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Sydney, Thursday - Friday, 29-30 May 2008: Biometrics Institute Annual Australia Conference & Exhibition in Sydney. Free press passes are available for this event.
Over 100 experts from government and industry will grapple with new challenges for biometrics technologies.
The Biometrics Institute annual Conference will be held in Sydney on the 29-30 May 2008.
The Biometrics Institute is the Asia-Pacific region's leading independent forum for biometrics users, including government, airlines, banks and vendors.
The Exhibition will demonstrate the latest developments in biometrics technology as well as new standards, commercial applications and technology evaluations.
The General Manager of the Biometrics Institute Isabelle Moeller described the conference as "a must attend event to meet the experts in the field and clear up some of the myths around biometrics."
Over 20 biometrics experts are confirmed to speak at this annual conference including overseas presenters from Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, UK and the USA.
Biometrics are already in the Australian and New Zealand passports and are likely to move to banking and drivers' licenses.
Abhishek Kumar, a Senior Research Analyst for Financial Insights, Asia/Pacific, who regularly comments on biometrics in financial services, will speak at this conference on the "Rise of Biometrics in Asian Banking."
He recently said in an article of ZDNet Asia ("Citibank terminates S'pore biometric service", 1 April 2008) that "The acceptance of biometric payments will not occur overnight. Acceptance will only come by educating people and making them understand the increased security and convenience of such a solution".
The Biometrics Institute will also present survey results of its review into the Biometrics institute Privacy Code.
The Code was the Biometrics Institute's first step towards ensuring that the new technology does not leap ahead of privacy considerations. The Code is the only code of its kind in the world and interest is being expressed by European and New Zealand government agencies.
Recently queries have been raised about non-Institute-member organisation introducing biometrics into NSW schools. The Biometrics Institute is actively informing members and the public about biometrics implementations through events like this.
The conference will be open to press.
Biometrics covers a variety of technologies in which unique identifiable attributes of people are used for identification and authentication. This includes voice, iris, face, hand and fingerprint recognition, which can be used to validate the identity of individuals seeking to gain access to computers, airlines, databases and other areas which may need to be restricted.
For enquiries or free press passes contact:
Isabelle Moeller
+61 2 9431 8686 or mobile +61 423 166 023
Email: manager@..., Web: www.biometricsinstitute.org
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