Jorissa Neutelings, Chief Digital Officer,
ABN AMRO Bank

Jorissa Neutelings is the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) van ABN AMRO Bank N.V. She is responsible for Digital Customer Experience, Digital Innovation, Data & Advanced Analytics (also including AI), and the Design & Build of all digital channels. The main theme in her career is the client. Her ...

Jay Meier, SVP North America,
FaceTec

SVP-North American Operations, FaceTec, Inc.  President & CEO, Sage Capital Advisors, LLC.  Jay is a subject matter expert in biometrics & IAM, and an author, tech executive and securities analyst.  Jay currently serves as Senior Vice President of North American Operations at...

Ajay Amlani, Chief Executive Officer,
Aware

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...

Frøy Løvåsdal, Senior Adviser,
National Police Directorate - Norway

Frøy Løvåsdal is a Senior Adviser at the National Police Directorate in Norway, and a PhD Candidate at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. She has worked for the Norwegian Government for 25 years, in different agencies, mainly in the areas of innovation, technology and identity. She ...

Kapil Jambhulkar, Director,
UIDAI (Govt of India)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kapiljambhulkar/  

Georgios Tziovaras, Global Application Development Manager,
covestro

Georgios Tziovaras is the Global Business Development Manager at Covestro (Identification, Specialty Films), supporting the global business development of products which Covestro offers in the market of security document manufacturing.  Georgios has been in the secure identification industry for...

Tariq Malik, Technical Advisor, Digital ID & DPI,
World Bank

Tariq Malik, currently advising Chief Digital Office of UNDP, and World Bank (Identification for Development #ID4D Program) is the former CHAIRMAN of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) Pakistan where implemented digital transformation plan by rolling out 45 digital public...

Innocent Bagamba Muhizi, Chief Executive Officer,
Rwanda Information Society Authority

Mr. Innocent Bagamba Muhizi is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Rwanda Information Society Authority, where he is dedicated to spearheading Rwanda's digital transformation initiative. With a remarkable career spanning over 15 years in both the public and private sectors, Mr. Muhizi stands...

Rob Brand, Senior Policy Officer,
Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat

Rob Brand is a Senior Policy Officer in the Directorate for Digital Economy at the Ministry of Economic Affairs. In line with his active involvement in realising the eIDAS regulation from the start in 2014, he holds responsibility for the Dutch policy on the eIDAS Trust Services. Besides...

Jon Shamah, Director,
Global Trust Foundation

Jon Shamah is a graduate of Southampton University, specialising in Aeronautics & Astronautics, and is a Digital Identity & Trust Subject Matter Expert in maximising the technology and operational value chain of national eID programmes. In 2017 Jon was listed in the One World Top 100...

Giorgia Dragoni, Head of Research, Digital Identity Observatory,
Politecnico di Milano

Giorgia Dragoni graduated in 2014 in Management Engineering at Politecnico di Milano and in the same year she started working in the Digital Innovation Observatories. She is currently a researcher on Cybersecurity & Data Protection issues, Director of the Digital Identity Observatory (from...

Laurent Loup, Market Sector Senior Manager - Identity,
SICPA S.A

Laurent Loup is experienced in launching disruptive technologies on the market. He joined SICPA in 2016 as a Senior Product Manager and is active in the field of self-sovereign identity. He has participated in many different projects with governments to assess the impact of such an approach on...

Femke Hulleman, Marketing Communications Officer,
IAI

IAI Industrial Systems B.V. is the global manufacturer of (automated) personalisation systems for identity documents. IAI continuously creates high technology solutions and accommodates to your project specific requirements enhancing developed security features and enabling laser (colour) &...

Lutz Richter, Head of Information Systems,
Mühlbauer ID Services GmbH

Mr. Lutz Richter, Dipl. Ing. (FH), is the Head of Information Systems at Mühlbauer ID Services GmbH, where he leads innovative projects in the fields of Identity Management Systems, e-Government, and Entry-Exit Systems. He holds a degree in Engineering and Automation from the University of Applied...

Marjo Geers, R&D advisor,
RvIG

Marjo works as R&D advisor for the Dutch National Office for Identity Data. She works on new generations of Dutch passports and identity cards with a special focus on the chip. 

Sanjay Dharwadker, Senior Digital Identity Officer,
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Sanjay Dharwadker is the Senior Digital Identity Officer in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) based in Copenhagen. He also works on global identity standards at ISO, ICAO as well as a number of other global working groups. His current focus areas include...

