Following yet another major hit LiveCast which aired on Sept 28, our next show (Episode 35) which airs on Oct 19, promises to be yet another substantial LiveCast filled with original topics, not to be found anywhere else! Join your favourite host, Dr. Joseph Atick as he gathers the best and brightest experts to engage with him in the following 4 exceptional segments:

S1: To-The-Point [MUST WATCH!]

This segment features a short conversation with acclaimed documentary film director, Lauren Anders Brown, about identity in war time Syria. It will include a screening of an excerpt from the film, “FORGED” (co-directed by Ms. Brown), which, without intending to, gives the best testimony we have ever seen for why identity for all matters.

This documentary follows the story of an illegal forger working undercover in Turkey to create passports and certificates for a population of stateless and displaced people in Syria who have no documentation to prove their identities and struggle to survive. The forger narrates the story and walks the audience through his mission to provide Syrians with their rightful identities without the Regime.

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State of the Art of FRT as tested by NIST [KEY SPOTLIGHT]

The program will continue with a highly anticipated keynote from Patrick Grother from NIST who returns to present an update on the state of the art of face recognition technology (FRT) in the world, its limitations, and what extrapolations into the near future can be reasonably made from recent validated progress.

Significant progress has been made since then, not only in the technology itself but also in our understanding of its performance and limitations — thanks largely to the intensive program of testing NIST has continued with unabated intensity.

This is a keynote many have long awaited, and which will summarize everything you wanted to know about FRT in order to separate fact from fiction and hype.

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S3:Mobile Contactless Fingerprint Biometrics [HOT!]

This segment is dedicated to address the question:

Are contactless fingerprint algorithms and capture methods ready for large scale registration programs or are they still promising innovations in the lab?

The high tech industry is split on this matter. We will conduct a debate between two key figures who will argue for the two opposing positions regarding the technology readiness today. What is at stake is huge and the outcome will impact governments, development agencies and even the industry and solution providers. So tune in for this passionate debate and formulate your position on a topic that you cannot ignore.

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Role of Consumer-Facing Organisations in ID4D & Digital Transformation

Consumer-facing organizations have significant experience in digital identity management, primarily as a consequence of their long-standing needs to manage their users’ identity. Traditionally, these organizations, must meet high customer satisfaction standards for availability, ease of onboarding and use, as well as security. Their Digital ID systems are also often highly global extending beyond national jurisdictions and in majority of cases cover populations larger than the number of residents of most countries. In recent times, they have been subjected to a multijurisdiction regulatory environment, requiring complex compliance with national and regional standards for data protection and privacy. Said differently, consumer identity management is highly sophisticated, and evolved and has survived the test of time and the constraints of regulators.

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