An IFSEC 2002 Biometrics Advice Centre will offer visitors a guide to the biometrics market.
Biometric identification could soon become an everyday reality as Heathrow airport, with the backing of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), introduces measures to test the future viability of passport-free travel. So say organisers of IFSEC 2002 at the Birmingham NEC. Next month EyeTicket Corporation will install iris recognition units at immigration points in a move that is hoped to speed up immigration queues and reduce airport congestion. Amsterdam’s Schipol airport has operated a similar scheme since the end of last year. Visitors to IFSEC 2002 will be presented with the latest developments. Thomas Windmuller, Director of the IATA’s Simplifying Passenger Travel Initiative, says: ?Following EyeTicket’s very successful demonstration of its products at IATA’s World Air Transport Summit in Madrid … and the implementation of this UK-based evaluation program, I expect we will see other trials launched at major airports throughout the world.? Companies are invited to join a Biometrics Village within the main body of IFSEC. The village format has been used with the CCTV and intruder alarm markets. An IFSEC Biometrics Advice Centre will offer visitors a guide to this area of the market. IFSEC Event Manager Richard Clarke says: ?This technology is evidently coming into its own, and it needs to be seen in context to be fully appreciated.? See www.ifsec.co.uk.
