Senior officials from ICAO and other organizations will provide high-level perspectives on new technological opportunities to improve traveller identification. The speakers will provide insight regarding policies, strategic steps and best practices to better enable a successful application and us...

Effective implementation of the ICAO TRIP Strategy is essential in helping States optimize the economic, social, and political benefits of international travel and to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The TRIP Strategy also helps to manage security risks and to respond to ...

Current and emerging ICAO Machine Readable Travel Document (MRTD) specifications for passports, visas and identity cards are significant tools to enhance traveller identification management and security measures. The implementation of related ICAO Annex 9 Standards and Recommended Practices (SARP...

An essential element in strengthening border security is the validation of electronic MRTDs. Validation of the travel document is a vital pre-requisite for border inspection systems to provide secure and reliable facial recognition matches between travel documents and travellers, as well as condu...

This session will focus on processes and protocols for document issuance by appropriate authorities to authorized holders and controls to prevent theft, tampering and loss. Examples supporting ICAO minimum security standards for issuance and recommended guidelines for increased document security ...

Interoperable applications leverage the use of data contained in MRTDs and from other sources. They integrate law enforcement and inter-agency aspects into border control, including by making use of API and PNR, with the end goal of enhancing traveler identification and risk assessment of travele...

This session will highlight the implementation of various aspects of the ICAO TRIP Strategy, notably regarding passenger data, border management and the ICAO Public Key Directory (PKD). Further session focus will highlight the UN’s comprehensive capacity-building programme that, together with par...

Narjess Abdennebi, Chief, Facilitation Section, International Civil Aviation Organization

PREOPENING JOINT ICAO/INTERPOL BIOMETRIC FORUM
Cyril Gout, Director, Operational Support and Analysis, INTERPOL

Biometric recognition technologies are shaping passenger processing and the identification of travellers in the travel continuum. Enhanced biometric verification and identification tools are contributing to facilitation and security objectives across all ICAO TRIP elements. This session will high...

Given the international nature of terrorism today, competent authorities must cooperate more efficiently and effectively. Law enforcement entities play a critical role in efforts to prevent terrorism and they should develop protocols and mechanisms to actively share information about potential ...

Sylvain Lefoyer, Deputy Director, Aviation Security & Facilitation, ICAO