The next edition of the Biometrics Institute’s Concepts and Solutions Report is a special one! It will celebrate our Silver Jubilee and is entitled “Biometrics – Keeping it Real”. It focusses on the role of biometrics in verifying who’s real: how to secure systems, prove presence, remove friction and prevent fraud. Biometrics Institute members are invited to make a submission to this important report before the 6 February 2026 submission deadline.
Our last four editions of this report (COVID-19: Effective and responsible biometrics solutions and concepts in a time of pandemic – building a resilient response , COVID-19: Effective and responsible biometrics solutions and concepts – one year into the pandemic, Biometrics and digital identity solutions, and The future of responsible biometrics) have been downloaded over 25,000 times.
Biometrics now affect almost every aspect of our lives. Fraud, data breaches, and deepfakes are on the rise. How does the whole ecosystem prove who’s real? Biometrics add a layer of security, but the public demands transparency to ensure impartiality and that its use is strictly defined and controlled. That’s why we are focusing on this theme for the 2026 report and we would like you to be part of it.
The submissions should be thought-leadership pieces that provide insights, lessons learnt, and tested, available solutions that address the use of ethical biometrics now and in the future.
These expert reports will be compiled into a document that we can share with our members, an extensive wider network (including non-members), as well as on our social media channels.
The Biometrics Institute represents over 200 member organisations from more than 43 countries around the world with a network that is close to 1,000 individuals, many of them experts in their respective fields and key decision-makers in government and the private sector.
If you would like to promote a specific product or service, we are also offering the opportunity to place an advert at the end of the report or alongside your submitted paper.
It is important to note that we are only accepting report submissions which address critical questions you and your clients are facing currently. The report will be an educational piece, and your submission needs to explain how any available solution is effective for the future of responsible biometrics, perhaps drawing on case study examples. The papers you send are not a place for product advertising and such submissions will not be included.
THE REPORT
You are welcome to use existing material that fits within the required format of our report and of which you own the copyright and/or the material does not infringe on any exclusive rights. Below are some suggested themes:
Proposed themes for the report are:
- Is AI outsmarting us? Deepfakes – how to detect them and prevent their use
- How to improve public education on the advantages of biometrics
- Digital passports – solution or risk vector?
- Biometrics, borders and travel – is seamless travel here?
- Migration challenges and the role of biometrics
- Biometrics and vulnerable people – creating greater inclusion and safety
- Challenges the increasingly digital world is facing and potential solutions for responsible biometrics
- Remote identity verification – good practices and solutions
- Preventing and recovering from account takeover and the role of biometrics
- How privacy is changing and how biometrics respond to it
- Governance and new legislation impacts
- Responsible, secure biometric data-sharing (e.g., for re-use, interoperability or specific use cases like counter-terrorism)
- Different use cases for biometrics (e.g., behavioural biometrics, DNA, etc.)
- The importance of multimodal biometrics – mitigating risk with a multi technology approach
Please feel free to make your own additional topic suggestions.
How to submit:
Papers should be submitted by downloading and completing our submission form (see below) and emailing it to the Biometrics Institute Member Engagement Manager, Shelley Bryen – shelley@biometricsinstitute.org by Friday 6 February 2026.
Advert copy should be sent to the same email address by that same deadline.
Submission format:
- Please note that although we highly encourage submissions from our international community, contributions must be submitted in English
- Font: Calibri Light
- Font size: 11
- The submission must be limited to two pages (approximately 1,000 words) – It can include graphics, charts, images (supplied by submitter) BUT must not be more than two pages total
Submissions in a different format will not be accepted.
Submissions should include:
- Proposed title of the paper
- Paper content – no more than 1000 words
- Your contact details for us to correspond with you
- Your contact details for publication
Acknowledgement will be provided on receipt.
Cost: GBP 250 for up to two pages in the report
Add-ons
STANDALONE CO-BRANDED SUBMISSION
Your featured 2-page thought-leadership piece (and advertisement if purchased) including the special report cover will be supplied to you as a standalone marketing piece.
Cost: GBP 150
ADVERT
In submitting a paper, it is not a requirement to also place an advert. If, however, you would like to place an advert for inclusion at the end of the report, please send a high quality .jpg or similar file for either a quarter or half-page advert to shelley@biometricsinstitute.org.
Specifications (actual size, no bleed required)
Quarter page portrait:87mm wide x 130mm tall
Half page landscape: 180mm wide x 130mm tall
Cost:
- GBP 350 for a quarter-page advert
- GBP 450 for a half-page advert
- GBP 650 for a full-page advert
AUDIENCE
The report will be shared:
- With the Biometrics Institute membership which consists of over 200 organisations represented by over 1,000 individuals
- With our non-member database which consists of close to 9,000 contacts from government, user and supplier organisations around the world
- On our social channels – we have over 6,000 followers on LinkedIn and over 7,400 on X.
If you have any questions, please contact shelley@biometricsinstitute.org.
