One Identity UNITE User and Partner Conference - Vienna
One Identity UNITE is where customers, partners, prospects and product experts from all over the globe meet to discuss solutions, innovations and challenges in the identity security market. The event was held in person 2-6 March, 2026. One Identity UNITE includes all the elements that have made this world-class conference such a success. Learn more about the One Identity cloud-first strategy and our Unified Identity Platform.
Your conference pass includes all conference sessions, Deep Dive training classes, keynotes, lunch, welcome reception, and conference party and dinner.
Don't miss the opportunity to:
- Gain valuable industry insights
- Learn best practices, tips and tricks to improve technical proficiency and knowledge
- Get direct access to product developers, managers and subject matter experts
- Be heard by providing your input on future product enhancements
Agenda
March 2 – 6, 2026
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. each day
Tuesday
Welcome to UNITE
One Identity kicks off UNITE with a bang! Hear how the week's schedule will run and the must-attend highlights you won't want to miss. Speaker: Patrick Hunter, UNITE Chairperson, One Identity
CEO Keynote
Hear One Identity CEO Praerit Garg (PG) detail the vision of the future of organisation and see why we're the identity security company to partner with. Speaker: Praerit Garg, CEO, One Identity
Featured Keynote — The Next Stack and the Future of Work
Ganesh Bell is a former software builder, operator, and CEO turned investor — now Managing Director at Insight Partners, a leading multi-stage technology investor with over $90 billion in assets under management, where he leads applied AI & deep tech investments. The entire technology stack — from chips and data centers to middleware and applications — is being rebuilt for AI. Ganesh calls this "The Next Stack." We're in an adolescent phase: the primitives aren't settled, AI reliability is still emerging, and enterprise adoption will be uneven. At the center of this shift is the rise of agents and AI co-workers — non-human identities already outnumber human ones in modern businesses, and that ratio is accelerating. This changes how we think about systems, orchestration, governance, trust, and security. Ganesh will share a practitioner-turned-investor's view of the emerging landscape and what technology leaders need to act on to modernize and secure their enterprise. Speaker: Ganesh Bell, Managing Director, Insight Partners
Product Test Suite: 30-minute session
Industry Experts Roundtable
Why do we do what we do? What are the experts seeing in the marketplace? What are the latest issues that need to be addressed? Hear from our expert panel and ask questions.
Migrating to Identity Manager at BASF: Integrating Application Governance
Migrating from one IGA solution to another is never simple. At BASF, we are currently rolling out Identity Manager as the organization's global IGA platform. With more than 1,500 applications — and new ones added every week — we've integrated the Identity Manager Application Governance (AOB) module into the system's core design. Now that several applications are live, we'll showcase how application owners are using self-service functions and highlight the customizations implemented to align the platform with BASF's processes.
Manufacturing/Automotive/Aviation Industry Lunch
An exclusive, limited seating lunch designed for manufacturing, automotive and aviation industry sector users of One Identity solutions. This is a focused networking opportunity to connect with peers and exchange high-level, practical strategies for operating securely and efficiently within the complex identity security global landscape. Host: Allison Main, Co-chair of UNITE, One Identity
Join us for a casual, no-presentation lunch where we talk all things interstellar! If you're obsessed with the philosophical questions, epic sagas, and mind-bending tech of science fiction, pull up a seat. This is your chance to geek out with fellow attendees! Our own conference co-chair, Patrick Hunter (a massive sci-fi lover himself!), will be informally leading the discussion. Let's grab a bite and discuss: The Latest Buzz (predictions for new dark releases like Bugonia and the terrifying world of Alien: Earth), The Classics (the eternal debate over Star Wars vs. Star Trek, your favorite alien race, and the content that got you hooked on the genre), Hidden Gems (which underrated shows or books deserve a massive budget adaptation). Whether you're a casual viewer or a deep-lore enthusiast, come ready to relax, eat, and talk about the universes you love. No PowerPoints, just passionate conversation! Host: Patrick Hunter, UNITE Chairperson, One Identity
Think AI Will Solve Your IAM Challenges? Think Again
AI is being marketed as the silver bullet for every enterprise challenge, including IAM. Every vendor claims it will revolutionize your IAM deployment. The truth? It won't work — or at least, not the way you're being sold. In this session we will expose why AI struggles in IAM and why blindly trusting AI in IAM is unrealistic. We will also reveal the real role AI can play in today's, next generation IAM framework. Speaker: Larry Chinski, VP, Enterprise Strategy, One Identity
Transforming Identity into Business Outcomes
Insurance is a business of trust. To maintain it across customers, partners, employees and regulators, we must be compliant and efficient. At IF, we make it easy to do the right thing by embedding compliance into everyday workflows. IAM plays a key role: Automating user lifecycles and access governance reduces risk, ensures compliance and frees time to focus on customers. In this session, we'll explore how transforming IAM practices can drive real business outcomes — from increased agility to improved customer trust.
