Biometric Summit 2023 is a virtual event organized by Goode Intelligence, a leading research and consulting company specializing in biometrics, authentication, and identity. This summit brings together technology providers, investors, buyers, and integrators to explore the latest innovations in biometric technologies and their role in the 21st-century revolution.
Key topics covered include the threat of deepfakes to biometrics and strategies to counteract them, with expert speakers from Duck Duck Goose and Ingenium Biometrics. Another significant session focuses on age estimation and biometrics, featuring insights from the Age Check Certification Scheme and the Age Verification Providers Association.
The event offers a comprehensive agenda with keynotes, presentations, industry-led moderated panels, and interviews. Notable speakers include Tony Allen, CEO of Age Check Certification Scheme; Iain Corby, Executive Director of the Age Verification Providers Association; and Rob Woods, Director of Market Planning for Fraud and Identity at LexisNexis Risk Solutions.
Biometric Summit 2023 is ideal for professionals in the biometrics, authentication, and digital identity sectors, including technology providers, investors, buyers, and integrators. Attendees will gain valuable insights into the latest developments and challenges in biometric technologies, making it a must-attend event for those looking to stay ahead in the field.
Speakers(10)
Alan Goode
CEO, Chief Analyst and Founder at Goode Intelligence
Alan Goode is the CEO, Chief Analyst and Founder of Goode Intelligence, a world-leading identity and biometrics research and consulting organization founded in 2007 and based in London. With 18 years of research and analysis experience and prior to that, 17 years of senior management and technology consultancy including strategy and deployment, Alan is an expert in biometrics, authentication/identity, fraud management, and cyber security. His previous roles include Head of Information Security at T-Mobile UK, Security Practice Manager at Atos Origin.
Chris Burt
Managing Editor at Biometric Update
Chris Burt is the managing editor of Biometric Update. He has also written nonfiction about web hosting, dramatic arts, sports culture, and fantasy basketball, as well as fiction about a doomed astronaut. He lives in Toronto.
Dr. Chris Allgrove
Director & Co-founder at Ingenium Biometrics
Chris has been working in digital identity and biometrics for 25 years, having initially received his PhD in electronics, specializing in the application of biometrics, from the University of Kent where he was a researcher in the computer vision research group. He worked for the Home Office as a biometrics expert on the identity card programme, before moving to the National Cyber Security Centre, where he led the identity assurance team, providing consultancy and advice on the security of identity technology to the UK Government. Chris is presently an expert independent advisor to a range of UK and international clients on the use of biometrics in digital identity, as well as more widely around identity authentication. He is also a biometrics advisor to the ID4D programme at the World Bank.
Dr. Neil Costigan
Chief Architect at BehavioSec, a LexisNexis Risk Solutions Company
Neil has a wealth of experience in fraud, identity, and authentication, from Public Key Infrastructure and early 3-D Secure protocols in the late 90s to DARPA research and commercialization of behavioral biometrics.
Iain Corby
Executive Director at The Age Verification Providers Association
Iain leads the global trade body for suppliers of privacy-preserving age verification and age estimation technologies. He was the business project manager for euCONSENT, an EU-funded pilot to deliver interoperable online age checks, and is the author of an imminent IEEE international standard for age assurance. Previously he worked for GambleAware, the leading UK charity, ran a research team in Parliament, and was a management consultant with Deloitte. He read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Balliol College, Oxford and has an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA.
Ian Deasha
Group Manager (Identity and Trust) at Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
Ian leads the ‘Identity and Trust’ Team within the ICO’s Technology Department. The identity and trust team are responsible for developing ICO positions on technology solutions which will be integral to the digital economy. These include biometric technologies, and in particular use of biometric data for age estimation, as well as the underlying technologies enabling Digital ID. Prior to this role, Ian set up the ICO’s Prior Consultation team in 2018, providing guidance to controllers on high-risk proposals to process personal data.
Mark Evenblij
Co-founder at Duck Duck Goose
With a strong background in engineering and a clear vision, Mark co-founded the startup DuckDuckGoose. At DuckDuckGoose, he is co-responsible for developing explainable AI solutions to detect synthetic media. Mark is passionate about deepfakes and has become an experienced expert in deepfake generation by making fake images and videos for experimental purposes.
Parya Lotfi
Co-founder at Duck Duck Goose
Parya is the co-founder of DuckDuckGoose and has a background in systems engineering and policy analysis. By combining her technical skills with her knowledge of Grand Challenges, she applies an interdisciplinary approach to identify dangers caused by deepfakes. With a demonstrated history in research related to (cyber) security and designing policies, Parya is fascinated about creating a roadmap that could mitigate security-related risks of deepfakes.
Rob Woods
Director Market Planning, Fraud and Identity at LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Rob is responsible for LexisNexis® Risk Solutions International Market Planning for Financial Services. One of his priorities within the Fraud and Identity leadership team is ensuring the product portfolio and roadmap service client needs and provide a superior customer experience for end users. Rob has a background as a product leader with experience designing and delivering major agile transformation programmes in Financial Services, specifically focused on authentication, fraud and digital identity, with the most recent being the implementation of an authentication as a service platform for PSD2 / Strong Customer Authentication at Lloyds Banking Group. Rob is a keen advocate of providing services that are centred on the customer, protecting their identity & digital banking experience, whilst enabling them to have confidence when shopping and transacting online.
Tony Allen
CEO at Age Check Certification Scheme
Tony is a Chartered Trading Standards Practitioner and acknowledged specialist in age-restricted sales law and practice. He is the Chair of the UK Government’s Expert Panel on Age Restrictions and Chief Executive of a UKAS accredited conformity assessment body specializing in age and identity assurance testing and certification. He is the Technical Editor of the current international standard for Age Assurance Systems.
Event Details
- Date
- March 15, 2023
- Location
- 🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom
- Pricing
- Free
- Audience
- Professionals in biometrics, authentication, and digital identity sectors, including technology providers, investors, buyers, and integrators.