David Pekoske was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the Transportation Security Administration’s seventh administrator in August 2017. He leads a workforce of approximately 60,000 employees, including the Federal Air Marshal Service, and is responsible for security operations at nearly 450...

Jonathan Turley is a nationally recognized legal scholar who has written extensively in areas ranging from constitutional law to legal theory to tort law. After a stint at Tulane Law School, Professor Turley joined the GW Law faculty in 1990, and in 1998, became the youngest chaired professor in...

Austin Gould is the Transportation Security Administration’s Assistant Administrator for Requirements and Capabilities Analysis.  He has served in this capacity since June 2018 and is a member of the Senior Executive Service.Prior to joining TSA, Gould served as a Captain in the United States...

John P. Wagner became Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations (OFO), on April 6, 2014.  He has been assigned to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at Headquarters in Washington DC since 1999, and has worked on numerous policy andoperational issues. Mr. Wagner has...

Adam I. Klein is Chairman and Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Before being appointed to the Board, Klein served as Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a bipartisan national security research institution in Washington. His...

Dr. Robert D. Atkinson is one of the country’s foremost thinkers on innovation economics.  He has conducted ground-breaking research on technology and innovation and authored three books, including Big is Beautiful: Debunking the Mythology of Small Business (MIT Press, 2018). Atkinson is a...

Kris Ranganath has over 30 years of technology management and solution engineering experience in the public safety and communication industry. In his current role, Mr. Ranganath leads the product and solution development practices in NEC Advanced Recognition Systems division (ARS). He works closely ...

Jean-François (Jeff) Lennon, a senior executive with over 20 years of experience in the IT and Security industries, is Head of Strategic Sales & Global Partnerships at Vision-Box™, a leading provider of Seamless Travel and Digital Identity Solutions. Since he joined Vision-Box in early...

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Simon Baechler is head of forensic science and crime intelligence at the state Police of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He is also a researcher and lecturer in forensic science and crime intelligence at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, as well as an associate professor with the University of...

Lisa Barrett is Director of Digital Identity at the Government Digital Service, Cabinet Office.  She oversees all aspects of the technology, strategy and implementation of Digital Identity for UK Cabinet Office.  Previously Lisa was Director of Analysis and Data Driven Department and Culture...

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Thirimachos Bourlai has been an Associate Professor in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Engineering at WVU since mid-2017. He also serves as an adjunct assistant professor in the WVU School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, and the Department of Forensic and Investigative...

Andrew Bud is founder and CEO of iProov, the world leader in biometric genuine presence assurance. He formerly served on the Board of ETX Capital, a regulated financial services provider in London.  Previously he was the founder, CEO and Executive Chairman of mBlox Inc., the world's largest...

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Greg Cannon is Director of Technology at HID Global, responsible for the Company's standards involvement, intellectual property, software architecture, biometric algorithm development, and continued innovation excellence.Mr. Cannon joined Crossmatch, now HID Global, in 2001, bringing more than...

Prof. Rama Chellappa is a Distinguished University Professor, a Minta Martin Professor in Engineering and a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD. He received the B.E. (Hons.) degree in Electronics and Communication...

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Salvatore (Sal) D'Agostino is founder of IDmachines and Co-founder of OpenConsent.  A serial entrepreneur, Sal’s work has covered the US Capitol and Pentagon security systems, EZ Pass and numerous intelligent transport systems, 100+ industrial automation systems and enterprise...

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Lisette Looren de Jong is Project Leader Innovation Border Management at the Ministry of Justice and Security in the NetherlandsHer main responsibilities as a Project leader on Innovation Border Management related projects include planning and managing the implementation of different projects...

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Marcio Derenne is a specialized officer at the Office of the Special Representative of INTERPOL to the United Nations, in New York.Prior to his position at INTERPOL, Marcio served as Special Federal Police Commissioner at the Brazilian Federal Police from 2003. During this time he acted as Special...

Amol Deshmukh has received his bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the University of Poona and a Master’s in Computer Science and Engineering from Penn State University, University Park, PA.  He joined Schlumberger in 1996 and has since worked in the smart...

