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NBLAW 2026 – Norwegian Biometrics Laboratory Annual Workshop 2026

Date: 2026-03-04 (09:00-12:45) Location: Online

Organizer: Norwegian Biometrics Laboratory (NBL) in cooperation with the European Association for Biometrics (EAB)

Attendance is free of charge but registration is required. All times in CET.



Back in spring 2011, our Norwegian Biometrics Laboratory (NBL) was established. For the opening, we organized a workshop and since then, we have celebrated the NBL Annual Workshops (NBLAW). All the workshops are listed on the NBL homepage.

Building on the success of previous editions, the 2026 workshop will focus on the theme: Trustworthiness in Biometrics - Explainability, Fairness, and Regulations. We cordially invite you to participate in the 16th Norwegian Biometrics Laboratory Workshop 2026 which is an open and free-to-attend event.

With increasing deployment of biometric technologies in real-world applications, issues related to transparency, interpretability, bias, robustness, and regulatory compliance have become central to both research and practice. This year’s workshop aims to foster in-depth discussions on these aspects and to bridge perspectives across technical, ethical, and regulatory domains.

The workshop will be held online. Credentials will be shared prior to the event.

We thank our media partner:

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Agenda

09:00 Christoph Busch

Welcome

 Norwegian Biometrics Laboratory (NBL)/Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
09:15 Subodh Raj

PopEye - explainability and quality in biometrics

EAB members may download additional files for this topic.
 NTNU
09:35 Hans Geißner

Feature Type Transformation and Decoding Strategies in Deep Fuzzy Vaults

 Hochschule Darmstadt
10:00 Luuk Spreeuwers

Explainable Biometrics

EAB members may download additional files for this topic.
 University of Twente
10:45

Coffee Break
11:00 Chiara Galdi

Fairness in AI

EAB members may download additional files for this topic.
 Eurecom
11:45 Jonathan Boyle

Beyond the Numbers: Morphing Attack Detection, Quality Assessment and the Explainability Challenge Towards Trustworthy Face Recognition in Online ID Issuance

EAB members may download additional files for this topic.
 University of Reading
12:30

Closing of workshop
12:45

End of the event