Take biometrics from complexity to clarity through these interactive workshops guaranteed to enrich your conference experience. These information-packed sessions are a great opportunity to network with fellow attendees while taking a hands-on, common-sense approach to mastering biometrics that will enhance your understanding of the informative, case study presentations throughout the entire conference and prepare you for implementing the new technologies when you return to your organization.

Choose ALL FOUR Workshops for Maximum Value and Learning

Biometrics 101:
Understanding Biometric Technology And Its Implementation

This workshop will prepare you for the rest of the conference by providing fundamentals of biometrics, biometric modalities, devices and scanners, concepts and terminology. It will demystify enrollment, authentication, verification, and identification. Additionally, you will be presented with a comparison of capabilities, advantages, disadvantages, and vulnerabilities of various biometric systems.

• Current state-of-the-art and new developments
• Major biometric technologies
• Multimodal biometrics - including the fusion of of fingerprints, iris recognition, face recognition
  
• Major horizontal biometric applications
• Large-scale integration and project methodology
• Case studies of major deployments
• Testing and certification of systems
• Biometrics spoofing
• Biometric standards
• Privacy and biometrics

You will also have the opportunity to network with fellow attendees and obtain an insider perspective on the biometric industry.

WORKSHOP LEADERS: Abel Sussman works on the Booz Allen Cyber Technology Team, and is responsible for delivering information assurance and identity management solutions, especially through biometric development strategies, privacy protection and associated policy development. He serves as a subject matter expert to the Human Factors Division within the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). Mr. Sussman has over 15 years of technology experience and has been recognized by Assistant Secretary of State Maura Harty for his critical role in managing crisis situations.

Andrew Sessions works on the Booz Allen Cyber Technology Team delivering information assurance and identity management solutions to clients, especially through collaborative policy development, leveraging biometric technologies, developing requirement solutions, and coordinating strategic communications efforts. Andrew is an experienced Information Technology professional with over 10 years in the industry and has extensive knowledge of biometric technologies, identity management, identity policy development, privacy and consent issues, strategic communications, and trusted identity. He developed and produced a series of Identity policy forums with senior government and industry leaders that encompassed such issues as HSPD-12, Trusted Identity, Identity Theft, Open Government, and Virtual Identity.

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Afternoon break/lunch on your own.

12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
PRE-CONFERENCE AFTERNOON WORKSHOP B

Implementing Biometrics:
A Step-By-Step Process To Ensure Project Success

During this workshop, you will learn best practices for biometric system implementation to help you avoid common pitfalls and ensure success. You will leave with a step-by-step checklist that can be tailored to your own biometric project.

• Understanding and defining key requirements - such as business, technology and legal requirements
• Matching the right technology to the application
• Determining unique biometric considerations and risks
• Addressing system integration considerations
• Ensuring best practices for enrollment, interoperability, data privacy and security
• Considering human factors and the physical environment

WORKSHOP LEADER: Walter Hamilton is a Senior Consultant with Identification Technology Partners, a consulting firm in the identity management field. Prior to joining IDTP in 2006, he served as Vice President and General Manager, Biometric Solutions for Saflink Corporation after completing a distinguished 30-year career with Unisys Corporation. Mr. Hamilton is a recognized industry authority and subject matter expert on biometric technology. He is serving a sixth term as Chairman and President of the International Biometrics & Identification Association, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit trade association that represents the collective interests of the biometrics and identity management technology industry. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and symposiums related to biometrics and identity management. He also serves as Chairman of The Biometric Foundation, a non-profit research and education organization.

Testimonials From Past Walter Hamilton Sessions:

"Speaker was extremely knowledgeable on the subject matter was very engaging."

"Great information – glad I attended!"

"Great speaker. Very useful information and excellent 'food for thought' in biometrics deployment. My favorite presentation of this conference!"

"Easy to understand, entertaining and interesting."

"Walter's presentation pace is great and the content was pitched at an appropriate level"

Understanding And Using Biometrics Standards To Ensure Interoperability And Interchangeability

Have you been wondering what's going on in the area of biometric standards development and adoption and how this could and should impact your plans for implementing or deploying a biometric-based system? Attend this top-rated workshop to answer these questions and more! Since 9/11, development of biometric standards has expanded and accelerated -- at the consortium, national, and international levels. These existing and new standards can have a major influence on vendors, integrators, and end-users, as they are key to interoperability and interchangeability.

• Data standards, such as CBEFF, ANSI/NIST ITL1-2000/7 and various modality specific data interchange formats
• Preface standards, such as BioAPI, BIAS, EFTS/EBTS, and NIEM
• Security standards, such as X9.84 and ACBio
• Standards for integrating biometrics and smart cards
• Standards body activities and projects

WORKSHOP LEADER: Catherine J. Tilton, VP for Standards & Emerging Technologies at Daon, has over 25 years of engineering and management experience, including over 15 years in the biometrics industry. She has led the design, development, and deployment of numerous biometric systems in both the commercial and government domains, many of which involved smartcards. Cathy is also very active in the development of national and international biometric standards, currently serving as the US head of delegation to ISO/IEC JTC1 SC37 subcommittee on biometrics and chair of the Biometric Identity Assurance Services (BIAS) Integration technical committee at OASIS.

Testimonials From Past Cathy Tilton Sessions:

"Very knowledgeable about subject. Excellent speaker!"

"Cathy was a wealth of knowledge and a captivating speaker"

“Cathy is extremely versed and was able to present that through her
knowledge of the details & history.”

“Great speaker with complete mastery over the subject material!”

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Afternoon break/lunch on your own

How To Prepare For The Future Of Biometric Systems

Have you wondered what’s new in the biometrics industry? Are you worried that your current deployment will be obsolete in a few short years? Are you planning a cutting-edge system? This interactive workshop will take a look at advances in biometric technologies and new biometric deployments from around the world, and how you can use this information to improve or protect your current systems and investments.

• How R&D efforts of the past have impacted today's deployments
• Emerging biometric modalities
• New ways to use biometrics
• A summary of the latest advances in biometrics
• Tips on "future-proofing" your system

WORKSHOP LEADER: Joy Kasaaian, Program Manager at IBG, provides strategic consulting services to clients in both the private and public sectors on developing and optimizing biometric systems. She has led teams in understanding and implementing state-of-the-art identity technologies for systems with millions of users. Ms. Kasaaian has a Bachelors Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a certified Project Management Professional.

Testimonials From Past Joy Kasaaian Sessions:

"A great resource for an overview and centralized info on
biometrics vendors, products, etc. Thanks!"

“Excellent knowledge of trends and modalities.”

"Exceptional speaker. Clear, comprehensive."

"Lots of information and well presented."