Sanjay Dharwadker has over thirty years’ experience in identity and identification across Asia, Africa and Europe. His current assignments include consulting for various United Nations agencies on legal identity, civil registration and national ID programs.Earlier for the World Bank, he worked on...

Pam Dixon is the founder and executive director of the World Privacy Forum, a respected public interest research group focusing on data privacy. Dixon is an author and researcher known for her pioneering work in the area of data brokers, predictive analytics, identity, and biometrics, among other...

Troy Eberhardt is a Supervisory Forensic Document Examiner with the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Forensic Laboratory.He currently oversees the Research and Development Section, which conducts adversarial analysis and counterfeit deterrence...

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Fred Fischer is Director of Global Aviation at NEC Corporation of America. He is responsible for global business development and bringing visionary biometric innovation to the world’s airlines and airports.A 45 year travel industry professional, Fred is recognized as an industry expert on...

Ross Foard has more than 15 years of public sector and commercial identity, credential, access management, and cybersecurity experience. Ross supports the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). He is an Electrical and...

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As the founder and CEO of nVIAsoft Corporation, Bernard Garcia oversees the growth, direction, and innovation of the company. Bernard is passionate about solving customers’ technological problems and empowering them with total security when accessing websites, applications, and...

Clare Garvie is a senior associate with the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law. She was lead author on three of the Center’s reports on face recognition, including: The Perpetual Line-Up: Unregulated Police Face Recognition in America in 2016; and Garbage In, Garbage Out: Face...

Professor Dorothy Glancy is nationally known for her extensive work in the area of privacy and transportation law. Under a grant from the Federal Highway Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation, she directed a legal research project regarding privacy and intelligent transportation...

Mathieu Glaude is the Chief Executive Officer of Northern Block, a Toronto-based blockchain consultancy committed to solving identity problems existing solutions fail to tackle. Mathieu is a serial entrepreneur, a thought leader in blockchain and a strong advocate for self-sovereign identity...

Jeremy Grant was the founding leader of the National Program Office for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace and senior executive adviser for identity management at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He led the White House’s initiative to catalyze a...

Patrick Gray served as Special Agent with the FBI for twenty years, including assignment to a team investigating the September 11 attacks. There he witnessed first-hand how the lack of technology to quickly identify individuals (or bodies) on-scene can stymie an investigation. His work for the FBI...

Patrick Grother is a scientist at the National Institute of Standards in Technology within the U.S. Department of Commerce. He is responsible for biometric algorithm evaluation, and biometric performance testing standardization.He leads the Face Recognition Vendor Tests, the Face-In-Video...

Hannes Hahkio is an experienced analyst and researcher for Nixu Corporation focusing on consumer identity and access management. He is responsible for designing omnichannel digital identity solutions which bring real business value to customers eg. in retail, aviation, finance and government...

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Larry Hatch is one of the industry’s most sought-after authorities for his expertise in identity technology and the use of data analytics and governance to develop innovative solutions to existing and emerging fraud-mitigation challenges. He has led and deployed major change initiatives across many ...

Gautam Hazari is the Technical Director at GSMA and is the Chief Architect for the Mobile Connect proposition. He works with the mobile operators around the world on mobile identity and also with the extended industry, standards and regulatory bodies on the identity ecosystem. Gautam has been...

Bjorn Hjelm is a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in Verizon Corporate Technology organization with over 20 years of experience in network planning, architecture, and implementation of advanced communication systems. He is currently involved in various Mobile Identity projects as well as...

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Justin Ikura is currently the Deputy Director of the International Unit of the Canadian Passport Program, which is administered by the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Mr. Ikura holds an undergraduate degree in International Business and Marketing and Master’s...

Ashwini Jarral currently serves as the Executive Director of the IJIS Institute. A member of the prestigious Federal 100 in 2014, Jarral was instrumental in conceiving and implementing a new standards-based interoperability program to help advance information sharing in the justice, public safety...

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Josh Kolchins, an executive with over 20 years’ experience in sales, business development and information technology, is Head of Federal Sales for Vision-Box in the US.Prior to joining Vision-Box, Mr. Kolchins was Head of Sales for Fujitsu Defense and National Security. He was previously a Business ...