Customer Success
Find out how One Identity helps you to get the most out of our solutions. Speaker: Dean Thompson, Chief Customer Officer, One Identity
One Identity Vision
Time to pop the bonnet on the car and see what One Identity is doing to meet the demands of the future. Speaker: Gihan Munasinghe, Chief Technology Officer, One Identity
From Idea to Project: How to Implement an IAM Project in an Agile Way
Stadler Rail successfully implemented One Identity Manager in an agile project approach, starting with a selected group of 15,000 employees. Building on this success, the organisation is now continuing with an international rollout, while at the same time expanding its security posture through the introduction of Safeguard. This presentation highlights lessons learned, key success factors and the roadmap towards a fully-integrated global IAM strategy. Speaker: Adrian Bilger, Deputy Head of IT Projects Division, Stadler Rail Management AG
From Cryptographic Keys to Digital Identities: Lessons from Cold War COMSEC for Modern Cybersecurity
In this session, we'll explore what two of the most famous insider-threat breaches in history — the Walker spy ring and the Snowden incident — can teach us about securing modern digital identities. Drawing from real-world COMSEC experience and today's identity-driven security challenges, we'll connect Cold War cryptographic practices to the IAM and PAM tools organizations rely on now. You'll discover why governance gaps, not technology failures, consistently enable insider threats across decades — and how those same gaps may exist in your own environment. Most importantly, this session translates historical lessons into practical, everyday guidance: how to strengthen privileged access oversight, enforce policies reliably, recognize risky patterns early, and align your identity program with proven security frameworks. Whether you manage identity systems, build security strategy, or support access governance, you'll walk away with actionable insights you can apply immediately to reduce risk and build stronger digital trust across your organization. Speaker: Robert Kraczek, Global Field Strategist, One Identity
Quick summary of the day and instructions for the evening event. Speaker: Patrick Hunter, UNITE Chairperson, One Identity
Wednesday
ADM Track: Active Roles: New releases & roadmap
Find out what is coming next for Active Roles. Learn about non-human identity (NHI) support and new features that improve the efficiency and security of your Active Directory, Entra ID and Microsoft 365 environments.
AM Track: OneLogin: Latest updates & roadmap
We'll be reviewing our key developments and achievements in Access Management over the past year, and then we'll share our strategic plan for the future in this critical area. Speaker: Stuart Sharp, VP Product Strategy, One Identity
IGA Track: Identity Manager: Latest updates & roadmap
Find out what is coming next for Identity Manager and Identity Manager on Demand. Take a look back at the new 10.0 release and a view of future development. Speaker: Ingrid Thorpe, Senior Product Manager, One Identity
PAM Track: Integrating One Identity Safeguard with OneLogin, One Identity Manager and Active Roles
Explore how customers are using an identity fabric to seamlessly integrate key IAM capabilities to provide a unified, scalable, and secure identity and access management solution. This session will focus on the benefits and real customer examples of integrating One Identity Safeguard with OneLogin, One Identity Manager, and Active Roles, highlighting how this integration enhances privileged access management, identity governance, and Active Directory security. Speaker: Ian Stimpson, Solutions Architect, One Identity
Product Test Suite: 30-minute session
ADM Track: How can Active Roles help you pass your next audit?
Learn how the features in Active Roles will help you address compliance regulations and pass audits.
AM Track: Fortifying the enterprise: Next-gen MFA for a seamless user experience
MFA is standard practice, but does it keep you truly protected? Discover how to strengthen your defences even further while keeping your users happy. This session will show you how to go beyond basic MFA to achieve a more robust security posture without sacrificing convenience. Speaker: Torsten Westphal, Sales Engineer, One Identity
IGA Track: Find out how MTU used Angular to refresh their IT shop
In this customer use case, MTU will share details about their migration from a highly-customized Web Designer portal to the Identity Manager Angular portal. They'll cover the challenges encountered, tips learned along the way and how MTU is benefiting from the migration.
