steps to integrate with national wallet schemes.
  • Connect with organisations ready to explore, test and implement EUDI-enabled services Join a growing community of early adopters and ecosystem partners.

Understand the EUDI Wallet value proposition

Learn why the EU is building this infrastructure and what it means for your organisation.

Identify sector-specific opportunities

Explore concrete use cases relevant to your industry and discover where to start.

Explore emerging use cases and implementation scenarios

Engage with practical scenarios and pilot results from across Europe.

Learn about onboarding pathways and engagement mechanisms at Member State level

Understand the technical and legal steps to integrate with national wallet schemes.

Connect with organisations ready to explore, test and implement EUDI-enabled services

Join a growing community of early adopters and ecosystem partners.

Transforming citizen journeys

The webinar series will explore how the EUDI Wallet can support key citizen journeys such as travelling, studying and working across Europe, bringing together organisations from different sectors to explore new opportunities for collaboration and service innovation.

Travel across Europe

Study across Europe

Work in Europe

FIRST WEBINAR TRAVEL ACROSS EUROPE

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Experience Europe / Travel

How can EUDI Wallets reshape travel and mobility across Europe?

Travel and mobility represent one of the most visible and interconnected cross-border experiences in Europe. Travellers interact with transport operators, accommodation providers, tourism services, payment providers and public authorities, often repeating identity verification throughout their journey.

18 Sep 2026

2-3:30pm CET Online · Free

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Who is the travel webinar designed for?

This webinar will bring together stakeholders from across the travel ecosystem, including:

Transport and mobility

Airlines, Rail, Bus, Public transport operators

Hospitality and tourism

Hotels, Rentals, Booking platforms

Culture and leisure

Museums, Festivals, Entertaiments

Border Authorities

Ports, Airports, Rail crossing

Travel webinar agenda

Here's what we have lined up for you during the event — a packed agenda of insights, live demos, and interactive sessions designed to spark ideas and keep the momentum going.

All times shown in CEST (Central European Summer Time)

  • Introduction & Vision

  • 14:00 INTRONorbert Sagstetter · Elisabeth Kotthaus · European Commission

    A European vision for digital identity and why it matters for travel

  • 14:10 TALKMichiel Sweerts · European Commission

    EUDI Wallets state of play: what businesses need to know about the EUDI Wallets

  • 14:20 TALKFrancesco Aicardi · European Commission

    Travel across Europe with EUDI Wallets: exploring opportunities

  • Seeing it in action — demos & pilots

  • 14:30 INTROMatteo Mannino · European Commission

    Seamless travel: the Wallets in action through pilots & demos

  • 14:35 DEMOLeye Yang · Amadeus & Patrick Sgueglia · Lufthansa group

    Demo 1 – The Air Passenger Journey

  • 14:50 PILOTAnthony Carmoy · Aptitude

    The Aptitude Large Scale Pilot: an ecosystem approach to Travel

  • 14:55 DEMOPetros Kavassilis · Nikolaos Triantafyllou · University of Aegean

    Demo 2 – From Flight Booking to Hotel Check-in

  • Your voice & next steps

  • 15:10 INTERACTIVEMatteo Mannino · Romana Trcalkova Zarubova · European Commission

    The floor is yours: where should EUDI Wallets create value first?

  • 15:25 CLOSINGMichiel Sweerts · European Commission

    The road ahead: conclusions & next steps for Relying Parties

Join the European Digital Identity Ecosystem

Whether you are preparing for compliance, exploring new services or assessing future opportunities, the Relying Party Engagement Programme provides a space to learn, engage and prepare. Be among the first organisations exploring, testing and shaping the future of trusted digital services in Europe.

Express your interest

Expressions of interest will be reviewed during the summer. Selected participants will receive a formal invitation to the first webinar by the end of August 2026.