Mary Kombolias has over a decade of experience in the evaluation and QA/QC testing of secure documents. A patented inventor and recognized innovator, she is the first US Federal Government employee to be named an Invention Ambassador by AAAS and The Lemelson Foundation and has been featured in...

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Tovah LaDier is the Executive Director of IBIA. With her background as a corporate lawyer, lobbyist, and strategic consultant, Ms. LaDier has wide-ranging experience nationally and internationally working with business, government, the academic and policy communities, and the media.On behalf of...

Phil Lam leads the Identity portfolio at GSA’s Technology Transformation Services. Phil has a BS in Computer Engineering from Northwestern University and an MBA from Purdue University.

Jason Lim is the Identity Management Capability Manager for Transportation Security Administration. In this role, Jason is charged to ensure the effective and efficient integration of identity-related activities and prioritization of resources through a unified strategy that enhances the...

Mark Lizar is the CEO & Co-Founder of the OpenConsent Group where he is the primary designer & engineer of the Operational Privacy Network (OPN), launching in September 2019.  Mark is the co-inventor of privacy broadcasting, inventor of Consent by Design, inventor of the Consent...

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Mark Lockie is connect:ID’s Event Director and the founder of Science Media Partners Ltd, a UK-based media and events company, recently acquired by Terrapinn Holdings. For more than 20 years, Mr Lockie has developed world-leading international conferences, exhibitions and online news and...

Jim Loudermilk is Senior Director, Innovation and Customer Solutions, with IDEMIA National Security Solutions. His focus is on applied R&D to advance biometric and human identification technology. Also, to architect high performance and cost-effective solutions to customer identification...

Catharine MacIntosh is the Founder and CEO of Real Estate Dot Love Inc. that provides a fun, easy ‘tinder-like’ real estate search experience to consumers, through a full-time, professional real estate agent, and that predicts the home you want to buy or the best time to sell. Catharine is on her...

Michael McLaughlin is a research analyst at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. His research has found that that the United States still leads globally in artificial intelligence, that most U.S. state government websites fail basic measures of functionality and security, and that...

John Mears is Chairman of the International Biometrics and Identity Association (IBIA) and a Vice President and Tech Fellow at Leidos, with current focus on border security, biometric entry/exit, national scale biometric systems, immigration reform and cyber security.Previously, Mr Mears was...

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Jean-Baptiste Milan is the Product Manager, goID for the Citizen Identity Business Area within HID Global. He has over 14 years’ experience in electronic identity projects around the globe, having previously created the ePassport Product Line for Arjo Systems based in Asia. Jean-Baptiste is active...

Ohannes Minnetian has over 32 years experience in the development and implementation of leading edge Optical security (OVD) solutions for government documents. In his role as Project Director at OVD Kinegram, Ohannes spends much of his time interacting with government end-users, systems integrators ...

Robert Mungovan is a senior General Business Manager and Vice President at Aware, Inc., one of the leading US based providers of biometric software technology and solutions. Over the last twenty two years Mr. Mungovan has led the operations at Aware and has helped establish Aware as a global...

Elke Oberg is the marketing manager of prominent face recognition company Cognitec, where she has gained a deep understanding of biometric technologies, their uses and abuses, and their potential applications in the future. She regularly contributes to the educational outreach of industry...

Renée Ong-de Jong studied law at the University of Leiden (Netherlands), obtaining her masters degree in civil law in 2002.She joined the legal department of the National Office for Identity Data, a specialised agency of the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, in 2003.In 2012, she ...

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Neville Pattinson is the Head of Federal Government Sales at Thales Group's Digital Identity & Security division’s Identity & Biometric Solutions team based in Austin, TX. Within that role he evangelizes the need to move to secure digital identity solutions to protect US Citizen’s...

John Peters has over 17 years experience in the design, development and implementation of leading edge physical, electronic and digital security solutions for government documents. In his role as Head of New Business at OVD Kinegram, John spends much of his time interacting with government...

Micheal Pettibone is a technology executive with over 20 years’ experience in cybersecurity, specializing in digital identity and authentication solutions. He is a VP, Product Management, Digital Identity, and is responsible for the US & Canadian market development. Prior to Mastercard, Micheal ...

