December 10 -11, 2024
| Sheraton Reston Hotel, Reston, Virginia
Day 1 - December 10
Check out everything going on at Biometrics for Government & Law Enforcement during Main Day 1.
7:30 am - 8:40 am
Registration and Breakfast
8:40 am - 8:50 am
CHAIRMAN'S OPENING REMAKRS
8:45 am - 9:15 am
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION EXPANDS BIOMETRICS AND TECH INNOVATION AT THE BORDER
Ray Provencio -
Acting Executive Director - Admissibility and Passenger Programs, Office of Fiel,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Leveraging facial biometrics to further secure and enhance travel at US borders
- Expanding the use of mobile applications to enhance inspections
- Understanding challenges at the border and opportunities for partnerships to further secure and streamline travel and trade
Ray Provencio
Acting Executive Director - Admissibility and Passenger Programs, Office of FielU.S. Customs and Border Protection
9:15 am - 9:45 am
EVALUATING TRENDS IN BIOMETRICS
Shonnie Lyon -
Director, Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM),
Department of Homeland Security (Subject to final DHS confirmation)
- Capabilities and requirements for the biometric collection device and Strategic Sourcing Vehicle RFI
- Lessons learned from the last five years of biometrics and how to apply them going forward
- Identifying the challenges with emerging technology
- Understanding biometric success metrics and what standard metrics should be
Shonnie Lyon
Director, Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM)Department of Homeland Security (Subject to final DHS confirmation)
9:45 am - 10:15 am
EXPANDING US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION CONTACTLESS FINGERPRINTING CAPABILITIES
Nael Samha -
Executive Director of Passenger Targeting, Vetting, and Biometrics Systems,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- CBP’s use case and the benefits of implementing contactless fingerprinting
- Results from CBP’s testing of contactless fingerprinting
- How CBP plans on implementing contactless fingerprinting
- Path forward for leveraging multi-modal biometrics to further secure and enhance identity verification
Nael Samha
Executive Director of Passenger Targeting, Vetting, and Biometrics SystemsU.S. Customs and Border Protection
10:15 am - 10:45 am
NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT HALL
8:45 am - 9:15 am
LATEST IN BIOMETRIC TESTING
- Lessons learned from the Remote Identity Validation Tech Demonstration (RIVTD)
- Understanding document match, match to document, face liveness
- Discuss the next phases of biometric testing by RIVTD
11:15 am - 11:45 am
IDENTITY MANAGEMENT EXPECTATIONS
- Expectations of biometric contractors
- OBIM face services
- IDENT face screening file searches
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
HOW THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, AND NAVY IMPROVE VETTING AND SCREENING CAPABILITIES
Janice Kephart -
CEO,
Identity Strategy Partners
- How the Navy is using biometric data to improve vetting and screening
- Enterprise lessons on screening and vetting from the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense
- Understanding policy regarding using biometrics for vetting and screening
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
HOW AIRLINES ARE IMPLEMENTING DIGITAL IDS
Jody Hardin -
Executive Director, Innovation and Strategy Directorate,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Thirimachos Bourlai - Associate Professor, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Georgia
- How airlines are partnering with government organizations such as the TSA
- What capabilities airlines need to create safe and efficient digital IDs
- How digital IDs are improving customer satisfaction
Jody Hardin
Executive Director, Innovation and Strategy DirectorateU.S. Customs and Border Protection
Thirimachos Bourlai
Associate ProfessorSchool of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Georgia
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
BIOMETRIC AND IDENTITY SYSTEM TESTING
- Third party testing of biometric and identity systems
- System performance and equitability
- New testing standards
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FUTURE OF RECOGNITION AT AIRPORTS
- Recapping the challenges of TSA’s use of facial recognition technology
- Defining TSA’s use cases for facial recognition
- Lessons from screening over 850 million people in the past year
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
FUTURE IDENTITIES AND WHAT ITS KEY METRICS ARE
- Near term initiatives for the Futures Identity team including:
- An IDENT Exchange Messaging (IXM) conformance tool
- A multimodal biometric fusion algorithm
- A person-centric identity concept
- OBIM Mobile
- Interoperability and standards for biometrics across government agencies
- Working with international partners and developing standards with international partners
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT HALL
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
THE RISING NEED FOR RAPID DNA IMPLEMENTATION
Dr. Douglas Hares -
Rapid DNA Implementation Program Advisor,
FBI
- CODIS basics
- What Rapid DNA is and why it is important for law enforcement agencies to continue investing in Rapid DNA implementation
- The link between CODIS and Rapid DNA
- How to bridge the gap to make Rapid DNA more accessible for law enforcement agencies
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm
ADVANCEMENTS IN LATENT FINGERPRINTING
- The importance of interoperability between latent vendors & their tools
- Improving the accuracy of latent algorithms to reduce the manpower needed for candidate list comparison
- The opportunity to work with fellow agency labs to improve processes and workflows
4:45 pm - 5:15 pm
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STUDY RESULTS ON BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES
- An overview of the Biometric Identification Technologies study
- Takeaways from government, community, and academic stakeholders on the use of biometrics
- Policy considerations that were discussed with stakeholders who participated in the study
- Law enforcement use cases of biometrics and perspectives from community and law enforcement stakeholders