Edlira Martiri, Information Security, Assoc. Professor, DDr.,
UT

Edlira Martiri is an Associate Professor at the University of Tirana, specializing in Information Security and Applied Informatics. She holds dual doctorates: one in Information Systems from the University of Tirana (UT) and another in Information Security from the Norwegian University of Science...

Gentjana Muca, Product Owner, Security Champion, Software Engineer,
Swisscom

Gentjana Muca is a dynamic and experienced Product Owner, Software Engineer and Security Champion at Swisscom,a leading Swiss telecommunications provider, with a proven track record of driving innovation and ensuring the highest levels of security and trust in digital identity solutions. With a...

Sushant Devata, Enterprise Architect (Identity and Access Management),
Inter IKEA Group

Sushant Devata, a TOGAF-certified enterprise architect, has a distinguished career spanning over two decades, leading, architecting, and developing customer experience and information security transformation programs. He currently oversees both EIAM and CIAM capabilities at Inter IKEA Group. Prior...

Stephen Chapman, UK Rep to ICAO ICBWG,
HM Passport Office

Stephen has represented HM Passport Office in international forums and to other travel document issuing authorities since 2007.  He currently attends the ICAO Implementation & Capacity Building Work and has led sub-groups leading to guidance being published by ICAO to assist states...

Matty Shafran, Senior Producer,
Science Media Partners

Matty is the Senior Conference Producer responsible for content at Identity Week Europe. They are passionate about bringing together professionals across the identity ecosystem from document security and biometrics to identity management tech and everything in between. 

Lutz Richter, Head of Information Systems,
Mühlbauer ID Services GmbH

Mr. Lutz Richter, Dipl. Ing. (FH), is the Head of Information Systems at Mühlbauer ID Services GmbH, where he leads innovative projects in the fields of Identity Management Systems, e-Government, and Entry-Exit Systems. He holds a degree in Engineering and Automation from the University of Applied...

Florent Tournois, Director of Identity, Trust Services, and Production,
French Ministry of the Interior

Florent TOURNOIS is the Director of Identity, Trust Services, and Production (DISCOP) at the French National Agency for Secure Documents (ANTS), under the French Ministry of the Interior. Since March 2022, he has led the "France Identité" program, which focuses on digitizing the French ID ...

Pratishtha Arora, CEO,
Social & Media Matters

Pratishtha Arora is the visionary CEO of Social & Media Matters. With a strong background in Gender Studies and a leading voice in India's gender movement, she's revolutionizing digital safety. Her expertise in crafting community-specific frameworks and modules has fueled her impactful...

Laurent Bailly, EWC Payment Taskforce Lead,
European Wallet Consortium

Laurent is responsible for Visa at Europe level for developing opportunities in the innovative field of Digital Identity in relation to card and non-card payments. Specifically, Laurent is leading Visa engagement with the European Commission Large-Scale Pilots to ensure that the upcoming EU Digital ...

Kaarel Kotkas, Founder and Chief Executive Officer,
Veriff

Kaarel is the strategic thinker and visionary behind Veriff. He keeps Veriff’s team one step ahead of fraud and competition in the dynamic world of online identification. With plenty of energy and enthusiasm, he encourages the Veriff team to stand for honesty in the digital world. In 2023, Kaarel ...

Henk Marsman, Digital Identity Strategy & Research,
Independent

Henk Marsman is both independent researcher as well as principal consultant at SonicBee. His expertise is on eIDAS, digital identity wallets and more broadly Identity and Access Management (IAM). Having spend over 20 years in cybersecurity and specifically identity and access management he still...

Jorge Castrillo, Senior Vice President & Head of Global Sales,
Toppan Security

Jorge Castrillo is the Senior Vice President & Head of Global Sales at Toppan Security, where he drives the sales, strategy, and global expansion of the business unit. With almost three decades of experience in the identification and security industry, Jorge has played a key role in shaping...

Floris De Vogel, Int. Expert Traffic Crime, license plates and vehicle crime.,
License Plate Guide Project

Floris De Vogel is an internationally recognized expert in traffic crime, specializing in license plates and vehicle crime. With a wealth of experience in law enforcement and security, Floris has dedicated his career to combating criminal activities related to vehicles and license plates. He is...

Jason Fensome, Counter Fraud Trainer,
His Majesty's Passport Office

I have spent 20 years in the Home Office working in a variety of operational roles, namely Customs, Immigration, Intelligence, Training, Document Examination and now in Home Office Customer Services Group. I have previously worked at both Heathrow and Bristol Airports and I have deployed overseas...

