How are agentic AI & ID Wallets changing the event landscape?

Hanneke Kruijf fully agrees. As Channel Consultant Events at Siip Group, she sees ID Wallets as a must in the events industry, and notes that, alongside Siip, more and more industry partners are writing about this topic.
“Which makes sense. An account and password are no longer sufficient. With AI, queues can already be disrupted and profiles can be cloned.”

That is why Siip is taking part in the ESNS26 panel, where this topic takes centre stage.

The subject that Remco and Hanneke focus on every day will also be central to a panel at ESNS26.

During ESNS, Siip will engage in discussions with industry peers, focusing on what is already technically possible, what is legally required, and what remains socially desirable.

What does it mean when software can act on behalf of people, purchase tickets, arrange access—but only on the basis of verifiable identity and explicit permissions?
And what does this require from organisers, artists, platforms and visitors?

Good news for organisers and visitors

Without giving away too much of the answers to these questions, here is some reassurance:

Siip is driving the shift from tickets to credentials, and towards a verified, reusable digital identity that works seamlessly across purchase, access and experience. Ease of use, flow and efficiency are key. Both for organisers and for visitors.

The technology is already being applied at scale.

Every week, tens of thousands of visitors in Dutch professional football make use of it, demonstrating that identity-based trust can function invisibly in large-scale environments.

Meet Siip at ESNS
During the panel discussion “From Ticket to Tribe”
on Friday 16 January, from 10:30–11:30
at Oosterpoort – Kunstpunt.

And on Thursday and Friday we will of course be present for interesting encounters.
Will you join us too?

Siip Group, January 2026