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Speakers:
We are adding new speakers all the time. Here is a selection of some of the fantastic experts you will hear at this year’s Congress.
- Stephen Almond, Deputy Commissioner, Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), UK
- Dan Bachenheimer, Director, Biometrics Institute
- Suzanne Barnes, Passenger Policy & Border Transformation Lead, Passenger Policy & Border Transformation Unit, UK Home Office
- David Birch, Author, advisor and commentator on digital financial services
- Christine Erika Bradley, Chief of Section, Countering Terrorist Travel, United Nations Office of Counterterrorism (UNOCT), Regional Programme Office, Budapest
- Ralph Breithaupt, Project Manager and Senior Scientist, Federal Office for Information Security, Germany
- Carol Buttle, Head of Certification, Assurance and Security, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
- Graham Camm, Chief Architect, Home Office Biometrics, UK Home Office
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Dion Chamberlain
Director
Biometrics Institute
- Silkie Carlo, Director, Big Brother Watch, UK
- Mahdi Ghafourian, Biometric and Data Pattern Analytics Lab (BiDALab), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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Jakob Dam Glynstrup
Director
National ID Centre
Denmark
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Pam Dixon
Founder and Director
World Privacy Forum
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Patrick Grother
Biometric Standards and Testing Lead
National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), USA
- Christine A. Hughes, Principal Research Scientist, Systems, Tactics, and Force Development, Center for Naval Analyses
- Justin Ikura, Director, Office of Biometrics and Identity Management, Canada Border Services Agency
- Sam Jefferies, Head of Digital Services and Biometrics, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- Michael King, Associate Professor, Computer Engineering and Sciences, Harris Institute for Assured Information, Florida Institute of Technology, USA
- Gregory Kuhlmey, Digital Identity Programme Manager, IDEMIA
- Olga Kulyk, Senior Consultant Customer Onboarding, Inverid
- Frøy Løvåsdal, Manager, National Technology Team, EUIS Programme, National Police Directorate, Norway
- Louise Maynard-Atem, Deputy Director Data & Insights (Digital Identity), Government Digital Service
- Megan McLarnon, Global Privacy & Data Policy Lead, Meta
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Jay Meier
Senior Vice President
North American Operations
FaceTec
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Isabelle Moeller
Chief Executive
Biometrics Institute
- Eilidh Noyes, Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology, Associate Director of the Centre for Cognition and Neuroscience, University of Huddersfield, UK
- Mick O’Connell, Future Direction Group member, Biometrics Institute
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Irina Orssich
Team Leader Artificial Intelligence
DG CNECT
European Commission (subject to final confirmation)
- Derya Ozkul, Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford, UK
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Brian Plastow
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner
- Kiran Raja, Associate Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
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Richard Rinkens
Coordinator for Biometrics
Interoperability and Information Technology
European Commission
- Arun Ross, College of Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, USA
- Maria Ruggiero, Law Enforcement & Forensic Specialist, Thales
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Diane Sabatino
Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner
Office of Field Operations
US Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
- Mark Salmon, Lead Product Manager for Identity and Person Services, Migration & Borders Technology Portfolio, UK Home Office
- Leonid Scharf, Desk Officer, Bundespolizei (BPOL) – Federal Police of Germany
- Anne-Maria Seesmaa, Legal Officer, Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, United Nations (UNCTED)
- Luca Tagliaretti, Deputy Executive Director, eu-LISA
- Richard Vorder Bruegge, Senior Physical Scientist, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), USA
- Gordon Wilson, Vice President, Identity Verification, Entrust
- Kai Zenner, Head of Office & Digital Policy Adviser, European Parliament