The International Conference on Trustworthy Digital Infrastructure 2026 will be hosted by The Alan Turing Institute in London, UK, on Wednesday 16 September 2026, International Identity Day. The conference is a flagship event for the Institute’s Trustworthy Digital Infrastructure programme funded by the Gates Foundation.

 Now in its sixth year, the conference provides an international forum for researchers, practitioners, policymakers, open-source advocates, developers, and infrastructure leaders to examine how Digital Public Infrastructure can be made trustworthy, inclusive, resilient, and accountable.

 The 2026 conference will place particular emphasis on the growing role of Artificial Intelligence in Digital Public Infrastructure. As AI becomes increasingly embedded in identity systems, payment systems, data exchange, fraud detection, service delivery, cybersecurity, and administrative decision-making, it is no longer sufficient to treat AI as a separate technology layer. AI is becoming part of the operational, governance, and assurance fabric of DPI itself.