This session will focus on the ICAO driven developments to resolve interoperability issues caused by non-standardized “eVisas” and health certificates, as well as non-standardized barcodes as such. The session will explain the existing terminologies for visas and travel authorizations, followed by an update from the European Union regarding the deployment of the EU electronic travel authorization, ICAO’s development of a standardized and interoperable barcode based on the existing global trust framework, the challenges faced by airlines when dealing with non-standardized visa, as well as extended protection measures for accessing secondary biometrics.

Moderator: Janet Chemeli, Technical Officer, Facilitation.

• World Customs Organization: Shinji Seto, Chairperson WCO/IATA/ICAO Contact Committee on API and PNR.
• European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS): Jorge Rodriguez, Deputy Head of Applications Processing Unit, ETIAS Central Unit, FRONTEX.
• Pre-Travel Verification - Challenges and Opportunities: Karine Boulet-Gaudreault, Senior Manager, Passenger Facilitation, Infrastructure and Customer Experience, IATA.
• eVisas and Passenger Data: Christopher Hornek, ICAO Facilitation Subject Matter Expert.