The Biometric Consortium Conference

Program

Monday, September 23 to Wednesday, September 25, 2002

Monday September 23, 2002

Ballroom

8:30 AM - 8:55 AM
Welcome (4,261KB - PDF)
Jeffrey S. Dunn, National Security Agency (NSA) and Fernando L. Podio, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST/ITL), Co-Chairs, Biometric Consortium, Co-sponsoring Organizations NIST (ITL & ATP), NSA, DoD's BMO, GSA, FTS Office SC Initiatives, WV USA.

8:55 AM - 9:40 AM
Keynote Address: "Total Information Awareness"
Dr. Robert L. Popp, Deputy Director, Information Awareness Office (IAO), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Ballroom

9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Government and Enterprise - Plans and Requirements for Homeland Security and Other Critical Applications
Moderator:  Rick Lazarick, Airport Security Technology Integration Lead, Transportation Security Administration

"Biometric Applications in Transportation Security", (79KB - PDF) Rick Lazarick, Aviation Security Technology Integration, Transportation Security Administration.

Ballroom

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Government and Enterprise - Plans and Requirements for Homeland Security and Other Critical Applications (Continued)
Moderator: Rick Lazarick, Airport Security Technology Integration Lead, Transportation Security Administration

* "Government Implementation of Smart Cards and Biometrics", (1,202KB - PDF) Bob Wilberger, Director of Smart Card Initiatives/Northrop Grumman IT.

* " Overview of the Face Recognition Vendor Test 2002" (3,280KB - PDF) Jonathon Phillips, Program Manager Human ID Program, DARPA, Patrick Grother, NIST/ITL, Duane Blackburn, DoD Counterdrug Program Office, Mike Bone, NAVSEA, and Ross Micheals, NIST/ITL.
   

* Morning Open Discussion - Q&A

Presidential Rooms

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Seminar -  "An Overview of Biometrics"
Peter T. Higgins, Principal Consultant, Higgins & Associates, International

This is an introductory seminar on biometric technologies, applications, and the role of standards.

Session One: "An Overview of the State-of-the Art and Applications of Biometric Technologies" (1,343KB - PDF)
- What are biometrics and how do they work
- Biometric technologies:
        * Fingerprint recognition
        * Face recognition
        * Voice recognition
        * Hand recognition
        * Iris recognition

Ballroom

11:45 AM - 12:20 PM
Keynote Address: "The Future of Biometrics in the State of West Virginia"
Honorable Bob Wise, Governor of the State of West Virginia

Ballroom

1:50 PM - 2:40 PM
Government and Enterprise - Plans and Requirements for Homeland Security and Other Critical Applications (Continued)
Moderator: Rick Lazarick, Airport Security Technology Integration Lead, Transportation Security Administration

"Planning for High Performance Biometric Identification: FBI Lessons Learned", (1,895KB - PDF) Selena Hutchinson, Acting Information Resources Manager, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and George Kiebuzinski, Fellow, Mitretek Systems.
 

* "Passport Control Using Iris Recognition", (1,431KB - PDF) Evan Smith, President, EyeTicket Corporation.

3:10 PM - 5:30 PM
Industry Response to Government and Enterprise Plans and Requirements for Homeland Security and Other Critical Applications
Moderators: Richard E. Norton, Executive Director, International Biometric Industry Association (IBIA) and M. Paul Collier, Executive Director, The Biometric Foundation

* "Introductory Remarks", Richard E. Norton, Executive Director, International Biometric Industry Association (IBIA) and M. Paul Collier, Executive Director, The Biometric Foundation

* "Dual-Mode: Thermal Infrared (IR) and Visible Face Recognition", (978KB - PDF) Larry Wolff, President and CEO, Equinox Corporation.

* "Deployment of Large Scale Digital ID Systems - Progress and Issues", (101KB - PDF) C. Maxine Most, Principal, Acuity Market Intelligence.

