Travel & Hospitality Biometrics Online Summit

May 18th, 2022

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Join the editors of FindBiometrics and an audience of industry professionals for in-depth analysis and insights on biometrics, authentication tech, identity verification, authentication technology, and other cutting-edge security solutions!

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Travel is back! On May 18, 2022, starting at 11AM ET, join FindBiometrics, Mobile ID World, and a cavalcade of identity industry experts for a full day of virtual keynotes, interviews, and panel discussions on the full-spectrum of travel experience. With pandemic restrictions lifting all over the world, the travel industry is relying on biometrics and strong identity technologies to safely facilitate the passenger journey, not just from curb-to-gate, but from their keyboard at home to their destination, and back again. Contactless biometrics like face and iris recognition are enabling seamless passenger experiences, while identity verification technology is helping with vaccine passports and health checks, as well as remote ticketing, mobile access control for hotels and resorts, and financial security while abroad.

The FindBiometrics Travel & Hospitality Identity Summit is a forum to discuss the innovative solutions helping facilitate our return to travel, tourism, and work abroad—the challenges and opportunities, and the bright future ahead for organizations that take identity seriously. Register now, free of charge, to reserve your seat at our fully virtual event featuring demos of biometrics and mobile ID technology, interactive Q&As, and two dedicated expo hall times.

Don’t miss out on key industry sessions:

Sessions & Networking

May 18th

Opening Remarks

Presenters:

Peter Counter

Biometrics at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Presenters:

Nick Van Straten

Privacy, Identity, and the Big Game

Presented with our sports and entertainment industry partner IIFX, this session explores the expansion of biometrics and identity technology from the travel sector into sports stadiums and arenas. How can we find the best balance of security, safety, and fun? This high level conversation will outline the challenges, opportunities, and next steps for a better fan experience powered by strong, privacy-enhancing identity technology.

Presenters:

Debbie Reynolds, Sanjay Manandhar

Defending Against ID Fraud on Cruise Ships

Cruise travel is seeing a surge of popularity thanks to the pent-up demand of two pandemic years, with Royal Caribbean reporting over 40 sailings at 100 percent capacity for March 2022. But cruising isn’t just about the patrons, and biometric technology is helping guard the financial security of the crew in the galley. This panel discussion is a case study on the deployment of biometrics to safeguard crew members from widespread identity theft that occurs on the high seas.

Presenters:

Audrey Hall

Expo Hall - Part 1

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Biometrics and the Evolution of Sports

Presenters:

Troy Brown

Air Travel’s Identity-Driven Digital Transformation

This panel of identity experts and aviation professionals explores the real ways face, iris, and fingerprint biometrics are keeping passengers safe, secure, and satisfied, while facilitating operational efficiency on behalf of airlines and border security agencies.

Presenters:

Carlo Cortina Jr. , Lisa Sullivan

Safe Travels: Contactless Biometrics in Public Safety and Justice

After taking a look at how identity technology enhances security and convenience during the travel experience, it’s time to learn how biometrics are keeping us safe, no matter where we happen to be. Iris ID Director Tim Meyerhoff and special guest Gary Stroupe – Acting Deputy Section Chief of Biometric Services for FBI CJIS – discuss the role of face and iris biometrics in public safety and law enforcement deployments.

Presenters:

Tim Meyerhoff, Gary Stroupe

Post-trust Identity: Redefining the Perimeter

Renowned industry analyst Maxine Most and FindBiometrics editor Peter Counter present a new paradigm of digital identity.

Presenters:

Maxine Most

Expo Hall - Part 2

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The State of Hospitality and Identity

Frost & Sullivan security analyst Danielle VanZandt shores findings on the challenges and opportunities in the late-COVID travel and hospitality landscape.

Presenters:

Danielle VanZandt

IBIA Roundtable: The Past, Present and Future of Biometric Travel

Industry leaders from the IBIA join managing director Robert Tappan for a state of the industry roundtable on biometrics and travel. Border control is widely seen as the starting point for modern biometric tech, and this expert session will highlight key lessons from the history of biometrics, reflect on what we are seeing now in this time of accelerated digital transformation, and speculate on what the future holds for identity in the travel industry.

Presenters:

John Bernard, Micah Willbrand, Philippe Faure

Closing Comments

Presenters:

Eric Weiss

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US Eastern (UTC-05:00)

Wednesday, May 18th
Time	Activity
11:00am to 11:10am	Opening Remarks
11:10am to 11:35am	Biometrics at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
11:35am to 11:55am	Thales Sponsored Presentation: Improving Airport Efficiency and PassegerExperiences with Biometrics
12:00pm to 12:30pm	Privacy, Identity, and the Big Game
12:35pm to 12:55pm	Hitting the Road: Key Considerations of Biometrics and Liveness in Mobile Drivers Licenses
12:55pm to 1:25pm	Defending Against ID Fraud on Cruise Ships
1:25pm to 2:00pm	Expo Hall - Part 1
2:00pm to 2:30pm	Biometrics and the Evolution of Sports
2:35pm to 3:00pm	Air Travel’s Identity-Driven Digital Transformation
3:05pm to 3:15pm	Safe Travels: Contactless Biometrics in Public Safety and Justice
3:15pm to 3:45pm	Post-trust Identity: Redefining the Perimeter
3:45pm to 4:15pm	Expo Hall - Part 2
4:20pm to 4:40pm	The State of Hospitality and Identity
4:40pm to 5:00pm	NEC Sponsored Session
5:05pm to 6:05pm	IBIA Roundtable: The Past, Present and Future of Biometric Travel
6:05pm to 6:10pm	Closing Comments

Presenters

Session Speakers

Audrey Hall

Audrey Hall is the Chief Product Officer at Brightwell. She is focused on developing and executing strategies that support product growth and brand awareness. She is an inspirational leader who takes a vision and makes it reality by pushing others to extend their thinking, make data-driven decisions and create material business advantages.... more

Carlo Cortina Jr.

