Speakers

The two-day Conference involves speakers from a selected group of high profile government representatives from all over the world.

		Major Gen. Ahmed N. Al Raisi General Director Abu Dhabi Police - Ministry of Interior
		H.E. Darwish Ahmed Al Zaraouni Director General Emirates Identity Authority
		Magnar Aukrust Deputy Director General Ministry of Justice and the Police - Norway
		Elaine Dezenski Managing Director Global Security Initiative Interpol - France
		Fadi Hindi Chairman Middle East Integration Consortium - UAE
		Tom Kinneging Leader, Task Forces 2 & 5 Working Group 3 (WG3), ISO/IEC JTC1/SC17 - France
		Christian Lanng Head of Division Ministry for Science, Technology and Innovation - Denmark
		Stan Li Director for Biometrics and Security Research - Institute of Automation Chinese Academy of Sciences
		Frank Maes IT Manager Federal Public Service of Interior - Belgium
		Alan Matthews International Business Director The Forensic Science Service - UK
		Dr. Frank Paul HD Unit “IT systems: Infrastructure & Legal Issues” DG JLS - European Commission
		Elham Mohammed Saleh Dir. of Technical Resources & Head of Smart Card Projects Central Informatic Organization - Bahrain
		Martin Schallbruch Chief Information Officer Federal Ministry of the Interior - Germany
		Magdi Mohamed Sharief Head of Mol Project Executive Unit Ministry of Interior - Sudan
		Joel F. Shaw Convenor Working Group 3 (WG3), ISO/IEC JTC1/SC17 - Canada
		Roman Vanek Head of Identity Documents Section Swiss Passport Office, Federal Office of Police - Switzerland

Furthermore, a limited number of industry experts will share high-level know-how regarding the introduction of government driven citizen ID programs.

		Paul Baxter Head of the Global Government Marketing Group Datacard Group
		Peter DiToro Vice President Professional Services Thales Information Systems Security
		Paul Ellis Managing Consultant PA Consulting Group
		Kevin Gillick Executive Director GlobalPlatform
		Michael Gröber Senior Product Manager Bundesdruckerei
		Ali Arshad Hakeem Chairman NADRA
		Michael Hegenbarth Head of German Delegation ISO/IEC JTC1/SC17 "Cards and Personal Identification"
		Pieter Hoogendoorn Partner & Principal HJP Consulting
		Victor Jayakaran President Scolis Technology
		Brian Jones Sales Director North America & Asia Trüb
		Kimmo Karppinen Director Government Programs, Product Marketing Gemalto
		Abbas Khodaverdi E-passport & Smart Card Project Manager Scientific Green - Iran
		Carl-Otto Künnecke CEO Otto Künnecke
		Dr. Gisela Meister Chairman Standardization Group for the EU Digital Signature Application
		Brig. Salem Ahmed Moeen CEO Secure Tech Consultancy
		Reiner Rettig President Are Con
		Alexander Vassiliev Chairman EDAPS Corporation
		Antti Vihavainen Chief Commercial Officer Valimo Wireless
		Peter Went CEO WCC Smart Search & Match