Past Events

We invite all EAB members to join us in a conference to discuss the charters and progresses of the SIGs, Committees and Working Groups.

The working group is an open platform dedicated to regular exchange of information and experience related to the field of Biometrics. The target of the working group is the interdisciplinary discussion between research, technology developers, data privacy experts, governmental agencies and operators of Biometric Systems. The working group identifies new applications and offers a platform to present latest research results and products. Furthermore the working group is elaborating position papers on dedicated biometric topics. The working group is closely cooperating with the Norwegian IT-Security Network FRISC and international groups that are related to the field of Biometrics.

50 expert speakers include representatives from the FBI, US-VISIT program, National Policing Improvement Agency, the UK Border Force (Olympics 2012), leading biometrics suppliers and users including several national identity management programs. New for 2012 is an in-depth look at rapid DNA profiling using biometrics technology and a specialist track on the rise of ‘soft’ biometrics. Other tracks include border control applications, biometrics in airports and the latest developments in biometric technologies.

EXHIBITION AND SEMINARS

Running alongside the conference is BiometricsLive Exhibition and Seminars featuring the very latest in identity management solutions from a host of exhibitors, including several companies new to the industry, a live demonstration area and seminar programme.

An important aspect of the event is bringing together a variety of end users, suppliers, integrators, press, academic and government representatives from departments and ministries from across the world providing three days of unsurpassed networking opportunities.

The conference is jointly organized by the Competence Center for Applied Security Technology (CAST), the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC), the TeleTrusT-Association, the Norwegian Biometrics Laboratory (NBL), the Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt (CASED) the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Re- search IGD, and the special interest group BIOSIG of the Gesell- schaft für Informatik e.V. (GI).

EAB is launching the sixth European Biometrics Research and Industry Award 2012. This prestigious award is granted annually to individuals who have been judged by a panel of internationally respected experts to be making a significant contribution to the field of biometrics research in Europe.

IIH-MSP 2012 is the 8^th International Conference on Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing. The conference this year is technically co-sponsored by IEEE and hosted by the University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece.

In IIH-MSP 2012 there are 3 Invited Sessions on Biometrics, covering mainly the following aspects:

1. Improved methods for recognition and performance evaluation
2. Security and privacy issues;
3. Disruptive biometric sensing technologies and new applications

Objectives of the workshop:

• To analyse commonalities and differences of the various continental privacy cultures with regards to processing of biometric references and privacy impact assessment (PIA)
• To present concepts for Biometric Information Protection
• To present and discuss metrics for benchmarking Template Protection Algorithms

This is the 5^th meeting since 2010. This time we will have presentations from Oberthur Technologies about their view on chip card solutions with integrated biometrics. Here after there will be a delivery on the status of the Danish national logon solution NemID including a perspective on biometrics. Finally a representative from Vækstfonden will tell about funding opportunities. Vækstfonden is a state investment fund, which aims to create new growth companies by providing venture capital and competence.

This school follows the successful International Summer Schools on Biometrics held since 2003, but with a different target. In this 9^th edition, the courses will mainly focus on new and emerging issues in biometrics:

1. How to exploit the human dimension in multi-biometric data acquisition and processing;
2. How to exploit new technologies in forensics and in security applications;
3. Standardization, evaluation and assessment of biometric applications.

The courses will provide a clear and in-depth picture on the state-of-the-art in biometric verification/identification technology, both under the theoretical and scientific point of view as well as in diverse application domains.

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has been setup by the Govt. of India with a mandate to issue a unique identification number to all the residents in the country. UIDAI proposes to create a platform to first collect the identity details and then to perform authentication that can be used by several government and commercial services providers. A key requirement of the UID system is to minimize/eliminate duplicate identity in order to improve the efficacy of the service delivery. UIDAI has selected biometrics feature set as the primary method to check for duplicate identity. In order to ensure that an individual is uniquely identified in an easy and cost-effective manner, it is necessary to ensure that the captured biometric information is capable of carrying out the de-duplication at the time of collection of information. For government and commercial providers to authenticate the identity at the time of service delivery, it is necessary that the biometric information capture and transmission are standardized across all the partners and users of the UID system.

UID provides, online, cost-effective, ubiquitous authentication services across the country and establishes identity. Authentication is transactional and to be done at the time of availing a benefit.

The objective of the UIDAI is to provide a robust, reusable ID to those who do not have any ID proof, cleaning up existing databases of multiple and fake entries through Uniqueness and to improve targeting and delivery of services. It will also reduce the cost of delivery of services.

The Global Hub for Next Generation Citizen & Government ID Solutions

The show will continue its focus on advanced security documents, border control, ePassports, eID, registered traveller and for 2012 will have a special focus on document anti-counterfeiting.

With over 85 companies on the exhibition floor, and an exciting three-day conference programme, this event is designed for government officials, company executives and technologists in the ePassport, visa, eID, driving license, registered traveller, law enforcement, digital identity, employee ID, security printing, biometric and smart card industries.

Participation in this event is free of charge. However pre-registration is required.