News Releases

Please find here our latest press releases as well as images to download for publication in the press.

2024

• News Release of the SafeTravellers Project
  • Start of the SafeTravellers Project

2023

• News Release of the 2023 EAB RPC
  • 10th edition of the EAB Research Projects Conference

2022

• News Release of the 2022 EAB Biometrics Awards
  • Winners of the 16th European Biometrics Max Snijder, Research, and Industry Awards

2021

• News Release of EAB on the announcement of the EAB Virtual Events Series – Workshop on Fingerprint Presentation Attack Detection from 16 April 2021
  • Virtual Events on Fingerprint Presentation Attack Detection
• News Release of EAB on the announcement of the EAB Virtual Events Series – Biometrics Challenges in the European Banking Ecosystem from 13 April 2021
  • 2021 EAB Virtual Event: Biometrics Challenges in the European Banking Ecosystem in Cooperation with CLR Labs
• News Release of EAB on the announcement of the EAB Virtual Events Series – Demographic Fairness in Biometric Systems from 18 January 2021
  • Virtual Events on Demographic Fairness in Biometric Systems

2020

• News Release of EAB on the announcement of the EAB Research Projects Conference 2020 from 20 August 2020
  • EAB Research Projects Conference (RPC) 2020: Final Program
• News Release on a response to a publication by the AEPD together with the EDPS from 4 August 2020
  • EAB publishes its “Misunderstandings in Misunderstanding on Biometrics” response to the EU-Spanish EDPS-AEPD Data Protection Authorities

2018

• News Release of the Secure Identity Alliance on the future cooperation with EAB from 14 November 2018
  • European Association for Biometrics (EAB) joins Secure Identity Alliance as an Advisory Observer
• News Release on a conference on the performance of face recognition that NIST is coorganising with EAB from 17 October 2018
  • EAB Partners with NIST on International Face Performance Conference
• News Release on a EAB conference on Privacy in Leuven, Belgium on 9 November 2018 from 15 October 2018
  • First Conference on Biometrics and Privacy. Stakeholders talk about the challenges of biometric data use within the legal framework of Europe's GDPR.
• EAB wraps up EAB-RPC conference and releases conference report from 2 October 2018
  • Report of the 5^th EAB Research Project Conference
• News Release of EAB the winners of the EAB Awards 2018 from 26 September 2018
  • EAB awards three academics for excellence in European biometric research
• News Release of EAB on the appointment of Frederik Kortbæk from 22 August 2018
  • Appointment of Frederik Kortbæk as Director EAB
• News Release of EAB on the International Identity Day from 18 July 2018
  • Calling for the recognition of September 16 as International Identity Day – Coalition joined by the European Association for Biometrics and Secure Identity Alliance
• News Release of EAB on the announcement of the EAB Research Projects Conference 2018 from 4 July 2018
  • Leading the debate on Digital Identity and Biometrics, in Europe
• News Release of EAB on the Appointment of a CEO from 20 June 2018
  • Appointment of CEO: Michiel van der Veen
• Press Release of EAB on the EAB Banking Seminars in 2018 from 30 May 2018
  • 2018 EAB Banking Seminars - Do you REALLY know your customers?

2017

• Press Release of EAB on this years European Biometrics Symposium in Canterbury on 8 November 2017
  • European Biometrics Symposium facing the future of mobile biometric technologies
• Press Release of EAB on the upcoming event Biometrics in Banking and Payment in London on 17 November 2017
  • European Association for Biometrics (EAB) to address the rapid development of biometrics for mobile authentication and online services
• Press Release of EAB on the winners of the EAB Awards 2017 from 2 October 2017
  • Extraordinary achievements at the final of the eleventh European Biometrics Research and Industry Awards on 20 September 2017
• Press Release of EAB to announce this years Research Projects Conference
  • The 4^th edition of the EAB Research Projects Conference (EAB-RPC) will take place on 18 and 19 September 2017 at the premises of Fraunhofer IGD in Darmstadt, Germany. (update)
• Press Release of EAB on its presence at this years European Payment Summit in The Hague
  • EAB at EuropeanPaymentSummit 2017 on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 March 2017

2016

• Press Release of EAB on the upcoming event Biometrics in Banking and Payment in Amsterdam on 8 December 2016
  • ABN AMRO to address the 7^th seminar Biometrics in Banking and Payments on 8 December 2016
• Press Release of EAB on the upcoming Research Projects Conference in September 2016
  • On 19 and 20 September 2016 Europe's largest conference in the area of Biometrics and Identity Management funded by the EC will take place in Darmstadt, Germany

2015

• Press Release of EAB on the report about the Biometrics in Banking and Payment series from 8 December 2015
  • Over 45 banks participating to the EAB banking seminars
• Press Release of EAB on a workshop on privacy in surveillance in London from 12 October 2015
  • EAB discusses privacy assessment in surveillance in a workshop in London on 19 October 2015
• Press Release of EAB on a seminar on Biometrics in Banking and Payments it organises in London from 7 October 2015
  • EAB seminar Biometrics in Banking and Payments: over 45 banks participating in European financial capitals London and Frankfurt
• Press Release of EAB on the upcoming Research Projects Conference in September 2015
  • European Association for Biometrics (EAB) organizes largest European research conference on 7-8 September 2015
• Press Release of EAB on three new banking workshops in 2015
  • European Association for Biometrics organizes Biometrics in Banking and Payments seminars in three European financial capitals: Frankfurt, London and Amsterdam
• Press Release of EAB on the EAB-CITeR from 23 January 2015
  • European Association for Biometrics (EAB) establishes new pan European research collaboration

2014

• Press Release of EAB on the winners of the EAB Awards 2014 from 10 September 2014
  • Winners of the 8^th European Biometrics Research and Industry Award announced
• Press Release of EAB on a workshop on biometrics in banking it organises in London from 14 October 2014
  • Over 25 banks attending EAB Seminar Biometrics in Banking
• Press Release of EAB on a workshop on privacy it organises in London from 3 October 2014
  • Preserving Privacy in an Age of Increased Surveillance – A Biometrics Perspective
• Press Release of EAB on the nomination of this years awards nominees from 8 August 2014
  • Finalists of the European Biometric Research and Industry Awards 2014 announced
• Press Release of EAB announcing the EAB Research Projects Conference from 29 April 2014
  • European Association for Biometrics (EAB) organizes largest European research conference on 8 and 9 September 2014
• Press Release of EAB signing long term agreement with Mesago from 21 March 2014
  • EAB signs long term agreement with Mesago on Euro ID and ID World International Congress
• Press Release of EAB on Bernard Didier as EAB's first Honorary Member from 5 March 2014
  • Bernard Didier elected as the first Honorary Member of the European Association for Biometrics

2013

• Press Release of EAB on the winners of the EAB Awards 2013 from 4 September 2013
  • Winners of the 7^th European Biometrics Research Award announced

2012

• Press Release of EAB on the partnership with Eurosmart from 1 December 2012
  • European Association for Biometrics and Eurosmart enter into partnership
• Press Release of EAB on the winners of the EAB Award 2012 from 7 September 2012
  • Winners of the 6^th European Biometrics Research Award announced
• Press Release of Fraunhofer IGD from January 31, 2012
  • Biometrie: Europäische Vereinigung will Technologie vorantreiben (German)
  • Biometrics: European Association wants to drive technology (English)
  • Biometría: Asociación Europea quiere hacer avanzar la tecnología (Spanish)

2011

• Press Release of EAB from December 1, 2011
  • European Association for Biometrics founded