PAM Track: Safeguard PAM: Overview and Strategic Evolution of PAM
Learn where privileged access management is heading and why it is becoming a cornerstone of modern cybersecurity. This session explores the security landscape, market pressures, and evolution of PAM innovations that strengthen security defenses, simplify compliance, and deliver more intentional control over privileged access. You will learn how PAM increases the value of your existing cybersecurity investments, how the future of enforcing least privilege access is taking shape, and how our strategic direction leads to measurable improvements in overall security posture. You will leave with clear, usable insights and a confident view of how to prepare your organization for what comes next. Speaker: Alan Radford, Global Field Strategist, One Identity
ADM Track: The added value of Active Roles as a cornerstone of an identity fabric
In this session, we'll explore how Active Roles contributes to building an identity fabric by integrating with other solutions to deliver capabilities such as AD write-back, thwarting social engineering in help desk, AD clean up, privilege elevation and more. Speaker: Frederic Courtois, Presales Consultant, One Identity
AM Track: AI, machines & agents: Is there a missing piece in your strategy?
With the rise of NHI's and Agentic AI, we need to ensure that we are protecting our environments better and providing smooth and seamless integrations. Join us to find out what best practices can be put in place to secure and maintain your environments.
IGA Track: How to use Angular with Identity Manager
Join our development leaders as they explore the best approaches and methods for customizing and extending the Identity Manager Angular web interfaces. Speaker: Hanno Bunjes, Software Engineer Manager, One Identity
PAM Track: Safeguard SPP as a PAM Asset: Real world examples of use cases
As the scope of the platforms supported by One Identity Safeguard is constantly expanding, the Safeguard Vault can be defined as a PAM Asset. Based upon this approach, we'll explore which answers can be provided to meet industry-based requirements, from the PAM service load distribution to exposing some managed accounts passwords in the DMZ. We'll also cover how to submit an access request to check out a high privileged user to log into another PAM, in order to perform some business-critical tasks. Speaker: Maurizio Ostinet, Solutions Architect, One Identity
Partner Meeting
Learn the latest developments from One Identity to help you optimise your sales experience including our Sales Strategy and aligned program incentives.
Healthcare, Government & Education: Public Sector Industry Lunch
An exclusive, limited seating lunch designed for public sector users of One Identity solutions. This is a focused networking opportunity to connect with peers and exchange high-level, practical strategies for operating securely and efficiently within the complex identity security global landscape. Speaker: Steffen Bloch, Clients Relation Manager, One Identity
Finance & Banking Industry Lunch
An exclusive, limited seating lunch designed for Banking and Finance sector users of One Identity solutions. This is a focused networking opportunity to connect with peers and exchange high-level, practical strategies for operating securely and efficiently within the complex identity security global landscape. Speaker: Kirsten Prahst, Key Account Manager, One Identity
Women in Cybersecurity Lunch | Sponsored by Arctic Group
Sponsored By: Arctic Group.
ADM Track: Top Active Directory misconfigurations and how to avoid them
Active Directory is the most prolific identity platform on the planet — making it a top target of cyberattacks. Learn about the misconfigurations that create opportunity for breach, and how to avoid them. This session focuses on security and fortifying your Active Directory using Active Roles.
AM Track: Beyond the desk: Secure access for your entire workforce
Many organisations focus solely on their core workforce when designing robust access management flows. But what about blue-collar workers or external partners? Shouldn't they also have easy and secure access to internal platforms like HR and timesheeting systems? Speaker: Torsten Westphal, Sales Engineer, One Identity
IGA Track: Hidden gems in action: Solving complex business problems with Identity Manager
In this session, our product team will share real customer use cases that solve business problems using Identity Manager.
