July 2019
Member Meeting London
We are pleased to announce our next London Member Meeting will take place on 12 July 2019, 10.00 - 13.00. The meeting will be held at: New Zealand House 80 Haymarket London SW1Y 4TQ. The agenda is still being finalised, but you can download the current version above. Confirmed speakers are: Simon Wilcox, Heathrow Airport Tracy Alexander, City of London Police Alberto Lima, Polygon James Ferryman, University of Reading Stephen Petty, Senior Architect, Capgemini Dominic Ellis, Senior Software Architect,…
Find out more »August 2019
Member Meeting Canberra
We are pleased to announce our next Canberra Member Meeting will take place on August 8 2019, 9:00am - 12noon. The meeting will be held at the MinterEllison, Level 3, 25 National Circuit, Forrest. Speakers include: Christina Graves, Special Counsel, MinterEllison Kirsty Easdale, Senior Associate, Employment Law, MinterEllison Jason Zhou, Presales Manager, NEC Australia Adam Clarke, Principal - Technical Architect & Practice Lead, Oakton To register please email alex@biometricsinstitute.org. This meeting is free for members. Non-members are welcome, a small fee…
Find out more »Member Meeting Wellington
We are pleased to announce our next Wellington Member Meeting will take place on 28 August 2019, hosted by The Department of Internal Affairs. Confirmed speakers are; Hon Terry Aulich, Head of the Privacy Expert Group, Biometrics Institute, presenting on The law, ethics and practicality of biometrics Department of Internal Affairs New Zealand If you are interested in speaking opportunities please email alex@biometricsinstitute.org. To register please email alex@biometricsinstitute.org. This meeting is free for members. Non-members are welcome, a small fee may…
Find out more »September 2019
Member Member Sydney
We are pleased to announce our next Sydney Member Meeting will take place on September 11 2019, 9:00am - 12noon. The meeting will be held at the Optus Campus Sydney (OCS), Building F - FG.MR.05, 1 Lyonpark Road, Macquarie Park The agenda is currently being finalised, if you are interested in speaking opportunities please email alex@biometricsinstitute.org. To register please email alex@biometricsinstitute.org. This meeting is free for members. Non-members are welcome, a small fee may apply. If you have any queries about…
Find out more »Member Meeting Washington DC
Kindly hosted by OBIM, DHS Our next US Member Meeting will take place on 12 September 2019, 9:00 - 12.30. The meeting will be hosted by the Department of Homeland Security, OBIM at: 1616 N. Fort Myer Drive Arlington VA 22209. The agenda is still being finalised, but you can download the current version above. The focus of this event is on the issues around facial recognition technology. Confirmed speakers are: Michael King, Associate Professor of Computer Science and…
Find out more »October 2019
Biometrics Institute Congress and Biometrics Week
Programme Speakers Sponsors and exhibitors Satellite events Venue Join us in making the world a safer place through the responsible and ethical use of biometrics. We live in an era where laws and regulations are often unable to stay abreast of technology change and the business models based on that change. The Biometrics Institute Congress has established…
Find out more »Biometrics Vulnerabilities Workshop – how robust is your system?
This half-day workshop will take place alongside the Biometrics Institute Congress 2019 and will focus on: Biometric Vulnerabilities – how robust is your system? What biometric vulnerabilities do you need to be aware of? What does Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) and Liveness mean? What accreditation is available to trust the biometric systems? What does FIDO offer? Why testing is important Red-teaming Who should attend: end-users, integrators, application developers and others interested in questions around spoofing, liveness and presentation attack detection. The…
Find out more »Face Recognition Performance Workshop
This half-day workshop will take place alongside the Biometrics Institute Congress 2019. The workshop will cover the latest updates in face recognition performance including gains from the new generation of algorithms, demographic effects, ageing, and other results from the four ongoing tracks of the new NIST Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT). The session will cover scalability to large populations, accuracy limits, and will detail metrics and analysis methods. Additionally, the session will cover face image quality assessment, face-aware capture systems, and recent work…
Find out more »Joint Expert Group Briefing
This half-day satellite event offers an opportunity to meet with Sector and Expert Groups of the Biometrics Institute. It will deep-dive into themes from the Congress held on the two prior days, and explore where the Groups shall place their efforts and focus in the coming year. It also presents an overview of some of the guiding material the Institute has been working on, and is a chance for members to provide input into current and future projects. The groups…
Find out more »November 2019
Showcase Australia 2019
The Biometrics Institute is proud to present its flagship government event, Showcase Australia – Wednesday 20 November 2019. Since 2005, Showcase Australia has provided a unique and effective platform to connect biometric users from key government agencies with technology providers to share experiences that will help shape the future of the biometrics industry. Topics to be discussed include: • How to do we protect against potential cyber attacks • Law enforcement: The responsible and ethical use of biometrics •…
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