ID World 2011
The ID World International Congress is the most comprehensive showcase on the evolving world of RFID, biometrics and smart card technologies, and is the only international forum that looks at the advanced auto ID industry as a whole, rather than focusing on a specific technology or vertical sector.
This year's ID World International Congress will explore the fundamental issues associated with automatic identification in a variety of market segments via three cornerstone initiatives: the Conference, the Exhibition and the Exchange.
SITA speaker
André Oeyen, Director Biometrics Business Development, Government & Security Solutions Line of Business, will speak on Friday, 4 November in the session "Border Control". His presentation will address how the consolidation of biographic and biometric passenger identities contributes to facilitating border management.
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 ID World 2011, visit the event website.
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