PAM Track: Zero standing privilege in action: How PAM and AI redefine access security
Modern security demands more than static controls. This session explores how to build a strong access architecture by combining privileged access management (PAM), non-human identity (NHI) governance and AI-driven intelligence. Learn how to enforce dynamic least privilege across both human and machine identities, using adaptive access controls that respond to context in real time. We'll also cover how to integrate fabric-based PAM into your broader security strategy to reduce risk, streamline access and keep your hybrid environment protected without adding complexity. Speaker: Holger Weihe, Presales, One Identity
Partner Meeting
Dean Thompson, our head of customer success and Jon Gillies will discuss how partners are critical to our Customer Success initiative.
Product Test Suite: Sign up for a 30-minute session
ADM Track: Protecting and managing NHIs: Important tips for a comprehensive strategy
This expert panel will discuss the risks associated with non-human identities, the challenges involved in protecting and managing them, and how the entire identity tech stack can help ensure your NHIs are protected.
AM Track: The art of the possible: Using REST to connect the dots and go one step further
Ever wondered if Slack or Teams could simplify your access approvals? Or how to effortlessly integrate new solutions into your existing access management platform? In this session, we'll explore the "art of the possible" with our Generic REST Connector, demonstrate how to leverage HR-driven identity and how to use messaging integrations for a truly streamlined approval approach. Speaker: Marc Maguire, Presales Solution Architect, One Identity
IGA Track: Protecting and managing NHIs: Important tips for a comprehensive strategy
This expert panel will discuss the risks associated with non-human identities, the challenges involved in protecting and managing them, and how the entire identity tech stack can help ensure your NHIs are protected.
PAM Track: Day in the life of a PAM engineer: From vault to verified sessions
Privileged access is where routine administration intersects with material security risk. In this session, we follow a PAM engineer through a realistic workday to show how privileged access is requested, provisioned, monitored, and audited without turning the discussion into a product demo. We'll walk through hands-on use cases across three core PAM capabilities: secrets and credentials vaulting, privileged session recording and monitoring, and privileged endpoint or device access. You'll see what modern PAM platforms automate, including credential rotation, session brokering, access enforcement, and audit reporting, versus where engineers remain directly involved, such as policy design, exception handling, and incident response. Attendees will leave with a clear view of how PAM reduces standing privilege, simplifies daily operations, and accelerates audits through real-world workflows PAM teams use every day. Speaker: Viktor Varga, Sales Engineer, One Identity
ADM Track: Protecting your environment from the dangers of AI bots
Learn best practices for using fine-grained delegation to manage and protect Agentic AI apps before they sprawl. This discussion will address risk reduction, least privilege, compliance, threat response and scalability pertaining to Agentic AI bots.
AM Track: From risk to resilience: Securing privilege management in a multi-cloud world
Securely and flexibly manage cloud privileges by combining the power of OneLogin and Safeguard. This session offers an overview of strategies to achieve unparalleled privilege access management capabilities for cloud applications or resources. Speaker: Fernando Garcia Vegas, Presales Engineer, One Identity
IGA Track: Behaviour Driven Governance for SAP and Entra ID
In this session we will show how Behaviour Driven Governance (BDG) for human and non-human identities has been extended from our own products — including OneLogin and Safeguard — to SAP and Entra ID. AI and analytics enable you to reduce the account and entitlement footprint for each identity and provides a path to least privilege. This increases security and can have an impact on license cost. For SAP, you will be able to get insights for the application internal role model and be able to optimize it.
PAM Track: Compliance-ready PAM for NIS2, DORA, and more
Staying ahead of evolving mandates, such as NIS2 and DORA, requires both a deliberate strategy and an adaptable security foundation. This session explores how an identity fabric-based approach to privileged access management (PAM) supports complex regulatory expectations with flexibility built in from the start. You will see how automated workflows that connect PAM, identity governance and access management can streamline compliance activities, reduce manual work and improve overall audit readiness. The session highlights 1) why today's regulatory frameworks matter, 2) how core identity and access disciplines map to their requirements, and 3) how organizations can greatly benefit and achieve more with fewer resources while strengthening their security posture at the same time. Speaker: Alan Radford, Global Field Strategist, One Identity
Rabobank's IAM Journey: Integrating One Identity into an identity fabric
In today's rapidly evolving digital environment, financial institutions like Rabobank face continued regulatory demands while having complex IT ecosystems. At Rabobank, we recognized that our Identity and Access Management (IAM) landscape needed to evolve to allow us to keep pace with these challenges. That's why we initiated a strategic transformation — reimagining our IAM architecture to implement an adaptive identity fabric in practice. This session offers an inside look at our journey: the motivations behind our modernization efforts, the architectural technical and organizational steps we've taken, and the lessons learned along the way. It'll give you insights into how we achieved our business objectives, enabling faster delivery, improved compliance, and greater operational resilience. Whether you're just beginning your IAM transformation or looking to refine your approach, this presentation will provide valuable insights into building a future-ready identity foundation in a high-pressure, high-stakes environment. Speaker: Jos Groenewegen, Business Architect, Rabobank
Conference Awards and Closing Remarks
Join us in celebrating the customer MVP of the year and then kick back and enjoy prize giving with a difference! Speaker: Patrick Hunter, UNITE Chairperson, One Identity
Thursday
IGA Lightning Talks
A series of presenters will take just five quick minutes to show something new and exciting they have discovered in One Identity products.
