The Biometric Consortium serves as a focal point for research, development, testing, evaluation, and application of biometric-based personal identification/verification technology. The Biometric Consortium organizes a premier biometrics conference every fall (advertised below). Information about past conferences, current government and standards activity, a bulletin board service, and other biometric resources can be found throughout this web site.
The Biometric Consortium is co-chaired by Jeffrey S. Dunn and Fernando Podio.
2010 Biometric Consortium Conference & Technology Expo - September 21 - 23, 2010
We are pleased to announce that the 2010 Biometric Consortium Conference and Biometric Technology Expo will be held again in the Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL, USA on 21 - 23 September 2010.
Online conference and hotel registration is now available.
On-site exhibit space reservations for the 2010 event were a great success with nearly 50% of the expo space already booked. Organizations may reserve space for the technology expo now.
Supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Security Agency (NSA), the Biometrics Consortium Conference is focused on Biometric Technologies for Defense, Homeland Security, Identity Management, Border Crossing and Electronic Commerce.
The Conference will be two and a half days of presentations, seminars and panel discussions with the participation of internationally recognized experts in biometric technologies, system and application developers, IT business strategists, and government and commercial officers.
Preliminary Program now available.
Mr. Daniel D. Roberts
Dr. Starnes E. Walker
Mr. Gerald Thames
LTG Richard P. Zahner
Mr. B. B. Nanawati
LtGen John R. Allen
Current keynote speakers for the Biometric Consortium Conference are Mr. Daniel D. Roberts, Assistant Director, CJIS Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Dr. Starnes E. Walker, Director of Research, S&T Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Mr. Gerald Thames, Executive Advisor, Booz Allen Hamilton and LTG Richard P. Zahner USA, Deputy Chief of Staff G-2, United States Army and Mr. B. B. Nanawati, Deputy Director General, Unique Identification (UID) Authority of India and LtGen John R. Allen, USMC, Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command.
Watch excerpts from The Hon. John M. McConnell's 2009 presentation, one of five keynote presentations from the 2009 Biometric Consortium Conference.