It is timed to follow the recent publication of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry into current and future uses of biometric data and technologies, expected in Spring 2015, and before any Government response.
Guests of Honour: Dr Peter Armstrong, Technical Director, Identity, CESG and Dr Simon Rice, Group Manager (Technology), Information Commissioner’s Office
Planned sessions focus on how government, businesses and academia can raise awareness of biometric technologies and their possible benefits, as well as examining public concerns and related issues of openness in the collection and use biometrics. Delegates will also discuss regulatory challenges, including how current data protection legislation might need to adapt to innovation in this area.
Further sessions will look at opportunities for the UK to take a lead in an increasingly competitive global biometrics sector, looking at funding for cutting edge research, and ways government and others can support more biometrics start-ups, and provide the necessary facilities and other resources for them to thrive.
Guests of Honour: Dr Peter Armstrong, Technical Director, Identity, CESG and Dr Simon Rice, Group Manager (Technology), Information Commissioner’s Office
Planned sessions focus on how government, businesses and academia can raise awareness of biometric technologies and their possible benefits, as well as examining public concerns and related issues of openness in the collection and use biometrics. Delegates will also discuss regulatory challenges, including how current data protection legislation might need to adapt to innovation in this area.
Further sessions will look at opportunities for the UK to take a lead in an increasingly competitive global biometrics sector, looking at funding for cutting edge research, and ways government and others can support more biometrics start-ups, and provide the necessary facilities and other resources for them to thrive.
