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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

Conference Opening

 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 Eileen Murphy

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

 EINSTEIN
11:00

Coffee Break & Networking
Projects Session I: LICORICE, BSM, EINSTEIN
11:30 Rosario Arjona

The Role of Crypto-Biometrics in the LICORICE Project

 Universidad de Sevilla
11:55 Iluminada Baturone

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

 Universidad de Sevilla
12:15 Norman Poh

Biometric Secure Module (BSM) Project

 Trust Stamp
12:40 Georgios Stavropoulos

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

 Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
Information Technologies Institute
13:10

Lunch break

Projects Session II: CarMen
14:30 Thibaut Deleruyelle

Summary and Lessons Learned on Mid-Project Review

 YnCrea
14:55 Anjith George

Crossing Spectra and Borders: Recognizing Faces Through Glass for Vehicular Border Control

 Idiap
15:20 Fabian Stockhardt
Juan E. Tapia

Toward Real Deployment on Periocular Recognition on the Move

 h-da
15:55 Lulu Cheng

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

 University of Reading

Thursday, 17 September 2026

09:00 Frøy Løvåsdal

Recap Day 1

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

Injection Attack Detection (IAD) & Synthetic Media/Identity

 CLR
Projects Session III: TRUSTED, CAST, IAMI
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)
10:10 Tom Michalsky

CAST Project Presentation

 IDloop
10:35 Laurenz Ruzicka

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

 Austrian Institute of Technology
11:00

Coffee Break & Networking
Panel Discussion
11:20 Moderator:
James Ferryman

Standards Development Roadmap in EU Funded Projects

 University of Reading
13:00

Lunch break

Project Session IV: PopEye
13:30 TBD

PopEye Project Presentation

 Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Heidelberg University