Now in its 7th year, the FIDO Alliance-hosted Authenticate Conference has become renowned for its high-quality content and vibrant community of professionals committed to advancing passkeys and related technologies to create a more secure web.
The focus of the Authenticate U.S. 2026 program is “New Frontiers.” Trust and simplicity have become the defining challenges of modern identity systems, and passkeys have now proven at global scale that strong security and great usability do not have to be at odds. The next frontier is applying this principle across the entire account lifecycle, from secure account creation, to digital credentials that are recognized across services, to agentic authentication that ensures verified humans stand behind every AI agent acting on their behalf.
Topic areas include:
- Passkeys in Practice
Leading practices, lessons learned—what went right, what didn’t!—and tips and tricks that help deliver safe and successful passkey deployments. - Commercial and Regulatory Imperatives
Business rationales and outcomes for passkeys; regulatory considerations including national, regional and sectoral requirements; fraud detection and prevention; testing and assurance programs; higher-assurance and regulated use-cases. - Security, Standards, and Architecture in Depth
Deeper dives into the technical underpinnings that deliver usably secure account lifecycles; threat detection and response; standards development; working group updates. - Non-human Authentication
Approaches for protecting the extended user landscape, including mobile and other connected hardware devices, workloads and robotic processes, API protection, and AI use-cases including agentic AI and MCP. - Mobile and Digital Identity
The role that digital identity wallets and verifiable digital credentials play in securing the account lifecycle; identity proofing and biometrics; and the intersection with payments. - New Frontiers in Identity and Authentication
Perspectives on what’s coming next in the identity and authentication space, and how to prepare.
AUTHENTICATE 2025 HIGHLIGHTS
