Biometrics Exhibition & Conference 2011

Region: North Europe
Location: Westminster, London
Start: 18 October 2011
End: 20 October 2011


Biometrics Exhibition & Conference 2011

Join SITA at the premier international event for biometrics

Biometrics 2011 will showcase the latest information and solutions on the use of biometrics technology in government and commercial applications. With many biometrics options to choose from, the exhibition and conference will provide insight into how to choose the right biometric technolgoy for secure, reliable and convenient solutions for your organization. Biometrics 2011 will review the latest standards, testing and goverment policy, and will outline what needs to be done to ensure broader practical implementation of the technology.

SITA speaker

André Oeyen, Director Biometrics Business Development, Government & Security Solutions Line of Business, will speak on Thursday, 20 October. His session, "Addressing the border management & security dilemma through consolidation of biometrics and biographic passenger identities", will focus on how biometrics technologies can be utilized in immigration processes.

Synopsis

While biometrics allows known travelers to be welcomed in the country in a fast, convenient and friendly way, the availability of advanced passenger information allows immigration authorities to pre-clear all travelers against watch-lists and to use risk analysis to identify persons of interest.

Leading governments are using the two complementary technologies to simultaneously improve border security and passenger facilitation.

An integrated system, simultaneously using the travel document, the biometric passenger identity and biographic data supplied by airlines is an effective solution to reconcile the opposing interest of the passenger who is legitimately seeking comfortable and predictable travel with the ongoing concern of immigration authorities to continuously raise the level of border security.

André Oeyen biography

André Oeyen is the Director of Biometric Business Development, responsible for world-wide biometric business development with SITA's Government & Security Solutions team. He has been active in the biometrics industry for more than 10 years, holding commercial and general management positions in industry-leading organizations.

Mr. Oeyen was one of the pioneers in the field of multi-biometric authentication systems and was at the origin of the European s-Travel project, the first supra-national pilot system for biometric passenger verification. Mr. Oeyen's current responsibility puts him in a privileged position to assess the global trends in biometric border management, including the convergence between biometric and biographic passenger data for enhanced border security, and to develop the vision on innovative end-to-end passenger handling solutions.

Mr. Oeyen holds a PhD in Sciences, complemented with a post-graduate degree in Business Administration from the Leuven University in Belgium.

To learn more or register for Biometrics 2011, visit the event website.

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