Border Control Improvements and Leveraging Electronic Machine-Readable Travel Documents (eMRTDS)

An essential element in strengthening border security is the validation of electronic MRTDs to establish trust in the document, thereby achieving greater trust in the biometric and biographic data from the chip of the document. 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 conduct accurate checks against information held in government databases. Experts will provide examples regarding inspection systems and tools for the efficient and secure reading and verification of MRTDs and eMRTDs, including use of the ICAO Public Key Directory (PKD), increased implementation of Automated Border Control (ABC) gates and INTERPOL’s databases for travel documents and biometrics.

Moderator: Ciaran Carolan, ICAO PKD Programme Manager.

• ePassports with Post Quantum Algorithms: Jeen de Swart, Senior Information Architect, Judicial Information Services, Ministry of Justice and Security, Netherlands
• Presentation Title: Alyssa Herage (TBC), Director General, Canada Border Security Agency, Passport Program’s International Programs Unit
• Facial Image Morphing or Manipulation: Mei Lee Ngan, Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States
• Performance Assessment Methodology for Document Inspection Systems (PAM4DIS): Joanna Darmos, Research Officer, Research and Innovation Unit (INNOVATE), FRONTEX.