Take biometrics from complexity to clarity through these interactive workshops guaranteed to jumpstart 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.

Choose A or B or BOTH for maximum value and learning

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
MORNING PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP A

Registration and continental breakfast will begin at 8:30 a.m.
for the morning workshop attendees.

Biometrics 101:
Understanding Biometric Technology And Its Implementation

Gain real-world knowledge of biometrics from one of the industry's leaders in consulting and integration, International Biometric Group (IBG). This pre-conference workshop is a comprehensive tutorial that will give you the fundamentals necessary to understand the real issues involved in deploying biometrics. You will also have the opportunity to network with fellow attendees and obtain an insider perspective on the biometric industry.

• Current state of the art and new developments
• Major biometric technologies
• Multimodal biometrics - including the fusion of:
     - Fingerprint
     - 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

This workshop will be informal and interactive. It is a great opportunity to gain expert inside information on the world of biometrics and to gain a real grasp on the issues involved in deployment.

WORKSHOP LEADER: Debbie Waung, Consultant with International Biometric Group, participates in project teams providing biometric and identity management services to public and private sector clients. Past clients include National Institute of Justice – Sensors, Surveillance, and Biometric Technologies Center of Excellence, Transportation Security Administration – Qualified Product List Testing, and Texas Health and Human Services Commission – Medicaid Access Card Program. Prior to her time at IBG, Debbie was a research assistant at the Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Inc., the Boston Biomedical Research Institute, and Wellesley College where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Biological Chemistry.

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch on your own.

1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
AFTERNOON PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP B

Understanding And Using Biometrics Standards To Ensure Interoperability & Interchangeability

• Data standards, such as CBEFF, ANSI/NIST ITL1-2000/7 and various modality specific data interchange formats
• Interface 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 is the VP for Standards & Emerging Technologies at Daon, a leading provider of identity assurance software products focused on meeting the needs of governments and commercial organizations worldwide.

She is 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. She also chairs the BioAPI Consortium, is the international representative for INCITS M1 technical committee on biometrics, and chairs the M1 Ad Hoc Group on Biometrics in e-Authentication. She is the technical editor of the BioAPI within ISO/IEC JTC1 SC37 WG2 as well as a new project there called "BioAPI Lite." She currently chairs the BIAS Integration technical committee at OASIS.

Cathy has over 25 years of engineering and management experience, including over 14 years in the biometrics industry. She has lead or been involved in the design, development, and deployment of numerous biometric systems in both the commercial and government domains. These include the US-VISIT program, the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC), and in a previous life, IAFIS. She is an active participant in the Registered Traveler Interoperability Consortium (RTIC) and contributed to the interoperability specifications for this program. Past work also included several contracts prototyping the use of biometrics with the DoD CAC card.

She has a BS in nuclear engineering from Mississippi State and an MS in systems engineering from Virginia Tech.