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A message from the Biometric Consortium (BC) and the Conference Co-Chairs

As many of you know, the BC Conference planned for September 12-14, 2001, was postponed because of the tragic events of September 11. Many of the speakers scheduled for BC2001 have committed to the program of the re-scheduled conference on February 13-15, 2002. The conference will cover topics related to the utilization of biometric solutions for homeland security including improving airport security, strengthening our national borders, utilizing biometrics for travel documents, visas and for preventing ID theft as well as accelerating biometric standards developments. In addition, most of the sessions planned for BC2001 will be included. Many organizations that were planning to exhibit in BC2001 and some new ones have also committed to provide technology demonstrations at the re-scheduled conference. Now, more than ever there is a wide range of interest in biometrics across the federal/state/ local governments. Congressional offices and a large number of organizations involved in many markets are addressing the important role that biometrics will play on identifying and verifying the identity of individuals and protecting national assets. We want to thank the sponsoring organizations, speakers and exhibitors and other organizations that have contributed to the organization of this conference.

                    Jeffrey S. Dunn                                Fernando L. Podio
                   1-866-246-6387                             (301) 975-2947
                   Email: Dunn@biometrics.org            Email: Podio@biometrics.org

Conference summary

The Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) and the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Security Agency (NSA), DoD's Biometric Management Office (BMO), the General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Technology Service (FTS) Center for Smart Card Solutions, and West Virginia U.S.A. are proud to sponsor the February 2002 Biometric Consortium Conference.

Conference Highlights:

Two and a half days of presentations, seminars and panel discussions with the participation of internationally recognized experts in biometric technologies, system and application developers, IT business strategists, and government and commercial officers.
Technology demonstrations
Open to Biometric Consortium members and the general public
$245 registration fee covers all seminars, exhibits, lunches (Wednesday & Thursday), small reception on Wednesday evening & coffee breaks

Preliminary list of topics:

Biometric-based solutions for Homeland Security (airport security, travel documents, visas, border control, prevention of ID theft)
Acceleration of biometric standards developments
User requirements, technological issues and challenges looming ahead, biometrics privacy, and security assurance
Government and commercial implementations and initiatives
Biometric business models
Updates on the latest activities in biometric evaluation, measurements, and research
The National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) , the Common Criteria and biometric protection profiles
Integration of biometrics with other authentication technologies such as smart cards, digital signatures, and Public Key Infrastructure
Other applications of biometrics (e.g., Health Care and Digital Rights Management, Point of Sale, and large-scale enterprise network authentication environments)

Who should attend?

The topics are appropriate for a wide variety of individuals - policy developers and decision makers, industry and government executives, IT users and developers, IT CEOs and product managers, law enforcement officers, system integrators, personal authentication and information security specialists, educators and students, government, industry, and academia researchers and everyone involved in utilizing biometric-based solutions for a wide range of applications related with homeland security, the prevention of ID theft and the integration of these solutions for any identification and verification application.