International Biometric Industry Association Joins U.S. House Homeland Security Committee to Host First Biometric Tech Fair.WASHINGTON -- The International Biometric Industry Association (IBIA IBIA International Biometric Industry Association (trade association founded in 1988) IBIA International Brain Injury Association IBIA Interior Board of Indian Appeals ) recently hosted, at the invitation of the U.S. House of Representatives' Homeland Security Committee, the first Congressional Biometric Tech Fair in the Rayburn House Office Building The Rayburn House Office Building (RHOB) is a congressional office building for the U.S. House of Representatives in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., between South Capitol Street and First Street. in Washington, DC. At the Tech Fair, eighteen IBIA member companies from around the world showcased their biometric technologies and products, and demonstrated how they can be implemented in a wide variety of government and homeland security applications. Exhibiting companies included AuthenTec, Axalto (N.V. Euronext: NL0000400653 AXL), BIO-Key (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :BKYI), Biometric Associates, Cogent Systems (Nasdaq: COGT), Cross Match, I/O Software, Identica Corporation, Identix (Nasdaq: IDNX), Iridian, LG Electronics, Lumidigm, Panasonic (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MC), Recognition Systems (NYSE: IR), Privaris, Precise Biometrics (Stockholm Exchange: PRES A), SAFLINK (Nasdaq: SFLK), and Sagem Morpho morpho Any species of New World tropical brush-footed butterflies in the genus Morpho (family Nymphalidae). Microscopic ridges on the wing scales break up and reflect light, producing the iridescent blue of the males of some species. . In conjunction with the exhibits, the IBIA and Homeland Security Committee hosted a breakfast for industry leaders and an issues briefing that included addresses from IBIA Chairman Walter Hamilton, IBIA Director Neville Pattinson, and Joseph Atick, IBIA vice-chairman. "The Biometric Tech Fair and other events give industry leaders and U.S. policy makers a chance to exchange information and become better acquainted with the most advanced biometric technologies," said Mr. Hamilton. "As Congress debates the Transportation Worker Identification Credential The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (or TWIC) program is a Transportation Security Administration and U.S. Coast Guard initiative in the United States. , e-passports, PASS cards, and other biometric-related programs, it is critical that the industry fully understands government's needs, and that policy makers better understand the available technology." About IBIA Founded in 1998, the International Biometrics Industry Association (IBIA) is a non-profit trade association, and the biometric industry's leading voice on key policy issues. Association members represent the leading providers of biometrics products, systems and services for the consumer, commercial and government markets. Headquartered in Washington, DC, IBIA impartially represents all biometric technologies used for automated human recognition -- including face, fingerprint, hand, iris, vascular, speech, dermis/skin as well as DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. . For more information, visit www.ibia.org |
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