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Speakers connect:ID Day One – 14 March 2016
Using a single biometric identification token to enhance security and
streamline the border crossing journey for passengers;
Solving the challenge of involving all travel and border security
stakeholders while guaranteeing secure information sharing and assuring
passengers’ privacy.
Biographies
Annet Steenbergen is the coordinator of the Preclearance and Happy Flow
projects for the Governement of Aruba. The Happy Flow project is the first
innovative initiative that creates a seamless flow of passenger facilitation from
curb to gate through the reuse of biometrics and advanced cooperation between
the public and the private sector. Aruba’s Happy Flow project will also provide an
important basis for establishing a first EU-Schengen preclearance for travelling
to Europe. Annet has more than 20 years’ experience working in the field of
immigration, and in particular border control, border management and public
private cooperation at airports. Before living and working in Aruba, she has
always had a strong focus on the international relations of border control in her
work, and previously worked in the Netherlands, Suriname and South Africa.
Half French, half British, born in Germany and married to a Portuguese woman,
Jean-François Lennon holds a Bachelor Degree in Social & Economics Science,
as well as a Computer Science degree and completed his academic background
with a Masters in International Management.
He has worked in various positions and countries in the security and building
technologies industries, where he expressed his talent and versatility in
various technological, organizational- and business-related functions, gaining
significant international experience by repositioning, developing and opening
markets in a number of countries, and acquiring a considerable knowledge in
various vertical markets such as airports, critical infrastructure, public security
and law enforcement.
Since he joined Vision-Box, Jean-François has embarked on wide-ranging
projects, having spearheaded the exponential growth of the company in
the past couple of years. He is currently overseeing strategic and sales
responsibilities of eight offices around the world, and is in charge of the
company’s long-term growth plan.
PANEL: Biometric exit – Lessons learned and
path forward
Room 207A
Session introduced by Teresa Wu, Director of Strategic Marketing and
Government Relations, MorphoTrak, USA
Time: 4.45pm
The Air Entry/Exit Re-engineering (AEER) panel will feature a wide-ranging
discussion of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) approach to
the biometric exit challenge over the past two years; concepts of operation
(CONOPs) tested at the Maryland Test Facility (MdTF), lessons learned for
government, device manufacturers, and solution providers; the importance
of human factors; accuracy, computational requirements, implications,
and alternative approaches; and CBP’s path forward for defining a national
biometric exit solution.
Air Entry/Exit Re-engineering (AEER) background and approach;
Lessons learned at the Maryland Test Facility (MdTF);
CBP’s path forward for biometric entry/exit.
Arun Vemury
Director, Apex Air Entry/Exit Re-engineering (AEER) Project,
Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA)
DHS Science & Technology Directorate (S&T), USA
Biography
Arun Vemury is the Director of the Apex Air Entry/Exit Re-engineering (AEER)
Project, a joint DHS Science & Technology and Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) initiative to re-engineer CBP traveler inspection processes at airports,
and develop a cost-effective approach to implement Biometric Exit. Mr Vemury
has managed a portfolio of S&T projects to develop biometrics technologies
for integration into DHS operations. Mr Vemury’s projects have included a
number of R&D activities to facilitate the future implementation of iris and face
recognition technologies and improving cutting-edge imaging techniques to
develop the next-generation of fingerprint scanner technologies.
Michael Hardin
Deputy Director, CBP Entry/Exit Transformation Office, USA
Biography
Michael Hardin is the Deputy Director of the CBP Entry/Exit Transformation
Office, charged with improving the ability of CBP to match entry and exit data
collected from foreign nationals. He has over 15 years of experience at DHS and
its predecessor agencies working on issues related to immigration, biometrics,
and counterterrorism.
Prior to coming to CBP in 2013, Mr Hardin worked at the DHS Office of Policy
on a wide variety of issues, including biometrics and data sharing with the
intelligence community and foreign countries.
From 2008-2009, Mr Hardin served abroad in Canberra, Australia, assisting
the Australian government in development of their biometric programs as they
related to immigration. Mr Hardin also worked at US-VISIT developing policy
and drafting regulations that facilitated the collection of biometric capture
from foreign nationals entering the United States. Mr Hardin also has worked at
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and began his career at the
Immigration and Naturalization Service in 1997.
Throughout his career, Mr Hardin has spoken at a variety of biometric-related
conferences in the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Singapore, Australia,
and New Zealand. He has a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University and a
law degree from George Washington University Law School.
Patrick Grother
Computer Scientist, National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST), Department of Commerce, USA
Biography
Patrick Grother is a scientist at the National Institute of Standards in
Technology (NIST) responsible for quantitative biometrics. He leads NIST’s
FRVT, FIVE and IREX evaluations of face and iris recognition technologies. He
edits three ISO standards, and consults with several US Government agencies.
Yevgeniy Sirotin
Lead Human Factors Scientist, Scitor (an SAIC company), USA
Biography
Yevgeniny Sirotin has a passion for understanding perception and behavior
and how these aspects of brain function shape our interaction with natural
and man-made objects. Prior to joining the DHS AEER project, Dr Sirotin ran
a neurobiology laboratory at the Rockefeller University in New York studying
sensory perception. He holds a PhD in Neurobiology and Behavior from
Columbia University. Current interests include the usability of biometric
systems and optimization of information systems.
Jacob Hasselgren
Test Director, Scitor (an SAIC company), USA
Biography
Jacob Hasselgren has dedicated himself to building and executing complex
research evaluations, with a focus on the usability of biometric technologies.
Prior to joining the DHS AEER project, Mr Hasselgren worked as a graduate
student in the International Center for Biometric Research (ICBR) at Purdue
University, leading grants focused on image quality and the human biometric
sensor interaction. He holds a Masters from Purdue University, with a focus on
Biometric Applications and Security. Current interests include test design and
the usability of biometric systems.
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