All meetings will take place on Mondays, at 16:00-18:45, Israel time zone, which corresponds to 15:00-17:45 Central Europe Time and 9:00-11:45 a.m. US Eastern time.

Monday, April 21st

• 16:00: Opening remarks: Prof. Irit Hadar & Prof. Adi Akavia

• 16:05: Introduction: Prof. Arun Ross & Prof. Orr Dunkelman

• 16:10: Keynote: Introduction to Biometrics - Prof.  Anil Jain (video)

Monday, April 28th

• 16:00: Person Recognition at a Distance - Prof. Xiaoming Liu (abstract)

• 17:30: From Cradle to Grave Biometrics: Forensic Iris Recognition - Prof. Adam Czajka (abstract slides)

Monday, May 5th

• 16:00: Biometric Template Protection: What, Why, and How - Dr. Vedrana Krivokuća Hahn (abstract)

• 17:30: Fingerprint recognition: state-of-the-art and new directions - Prof. Davide Maltoni (abstract slides)

Monday, May 12th

• 16:00: Generative Models - Prof. Lior Wolf (abstract)

• 17:30: Foundational Models - Prof. Vishal Patel (abstract)

Monday, May 26th

• 16:00: Presentation Attacks and Their Detection - Prof.  Sébastien Marcel (abstract)

• 17:30: Synthetic Media Verification in the Era of Generative AI - Prof. Luisa Verdoliva (abstract)

Monday, June 9th

• 16:00: The importance of biometrics in government use-cases - Graham Camm

Monday, June 16th

• 16:00 Face Recognition, Demographic Accuracy Variation, and Wrongful Arrest - Prof. Kevin Bowyer (abstract)

• 17:30 Remaining Challenges in Biometrics: an Industry Perspective - Dr. Brendan Klare (abstract)

Monday, June 23rd

• 17:00 Panel: The Future of Biometrics - Ms. Naama Ben-Zvi, Mr. Jon Callas, Prof. Sébastien Marcel, Prof. Adam Czejka (moderators: Prof. Arun Ross and Prof. Orr Dunkelman)