8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast & Exhibits

8:30 a.m.

Chairperson's Opening Of Day Two & Presentation:
An Update On The Vulnerabilities Of Biometric Systems To Spoofing

During this interesting and informative session, you will hear about International Biometric Group's (IBG) latest project, Spoof 2007. Specifically, you will learn about a plan to address an often overlooked vulnerability of biometrics, spoofing.

• Why spoof analysis in addition to traditional performance testing is necessary
• Review of some common spoofs
• Spoofing from the deployment and development perspective
• The importance of spoof testing for government
• What the future holds for spoofing and countermeasures testing

Samir Nanavati, Partner
INTERNATIONAL BIOMETRIC GROUP (IBG)
Conference Chairperson

9:30 a.m.

How To Make The Business Case For Biometrics And Smart Cards

You will leave this informative session with an in-depth understanding of how any organization or agency can benefit from replacing traditional password administration with biometric Match-on-Card authentication. This will be described in detail from large-scale implementation to the return of investment by the U.S. Department of State, including practical critical success factors and the objectives with the introduction of smart cards and biometrics.

In addition, you will get an overview and understanding of how U.S. Department of State and other card programs achieve interoperability through existing frameworks, interfaces and standards when using biometrics and Match-on-Card. This is being utilized today in several large card deployments such as National ID Card programs worldwide, where references and examples will be made.

Steven Gregory, Chief of Information Integrity Branch, IRM Bureau
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Michael Harris, Director Sales North America
PRECISE BIOMETRICS INC.

10:50 a.m.

Information Fusion In Biometrics:
Discover The Latest Technology Advancements

In this informative session, you will hear about information fusion and how it refers to the reconciliation of evidence presented by multiple sources of information in order to generate a decision. In the context of biometrics, evidence reconciliation plays a pivotal role in enhancing the recognition accuracy of human authentication systems, and is referred to as multibiometrics.

Multibiometric systems combine the information presented by multiple biometric sensors, algorithms, samples, units, or traits. Aside from enhancing matching performance, these systems are expected to improve population coverage, deter spoofing and impart fault-tolerance to biometric applications.

• Learn about the various sources of biometric information
• Gain insight on the levels of fusion that are possible in a biometric system
• Design techniques to perform adaptive fusion at the match score level

Dr. Arun Ross, Assistant Professor
LANE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

11:40 a.m.

Understanding And Preparing For The Future Of National-Scale Multimodal Biometric Systems -- Including Growing Data Sizes And User Expectations

The FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division provides biometric identification services to over 18,000 local, state and Federal agencies on a daily basis. CJIS is currently developing the Next Generation Identification (NGI) to enhance services and transition to a multibiometric system. This session will look at strategies to maintain biometric quality for fingerprints, facial and iris to insure identification accuracy in an operational environment.

• Identifying key factors that determine identification accuracy in a large scale biometric system
• Using biometric quality metrics to manage system performance
• Development of certified product lists to improve biometric quality
• Challenges specific to multi-modal identification

Tom Hopper, Senior Advisor, Criminal Justice Information Services
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Join a small group of your colleagues for lunch with an informal discussion facilitated by one of our expert speakers. Take this opportunity to join others in a small, interactive group setting to network and brainstorm solutions to your most pressing biometric concerns.

2:00 p.m.

Group Exercise: Brainstorm Solutions And New Ideas You Can Use

You asked for it, you got it. Interact and discuss solutions to your biometrics challenges with your fellow attendees and our experienced speakers. You will leave with new tools and hands-on experience and ideas for more successfully applying best practices to your own initiatives. Get your questions answered in this lively interactive forum.

2:30 p.m.

The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Program: An Update On One Of The Largest Government-Sponsored Biometric Identity Programs

Mandated by the Maritime Transportation Security Act, the TWIC program is an ambitious government project to provision interoperable and standards-based biometric smart card credentials to up to 1 million maritime workers who require unescorted access to secure areas of the U.S. maritime infrastructure - including port facilities and vessels. The TWIC program is jointly managed by the Transportation Security Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard.

• The technologies and standards behind the TWIC program and the key role of biometrics
• The steps facility and vessel operators will need to take to upgrade their access control systems to use the TWIC credential for automated access control

Anyone considering or working on a biometrics project will get a better understanding of the key issues involved from the lessons learned to date during this large-scale biometric implementation.

John Schwartz, Assistant Director – TWIC Program
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Walter Hamilton, Senior Consultant
IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS, INC.
and Chairman, INTERNATIONAL BIOMETRIC INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

3:40 p.m.

The Implementation Of Mobile, Multimodal Biometric Enrollment And Usage In Harsh Environments

In this session, you will hear about the development and implementation of hasty enrollment or verification using handheld multi-modal devices for the U.S. Department of Defense.

A perspective from both the end user (U.S. Army) and the Contractor (L-1) on the problems and solutions of rapidly processing individuals in a harsh environment will be shared. Specifics including the round-up of individuals, taking biometrics, on-board processing, remote processing via wireless networks with identity management (time, date, place-GPS) tools, will also be discussed.

Jerry D. Jackson Jr., EIT, Principal Senior Systems Analyst (HIIDE Program Technical Lead),
Deputy Chief of Staff, G2 (DAMI-IM)
U.S. ARMY

Jeffrey Hathaway, Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard (ret.)
Vice President, Federal Systems
L-1 IDENTITY SOLUTIONS, INC.

4:30 p.m.
Chairperson's Recap:
Key Takeaways And What To Do When You Get Back To The Office

We'll recap the highlights of the past two days and ask you to share key insights and next steps with the group.