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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

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.


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The 13th edition of the EAB Research Projects Conference is organised by the European Association on Biometrics (EAB)

The conference is currently the largest event on research funded by the European Union in the area of Biometrics and Identity Management. Over the previous successful editions, EAB-RPC has become the main forum in Europe where attendees can simultaneously: promote research carried out in biometrics, forge new links and networks, and identify the appropriate partners for possible future project applications. Last year’s edition welcomed over 70 participants from academia, industry and public institutions.

Registrations are now opened.

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Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Opening
09:30

Arrival & Registrations
09:45 Frøy Løvåsdal
Vitomir Štruc

Conference Opening

 European Association for Biometrics
European Association for Biometrics
Featured Speaker I
10:00 Chris Allgrove

Injection Attack Detection and Synthetic Media/Identity

 Ingenium Biometric Laboratories
Featured Speaker II
10:30

Featured Speaker II
11:00

Coffee Break & Networking
Projects Session I: LICORICE, BSM, EINSTEIN
11:30 Iluminada Baturone

Crypto-Biometrics as a Service (CBaaS) in the EUDI Wallet

 Universidad de Sevilla
11:50 Georgios Stavropoulos

Securing European Identity: Results and Exploitation Pathways from the EINSTEIN Project

 Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
Information Technologies Institute
12:10 Rosario Arjona

The Role of Crypto-Biometrics in the LICORICE Project

 Universidad de Sevilla
12:30 Norman Poh

Advancements in Ephemeral Biometrics: Aligning Cloud and On-Device Identity Wallets with Decentralized Architecture

 Trust Stamp
13:10

Lunch break

Panel Discussion
14:30 Moderator:
James Ferryman

Standards Development Roadmap in EU Funded Projects

 University of Reading
Projects Session II: EINSTEIN, IAMI, CarMen
15:30 Eileen Murphy

Responsible AI at the Border: Ethics and Privacy Frameworks for High-Risk Identity Systems

 EINSTEIN
15:50 Laurenz Ruzicka

Identity Attributes Matrix Initiative: Help operators fight terrorism in the day of big data and AI

 Austrian Institute of Technology
16:10 Lulu Cheng

On-the-Move Iris Recognition: Challenges in CarMen Scenarios

 University of Reading
16:30 Fabian Stockhardt
Juan E. Tapia

Toward Real Deployment on Periocular Recognition on the Move

 h-da

Thursday, 17 September 2026

09:00 Frøy Løvåsdal
Vitomir Štruc

Recap Day 1

 European Association for Biometrics
European Association for Biometrics
Featured Speaker III
09:15 Ilyes Azouani

Injection Attack Detection (IAD) & Synthetic Media/Identity

 CLR
Projects Session III: TRUSTED, CAST, ATHENE, CERTAIN
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 Project Presentation
11:05

Coffee Break & Networking
Featured Speaker IV
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 IV: CarMen, PWR
11:55 Thibaut Deleruyelle

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

Project Session IV: PopEye, AutoBorder, PRIVIDEMA
13:30 Rishabh Skukla

PopEye Project Presentation

 Norwegian University of Science and Technology
13:50 Eleftheria Katsoura
Georgios Stavropoulos

AutoBorder: Project Update and Roadmap

 Information Technologies Institute
14:10 Erkay Savaş

PRIVIDEMA Project Presentation

 Sabancı University