Areas of Special Interest
1. Automation of the identity vetting process
2. Advanced techniques for identity card production
3. Embedded (within the material) personalization processes and reader/authenticators
4. Machine –readable security features
5. Image –based biometrics and data without the need for embedded electronics
6. Use of embedded “smart” chips to authenticate travel document properties versus use as a storage medium for data and biometrics
7. Photo authentication without any embedded codes or modification.
8. Global architecture for automated identity verification and activity monitoring with full privacy protection.
9. Universal information capture and validation front-end architecture
10. Standardized biometric capture methodologies
11. Integrated data and document properties to produce a secure authentication footprint
12. Denying underage persons direct access to restricted goods and services (relates to 8 above)