Biometric Institute panel discussion on facial recognition and other biometrics

Pam Dixon, Executive Director of the World Privacy Forum, will be participating in a panel discussion at the Biometric Institute member’s meeting on Sept. 15, 2015.

The panel discussion will be held at the Australian Embassy in Washington DC, and will include speakers from Google, Facebook, ACLU, NIST, Morpho, and others. Dr. Joseph Atick will be moderating the discussion.

For more information: http://www.biometricsinstitute.org/events.php/567/member-meeting-washington-dc

Panel roster:

Greg Williamson, VP Senior Business Leader, Enterprise Authentication, MasterCard
Matt Scutari, Manager, Privacy and Public Policy, Facebook
David Lieber, Senior Privacy Policy Counsel, Google
Jay Stanley, Amercian Civil Liberties Union
Joseph Atick, Chairman, Identity Counsel International
Patrick Grother, Biometrics Standards and Testing Lead, NIST
Nicholas Vondrak, Marketing Manager, Digital ID & Smart Transactions, Morpho
Pam Dixon, Executive Director, World Privacy Forum

Posted September 14, 2015 in

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