Congress 2026 speakers - Biometrics Institute

The Biometrics Institute's Congress taking place in London, 20-21 October 2026

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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.

: Daniel Bachenheimer,
Director,
Biometrics Institute

: Roger Baldwin,
Advisory Council Member,
Biometrics Institute

: Darren Bark,
Executive Director,
Investigations and Counter Terrorism,
NSW Police Force, Australia

: Mark Branchflower,
Coordinator, Fingerprint Unit and Face Project,
Interpol

: Jo Brooks
Assistant Director Security and Inclusion Team
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport UK

: Kevin W. Bowyer,
Schubmehl-Prein Family Professor,
University of Notre Dame,
USA

: Jonathan Boyle,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
University of Reading

: Graham Camm,
Programme Director,
Home Office Biometrics
UK Home Office

: Aleksandrs Cepilovs,
Capability Building Officer – Research and Development
eu_LISA

: Dion Chamberlain,
Director,
Biometrics Institute

: Praveen Chaudhary
Director
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

: Damianos Chronakis
Specialist
Biometrics – Business Product Management
Europol-Information Management Unit

: Sarah P Chu,
Director of Policy and Reform,
Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice
Cardozo School of Law USA

: Mark Courtney,
Deputy CEO & Chief Product Officer,
CIFAS

: Adam Czajka
Associate Professor,
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
AI Trust and Reliability Lab
University of Notre Dame, USA

: Hans de Moel,
Director, Biometrics Institute
Staff Advisor,
Royal Netherlands Marechaussee (KMar) – Ministry of Defence

: Ian Deasha,
Group Manager – Identity and Trust (Technology), Regulatory Risk,
Information Commissioner’s Office

: Magdalena Delgado-Friedman,
Senior Privacy and Data Policy Manager,
Meta

: Pam Dixon,
Founder and Director,
World Privacy Forum

: Ted Dunstone,
Founder,
Biometrics Institute

: German Antonio Dorta Martinez,
Vice President of Global Sales
Image Match Design (iMD)

: Brett Feldon,
Advisory Council Member and Head of Digital Identity Group,
Biometrics Institute

: Fernando Garcia-Quismondo,
Former Head of Identity Centre of Excellence
at Grupo Santander

: Martin George
Digital Identity Expert Group
Biometrics Institute

: Cheryl Glen,
Director,
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner

: Jakob Dam Glynstrup,
Chairman,
Biometrics Institute

: Alexandre Costa Gonçalves,
Team Leader ETIAS Central Unit,
FRONTEX

: Nelson Goncalves,
Head, Legal Identity Unit, Immigration & Border Management Division,
International Organization for Migration (IOM)

: Ellen Grand,
Biometrics Intelligence Manager – Voice,
National Crime Agency (NCA) UK

: Marianne Henriksen,
Subject Director Digital ID,
Norwegian Tax Administration

: Justin Ikura,
Director – Identity Management Division
Strategic Policy Branch,
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)

: Sam Jefferies,
Head, Biometrics and Interoperability Unit,
Digital Identity and Registration Section,
Global Data Service,
UNHCR – The UN Refugee Agency,
Denmark

: Jeremy Johnson,
Executive Director,
Policing Information and Checking Services,
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC)

: James Kavanagh,
Biometrics Intelligence Manager – Voice,
National Crime Agency (NCA) UK

: Michael King,
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,

: Thomas King,
Senior Advisor,
General Aviation Multi Agency Hub,
UK Home Office

: Will King,
Vice President – Growth & Technical Business Development,
IDEMIA Public Security

: Shazia Khan,
Head of Biometrics,
Metropolitan Police Service UK

: Cedric Law,
Director, Policy & Development Division,
Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) Singapore

: David Lehr,
Privacy Policy Manager,
Meta

: Hannes Lember,
Chief Expert, Police and Border Guard,
Estonian Ministry of the Interior

: Brenda Leong,
Member,
Future Direction Group, Biometrics Institute

: Frøy Løvåsdal,
Senior Advisor,
National Police Directorate Norway

: Sébastien Marcel
Head of Biometrics Group
Idiap Research Institute Switzerland

: Tim McGarr
AI Market Development Lead (Regulatory Services)
BSI Group

: Owen McShane,
Vice-President Government Relations,
FaceTec

: Jay Meier,
Chief Identity Technology Strategist,
FaceTec

: Isabelle Moeller,
Chief Executive,
Biometrics Institute

: Magan Naidoo,
Chief Data Officer,
World Food Programme

: Mei Ngan,
Computer Scientist,
National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), USA

: Mark Nixon,
Editor in Chief IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behaviour and Identity Science,
University of Southampton, UK

: Eilidh Noyes,
Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology
University of Leeds
UK

: Mick O’Connell,
Future Direction Group member,
Biometrics Institute

: Irina Orssich,
Head of Sector, Artificial Intelligence,
DG CNECT, European Commission

: Stéphanie Peyrat,
Digital Identity Business Owner,
Thales

: Jonathon Phillips
Electronic Engineer
National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
USA

: Ray Provencio
Executive Director – Admissibility and Passenger Programs
Office of Field Operations
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

: Kirti Vardhan Rathore
Deputy Director
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

: Quentin Revell,
Chief Technology Officer
UK Home Office Biometrics

: Carola Rienth,
Public Policy Lead,
Google

: Richard Rinkens,
Coordinator for Biometrics,
Interoperability and Information Technology,
DG HOME, European Commission

: Arun Ross,
Site Director,
NSF Center for Identification Technology Research
(CITeR), USA

: Neily Sanon,
Test Analyst, Biometrics Researcher,
Fime

: Anne-Maria Seesma,
Legal Officer,
United Nations Security Council –
Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (UNCTED)*

: Benjamin Smith,
Biometrics Programme Manager, FBI CJIS Division,
Federal Bureau of Investigation

: Anna-Liisa Tampuu,
Head of IT Policy and Strategy,
Estonian Ministry of the Interior

: Theodore Tan,
Director,
Biometrics Institute

: Meline von Brentano
EVP Digital Transformation Strategy,
Palantir Technologies Inc

: James Wayman,
Biometric Expert

: William Webster,
Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner
for England and Wales

: Heiko Werner,
Head of Subdirectorate Security,
Federal Office for Migration and Refugees,
BAMF

: David White,
Head of Strategic Facial Matching & Specialist Business Solutions,
UK Home Office Biometrics Programme

*Subject to final confirmation