Claudio joined Frontex in July 2007 and until January 2018 worked in the Operations Division of Frontex as Head of Air Border Sector, where he led operational activities amongst border guards for enhancing the security of the EU external borders – about 130 airports were regularly involved in Frontex Air Border activities at that time. Claudio entered the Italian ‘Polizia di Stato’ in March 1989. He is a Lieutenant Colonel and, prior to joining Frontex, served as Chief of Operations, leading 200 officers at the Venice border police. Claudio’s background encompasses police and frontier control, incorporating integrated border management, transnational criminal investigations, counter terrorism, asylum/refugee management, and international cooperation.He holds a master’s degree in Political Science/Public Administration from the University of Trieste, Italy; completed post-graduate training at the Superior Police Academy in Rome; and graduated with an Executive MBA from the University of Québec at Montreal (UQAM) and the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH)

David Gerulski, Integrated Biometrics Executive Vice President, has over 20 years of experience in high-growth security technology companies. He has spent the past four years working with partners and end-users to deliver the benefits of light emitting sensor (LES) biometric fingerprint technology into identity management solutions. David also contributes to news outlets and has been featured as a security expert in national media.

Mr Branchflower joined New Scotland Yard fingerprint branch in England in 1984 as a trainee fingerprint officer. Qualifying as a fingerprint expert in 1989, in 1990 he became a fingerprint officer with INTERPOL at its headquarters in Lyon France. In his 30 years working with INTERPOL he has participated in many INTERPOL European and International working groups on fingerprint standards, AFIS, training, DVI (disaster victim Identification) and DNA. Currently as Head of the Fingerprint Unit and Face project his main duties are the organisation of INTERPOL fingerprint/face services, managing the organisation of meetings and conferences. Currently Mr Branchflower is involved in several new identification projects involving foreign terrorist fighters, developing regional INTERPOL forensic teams and capacity and developing data sharing of fingerprint and face data between INTERPOL member countries. Increasing the sharing and storing by member countries and making biometrics available to frontline police services is vital to the organisations vision of making the world a safer place.

Mr. Deschrijvere owns a Master degree in engineering (Telecommunications) from the University of Brussels (ULB). For more than 15 years he worked as a software engineer, project manager and security consultant in private sector for major ICT-players in Europe. Francis joined the European Commission in 2006 as IT service manager with the Directorate-General Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD) and proceeded as Infrastructure Manager and finally - as Security Officer for the DG. From 2014 to 2015 Francis was in charge of the Task Force for setting-up new form of the EU Laissez-Passer (LP). Currently he is Local Security Officer for EU Laissez-Passer within DG Human Resources and Security, as well as CISA and CISSP certification holder.

Janos Friss has Maser Degree in International Trade from the University of Economics of Budapest. He spent 52 years in various jobs, including diplomatic positions. His professional career always related to business development, trade promotion and sales. Out of these printing-related activities covered 27 years. Janos started with the Jura Group, his present employer, in 2000, as one of the three Jura regional sales directors until 2010. Since 2010 he is the global sales director for Jura’s Government Solutions Business Unit, promoting patented security applications for photo-carrying travel documents.

Adam Ross is an IT security professional with two decades of experience. As an eID specialist, Adam has been actively involved in several national electronic identity card projects around the world where he advises enterprises and government agencies on dealing with the challenges of issuing and securing smart documents.

Founder of Verisec AB, a public IT Security Tech Company, listed on the Nasdaq Nordic Growth Market. Mr. Henrikson holds an LL.M. in International Private law and has worked with European regulations relating to the areas of Digital Identity and Data Protection, including GDPR, eIDAS, and PSD2

Sergey Yeliseyev counts with 15+ years experience in the smart card and identity document business. Prior to setting up X Infotech in 2006, he worked in sales positions at a major Nordic software and services company. As a highly experienced top-level executive, Sergey is recognized for his infinite dedication and in-depth commitment to eID projects. He has consulted companies, governments, and closed million dollar deals across the world. Sergey holds a Master in Computer Science.

Richard Lewington is an Examiner & Invigilator at the University of Cambridge's assessment department, and Lead Educator at Blockchain International Training. He is a Certified Microsoft Innovative Educator and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2019. Richard has gained over 12 years’ experience training in a number of large corporations including Deloitte, Clifford Chance and Barclays Bank, as well as through consulting for governmental institutions such as the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce, the Spanish Ministry of Health and Social Policy, and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.

Vincent Gourmelen is the Government marketing director at Linxens. Vincent is working in the Government identity industry for more than 10 years. Prior to joining Linxens, Vincent worked for other major players of the industry such as HID Global and Arjo Systems.

Máté Farkas is working for Wacom for Business as a senior account manager for the CEE region. With an MSc. Diploma from the Electrical Engineering and Informatics Dept. of Technical University of Budapest, he combines the professional bases with project management and business process knowledge in several business segments. Coming from the consulting and solution providing sector he has a solid, 15+ years background of enterprise IT implementation projects in the field of digitisation, process improvements including digital and handwritten signatures.

Scalable and adaptive solutions for electronic ID documents

The trend for electronic Government documents is growing fast and faster. Therefore many Governments/ customers are looking for an adaptive, expandable HW/ SW solution. Starting with one or two applications (e.g. ePassports, eID) and adding later more features or documents (e.g. eTax, eHealth, eDrivers License, etc.) on the same existing platform would make the implementation significantly easier.

Rob Haslam, TECH5 Strategic Advisor, is an expert with 30 years’ experience in the secure identity industry. Rob is responsible for TECH5 strategy and customer-focused business plan for T5-MobileID – latest company’s innovation. His industry experience includes leading companies in the secure ID document and biometrics space, including HID Global, where he was responsible for the world’s first mobile National ID, in Argentina. 

Georg works as Business Development Executive at SK ID Solutions. He focuses on international sales and business development promoting e-identity. His 15 years of experience in the telecom industry with different vendors speaks for itself and endorses his success in the e-identity business. Over the years Georg participated in various projects and has learned how to identify and implement strategies to increase revenue, establish and strengthen relationships with organization, delivering solutions satisfying customer requirements. In the last years Georg has been a public speaker in several events promoting mobile e-identity usage.

Katia Leiva is a Product Manager in charge of developing SPS SURYS solutions for the Identity card markets. She holds a Master degree in Materials Engineering from Polytech Grenoble (INP-UGA). Katia has been working for 17 years at SPS IN Groupe in the electronic secure components field. She spent 12 years in R&D engineering position, developing modules for Banking and Identity Smart card markets then 3 years in charge of Customer Projects Management for Identity Cards and e-Passports. She handled large Governmental projects with a focus on operations management and customer support for the qualification and delivery of the products.

Currently Dilnesaw law and policy advisor at the Prime Ministers office of Ethiopia.  He is enthusiastic and goal oriented professional having  ample experience in legal  and policy advisory roles, digital ID sector,  legal and policy  research, legislative drafting, advocacy and policy analysis in the major areas of law and policy expertise for the last 15 years of experiences in government, non governmental as well as academic institutions.

Michael is Chief Commercial Officer at T3K and responsible for global strategy, sales & marketing and customer operations. He has been working for twenty-five years in international corporations in the segments of B2B and B2G.