Henri Bouma | Senior Scientist and Programme Manager
TNO

Dr. Henri Bouma is a Senior scientist and Project/Programme manager at TNO. He focuses on Artificial Intelligence, Document Authentication and National Security. In the Horizon Europe project "EINSTEIN", he is workpackage leader for development and integration of applications for identity management and document authentication.

Appearances:

Identity Week Europe 2026 Day 2 @ 14:50

Novel applications in secure identity management and document authentication with police and border authorities’ assessments from the European EINSTEIN project

We will present a review of the novel applications that were developed in the Horizon Europe project EINSTEIN and tested by police, border and immigration authorities. The presentation includes technical advances and operational assessments. EINSTEIN is fighting identity and document fraud by delivering six interoperable applications covering the whole physical and digital identity lifecycle – from document issuance to on-the-fly identity verification: online ID issuance with real-time biometric quality checks; mobile document and identity checks using smartphones; advanced visual document authenticator; pre-registration for biometric land-border crossing; EES kiosk with advanced fraud detection; and the automatic multibiometric walk-through corridor. Developments towards high-TRL solutions have been facilitated by iterative field tests and prioritization of end users, who were involved from the early design phase on.

Rob Schotman, Advisor/document expert, Royal Marechaussee

Henri Bouma, Senior Scientist and Programme Manager, TNO

James Ferryman, Professor of Computational Vision, University of Reading

Identity Week Europe 2026 Day 2 @ 15:10

Panel: Challenges in identity management and document fraud

This session brings together innovators and practitioners from the European EINSTEIN project to debate the novel trends and biggest challenges in identity fraud and document authentication. The debate will cover the state of detection technology, what practitioners face on the ground, and how the field needs to adapt to keep pace with evolving threats.

Henri Bouma, Senior Scientist and Programme Manager, TNO

Rob Schotman, Advisor/document expert, Royal Marechaussee

James Ferryman, Professor of Computational Vision, University of Reading

Moderator: Jean Salomon, Principal, J.S.C.P.