Francois Laruelle | Director of ETIAS Central Unit
FRONTEX, European Border and Coast Guard Agency
François Laruelle has been working successively in the Belgian Gendarmerie, Europol, the Belgian Federal Police and since 2012 he works in Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency. His current position is Director of the ETIAS Division where he is in charge of setting up the ETIAS Central Unit and preparing it for operation. François Laruelle has been actively involved in the development and the operational launch of several European IT system in the area of Justice and Home Affair. He held several positions in Committees of Europol and Interpol. He is holder of a degree in Criminology and in Information System Management. In leisure time he likes walking, reading, travelling and discovering foreign countries and their cultures.
Appearances:
Identity Week Europe 2026 Day 2 @ 09:45
Executive Interview: Securing Global Travel Through Digital Identity
- The new EU architecture: Discuss the combined security landscape (EES, ETIAS & Interoperability)
- Integrated biometrics for security: How will seamless EES-ETIAS biometric integration reshape identity verification?
- Operational update on ETIAS: System readiness and scaling the Central Unit
- ETIAS user experience insight: Mitigating traveler friction
- Carrier experience and the role of the carrier: The transition to mandatory compliance
- 2035: ETIAS maturity, success metrics, and how will the global standard of border management have changed because of what FRONTEX is building today?
- How does the future passport app and 2030 regulation affect this?
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