German Security Agency highlights difficulties of passport incompatibility at Dubai event

He will discuss the increasing need for global interoperability of electronic passports and that compatibility issues need to be addressed urgently. He mentioned that there is a growing need for information in this area as similar issues will be faced in the GCC shortly.

"Axel Munde will be discussing the urgent concerns that have been playing in Europe for some time and share the solutions that were found to solve conformity problems", mentioned Marie-Helene Couture, IIR Conference Manager. "We are delighted that we have the German Security Information Agency present at the event amongst other leading experts from the US Department of Homeland Security, the European Commission, the Central Informatics Organisation in Bahrain and Abu Dhabi Police to name but a few. They all form great additions to the Identity Summit programme".

Identity management has become increasingly important for the public as well as for the private sectors. Authenticating employees, customers and citizens is becoming progressively more sophisticated. The Middle East has already pioneered into service some of the world's biggest biometric-based identity systems but will have to stay focused on growing internal as well as external threats.

The Identity Summit which is the largest regional conference and exhibition dedicated to the latest technologies, strategies and tactics in both physical and logical identity authentication and management, is endorsed by the Emirates Identity Authority (EIDA) along with the International Association for Biometrics and the International Biometric Group. The Summit is also supported by the International Security Industry Organization (ISIO).

Recognised international and regional experts in technology, systems and applications will meet to discuss issues, developments and future plans in managing identities, enterprise network authentication environments, smart cards, public key infrastructures, and identity based risk management and physical access control.