EAB-RPC 2026: EAB Research Projects Conference 2026
| Date: | 2026-09-16 (2026-09-17) - 09:30 (17:00) | Location: | Fraunhofer IGD, Fraunhoferstraße 5, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany |
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Organizer: The European Association for Biometrics (EAB) with the contribution of the Joint Research Center (DG-JRC) and the support of DG HOME of the European Commission and Fraunhofer IGD Fees are non-refundable as from 7 days before the start of the event.
Wednesday, 16 September 2026
| Opening – Chair: Jakub Sochor | |||
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| 09:00 |
Arrival & Registrations |
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| 09:45 | Frøy Løvåsdal Dinusha Frings Jakub Sochor |
Conference Opening |
EAB EAB EAB |
| Featured Speaker I | |||
| 10:00 | Tamas Molnar |
Entry-Exit System and Fundamental Rights Implications |
European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) |
| 10:40 |
Coffee Break & Networking |
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| Featured Speaker II – Chair: Richard Guest | |||
| 11:00 | Chris Allgrove |
Injection Attack Detection and Synthetic Media/Identity |
Ingenium Biometric Laboratories |
| Projects Session I: LICORICE, EINSTEIN – Chair: Richard Guest | |||
| 11:40 | Iluminada Baturone |
Crypto-Biometrics as a Service (CBaaS) in the EUDI Wallet |
Universidad de Sevilla |
| 12:00 | Georgios Stavropoulos |
Securing European Identity: Results and Exploitation Pathways from the EINSTEIN Project |
Centre for Research and Technology Hellas Information Technologies Institute |
| 12:20 | Rosario Arjona |
The Role of Crypto-Biometrics in the LICORICE Project |
Universidad de Sevilla |
| 12:45 |
Lunch break |
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| Projects Session II: EINSTEIN, IAMI, BSM – Chair: Marta Gómez-Barrero | |||
| 14:15 | Norman Poh |
Advancements in Ephemeral Biometrics: Aligning Cloud and On-Device Identity Wallets with Decentralized Architecture |
Trust Stamp |
| 14:35 | Eileen Murphy |
Responsible AI at the Border: Ethics and Privacy Frameworks for High-Risk Identity Systems |
EINSTEIN |
| 14:55 | Laurenz Ruzicka |
Identity Attributes Matrix Initiative: Help operators fight terrorism in the day of big data and AI |
Austrian Institute of Technology |
| 15:15 |
Coffee Break & Networking |
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| Projects Session III: CarMen – Chair: Marta Gómez-Barrero | |||
| 15:35 | Lulu Cheng |
On-the-Move Iris Recognition: Challenges in CarMen Scenarios |
University of Reading |
| 15:55 | Fabian Stockhardt Juan E. Tapia |
Toward Real Deployment on Periocular Recognition on the Move |
h-da |
| 16:30 |
End of Day 1 |
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Thursday, 17 September 2026
| 09:00 | Frøy Løvåsdal |
Recap Day 1 |
European Association for Biometrics |
| Featured Speaker III– Chair: Wojciech Wodo | |||
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| 09:15 | Ilyes Azouani |
Injection Attack Detection (IAD) & Synthetic Media/Identity |
CLR |
| Projects Session IV: TRUSTED, CAST, ATHENE, CERTAIN –Chair: Wojciech Wodo | |||
| 09:45 | Georg Bramm |
TRUSTED: Building Trustworthy European Data Spaces with Self-Sovereign Identity and Privacy-Preserving Technologies. |
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Security (AISEC) |
| 10:05 | Tom Michalsky |
CAST Project Presentation |
IDloop |
| 10:25 | Fadi Boutros |
ATHENE – Advanced Embedded Biometrics: Five Years of Innovation in Synthetic Face Data |
Fraunhofer Institute IGD |
| 10:45 | Sushil Bhattacharjee |
CERTAIN: Supporting AI Act Compliance in the Biometrics Value Chain |
Idiap Research Institute |
| 11:05 |
Coffee Break & Networking |
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| Featured Speaker IV– Chair: Jakub Sochor | |||
| 11:25 | Louis-Guillaume Rigaud |
From Laboratory Evidence to Operational Controls: Standards-Based Biometric Testing and Skin-Tone Estimation |
Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) |
| Projects Session V: CarMen, PWR – Chair: Jakub Sochor | |||
| 11:55 | Amaury Auguste |
Summary and Lessons learned on mid-project review |
YnCrea |
| 12:15 | Anjith George |
Crossing Spectra and Borders: Recognizing Faces Through Glass for Vehicular Border Control |
Idiap |
| 12:35 | Wojciech Wodo |
Some Remarks on Cybersecurity and Privacy in the Age of Ubiquities AI |
Wrocław University of Science and Technology |
| 12:55 |
Lunch break |
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| Project Session VI: PopEye, AutoBorder, PRIVIDEMA, SafeTravellers – Chair: Kiran Raja | |||
| 14:00 | Rishabh Shukla |
PopEye: Iris on the Move: Recognition at a Distance, Measured Honestly |
Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| 14:20 | Eleftheria Katsoura |
Inside the Cabin: AutoBorder's Approach to In-Vehicle Biometric Identification at Maritime and Land Borders |
CERTH/ITI |
| 14:40 | Davide Antonutti Justin Ilyes |
Injection Attacks and Synthetic Identity: Face Morphing Detection in SafeTravellers |
Austrian Institute of Technology |
| 15:00 | Erkay Savaş |
PRIVIDEMA: Privacy-Preserving Identity Management and Secure Cyber Threat Intelligence Through Homomorphic Encryption EAB members may download additional files for this topic.
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Sabancı University |
| Closing | |||
| 15:20 |
Concluding Remarks |
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