PAM Lightning Talks
A series of presenters will take just five quick minutes to show something new and exciting they have discovered in One Identity products.
Deep Dive | IGA Track | What's new in Identity Manager 10? (Level 2)
In this session, we will run through the updates in Identity Manager version 10. Some of the highlights include: Query Chatbot, External risk scores, ITDR playbooks, Behaviour Driven Governance for SAP and Entra ID, and Angular-based Web Manager. Of course, we will also discuss the smaller enhancements to the base engine, connectors and web portal.
Deep Dive | PAM Track | Weaving a security cushion for OT using your identity fabric (Level 3)
This Deep Dive will explore the potential offered by One Identity products to integrate and work inside OT environments, showing real use cases and scenarios integrating our tools to common OT solutions and architectures. We will explore the benefits of a unified approach to security in these environments revolving around identity management and security. OneLogin, Identity Manager, syslog and Safeguard solutions will be explored and integration scenarios over real OT related challenges will be offered. Finally, unique OT challenges like decoding OT related protocols and solving anonymity in operations will also be displayed.
Product Test Suite: 30-minute session
ADM Lightning Talks
A series of presenters will take just five quick minutes to show something new and exciting they have discovered in One Identity products.
AM Lightning Talks
A series of presenters will take just five quick minutes to show something new and exciting they have discovered in One Identity products.
Deep Dive | ADM Track | Reach for the clouds: Deep Dive into Starling Connect and real-world applications (Level 2)
This deep dive explores how Starling Connect provides synchronisation to & from cloud applications. After diving into the Starling Connect architecture, the session will explore a connector in detail, using Workday. After that, the session will drill down into how a client (Active Roles) can leverage the benefits of Starling Connect to achieve high automation with minimal configuration effort and full control.
Deep Dive | AM Track | Flexible and secure privilege management in a multi-cloud world (Level 3)
Imagine flexibility and enhanced security coming together for managing cloud privileges. In this session, we will show the unique potential of an Identity Fabric use case, combining Safeguard and OneLogin for achieving unparallel privileged access management capabilities for cloud applications or resources. The session will go into the technical details of combining the Privileged Identity Management / Privileged Identity Provider (PIAM/PIdP) concept of OneLogin with the Just-in-Time (JIT) capabilities of Safeguard. The session will outline the implementation and use of the OneLogin Generic REST Connectors as well as Safeguard's Custom Platform connectors.
Lightning Talks
A series of presenters will take just five quick minutes to show something new and exciting they have discovered in One Identity products.
Product Test Suite: 30-minute session
Session 1: Integration Partners
Our Integration Partners will showcase their creations and products that enhance those of One Identity.
Nexis | "Your IAM Works Perfectly – But Does Your Role Model Still Make Sense?"
Many IAM environments work perfectly from a technical perspective – yet over time, role models and entitlements drift away from organizational reality. In this session, we share insights from real-world IAM Health Checks and show how hidden risks, redundancies, and inefficiencies quietly accumulate. You'll learn why reports alone don't create transparency, and how a data-driven Health Check provides clarity before optimization, migration, or the next audit. No blame, no disruption – just a clear view of how your IAM is really doing.