* "Examples of Large Scale Biometrics Systems", (1,061KB - PDF) Pat Sankar, Chief Scientist, Printrak A Motorola Company, Dr. Behnam Bavarian, Vice President, Printrak, and David Hall, Senior Marketing Manager, Printrak

* "Advancing Biometric Solutions to Meet International Homeland Security Requirements", (234KB - PDF) Ed Schaffner, Director, Positive ID and Access Control Solutions, Global public Sector - Homeland Security, Unisys Corp.

* "Using Biometrics to Enhance the Security of Identity Document Issuance", (578KB - PDF) Dr. John W. M. Campbell, Biometric Scientist, 3M-AiT, Ltd.

Presidential Rooms

1:50 PM - 2:40 PM
Seminar - "An Overview of Biometrics" (Continued)
Peter T. Higgins, Principal Consultant, Higgins & Associates, International

Session Two: "Implementation Issues and Challenges" (817KB - PDF)
- What biometrics are used for
- Factors that influence the performance
- What are some of the challenges
- Applications for Homeland defense and INS
- The role of biometric standards

3:10 PM - 3:40 PM

Seminar Presented by NIST/BC Biometric Interoperability, Performance and Assurance Working Group:

"Biometric Template Protection & Usage", (1,176KB - PDF) Dr. Colin Soutar, Chair, NIST/BC Biometric WG Task Group on Biometric Template Protection and Usage, Vice Chair INCITS M1 - Biometrics, Chief Technology Officer and VP, Research and Development, Bioscrypt, Inc.

3 :45 PM - 4:15 PM

Seminar Presented by the BioAPI Consortium and NIST/BC Biometric Interoperability, Performance and Assurance Working Group:

"Developing BioAPI and CBEFF-Compliant Biometric Authentication Systems", (1,187KB - PDF) Catherine J. Tilton, Chair, BioAPI Consortium, International Representative, INCITS M1 - Biometrics, Director of Special Projects, SAFLINK Corp

4:20 PM - 4:50 PM

"The UK Government Biometrics Working Group", (241KB - PDF) Philip Statham, Biometrics Program Manager, UK Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG).

Tuesday September 24, 2002

Ballroom

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
"Introduction" (268KB - PDF)

Dr. Susan Zevin, Acting Director, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology

"NIST Remarks"
Dr. Arden L. Bement Jr., Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology

9 :00 AM - 10:00 AM
Technology Policy and Biometrics Round Table
Moderator: Bruce P. Mehlman, Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy, US Department of Commerce, Technology Administration
Panelists: Dr. Joseph Atick, President and CEO, Identix, Inc., Rhett B. Dawson, President, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), Richard E. Norton, Executive Director, International Biometric Industry Association, Executive Vice President and a founder of ID Technology Partners, Inc., and Joel Lisker, Senior Vice President, Security and Risk Management, MasterCard International.

Ballroom

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Applications of Biometric Technologies
Moderator: Ben Miller 

* "Biometric Applications - Where Are We and Where Are We Heading?" (148KB - PDF) Ben Miller
 
* "Childlike Simplicity, Grownup Security Implementing Biometrics in the Stockholm School System", (153KB - PDF) Gabriel Waters, Program Manager, Novell Corporation.

* "Now Your Car Knows You, What's Next? - Challenges and Opportunities in Automotive Biometrics", Dr. K. Prasad, Group Leader, Infotronics Technologies Research, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan and Dr. Anil K Jain, University Distinguished Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University.

Presidential Rooms

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Seminar - "Accelerating Biometrics Market Development"
C. Maxine Most, Principal, Acuity Market Intelligence

Session One: "Concepts, Context & Strategy" (249KB - PDF)
Overview of market analysis models, processes and tools that provide a framework for understanding the evolution of the biometrics marketplace. Introduction to a strategic approach use to identify, prioritize and dominate targeted market opportunities.

Ballroom

11:30 AM - 12:00 NOON
Keynote Address: "DoD Biometrics Enterprise Solution" (3,358KB - PDF)
 

MG Steven W. Boutelle, Director, Information Operations, Space, and Networks for the Army Chief Information Officer

Ballroom

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Applications of Biometric Technologies (Continued)
Moderator: Ben Miller

 * "Biometrics and Single Sign-On: The Next Step in Identity Management", (2,091KB - PDF) Julian Waits, VP of Business Development, BioNetrix

* "From James Bond to Boardroom", (453KB - PDF) Sheldon Watson, Senior Systems Analyst, Fidelity Investments.