Dennis Hand, Programme Management Specialist,
UNODC Regional Center for Combating Cybercrime

As a dedicated professional in border management and travel intelligence, I specialize in enhancing national and international security through the effective use of advanced data analysis, passenger targeting, and intelligence-led border checks. With a strong background in managing Passenger...

Clarissa Falcone, Researcher,
Osservatori Digital Innovation, Politecnico di Milano

Clarissa Falcone is a graduate research fellow at the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering of Politecnico di Milano. She held her Master of Science in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering with a specialization in Digital Business and Market Innovation at...

Gentjana Muca, Product Owner, Security Champion, Software Engineer,
Swisscom

Gentjana Muca is a dynamic and experienced Product Owner, Software Engineer and Security Champion at Swisscom,a leading Swiss telecommunications provider, with a proven track record of driving innovation and ensuring the highest levels of security and trust in digital identity solutions. With a...

Juan Camilo López, Senior Fraud Data Analyst,
N26

Dynamic Trust & Safety leader with over five years of global experience combating fraud and securing digital ecosystems across Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Blends technical expertise, cultural adaptability, and a vision for a safer digital world. As a Senior Analyst at N26, Juan drives...

Kaarel Kotkas, Founder and Chief Executive Officer,
Veriff

Kaarel is the strategic thinker and visionary behind Veriff. He keeps Veriff’s team one step ahead of fraud and competition in the dynamic world of online identification. With plenty of energy and enthusiasm, he encourages the Veriff team to stand for honesty in the digital world. In 2023, Kaarel ...

Jason Fensome, Counter Fraud Trainer,
His Majesty's Passport Office

I have spent 20 years in the Home Office working in a variety of operational roles, namely Customs, Immigration, Intelligence, Training, Document Examination and now in Home Office Customer Services Group. I have previously worked at both Heathrow and Bristol Airports and I have deployed overseas...

Ulrich Herberg, Senior Director of Engineering,
eBay

I have a Ph.D. in CS, published dozens of papers in international journals and conferences, and wrote over a dozen IETF RFC standards. With more than 13 years of experience in various large companies (e.g., Fujitsu, Panasonic, Yahoo, eBay), I have focused on Payments in the last 9 years, in...

Mahendar Madhavan, Director of Product,
PayPal

Mahendar Madhavan is a product leader at PayPal with a remarkable track record in product management and software engineering spanning over 16 years. His expertise lies in spearheading the development and strategic direction of products within the cutting-edge realms of identity...

Matthias Köhler, Vice President and Head of Sales,
Muehlbauer Group

Matthias Karl Köhler Vice President TECURITY® Head of Sales Matthias Koehler assumed the role of Vice President for the Western Hemisphere at Mühlbauer ID Services GmbH in February 2011, taking the lead in sales, marketing and business development. A key aspect of his position is to align market ...

Josephine Mukesha, Director General,
National Identification Agency

MUKESHA Josephine is the Director General of the National Identification Agency (NIDA), a key institution under Rwanda’s Ministry of ICT and Innovation, responsible for Identification and Population Registration. With over 18 years of expertise in Database Management, Information...

Hannah Rutter, Chief Executive, Office for Digital Identities and Attributes,
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)

Hannah is an experienced civil servant with a track-record of using innovative approaches and new technology to improve public services. Her time in the Cabinet Office’s Government Innovation Group saw her driving new policy-making tools across Whitehall and establishing the world-leading UK Policy ...

Mostafa Hassanin, Group Chief Security Officer,
Swiss Marketplace Group AG

Mostafa has over 13 years of information security experience in file sharing, banking, finance, consulting, and online marketplaces. He holds a B.Sc in Computer Science (Loughborough), M.Sc. in Software and Systems Security (Oxford), and an Executive MBA (INSEAD). He also has various software and...

Rhodia Maas, Director General,
Immigratie En Naturalisatiedienst

Current professional position since February 2022 Director General, Immigration and Naturalisation Service of the Ministry of Justice and Security   2016 -2022 General Director, National Office for Identity Data of the Ministry of the Interior   2006 – 2016 General Director, Repatriation and ...

Lutz Richter, Head of Information Systems,
Mühlbauer ID Services GmbH

Mr. Lutz Richter, Dipl. Ing. (FH), is the Head of Information Systems at Mühlbauer ID Services GmbH, where he leads innovative projects in the fields of Identity Management Systems, e-Government, and Entry-Exit Systems. He holds a degree in Engineering and Automation from the University of Applied...

Ewout Rensen, Member,
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17 Working Group 3

Ewout Rensen is Client Solution manager for IDEMIA Smart Identity in The Netherlands, driving innovation for the Dutch documents concerning the physical document and personalization. He works close together with the Dutch Ministry of the Interior - the National Office for Identity Data (NOID) and...