Carlo Cortina Jr. is a Branch Chief with Office of Field Operations Communications Office. In this role, Mr. Cortina leads the public affairs and social media division. Among Mr. Cortina’s recent successes include his role as the Public Information Officer on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) National Incident Command for... more

Danielle VanZandt

Danielle VanZandt currently works in the capacity of Security Research Analyst at Frost & Sullivan. She has previously worked as PR Coordinator at esd & associates, Junior Account Manager at Toolbox Studios, Inc. and Department Liasion at Southwestern University. She is an alumnus of Southwestern University.

Debbie Reynolds

Debbie Reynolds is the Founder, CEO, and Chief Data Privacy Officer of Debbie Reynolds Consulting LLC. Debbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva,” is a world-renowned technologist, thought-leader, and advisor working at the intersection of Data Privacy, Technology, and Law. Ms. Reynolds is an internationally published author, highly sought speaker, and top... more

Eric Weiss

Eric Weiss is the Multimedia Editor for FindBiometrics and Mobile ID World. He has been covering the biometrics and identity industries for the sites for the past two years, building on nearly a decade of experience as a media and entertainment critic. During that time, he covered everything from games to film to the start-up tech community, with... more

Gary Stroupe

Mr. Stroupe came to the FBI’s, Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division from the private sector in 2006. Since then, he has worked exclusively in the CJIS Division’s Biometric Services Section in Clarksburg, West Virginia leading a variety of technical and operational efforts. In 2013 he was tasked as the operational lead... more

John Bernard

John Bernard is the Senior Principal of Travel and Transport at IDEMIA I&S North America. Prior to joining IDEMIA, John served as the strategy and business development leader for L3Harris Technologies aviation information management business, serving customers in both the US and international markets. John also built and led L3Harris Advanced... more

Lisa Sullivan

Lisa Sullivan is the Senior Vice President, Travel and Transport for IDEMIA Identity & Security North America (ISNA), a long-time market-leader in identity and security solutions for both government and commercial customers. In this critical role, Ms. Sullivan serves on IDEMIA’s Executive Committee and leads flagship accounts at the... more

Maxine Most

Strategic innovator, market visionary, and forecasting guru, Maxine Most, brings decades of practical expertise in the unpredictable and volatile world of emerging technology to the rapidly evolving biometrics and digital identity marketplace. With a stellar reputation for accurately anticipating market twists, turns, and trend, Maxine offers... more

Micah Willbrand

Micah Willbrand is Chief Product Officer in the Advanced Recognition Systems (ARS) division at NEC Corporation of America (NEC). In his current role, Mr. Willbrand leads the product strategy for NEC’s next-generation digital identity management platform, NEC I:Delight. Under his leadership, he brings over 20 years of experience focused on digital... more

Nick Van Straten

Nick van Straten is currently Program Director Biometrics for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. In this capacity he is responsible for KLM's Biometric Vision, participation in key projects to advance the use of biometrics in the customer journey, and development of biometric competences & capabilities as enablers.Next to this Nick has been strongly... more

Peter Counter

Peter Counter is Editor in Chief of FindBiometrics and Mobile ID World, and host of the ID Talk podcast. Leading the editorial direction of both websites, his reporting, interviews, and thought leadership have helped solidify their position as the leading online resources for biometrics and identity technology news. With nearly a decade of... more

Philippe Faure

Mr. Philippe Faure is the Vice President Face Recognition Solutions at Thales, leading the development of Thales video-based facial recognition solutions, to improve physical and digital security as well as customer experience for applications in airports, cities, banks, hotels, and sensitive sites. Mr. Faure has over 35 years’ experience in... more

Sanjay Manandhar

Sanjay has 20+ years of experience building software companies from the ground up. He is frequently involved in product development, technology roadmap and strategy, and intellectual property management. He started his software engineering/product development career at Sun Microsystems, Siemens, NYNEX, and other high-tech firms.Sanjay founded and... more

Tim Meyerhoff

Tim Meyerhoff is Director for Federal & State markets at IRIS ID. Tim has participated in many projects that use multiple biometric modalities with more than 20 years of experience in the Biometric and ID management industry. Tim is highly proficient in the technical attributes of the key modalities, namely Iris, Face, and Fingerprint.

Troy Brown

Over 31 years of security, stadium operations and crowd management experience. Currently in his eighth season with the Cleveland Browns where Troy is responsible for day-to-day operations at FirstEnergy Stadium, including the overall game day fan experience, facility engineering and maintenance, capital repairs and improvements, police, fire,... more

Sponsor Speakers

Philippe Faure

Micah Willbrand

Jay Meier

Jay Meier is an award-winning financial securities analyst and subject matter expert in identity access management, credentialing, and biometrics.

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Sessions & Networking

May 18th

Opening Remarks

Biometrics at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Privacy, Identity, and the Big Game

Defending Against ID Fraud on Cruise Ships

Expo Hall - Part 1

Biometrics and the Evolution of Sports

Air Travel’s Identity-Driven Digital Transformation

Safe Travels: Contactless Biometrics in Public Safety and Justice

Post-trust Identity: Redefining the Perimeter

Expo Hall - Part 2

The State of Hospitality and Identity

IBIA Roundtable: The Past, Present and Future of Biometric Travel

Closing Comments

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