EABxCERIS: Biometrics in Action for Border Management & Fight Against Crime and Terrorism
Date: | 2025-09-23 (2025-09-24) - 13:30 (13:00) | Location: | Fraunhofer IGD, Fraunhoferstraße 5, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany |
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Organizer: The European Association for Biometrics (EAB) in cooperation with the European Commission, under the Community for European Research and Innovation for Security (CERIS). Attendance is free of charge but registration is required. Please note: to register, follow the link to the RPC event page and select 'Get tickets'. Scroll to the bottom and select the Biometrics in Action event as an 'Extra'.
Registration (ext.)
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
13:00 |
Arrival & Registrations |
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Opening | |||
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13:30 | Dinusha Frings Giulio Maria Mancini |
Welcome & Opening Remarks |
European Association for Biometrics DG HOME |
Keynote I | |||
13:50 | Javier Galbally |
Biometric Technology for EU Internal Security and Seamless Travel The presentation will provide details about the landscape of EU large-scale IT systems that eu-LISA operates and how biometric technology plays a pivotal role in the interoperability of the full ecosystem, as one of the core applications to ensure internal security and seamless travel in the EU. The presentation will especially focus on the sBMS and the MID. It will also provide an insight into existing challenges that still need to be addressed through research and innovation. |
eu-LISA |
Projects Session I - EURMARS, PopEye, CAST | |||
14:15 | James Ferryman |
EURMARS: An advanced surveillance platform to improve the EURopean Multi Authority BordeR Security efficiency and cooperation. This presentation provides an overview of the research and innovation undertaken within the EU EURMARS Horizon Europe project in advanced maritime border security. The focus is on the project's approach to integrate satellites, UAVs, and AI-driven data fusion and the delivery of a tested platform and tools for risk assessment, improved situational awareness, and decision support, strengthening EU surveillance capabilities. |
University of Reading |
14:35 | Bernhard Kohn |
PopEye: On-the-move Technologies for Passenger Verification at EU External Borders Presenting the progress of the first year of PopEye and its integrated solution for robust, privacy-preserving, unobtrusive, and on-the-move verification. |
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology |
14:55 | Jörg Reinhold |
CAST: Convenient, advanced, secure and touchless fingerprint scanning for identification purposes CAST developed the first prototype of a contactless multi-fingerprint scanner that captures 3D ridge and valley structures to generate greyscale images equivalent to traditional contact-based scanners. |
Idloop |
15:15 |
Communication Break & Netoworking |
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Projects Session II - Autoborder, CEASEFIRE, IMPULSE | |||
15:30 | Georgios Stavropoulos |
AutoBorder: Seamless Border Crossings for Vehicles This presentation will introduce the AutoBorder project, which focuses on developing innovative solutions for border checks specifically for vehicles. The talk will discuss the project objectives, impacts, and expected outcomes. |
Information Technologies Institute |
15:50 | Eleftheria Katsoura |
Ceasefire: AI Tools for Identifying Online Firearms Trafficking Presenting Ceasefire's AI detection systems for online firearms trafficking: deep learning models and NLP techniques for darknet marketplace analysis and social platforms. |
Information Technologies Institute |
16:10 | Alicia Jiménez González |
IMPULSE: Transforming public services in Europe with eID Project IMPULSE aims to transform the mainstream discourse on digital identity by drawing up a method of multidisciplinary evaluation of eID management that combines co-creation with the need for a universal vision of digital identity ethics in providing public services. |
gradiant |
Round Table | |||
16:30 | Matheus Tomio Sebastien Brangoulo Roberto Wolfer Henri Claudot |
Use Case Deep-Dive: Identity Verification in Complex Environments |
Integrated Biometrics Innovatrics Dermalog IDEMIA |
17:30 |
End of Day 1 |
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
09:00 | Dinusha Frings |
Recap Day 1 |
European Association for Biometrics |
Panel Discussion | |||
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09:15 | Fernando Alonso-Fernández (Moderator) Chris Allgrove Damianos Chronakis |
Threats from AI & Digital Identity Manipulation |
Halmstad University Ingenium Europol |
Projects Session III - CarMen , POLIIICE, LICORICE | |||
10:15 | Juan Eduardo Tapia Farías |
CarMen This talk will introduce the CarMen Project, which is focused on creating a scalable, fully automated biometric system to perform non-stop identification of travellers in various modes of transportation, including vehicles and on foot. |
Hochschule Darmstadt |
10:25 | Mirela Rosgova |
POLIIICE Project Overview Presentation POLIIICE introduces a new era of lawful interception, showcasing innovative, ethical, and privacy-compliant solutions at cloud, network, and device levels to empower European LEAs against crime and terrorism in 5G, encrypted, and quantum communication. |
Center for Security Studies KEMEA |
10:35 | Rosario Arjona |
LICORICE biometric approach on High Level of Assurance European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet. LICORICE is a 3-year project starting in November 2025 to advance digital sovereignty in Europe by developing privacy-preserving technologies and secure identity management solutions. |
Universidad de Sevilla |
10:45 |
Coffee Break & Live Demos |
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Practitioner Lab | |||
11:15 | Richard Guest |
"If I had this tech..." |
University of Southampton |
Closing | |||
12:15 | Dinusha Frings Giulio Maria Mancini |
Concluding Remarks |
European Association for Biometrics DG HOME |
12:45 |
Lunch Break & End of Day 2 |