2026 SPEAKERS

Martin, head of Web Standards at Huawei European Research Institute, has been involved in consumer and interoperability standards for over two decades, participating in different standardization roles. Until 2021, Martin was Manager of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Spanish Chapter, leading...

Ajay K. Amlani is a recognized leader in identity and defense technology, having spent over two decades driving innovation in biometric authentication and security. He co-founded the entity that would become CLEAR, now serving 12 million members across 43 airports, and founded YOU Technology, a...

Roderick Arts is Country Manager Netherlands at itsme®. His focus is on  helping companies simplify onboarding, login and identity verification with the most trusted digital ID services. With a background in scaling commercial teams and building GTM strategies, he works closely with...

Ariel Azoulay is an entrepreneur and founder of Ground Controls, a Lisbon-based company steadily reshaping how governments secure their borders—shifting from reactive responses to intelligence-driven strategy. With over a decade of experience leading complex cyber intelligence projects alongside...

2021- R&D director @HBPC 2020-2021 Technical advisor to CEO @HBPC 2015-2016 Hungarian eID project coordinator 2010-2020 Head of department @IES 2004-2020 Hungarian delegate to Art. 6. Committee 2004-2006 Hungarian ePassport project coordinator 1999-2010 Head of section @IES 1994-...

Haraldur has been involved in electronic identity (eID) matters for nearly two decades and has served as CEO of Auðkenni since 2011. Auðkenni is Iceland’s national trust service provider, operating the country’s official eID scheme. Prior to this, Haraldur worked at Iceland’s Ministry of...

Alberto Boggetti is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience in the security and technology industry. Currently serving as the Vice President of Sales for the EMEA region at DESKO GmbH, Alberto is a strategic leader known for driving revenue growth and building strong client...

Luca Francese has over 15 years of experience promoting technologies and devices in the fields of digital identity and biometrics. As an engineer his work focuses in particular on the innovative technologies that define Thales, supporting the adoption of advanced solutions that enhance...

Programme Management Specialist within the United Nations Counterning Terrorist Travel Programme. Law enforcement expert and capacity building officer.   

For more than 25 years, Stephan has been an expert in ISO (SC17 WG3), CEN (TC224 WG 18 Biometrics, 19 Breeder Documents, 20 SSI eWallet) and ICAO working groups on identity. He is the editor for the CEN /TS 17489-5 Personal identification - Secure and interoperable European breeder documents - Part ...

Harris Ismail, currently Head of Identity Security at a leading Financial Institution in Middle East. Harris boasts over 14 years of experience in the information security field, holding various leadership roles. Prior to this, Harris honed his skills as a business-focused information security...

Frederic Jacquot leads TOPPAN Security’s global portfolio of identity document solutions, encompassing physical documents, advanced security features, and embedded secure software that power citizen ID systems worldwide. With over 15 years of experience in product management and sales within the...

Chintan Jain is a seasoned cybersecurity executive with over two decades of experience driving innovation and security across industries. As Senior Director of Customer Platform Security at Hilton, he leads security of Hilton's flagship customer channels, safeguarding digital experiences for...

Loffie Jordaan is a Business Solutions Architect at AAMVA. He currently focuses on digital identity management, including mobile driver’s licenses and the ecosystem required to make them successful.  Loffie has extensive prior experience in providing consulting services to issuing authorities in...

Lucie Jurek is Head of Civil Biometrics Segment at Thales. She has been working in the security and identity management industry for the last 20 years, holding different product and program management roles.

I work at the intersection of digital identity, finance, and regulation, helping Europe and European businesses to move from fragmented compliance to a trusted, digitally unified Single Market. My work focuses on how digital identity frameworks — such as the European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet ...

Łukasz Kotoński is a trainer and expert in document authenticity verification and identity-theft prevention. He is an external expert collaborating with the UN agency International Organization for Migration (IOM) and a former trainer at Polish Security Printing Works (PWPW S.A.). Łukasz trains the ...

Shashank Kumar leads global sales for Digital Identity and Digital Government solutions at TOPPAN Security, driving the adoption of next-generation public sector technologies worldwide. He partners with governments to implement secure, citizen-centric digital services that enhance efficiency and...

Eric Le Ven is on a mission to make digital fraud visible, understandable and avoidable. A specialist in digital identity and new trust frameworks (KYC, eIDAS, EUDI, wallets), he decodes emerging use cases, exposes weak points in current journeys and highlights concrete opportunities for both...

