Singapore: The FIDO Alliance has announced agenda themes and programme highlights for Authenticate APAC 2026, scheduled to take place from June 2 to 3 at the Grand Hyatt Singapore. The inaugural Asia-Pacific (APAC) conference will bring together industry leaders to discuss developments in authentication and digital identity, including passkeys, artificial intelligence (AI), digital credentials, enterprise authentication deployments, and regional regulatory trends.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the conference builds on seven years of Authenticate events in the United States and two years of APAC regional summits. The event is supported by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, alongside signature sponsors Google, Visa, and Yubico. FIDO Alliance President, FIDO Board Representative for Google, and Google Principal Product Manager, Sam Srinivas, stated that the APAC region has played a key role in driving the adoption of passkeys and related authentication technologies.

Topics to be discussed include authentication standards, AI-driven authentication, agentic commerce, digital wallets and payment systems, enterprise passkey deployment, and emerging authentication use cases. In addition to keynote presentations and breakout sessions, attendees will have opportunities to connect with peers and industry experts through networking events, a gala dinner, and an active expo hall.