* "Using Biometrics for Smart, Secure Payments", (1,303KB - PDF) John McNally, Chief technology Officer, BioPay, LLC

* "Biometrics and Retail", (134KB - PDF) Creed Jones, Senior Product Engineer, SAGEM Morpho. 

* "Applying the Biometric Fusion Approach to Trusted Identity Programs", (209KB - PDF) Stephen Price-Francis, Vice-President of Business Development for LaserCard Systems Corp. and Robert B. Barnes, President of Robert B. Barnes Associates, Inc.

Presidential Rooms

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Seminar - "Accelerating Biometrics Market Development" (Continued)
C. Maxine Most, Principal, Acuity Market Intelligence

Session Two: "Practical Applications", (220KB - PDF)
Real-world examples are referenced to demonstrate the practical application of a market development methodology based on the concepts, strategies and tools presented in Session One. 

- Internal Inventory

-Vertical Industry Opportunities
- Market Assessment
- Narrowing and Sizing Niche Markets
- Choosing Targets
- Market Penetration
- Setting Up The Bowling Alley
- Whole Product Solutions
- Strategic Alliances
- Go To Market Planning 

 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

"Searching the FBI's Civil Files: Public Safety v. Civil Liberties", John D. Woodward, Jr., Esq., Senior Policy Analyst, RAND

Ballroom

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Biometric Standards Round Table
Moderator: Fernando L. Podio, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST/ITL), Co-Chair, Biometric Consortium.

* "National and International Activities in Biometric Standardization", (790KB - PDF) Fernando L. Podio, NIST/ITL, Chair, INCITS M1 - Biometrics, Co-Chair, Biometric Consortium.

Standards News Marathon
 
* "ANSI/INCITS 358-2002, the BioAPI V1.1 Specification", (189KB - PDF) Catherine J. Tilton, Chair, BioAPI Consortium, International Representative, INCITS M1 - Biometrics, Director of Special Projects, SAFLINK Corp.

* "Augmented Common Biometric Exchange Framework Format (CBEFF)", (118KB - PDF) Lawrence Reinert, INCITS M1 Member, National Security Agency

* "Revision of ANS X9.84 Biometric Information Management and Security", Jeff Stapleton, Chair, X9F4 Working Group, KPMG.

* "OASIS XML Common Biometric Format (XCBF)" , Phillip H. Griffin, Griffin Consulting, XCBF Technical Committee Chair

NIST/BC Biometric Interoperability, Performance and Assurance Working Group Activities:

* "Biometric Template Protection Techniques", (1,269KB - PDF) Dr. Colin Soutar, Chair, NIST/BC Biometric WG Task Group on Biometric Template Protection and Usage, Vice Chair INCITS M1 - Biometrics, Chief Technology Officer and VP, Research and Development, Bioscrypt , Inc.

* "Biometric Application Programming Interface for Java Card", (436KB - PDF) Dr. Ksheerabdhi Krishna, Smart Cards, SchlumbergerSema.

Presidential Rooms

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
DoD Biometric Management Office Session

* "DoD Biometrics Fusion Center: Testing & Evaluation Updates", (299KB - PDF) Major Stephen Ferrell, Executive Officer for the DoD Biometrics Fusion Center.

* "Biometrics on the Common Access Card: Methodologies and Testing Updates".
 

* "Navy Biometrics Program Overview", (104KB - PDF), Dave Guerrino, DoD Biometrics Management Office, U. S. Navy SPAWAR Representative.