Andreas Wolf, Principal Scientist Biometrics,
Bundesdruckerei GmbH

Dr. Andreas Wolf studied mathematics and computer science at Humboldt University in Berlin and Technical University Munich, where he received his doctorate in computer science in 1999. In his dissertation, he dealt with parallel automated reasoning, a special aspect of artificial intelligence. In...

Benno Schmitzer, Digital solution provider,
Kurz Digital Solutions

Dr. Benno Schmitzer has headed KURZ Digital Solutions as the digital incubator of the KURZ Group since its foundation until today. The KURZ Group is a leading global expert in thin-film technology with more than 5,500 employees and numerous international locations. Its customers include the...

Loffie Jordaan, Business Solutions Architect,
AAMVA

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...

Giorgia Dragoni, Head of Research, Digital Identity Observatory,
Politecnico di Milano

Giorgia Dragoni graduated in 2014 in Management Engineering at Politecnico di Milano and in the same year she started working in the Digital Innovation Observatories. She is currently a researcher on Cybersecurity & Data Protection issues, Director of the Digital Identity Observatory (from...

Anna-Liisa Tampuu, Biometrics Team Leader,
IT and Development Centre of the Ministry of the Interior of Estonia

Anna-Liisa currently works at the IT and Development Centre of the Ministry of the Interior of Estonia as the Biometrics Team Leader in the Identity Services Department. In 2022, Anna-Liisa gained experience in biometrics leading an innovation project at the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board...

Andrea Haugedal, Team lead for the biometrics group,
UDI

I hold a Candidata Juris degree from the University of Oslo. Since 2006, I have been dedicated to addressing identity-related issues, including biometrics, at various levels of the Norwegian Government. My extensive professional experience spans multiple governmental agencies, and I am currently...

Ulrich Herberg, Senior Director of Engineering,
eBay

I have a Ph.D. in CS, published dozens of papers in international journals and conferences, and wrote over a dozen IETF RFC standards. With more than 13 years of experience in various large companies (e.g., Fujitsu, Panasonic, Yahoo, eBay), I have focused on Payments in the last 9 years, in...

Matthew Lightner, Acting Division Chief,
U.S. Border Patrol

I have been a Border Patrol Agent for over 17 years.  Today, I serve as an Acting Division Chief, working at US Border Patrol Headquarters in Washington, DC and oversee all biometric programs for USBP. 

Ashish Mishra, Vice President,
Standard Chartered Bank

I'm a seasoned tech leader with over 15 years of experience in software development, digital transformation, and enterprise architecture.

Sadeque Ahmed, Head of Product - Digital Onboarding & KYC Solutions,
JPMorgan Chase

With over 25 years in Banking, Sadeque is a visionary product leader focused on transforming Digital Onboarding & KYC. He's building a SaaS platform that leverages cloud-native, API first, and composable architecture to deliver multi-product, multi-market Onboarding & KYC solutions for...

Pallavi Kapale, Senior Financial Crime Officer (2LOD) – Financial Intelligence Unit,
Bank of China UK

Pallavi is a seasoned professional with a wealth of experience in Financial Crime across the 1LOD and 2LOD. Her expertise has been honed through her tenure in several high-street banks. Currently, she serves as a Senior Financial Crime Officer in the Financial Crime Intelligence Unit at the Bank of ...

Ace Shim, CEO,
Hopae, Inc.

Ace Shim is transforming how the world verifies identity. His mission was forged from personal experience—navigating life as an international student in the U.S., where broken identity systems created constant barriers. Today, he's turning that frustration into innovation. As founder and CEO...

Michele Guido Mario Lavizzari, Chief International Development Officer,
Infocert

As a Senior Executive Manager with more than 30 years of work experience within the ICT industry, He is in charge to lead InfoCert's business expansion accross EU and LATAM Markets. On top of the technical and commercial background, he has added strong financial and managerial skills, developed ...

Kevin O'Leary, Senior Product Manager,
Aware

Kevin has spent over 20 years leading biometric solution development across a broad spectrum of technology platforms, modalities and use cases at Aware, IDEMIA, MorphoTrust, L-1 and Digimarc. As part of these endeavors Kevin drove the acceptance and adoption of facial recognition by dozens of US...

Almir Badnjević, Director,
IDDEEA

Almir Badnjević was born in 1986 in Bosanska Krupa, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He received his Ph.D. from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing Zagreb (FER), University of Zagreb in 2015. Since 2008, he has been working in two spheres, business and academia. He is one of the founders of ...

