The Norwegian Biometrics Laboratory

The Norwegian Biometrics Laboratory Workshop 2011 in conjunction with Opening Ceremony

The workshop on February 15th is dedicated on new perspectives for secure financial transactions that are protected with a biometric authentication protocol. The event will bring together the biometrics community and representatives of the major European banking institutions. Upon the occasion of the workshop GUC's Biometrics Lab will be formally opened under the participation of international biometric industry.

About the Biometric Transaction Authentication Protocol: 
BTAP is a protocol for securing online banking transaction. With the help of template protected biometric information the protocol enables non-repudiable person and data authentic online banking transactions.

Agenda:

Time Program Speaker
10:00-10:15 Welcome Patrick Bours (Section leader NISlab), GUC
10:15-10:35 Introduction, overview, and vision of the Norwegian Biometrics Laboratory Christoph Busch (Head of NBL), GUC
10:35-11:00 Requirements for Biometric applications – Threats for Online-Banking. Waldemar Grudzien, BDB
11:00-11:15 Coffee break  
11:15-11:30 Norwegian online banking security - status and threats. Lise Arneberg, BSK
11:30-11:45 Vulnerability Assessment of Home Banking Environments Hanno Langweg, GUC
11:45-12:15 Fake Resistant Vein Biometrics Daniel Hartung, GUC
12:15-13:15 Lunch break  
13:15-13:35 Biometric Template Protection Bian Yang, GUC
13:35-14:15 Biometric Transaction Authentication Protocol (BTAP) Christoph Busch, GUC
14:15- 15:15 Panel discussion on the BTA-Protocol

Chair: Bernhard M. Hämmerli (President of Swiss Informatics Society)

Participants: Lise Arneberg (BSK), Andreas Ewig (DSGV), Waldemar Grudzien (BDB), Knut Lindelien (Standards Norway), Per Thorsheim (EDB),Thomas Bengs (PFU Imaging Solutions), Hisao Ogata (Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions, Corp.)

15:15-15:30 Coffee break  
15:30 Opening Ceremony of the Norwegian Biometrics Lab

Welcome, Jørn Wroldsen (Rector GUC)

Gjøvik University College, an experiment?, Morten Irgens (Dean GUC)

Why the Norwegian Biometric Laboratory, and why at Gjøvik?, Christoph Busch (Lab leader)

Poster Presentations and looking ahead, Researches from the Norwegian Biometrics Laboratory

Speech by Minister of Research and Higher Education, Ms. Tora Aasland

Cutting of the ribbon

Q&A session with media

Workshop closure