Facial Biometrics 2006: Documents, Imaging & Security December 6-8, 2006 Crystal City DoubleTree Hotel Arlington, VA USA Overview Intertech-Pira Corporation, a leading conference producer and market research publisher who provides strategic information analyses pertaining to advanced materials and technologies, announces that its inaugural biometrics conference, Facial Biometrics 2006: Documents, Imaging & Security, will be held on December 6th-8th, 2006 at the Crystal City DoubleTree Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. Intertech-Pira has hosted hundreds of conferences, inspiring nearly 50,000 executives, manufacturers, marketers, experts and end users of advanced technologies across North America, Europe and Asia since 1979. The Facial Biometrics 2006: Documents, Imaging & Security conference is designed to address the largest challenges manufacturers, vendors, distributors, engineers, marketers and end users are facing using facial biometrics products and processes in applications for both the public and private sector. Advances in solutions incorporating facial recognition technologies have resulted in improvements in airport security, national border security, travel documents, network authentication, registration programs, access-control applications, voting program integrity, handheld electronic device security, visas, ID theft prevention and document security. The conference will cover hurdles and innovations in identification, authentication, 3D imaging, face capture, feature extraction and matching, computer vision, neural network algorithms, multiple biometric application combinations, processing time, 3D-2D matching, facial shape recognition, enrollment, image quality, security of ID documents and much more. Facial Biometrics 2006: Documents, Imaging & Security will feature more than 25 expert speakers, two pre-conference seminars, a panel discussion, and an exhibition area. The summit will bring together key users, component suppliers, manufacturers, vendors and end users of facial biometrics technologies. Participants will receive a thorough assessment of the biometrics markets, including technological advances, new applications, government ID projects and standards, security advancements and process improvements, while having ample opportunity to discuss industry issues and network with experts, leading biometrics executives, government officials, end users and professionals in a three-day open-forum format. Facial Biometrics 2006: Documents, Imaging & Security serves as the summit for discussions on the research, testing, development, evaluation, and application of biometric-based personal identification and verification systems and will promote at least 10 networking opportunities, including evening receptions, breakfasts, lunches and several breaks in the expansive exhibit area. Over 200 industry executives and technologists from leading organizations and government agencies in the areas of security, safety, aviation, healthcare, homeland security, computer security, telecommunications, law enforcement, government, retail & electric commerce, neurology, computer science, banking & financial services and physical access control are expected to attend this international conference, which will be held in the security capital of the world, Washington, D.C. For more information on attendance, speaker submission, exhibiting or sponsorship opportunities, please contact Peter H. Cheesman, Conference Producer, Intertech-Pira Corporation at tel: 207-781-9624, fax: 207-781-2150, or email: pcheesman@intertechusa.com.