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Take the next step towards identity management for all within your organisation... Discover solutions through the experience of pilot projects. Eliminate passwords and implement biometric authentication. Devise a common identity management platform. Assess biometric specifications for high volume environments and restricted areas...

These are but some of the areas for debate and discussion at the Global Biometrics Summit 2006.

To be held at the Husa President Park Hotel in Brussels on Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 September, the conference programme is said to 鈥減rovide the latest, most focused and thought-provoking information鈥� on biometrics and ID management, with a focus on Case Studies covering applications in the finance area, at airports, within the retail and pharmaceutical sectors, local Government and the immigration service.

Security professionals who attend can begin to understand why corporate decision-makers in all sectors are placing identity management on the roadmap. They will also benefit from the experiences learned from Government-based biometric deployments, and find out how to create and manage identity systems across the in-house enterprise for specific purposes.

The Conference: Day One

On the opening day, the speakers include Leslie Ann Holbrook 鈥� IT director at the Pfizer Corporation 鈥� who鈥檒l present an informative Case Study on successful methodologies for implementing common identity management platforms.

Chuck Forsaith, the current corporate director of the security supply chain for Purdue Pharma in the US, shares his experiences of implementing biometrics for access control and high security environments. He also reviews ways in which security managers might select the most effective biometric identifiers for their business.

Experiences at the ABN AMRO Bank in Holland, meanwhile, will be covered by its senior security consultant Henk van Zanten.

In addition, Day One also sees Alan Medlock 鈥� director of service delivery at London鈥檚 City Airport 鈥� highlighting the use of biometrics in high volume environments and restricted areas around and about this prime Capital site.

Of great interest will be Neil Akass鈥� talk. A project manager for the DVLA, Neil will explain how to conduct biometric pilot projects and then use those pilots as a learning curve when it comes to future implementations.

The Conference: Day Two

On Day Two, the success of the US VISIT Programme is to be discussed by Jim Williams, director of the Department of Homeland Security. Security professionals from other Governments and commercial companies can learn much here.

Increasing security and eliminating passwords is very much the theme of Barclaycard head of IT Sue Brooks鈥� presentation. The company has deployed single sign-on biometric systems for additional security and improved efficiencies. Has it worked? Find out on the day.

Developments in the UK ID and Passport Service will go a long way towards increasing (or decreasing) the take-up of biometrics. Rob Bowley 鈥� its director of special projects 鈥� examines the roll-out of the e-passport, discusses the processes involved in interviewing first time applicants and looks at progress on implementing a second biometric into the e-passports.