Presenter: Dr. Michael Kunz, Managing Director and COO, Nexis. Dr. Michael Kunz is Managing Director and COO at Nexis, where he leads the Professional Services and Sales departments. An experienced IAM/IGA expert with a PhD in Identity and Access Management, he has been with Nexis for over 14 years, shaping the company's growth from its early days. He co-developed the first versions of NEXIS 4, the company's flagship authorization analysis platform, and has since scaled consulting services and established a strong partner ecosystem with more than 15 international channel partners. Drawing on deep technical expertise and proven business leadership, Dr. Kunz advises organizations worldwide on IAM/IGA and GRC strategies, delivering secure, scalable identity solutions that meet evolving market demands. His work is recognized through numerous international publications and conference presentations, and he continues to drive operational excellence, strategic growth, and innovation in IT security.
Identity Team | Introducing Optimizer and Co-Consultant — License transparency and AI-supported assistance in One Identity Manager
With the Optimizer and the Co-Consultant, Identity-Team extends One Identity Manager with practical, ready-to-use solutions. The Optimizer brings full transparency to license management by identifying over- and under-licensing, revealing optimization potential across systems like SAP and AD, and highlighting concrete savings via intuitive dashboards and reports. The Co-Consultant adds an AI agent directly into One Identity Manager, leveraging natural language and the customer's AI stack to support consultants, developers, and business users in configuration, reporting, and daily system work. Together, both solutions reduce complexity, lower costs, and make working with One Identity Manager more efficient.
Presenters: Leon Jemain Jäger, Senior Consultant and Product Owner at Identity Team with over five years of experience in One Identity Manager. He leads customer implementations and drives the development of the Optimizer portfolio, including AI-supported capabilities, supporting organizations turn IAM strategies into practical, day-to-day solutions.
Tobias Walter, Identity Consultant at Identity Team with two years of One Identity Manager experience. Holding a Master's degree in Computer Science and a background in software engineering, data analysis, and AI, he brings a structured, engineering-focused approach to IAM architectures and integrations.
Alistair Duncan, Senior Angular Developer and Identity Consultant at Identity-Team GmbH with seven years of Angular experience. He specializes in One Identity Manager portals, IAM solutions, and licensing models, focusing on practical tools that increase transparency in IAM environments.
Session 2: Integration Partners
Our Integration Partners will showcase their creations and products that enhance those of One Identity.
Ruhloff & Dauner | "Your Mobile IAGM Strategy with QuickIAM"
Kick-start your mobile-first strategy with the QuickIAM Access App. Discover how a Mobile First approach transforms your IAGM experience and empowers your users. QuickIAM is now available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store — ready for you to explore. See for yourself what true mobile-first access can deliver. Your IAGM strategy goes mobile today.
Presenter: Justus Wingert, Ruhloff & Dauner. Justus Wingert is a seasoned specialist in Identity and Access Governance Management (IAGM), with a particular focus on the role of user experience in business software. His expertise spans advanced troubleshooting, the integration of modern web and mobile technologies, and the training of future professionals in One Identity solutions.
IBS Schreiber | "ECS 4 One Identity – Deep Dive Session: Intelligent SAP Risk Rulesets in Real Operation"
In this deep dive presentation, we take a look behind the scenes of real customer projects and show how Easy Content Solution (ECS) from IBS Schreiber GmbH is used in practice to operate intelligent SAP risk rulesets in One Identity Manager efficiently, securely and in an audit-proof manner. Using real-world scenarios, we demonstrate the synergy between detective and preventive risk management approaches using our ECS rule sets. Learn how One Identity Manager detects and evaluates all violations through scheduled policy checks. At the same time, we show how you can proactively prevent violations and sustainably reduce the risk score of your identities through automated processes and risk-mitigating measures. You will learn how rule set updates and API-supported synchronisation processes work together, which specific security risks are mitigated by ECS's 'Intelligent Rule Orchestration' and what added value this creates for customers in terms of operations, compliance and audits.
Presenter: Jan Hellwage, Product Owner ECS, IBS Schreiber. As Product Owner for the Easy Content Solution (ECS) at IBS Schreiber, Jan Hellwage bridges the gap between enterprise-wide Identity Governance and granular SAP security. He is responsible for the strategic roadmap of ECS, focusing on delivering deep risk intelligence and audit-proof content that seamlessly integrates into broader IGA landscapes. With his expertise at the intersection of technology and business, Jan ensures that complex SAP compliance requirements are transformed into agile, automated solutions — empowering organizations to close the 'SAP Gap' in their governance strategy.