Nick van Straten, Program Director Biometrics,
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Nick van Straten has a trackrecord in connecting business and IT in KLMs Passenger Business. Sincs 2019 he has taken the lead on KLM's innovation initiatives in Biometrics, Clearance & Digital Identity.  KLM chooses to work in partnership with airports and governments to digitize the...

Graham Camm, Chief Architect, Biometrics,
Home Office Biometrics Programme

Graham has been the Chief Architect for the Home Office biometric systems since 2014. His scope covers face, fingerprints and DNA across immigration, borders, passports and law enforcement.  His responsibilities include: Deliverying the technical transformations of the systemsProviding...

Andreas Wolf, Principal Scientist Biometrics,
Bundesdruckerei GmbH

Dr. Andreas Wolf studied mathematics and computer science at Humboldt University in Berlin and Technical University Munich, where he received his doctorate in computer science in 1999. In his dissertation, he dealt with parallel automated reasoning, a special aspect of artificial intelligence. In...

Sanjay Dharwadker, Senior Digital Identity Officer,
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Sanjay Dharwadker is the Senior Digital Identity Officer in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) based in Copenhagen. He also works on global identity standards at ISO, ICAO as well as a number of other global working groups. His current focus areas include...

Jason Fensome, Counter Fraud Trainer,
His Majesty's Passport Office

I have spent 20 years in the Home Office working in a variety of operational roles, namely Customs, Immigration, Intelligence, Training, Document Examination and now in Home Office Customer Services Group. I have previously worked at both Heathrow and Bristol Airports and I have deployed overseas...

Pedro Torres, Founder and CEO,
Youverse

With many years of experience in technology, innovation and product design, from large telco companies to medium-size companies and start-ups, and a strong research background, Pedro Torres has worked for the last 10 years in global executive positions in customer experiences based on biometrics to ...

Jon Shamah, Director,
Global Trust Foundation

Jon Shamah is a graduate of Southampton University, specialising in Aeronautics & Astronautics, and is a Digital Identity & Trust Subject Matter Expert in maximising the technology and operational value chain of national eID programmes. In 2017 Jon was listed in the One World Top 100...

Kay Chopard, Executive Director,
Kantara Initiative, Inc

Ms. Kay Chopard is the Executive Director of the Kantara Initiative, a nonprofit organization that provides its members with opportunities to work on digital identity standards development and emerging technology issues. At Kantara, Ms. Chopard runs a certification program for NIST 800-63-3 Digital ...

Catherine Fankhauser, Head of Identity,
SICPA

Dr Catherine Fankhauser Head of Market Segment - IdentitySICPA SA, Switzerland After completing a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry, a Master of Science in cellular biology and a PhD in organic chemistry, Cathy debuted her career in pharmaceuticals. In 2002, she joined SICPA as an organic...

Christoph Husmann, ID - Account Manager,
De La Rue

Christoph spent over 24 years in the card and ID business sector in several roles with a high reputation in technical knowledge and sales support in various industries in Germany, Canada, USA and now UK. He joined De La Rue 5 years ago and was supporting as technical product manager several...

Monika Weber, Senior Advisor, Border Management and Security Programme,
ICMPD

Monika is a Senior Advisor for Border Management and Security in ICMPD, providing expertise on IBM, document security and training of trainers in the Eastern Partnership countries, Central Asia, Silk Routes and Western Balkans, as well as the Sub-Saharan and West Africa. She holds two doctoral...

Andre Ten Caat, Senior Expert in Document Security and Didactics,
TenDoc

Giulio Soana, Manager Regulatory Affairs,
Raiffeisen Bank International

Giulio is Manager in RBI's Regulatory and Supervisory Department, focusing on Digitalisation. He oversees policy analysis, compliance supervision, regulatory training, and external outreach, driving innovative solutions in digital finance. Giulio holds an LM in Law from Roma Tre and an LLM...

Maarten Boender, INATBA Identity Workgroup & Sphereon.com,
INATBA International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications

Maarten Boender – CEO, Product Strategy, Digital Credential Solutions As a member of the INATBA Identity Working Group and the INATBA Digital Credentials Task Force, Maarten Boender actively contributes to advancing global standards for decentralized identity and digital credentials. With deep...

Pedro Torres, Founder and CEO,
Youverse

With many years of experience in technology, innovation and product design, from large telco companies to medium-size companies and start-ups, and a strong research background, Pedro Torres has worked for the last 10 years in global executive positions in customer experiences based on biometrics to ...