Matthew Lightner is a Supervisory Assistant Chief (SAC) in the Systems Division of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Strategic Planning and Analysis Directorate, where he plays a pivotal role in overseeing the development and enhancement of enforcement systems, such as the Enforce 3rd Generation...

Marie Lundberg, CEO, Acronym Consulting AB In 2017 Marie Lundberg founded Acronym Consulting AB, an independent firm specialised within all things Anti Financial Crime including Internal (independent) Auditing. Marie is a senior financial crime specialist with over 30 years of experience within...

Devin Lynch is the Senior Director of the Paladin Global Institute and a former Director for Policy and Strategy Implementation at the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD). He has held key roles in both the private sector and government, including positions at the U.S. House of...

Recognized for leadership in aligning business objectives with technical strategy and driving successful execution using geographically dispersed teams, Subrata has been engineering security, privacy, and compliance into IAM/CIAM solutions, using transformative identity and risk management...

Marco Mariano has been working at SICPA for 23 years, where he serves as Sales Manager for Security Inks across a vast region that includes Southern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and South America. Over more than two decades, he has played a pivotal role in supporting governments, and...

Ivan Marin Santamaria is a seasoned professional in the field of Digital Identity and Cybersecurity, currently serving as a key member of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) team. With a strong background in identity management and trust services, Ivan is dedicated to promoting...

I'm a Senior Product Manager at T-Wholesale, Deutsche Telekom, where I lead our Mobile Identity, Wholesale RBM, and A2P SMS product lines. My background spans more than a decade in the messaging and identity space, with experience in product ownership, technical project management, and data...

Keavy Murphy is a Boston-based security professional currently serving as the Vice President of Security at Net Health. Passionate about cybersecurity and the responsible adoption of AI, she focuses on securely enabling innovation and aligning risk management with business...

In my role as IAM lead at Inter Ikea I am responsible for creating an IAM system that enables our coworkers to deliver a better everyday life for the many people as well as ensuring smooth delivery of meatballs and Billy bookshelfs across the world.My twenty plus years of experience includes IAM...

Yurii Shynbuiev is a software engineering lead on the Lace team at Input Output Global (IOG), specializing in Self-Sovereign Identity and decentralized trust frameworks. He leads the development of the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LFDT) Identus Platform, including the LaceID product, and...

Sudhanshu Srivastava is an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs, leading KYC Operations for Private Wealth Management across EMEA, based in Poland. He brings over a decade of experience in the financial services industry, with a strong focus on regulatory compliance and  operational excellence. ...

Bertram heads up a unit overseeing KYC responsibility for wholesale customers within Nordea. Bertram has 10+ experience within Financial Crime Prevention working across JP Morgan, Danske Bank and Nordea in the UK and Nordics. Bertram has worked within several fields with the Financial Crime...

Nathaniel Strang is a product manager at Input Output Global, leading initiatives at the intersection of decentralized identity and digital finance. He oversees the development of LaceID and Identus, two core components of the Cardano ecosystem, designed to make self-sovereign identity more...

Speaker name: Mr. Georgios Tziovaras Position Title: Global Application Development Manager – Identification Documents & Security Printing, Specialty Films, Covestro   Georgios Tziovaras holds a diploma in Manufacturing Engineering with a focus on polymer processing industries. He joined...

Marnix is a seasoned architect at Datakeeper. He was responsible for setting up and scaling Datakeeper's technology from PoC to thousands of data transactions per month. Since 2024 he is focusing on eIDAS and prepares Datakeeper to become a Dutch certified wallet.

Karlien Vekemans is Head of Corporate Development at itsme®, working on growth initiatives such as international expansion to make trusted digital identity available in new markets. With a background in Law and Management from Vlerick Business School and extensive experience in banking , fintech...

Fanni Vikor is an Application Marketing and Business Development Manager for government ID projects with a regional focus on Asia at Infineon Technologies AG, Germany. She facilitates the deployment of highly efficient and robust electronic documents in the region, and empowers partners and...

Haroon Wardak is a Product Marketing Manager for Identity and Access Management at Infineon Technologies, focusing on secured hardware solutions for authentication and access control, including USB-based security tokens and embedded authenticators. He works closely with customers and ecosystem...

Hendrik Wiermer has been with OVD Kinegram AG in Switzerland since 2018. During this time, he has been involved in the market implementation of leading-edge technologies for securing physical and digital identity credentials. As Head of New Business and Area Sales Manager for the government...

Sebastian Zehetbauer is Chief Product Officer at YOUNIQX Identity AG, a leading provider of secure identity solutions. With a strong background in product management and a deep understanding of the digital identity landscape, Sebastian is shaping the future of secure identity and trust.Throughout...