Dates: September 11-13, 2007
Location: Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Conference Registration
Fees:
Government/Non-Profit - $495
Industry/Consultant/Other - $595
Student - $295
Exhibit Hall Only - Free
Conference Internet Web Site
www.nist.gov/bc2007/
Expo Internet Web Site
www.biometricstechexpo.com
Anticipated Attendees
We anticipate 800-1000 attendees at the Conference with 100 speakers, representatives from over 60 federal, State and Local agencies, and 25 universities. Attendees will include government executives and program managers, biometric technology vendors, system integrators, commercial technology users, researchers, and policy makers.
2007 Program
As the leading Biometric conference, BC2007 will address the important role that biometrics plays in the identification and verification of individuals for government and commercial applications worldwide.
Scheduled Keynote Speaker:
“Dr. John H. Marburger, III, Science Advisor to the President and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy“
Scheduled Sessions:
Advanced Biometric Systems and Technologies
Biometric Standards
Biometric Technology in the Department of Justice
Biometrics in Financial Applications
Challenges and Opportunities to Implementing Biometrics in Transportation
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Executive Office of the President of the US, National Science & Technology Council, Subcommittee on Biometrics & Identity Management
International Biometric Industry Association
Introduction to Biometrics
Nanotechnology and Biometrics
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Research Symposium (CITeR/IEEE)
Security of Biometrics
Status of Biometrics and Other Special Topics
2007 Biometric Consortium Conference Sponsors:
National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
National Security Agency (NSA)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
DoD Biometrics Task Force
National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
General Services Administration - Office of Technology Strategy
Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, U.S. Department of Transportation
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
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Thursday, June 28, 2007
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Bush Discusses Importance of Benchmarks With Iraqi President
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
June 1, 2007 – It is crucial for the Iraqi government to meet benchmarks for political and economic progress, President Bush stressed to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in an Oval Office meeting yesterday. "I told the president that I'm fully committed to helping the Iraqi government achieve important objectives," Bush said during a short news conference after the meeting. "We call them benchmarks. A political law necessary to show the Iraqi citizens that there is a unified government willing to work on the interests of all people. The president fully understands the need for the Iraqi government to meet certain benchmarks, and he is dedicated to achieving those benchmarks."
The Iraqi parliament is working on an oil-revenue-sharing law, a de-Baathification law and on a law setting up local elections. "I want to thank you very much for you vision ... and your willingness to take the hard steps necessary to get the job done," Bush told Talabani.
Talabani told Bush that the Iraqi government is "due to finish all of this and send it to parliament to be achieved. At the same time, we are committed to do our best to train our army and armed forces to replace gradually the American forces in taking responsibility of security of our country."
It is critical for the Iraqi government to succeed, Bush said.
"Failure in Iraq would endanger American citizens because failure in Iraq would embolden the enemies of a free Iraq," he said. "Let's just say loud and clear to citizens who still remember the lessons of September the 11th that it's in our interest to help the Iraqis defeat al Qaeda."
Talabani thanked Bush, Congress and the American people for their support of Iraq.
"We are very grateful to the American people, and I present my condolences to the sacrifice which this glorious people," Talabani said. "America, has always presented for liberating peoples all over the history and for Iraqi people and Afghan people and others."
The Iraqi president candidly listed the problems facing his country. "The main enemies of the Iraqi people is the al Qaeda and terrorists cooperating with them," he said.
However, he said, the Iraqi government will negotiate with other less extreme groups to bring them into the political process.
The Iraqi government also is working to improve Iraqis' quality of life, Talabani said. He said the media concentrates on the negative security aspects of the country, but ignore that economic activities are raising wages for millions of Iraqis. In addition, schools and universities have reopened, and hospitals and clinics are providing care, he said.
"We have some achievements thanks to the United States of America and our great friend President Bush," Talabani said. "We achieved some good, important successes. Besides some failure in the security, we have also successes in bringing democracy for the first time to Iraq."
Article sponsored by criminal justice online leadership; and, police and military personnel who have authored books.
American Forces Press Service
June 1, 2007 – It is crucial for the Iraqi government to meet benchmarks for political and economic progress, President Bush stressed to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in an Oval Office meeting yesterday. "I told the president that I'm fully committed to helping the Iraqi government achieve important objectives," Bush said during a short news conference after the meeting. "We call them benchmarks. A political law necessary to show the Iraqi citizens that there is a unified government willing to work on the interests of all people. The president fully understands the need for the Iraqi government to meet certain benchmarks, and he is dedicated to achieving those benchmarks."
The Iraqi parliament is working on an oil-revenue-sharing law, a de-Baathification law and on a law setting up local elections. "I want to thank you very much for you vision ... and your willingness to take the hard steps necessary to get the job done," Bush told Talabani.
Talabani told Bush that the Iraqi government is "due to finish all of this and send it to parliament to be achieved. At the same time, we are committed to do our best to train our army and armed forces to replace gradually the American forces in taking responsibility of security of our country."
It is critical for the Iraqi government to succeed, Bush said.
"Failure in Iraq would endanger American citizens because failure in Iraq would embolden the enemies of a free Iraq," he said. "Let's just say loud and clear to citizens who still remember the lessons of September the 11th that it's in our interest to help the Iraqis defeat al Qaeda."
Talabani thanked Bush, Congress and the American people for their support of Iraq.
"We are very grateful to the American people, and I present my condolences to the sacrifice which this glorious people," Talabani said. "America, has always presented for liberating peoples all over the history and for Iraqi people and Afghan people and others."
The Iraqi president candidly listed the problems facing his country. "The main enemies of the Iraqi people is the al Qaeda and terrorists cooperating with them," he said.