* "DoD BMO and AF Biometrics Partnership", (740KB - PDF), Michael Kennick ESC/DIWS

* "BFC Biometric Product Testing Lifecycle", (921KB - PDF), Dr. Valerie Valencia, Autheiti-Corporation

Wednesday, September 25, 2002 

Ballroom

8:30 AM -10:10 AM
Convergence of Biometrics and Smart Cards
Moderator: Randy Vanderhoof, President and CEO, Smart Card Alliance

* "An Overview of the Smart Card Industry and Technology", (5,104KB - PDF) Randy Vanderhoof, President and CEO, Smart Card Alliance.

* "Issues and Challenges in Implementing Authentication Systems Utilizing Biometrics and Smart Cards", Neville Pattinson, Cards Technical Support Mgr, SchlumbergerSema. 

* "Enhancing System Implementation Security With Smart Cards and Biometrics", Gilles Lisimaque, Sr. Vice President and Co-founder/Gemplus

* "Enhancing Privacy in Secure ID Systems With Biometrics and Smart Cards", John McKeon, Principal Biometrics and Smart Cards/IBM Global Services.

Convergence of Biometrics and Smart Cards

* "Managing Card Issuance in a System That Integrates Biometrics and Smart Cards", Kevin Gillick, Head of Corporate Marketing/Datacard Group.

* "Benefits of a Combined Smart Card and Biometrics System", Jeff Katz, Vice President of Marketing/Atmel.

10:40 AM - 12:00 NOON
Biometrics Commercialization
Moderator: Dr. Omid M. Omidvar, Advanced Technology Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST/ATP)

* "Introduction to Biometrics Commercialization", (1,418KB - PDF) Dr. Omid M. Omidvar, Advanced Technology Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST/ATP)
 

* "Advances in Spectral Biometrics - From the Lab to Commercial Products", (2,061KB - PDF) Dr. Robert K. Rowe, Vice President and CTO, Lumidigm, Inc.

* "Integrating Biometric Solutions with Database Management Systems - the Oracle RDBMS Approach", (80KB - PDF) Seema Sundara, Principal Member of Technical Staff, Oracle Corporation and Timothy Chorma, Software Developer II, Oracle Corporation

Presidential Room

8:30 AM - 12:00 NOON
Research, Testing and Evaluation of Biometric Technologies
Moderator: Larry A. Hornak, Ph.D., CITeR Director, Dept of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering West Virginia University

* "CITeR's Research Portfolio Overview and Directions", (408KB - PDF) Larry A. Hornak, Ph.D., CITeR Director, Dept of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering West Virginia University

* "Issues for Liveness Detection In Biometrics", (1,279KB - PDF) Reza Derakhshani, Graduate Research Assistant at CITeR-Center for Identification Technologies Research, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, West Virginia University.

* "Lessons Learned From Iris Trial", (740KB - PDF) Huayan Amy Wang, Member of Technical Staff, R&D, Symbol Technologies, Inc.

Research, Testing and Evaluation of Biometric Technologies (Continued)

* "Multi-modal Biometrics", Dr. Anil K Jain, University Distinguished Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University.

* "Graduate Course Development in Biometrics", Dr. Stephen Elliott, Department of Industrial Technology, Purdue University

* "Partial Faces for Face Recognition", (198KB - PDF) Dr. Srinivas Gutta, Vasanth Philomin, Miroslav Trajkovic, Adaptive& Interactive Systems Department, Philips Research USA and Harry Wechsler, Dept. of Computer Science George Mason University.

* "New Evaluation Statistics for Measuring the Performance of Biometric Technologies", (1,282KB - PDF) Patrick Grother, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST/ITL), Jonathon Phillips, Program Manager Human ID Program, DARPA, Ross Micheals, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST/ITL).

* "Comparative Fingerprint Quality and Performance: Rolls, Slaps, and Flats", (2,344KB - PDF) Austin Hicklin, Principal, Mitretek Systems.

* "Visual Surveillance, Gait and Face Recognition" , (1,727KB - PDF) Dr. Larry S. Davis, Professor, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies and the Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park and Dr. Rama Chellappa, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Affiliate Professor of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park. 

12:00 NOON - 12:10 PM Closing Remarks

Jeffrey S. Dunn (NSA) and Fernando L. Podio (NIST/ITL), Co-Chairs, Biometric Consortium