Shane Deconinck Trusted AI Agents · Decentralized Trust
Shane Deconinck

I help organizations navigate the trust layer for AI agents: where identity, delegation, and cross-org verification meet. Through trustedagentic.ai, I help them get there: screening, training, and building solutions with trust baked in.

My background: a decade at the intersection of trust and emerging technology. Led the Web3 team at Howest, co-founded the LFDT European chapter, received the LFDT Community Award in 2025, spoke at international conferences, and delivered EU-funded research projects.

Giving back matters too: KUBO, founded in 2017, brings tech education to schools in Gambia and Uganda, now reaching 2500 kids every week.

Experience

Founder, trustedagentic.ai

2026 – Present

Screening, training, and building agentic solutions with trust baked in.

Web3 Lead

Howest · 2019 – 2026

Architecture & development for EU/national blockchain research. Leading team, mentoring.

LFDT European Chapter Co-founder

2024 – Present · Community Award 2025

Community

LFDT Belgium Meetup Host

2022 – Present

Connecting researchers, students & industry around decentralized trust.

Tech Lead – Afrodidact vzw

2017 – Present

EdTech for schools in underserved contexts.

Deep Dive

Speaking Engagements

LF Open Source Summit Europe

Aug 2025 · Zero Trust at the Edge

AI & BC Conference Tokyo

Sep 2025 · Decentralized Identity for Industrial Robotics

LFDT Meetup: Trusted AI Agents by Design

2026 · From Trust Ecosystems to Authority Continuity

LFDT Meetup: Trusted AI Agents

2025

LF Member Summit Tokyo

2023 · EBSI presentation

+ more notable talks

ID Collective

May 2025 · Self-Sovereign Identity

EthCC Side Event

2024 · Hyperledger Besu implementations

DAO Brussels Crypto Wednesday

Apr 2024 · Blockchain governance

LFDT Webinar

2023 · Deploying EBSI nodes with Besu

EBSI Demystifying Seminar

2022 · VC adoption for municipalities

Interreg BC in Government

2022 · Blockchain use cases in government

BLING Token Conference

2022 · Blockchain in government processes

PropTech Lab

2021 · Blockchain in construction & real estate

Research Projects at Howest

TETRA DPP InZicht

2025 · SSI for Digital Product Passports

Interreg SecuWeb

2024 · SSI, Solid pods, Industry 4.0

Digital Credentials for Europe

2023–25 · Public sector VCs

EBSI Early Adopters

2022 · Municipal VC portal

+ 6 more projects

EBSI Node Expansion · ICON Future Flemish Pig · Blockchain4Prosumers · Blockchain IN Government · Blockchain4SME

Education & Certifications

Education

BA Blockchain Developer & Architect

Howest · 2020–22 · Highest distinction

BA Applied Computer Science

Howest · 2015–17 · Distinction

Certifications

Languages

Dutch (native) English (proficient) French (professional) Japanese (novice, ready for the challenge)
Hackathons Organized
DAO AI Hackathon 2024 ETH Brussels 2023 DAO Energy 2023 Anna Ridler 2022 BLING 2021
Media

Work with me

Screening, training, and building agentic solutions with trust baked in.