However, he said, the Iraqi government will negotiate with other less extreme groups to bring them into the political process.
The Iraqi government also is working to improve Iraqis' quality of life, Talabani said. He said the media concentrates on the negative security aspects of the country, but ignore that economic activities are raising wages for millions of Iraqis. In addition, schools and universities have reopened, and hospitals and clinics are providing care, he said.
"We have some achievements thanks to the United States of America and our great friend President Bush," Talabani said. "We achieved some good, important successes. Besides some failure in the security, we have also successes in bringing democracy for the first time to Iraq."
Article sponsored by criminal justice online leadership; and, police and military personnel who have authored books.
Friday, April 27, 2007
'Ardent Sentry' Tests U.S., Canadian Crisis Response Capabilities
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
April 26, 2007 – Thousands of active-duty and National Guard servicemembers will take part in a two-week, Defense Department-sponsored nationwide emergency preparedness and response exercise that kicks off April 30, a senior department official said here yesterday. A major focus of Operation Ardent Sentry - Northern Edge 2007 will be to test crisis-response coordination between federally controlled military forces and National Guard units that come under the command of state governors, Peter F. Verga, acting assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense, told the Pentagon Channel and American Forces Press Service at the Pentagon.
The exercise, directed by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is slated to end May 18. It is co-sponsored by U.S. Northern Command and also includes participation by the U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command, the Department of Homeland Security and the Canadian armed forces, according to NORTHCOM documents.
This year's Ardent Sentry-Northern Edge exercise, the biggest yet, will feature a nuclear-weapon explosion scenario that will involve deployment of more than 2,000 active-duty troops and almost 1,000 Guard members to Camp Atterbury and the Muscatatuck Urban Training Area in Indiana, Verga said. The National Guard's series of training events known as Vigilant Guard, he noted, will be incorporated as part of the overall Ardent Sentry exercise.
The Indiana portion of the exercise, he said, will test emergency-response capabilities involving the fictitious detonation of a 10-kiloton nuclear device in an urban area.
"National Guard soldiers ... will always be the first military forces to respond to an emergency because of their proximity, will then be reinforced by the chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives consequence-management response force in the active-duty force, " Verga explained.
The Indiana sites provide "a very realistic environment that'll allow the soldiers to operate in an urban environment and see how they'll have to respond to that kind of emergency," Verga said.
There are a total of 15 exercise planning scenarios, Verga said. Another scenario held off the Alaskan coast, he noted, will feature a maritime situation.
"There will be a ship with a 'suspicious cargo' that's going to need to be intercepted," Verga said. The Canadian navy, he added, will participate in that scenario and some other simulated incidents during the two-week-long exercise.
An air-defense exercise will feature Canadian military participation as well, Verga said. Canada's armed forces partner with NORAD in the defense of North America.
Additionally, the exercise features a hurricane scenario that will be staged in the northeastern United States, Verga said. Guardsmen from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and New York will participate in this part of the exercise, he said, as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Fighting the global war against terrorism is the U.S. military's main mission, but being ready to respond to potential homeland contingencies also is important, Verga said.
"We also have to be prepared, at all times, to respond to an emergency at home," he said.
Article sponsored by Criminal Justice online leadership as well as police and military personnel who have authored books.
American Forces Press Service
April 26, 2007 – Thousands of active-duty and National Guard servicemembers will take part in a two-week, Defense Department-sponsored nationwide emergency preparedness and response exercise that kicks off April 30, a senior department official said here yesterday. A major focus of Operation Ardent Sentry - Northern Edge 2007 will be to test crisis-response coordination between federally controlled military forces and National Guard units that come under the command of state governors, Peter F. Verga, acting assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense, told the Pentagon Channel and American Forces Press Service at the Pentagon.
The exercise, directed by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is slated to end May 18. It is co-sponsored by U.S. Northern Command and also includes participation by the U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command, the Department of Homeland Security and the Canadian armed forces, according to NORTHCOM documents.
This year's Ardent Sentry-Northern Edge exercise, the biggest yet, will feature a nuclear-weapon explosion scenario that will involve deployment of more than 2,000 active-duty troops and almost 1,000 Guard members to Camp Atterbury and the Muscatatuck Urban Training Area in Indiana, Verga said. The National Guard's series of training events known as Vigilant Guard, he noted, will be incorporated as part of the overall Ardent Sentry exercise.
The Indiana portion of the exercise, he said, will test emergency-response capabilities involving the fictitious detonation of a 10-kiloton nuclear device in an urban area.
"National Guard soldiers ... will always be the first military forces to respond to an emergency because of their proximity, will then be reinforced by the chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives consequence-management response force in the active-duty force, " Verga explained.
The Indiana sites provide "a very realistic environment that'll allow the soldiers to operate in an urban environment and see how they'll have to respond to that kind of emergency," Verga said.
There are a total of 15 exercise planning scenarios, Verga said. Another scenario held off the Alaskan coast, he noted, will feature a maritime situation.
"There will be a ship with a 'suspicious cargo' that's going to need to be intercepted," Verga said. The Canadian navy, he added, will participate in that scenario and some other simulated incidents during the two-week-long exercise.
An air-defense exercise will feature Canadian military participation as well, Verga said. Canada's armed forces partner with NORAD in the defense of North America.
Additionally, the exercise features a hurricane scenario that will be staged in the northeastern United States, Verga said. Guardsmen from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and New York will participate in this part of the exercise, he said, as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Fighting the global war against terrorism is the U.S. military's main mission, but being ready to respond to potential homeland contingencies also is important, Verga said.
"We also have to be prepared, at all times, to respond to an emergency at home," he said.
Article sponsored by Criminal Justice online leadership as well as police and military personnel who have authored books.
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