Krzysztof Raczyński is Co-founder and Operations Director of Digital Fingerprints, provider of a security system based on behavioral biometrics. Digital fingerprints invisibly protect clients of financial institutions and detect account acquisitions and frauds before losing money. Krzysztof has...

Kiran Raja is a researcher and associate professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He also holds a technical director position in the biometrics company Mobai. Previously he worked as a researcher and developer at various companies in India and the US. He has been responsible ...

Ralph Rodriguez is a Research Scientist focused on Applied Identity Intelligence at Facebook. Previously he was the Co-Founder and CTO of Confirm.io, an ID authentication company, which Facebook acquired in March of 2018. As an entrepreneur, he has had multiple exits over the last 25 years as he...

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Annet Steenbergen is co-founder/initiator of the Aruba Happy Flow project for the Government of Aruba. The Happy Flow project is the first single token initiative that creates a seamless flow of passenger facilitation from curb to gate through the reuse of biometrics and advanced cooperation...

Diane Stephens worked for 14 years with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) US-VISIT and OBIM program and now works for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the Information Technology Laboratory.  She is an Information Technology Systems analyst and also performs as...

Martin Stokkenes has a joint appointment as doctoral researcher with the department of information security and communication technology, at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), where he works as a researcher in IKTPLUSS-SWAN project funded by the Research Council of...

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Kimberly Sutherland, Vice President of Fraud and Identity Strategy at LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, leads the Americas commercial market strategy for consumer fraud analytics, identity verification, authentication and fraud investigations.With over 20 years of experience leading business strategy ...

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Andre Ten Caat has more than 30 years of experience in the document security field. During this time, he worked for the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee at Schiphol International Airport Amsterdam. He began working as an employee, and then as a team leader at the Airport’s Forgery Desk. For the last...

 Don Thibeau is the Executive Director of the OpenID Foundation, a non-profit international standards development organization of individuals and companies committed to enabling, promoting and protecting OpenID technologies. The Foundation’s membership includes leaders from across industry sectors...

Ryan Thomas is the CST Laboratory Manager and FIPS 140 Subject Matter Expert at Acumen Security, one of world’s busiest product security testing labs. Ryan's passion lies in finding efficient ways to meet our customers security certification objectives. He has an extensive background in...

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Paul Townsend has been providing consultative services to both government and commercial organizations implementing identity and access management, public key infrastructure (PKI), and authorization solutions since 1990. These efforts have included the assessment and mitigation of ICAO document...

Arun Vemury manages a portfolio of innovative Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) projects to transform people screening, inspection, and facilitation processes for the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T). His projects have included a number of activities to...

Scott Vien joined GET after a 12-year career with the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and leads all business development activities related to the company’s solutions and products in North America. Scott has been in and around mobile driver license (mDL) development since 2012, serving as ...

Colin Wallis is the Executive Director of the Kantara Initiative, the global ‘commons’ non-profit consortium passionate about giving control of personal data back to people, through industry innovation, standardization and good practice. Attracting established and emerging...

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Shawna Webster was named Executive Director at NAPHSIS in 2017 after 5 years as Chief Operating Officer for the organization.  Shawna is a Certified Association Executive (CAE) and has almost 20 years of experience managing membership associations and improving non-profit governance...

Nicole Williams, Director of Field Marketing for Government Programs brings fifteen years of technology experience. She joined Gemalto in 2012 and now focuses on the development of North American federal marketing initiatives with a focus on border and travel security. Nicole received her MBA in...

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Yaser Yacoob is an associate research scientist in UMIACS. His research focuses on detection, tracking and recognition of face expressions, lip reading, body part tracking, modeling and recognition of human activities, augmented reality, human appearance analysis, motion analysis and image...

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Joel Zlotnick is employed by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Counterfeit Deterrence Laboratory as a supervisory physical scientist.  His current work involves research in security artwork and design techniques for maximizing counterfeit deterrence and facilitating...

Police Lieutenant Lénárd Zsákai is a specializied border guard officer, project-expert, risk analysis training developer and head of a local coordination centre of guest officers in Hungary. He started to work at local level on the external borders of the Schengen-zone, Europe, at Kelebia Border...