Identity Week Plenary Keynote - Day 1"Will Robots Need Passports: Rethinking Identity for a Connected World”We don’t seem to be making much progress on identity. If anything, we’re going backwards. Identity theft and fraud are out of control. As the noted internet security expert Bruce...

Planet Biometrics - Day 1: Biometrics for Public Security: Performance, Practice and Ethics"UN Compendium of Recommended Practices for the Responsible Use and Sharing of Biometrics in Counter-Terrorism"Roger's presentation will give an overview of the 'UN Compendium of Recommended ...

Grand Designs - Identity in Action - Day 1"Borderless access to digital services in the Nordics"The Nordic-Baltic region is well-positioned to show the way for digitalization of Europe. The Nordic council of ministers has established the MR-digital which will promote a cohesive and...

Security Document World - Day 3: Driving Licences: The Road Ahead"Driving digital motoring services"Neil will provide an overview of the UK’s Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s (DVLA) suite of enquiry services used by 20 million motorists and thousands of businesses each year. He will...

SDW - Day 1: Special Session"Hostile profiling through open source intelligence" It is well known that there are many vulnerabilities around social media usage for both users and their organizations. In very recent times there has been a shift around how non-social data is shared online...

Digital:ID - Day 1: Policy, Practice and Technology: Implementing Transformative Identity"Assuring Interopability and Harmonisation for Sovereign ID Programs"Citizens around the world depend on government issued identities to prove who they are and gain access to vital services, including ...

Security Document World - Day 2: Keynote Session"Black and White Is the New Colour"This presentation will show some recent developments in forgeries / counterfeits of secure documents displaying both simple and complex features where the counterfeiter has produced documents that may well...

Identity Week - Day 1: Opening Keynotes"Identity on the Move"Identity is a fundamental right of every citizen. With it, we can prove who we are and access crucial services and benefits. Today, the way we use our identity has undergone significant revolution. No longer is it limited to a...

Planet Biometrics - Day 1: Biometrics for Public Security: Performance, Practice and Ethics"Automated Facial Recognition Technologies in Policing: Learning from the South Wales Field Trial"Biography:Professor Martin Innes is Director of the Crime and Security Research Institute, and...

Knowledge Theatre 2 - Day 2: Policing Perspectives in Countering Fraud and Forgery"Analysing Patterns in False Documents with Formal Concept Analysis to Detect Forgers"Countries and Police Forces should improve their methodologies, by ensuring that staff are increasingly better able to...

Knowledge Theatre 1 - Day 2"Self Sovereign Identity: learnings from the Belgian Blockchain on the move project and ambitions from the European Self Sovereign Identity Framework"Giving citizens and coorporations back the control on their data/identity is one of the main ambitions of the...

Security Document World - Day 3: Security Documents: Today, Tomorrow and Beyond"Physical ID Matters… even in a Virtual World"Biography:Petri Viljanen is a Member of the eDocuments Workgroup of the Secure Identity Alliance, the organization dedicated to supporting the provision of...

Planet Biometrics - Day 2: Securing Identity at the Border"Border and identity technology - Continuing the revolution" Multiple innovations have arisen in identity, biometrics and border security - machine readable passports, secure chips, e-gates, mobile technology...What lessons can we...

Digital:ID - Day 3: Keynote Session"Skills of an Identity Professional"What skills do identity professionals use on a daily basis? How long does it to feel confident as an identity professional? What projects are identity professionals working on in the coming year? Each year, IDPro...

Dr. Anna Wandschneider received her Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from Rostock University in 2009. Directly afterwards she joined the Identity Documents department in the Forensic Science Institute of the German Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt). During the following years she ...

Planet Biometrics - Day 3: Standards and Testing: Practical Outcomes"DHS S&T Biometric and Identity Technology Center and Public/Private/Academic Partnerships"The DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Biometric and Identity Technology Center is S&T’s core biometric and...

Digital:ID - Day 2: Keynote Session"UAE Pass - National Digital Identity of the UAE"H.E Wesam Lootah, CEO, Smart Dubai Government will discuss how having a Digital National Identity is key for the digitization and inter-connectivity of all city services. The UAE Pass  provides a single...

Security Document World - Day 2: Efficient, secure and effective border checkpoints"Interoperability testing for eMRTDs: where are we?"Last year we presented the results of the interoperability test event help in Ispra in 2017 which saw participants from EU and outside EU. The event...

Knowledge Theatre 1 - Day 2: Identity in Healthcare"U.S. Government Establishing Identity through EVVE"Take a journey through the backroads of U.S. government identity verification processes. An increasing number of government agencies are strengthening their identity ecosystems with the...

Kristen Wenz is a founding member of the UN Legal Identity Expert Group, and is the global civil registration technical lead at UNICEF. Kristen brings extensive experience from across several technical sectors across North America, Africa and Asia. Previously with the World Bank, she supported the...

Planet Biometrics - Day 3: Standards and Testing: Practical Outcomes"Portrait quality and the third generation of biometric data formats"Electronic passports have been in use for more than a decade, several hundreds of millions are in circulation, and ABC gates are a common technology all ...

Digital:ID - Day 2: Combating Digital ID Fraud"Identity - a precious commodity, a tool for harm, a reason to protect"Fraud and cybercrime accounts for half of all UK crime whilst funding other serious crimes including modern day slavery, child sexual exploitation and terrorism. Tony takes ...

Digital:ID - Day 2: Robust Authentication and Verification Online"Innovating to Secure a Trusted Digital Identity System"The current state of identity needs fixing. Billions of people globally struggle to access an increasingly digital society or lack the necessary identification for the...

Biography:Steve Cook is a specialist independent biometrics and fintech consultant, helping banks, ecommerce enterprises and fintech start-ups to navigate the complex world of biometrics. He advises financial institutions regarding their deployment of biometric authentication and digital identity...

Tunji has been a software developer since the 1980s, having had the privilege of developing the world’s very first electronic handheld version of the London Underground Tube Map. He has been a Linux advocate since the late 90s and has more recently served as Systems Integrator and Sr. Technical...

Grand Designs - Identity in Action - Day 1"Building on a great success: The history and development of the Danish eID-infrastructure" In 2018 Denmark was ranked number one within the area of E-government. The report conducted by the UN emphasizes that the Danish ranking is based on a good ...

Diane has provided thought leadership, vision and innovation in the digital transformation of financial institutions.  Diane has worked with blue chip corporations to implement the technology and service architectures required to become certified identity providers as part of the GOV.UK Verify...

Eliisa Sau holds a position of identity documents expert at Estonian Police and Border Guard Board. Eliisa has been involved in the implementation of 4th generation ID-1 format documents project, developing the new security design for identity documents and improving the processes for post-issuance ...

Don is President and Chairman of the Open Identity Exchange (OIX), a non-profit, technology agnostic, organization of global leaders from the private and public sectors. OIX is a test bed for business, legal and governance best practices and policies and operates the OIXnet registry. Don is...

Digital:ID - Day 1: Managing Secure and Reliable e-Government Solutions"The challenges, learnings and opportunities for scaling digital identity in the UK economy"Biography:Alastair has a background in business, political and security risk, working on UK and international initiatives...

Colin 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 organizations, governments and...

Julian is an Identity Advisor for the Cabinet Office in the UK