John Wagner | President
John Wagner Consulting

Identity Week America - Day 2 @ 11:30

Panel: Smart borders: Leveraging digital identity, biometrics, and automation to enhance security and traveler convenience

• Explore what technologies are currently enhancing identity verification and strengthining security at ports and border crossings
• Discuss the role of biometrics, digital credentials, and automation in streamlining immigration and customs processes
• Examine initiatives to enhance efficiency and traveller convenience (e.g. MCP) and if there are additional risks to border scurity as a result of these
• Gain insights from US and international leaders on the challenges and innovations shaping border management

Moderator: John Wagner, President, John Wagner Consulting

Matthew Lightner, Supervisory Assistant Chief, U.S. Border Patrol

Cor de Jonge, Team Lead & Business Owner PKI, Judicial Information Service, Ministry of Justice and Security

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Cor de Jonge / Panel: Smart borders: Leveraging digital identity, biometrics, and automation to enhance security and traveler convenience

Cor de Jonge, Team Lead & Business Owner PKI,
Judicial Information Service, Ministry of Justice and Security

After more than 20 years in the world of projects in the field of Information Technology with the focus on policy and organizational aspects with strong IT-components/dependencies and creating a solid the link between business and IT, I’ve lead the development and implementation of the Public Key...

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Reza Kermani, Head of the Border Guard Training Unit, Federal Police

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Reza Kermani / Panel: Smart borders: Leveraging digital identity, biometrics, and automation to enhance security and traveler convenience

Reza Kermani, Head of the Border Guard Training Unit,
Federal Police

Reza Kermani is a First Inspector with the Belgian Federal Police and an experienced specialist in border control and human trafficking investigations. For the past decade, he has coordinated the National Police Academy’s Border Control Department and served as its liaison to FRONTEX. A certified...

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Rob Chambers, Vice President, Travellers Branch, Canada Border Services Agency

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Rob Chambers / Panel: Smart borders: Leveraging digital identity, biometrics, and automation to enhance security and traveler convenience

Rob Chambers, Vice President, Travellers Branch,
Canada Border Services Agency

Rob Chambers is currently the Vice-President of the Travellers Branch at the Canada Border Services Agency where he is responsible for all agency functions related to the processing of people at the border. He has been a federal civil servant for almost 30 years, dividing his time between central...

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