Biometrics Institute ID @ Borders & Future of Travel Conference, in Cooperation with OSCE

Biometrics Institute ID @ Borders & Future of Travel Conference, in Cooperation with OSCE
The Hofburg, Vienna
April 11–12, 2019

The Biometrics Institute’s Annual Borders conference this year will be held in partnership with the OSCE, in order to bring two networks together – the established Biometrics Institute borders community and the OSCE’s network, particularly Eastern Europe. This will create an incredible forum for dialogue and discussion on biometrics at the borders with a focus on collaboration, on industry development, on future initiatives and the responsible use of biometrics.

Speakers include:

• Christine Bradley, Capacity Building Unit, United Nations Counter Terrorism Center (UNCCT)
• Anne-Maria Seesma, United Nations Security Council – Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (UNCTED), United Nations
• Thomas Greminger, Secretary General, OSCE
• Lukáš Parízek, Representative of the Slovak OSCE Chairmanship, State Secretary of Slovakia
• Krum Garkov, Executive Director, European Agency for Operational Management of Large-scale Information Systems, European Commission – eu-LISA
• Philippe van Triel, Policy Officer, European Commission
• Fares Rahmun, IT-Project Manager, EU VIS and Smart Borders, Federal Office of Administration (BVA Bundesverwaltungsamt, Germany)
• Matt Schneider, Director, Entry/Exit Transformation Office, US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
• Karen Tso, Deputy Director, NHQ – Admissibility; Immigration, Refugees & Citizenship, Canada (IRCC)
• David Grauel, Program Manager, Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM),Dept. of Homeland Security, USA
• Raoul Cooper, Director, Biometrics Institute; Design Manager – Digital, International Airlines Group

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