ePassports In Focus: ICAO Public Key Directory (PKD) Seminar

ICAO will hold a PKD seminar as part of SDW 2010 conference. This event is expected to attract a wide international audience, including government officials from the ICAO Member States.

The following topics will be covered at the seminar:

• Update on the current operational status of ICAO's PKD
• Reasons for the ICAO member States to sign up for PKD
• Key PKD implementation issues and questions

Six speakers from ICAO and the PKD participating States will present at the seminar:

• Bob Carter Consultant, PKI, Encryption & Chip, Identity and Passport Service, UK
• Thomas Gilles, Computer Scientist, Federal Office for Information Security, Germany
• Katherine Mitchinson, Policy Adviser on the International Policy Team, Home Office Identity & Passport Service, UK
• R. Rajeshkumar, Dy CEO, Netrust Pte Ltd, Singapore
• Roman Vanek, Chief, Division Identity Documents and Special Tasks, Swiss Federal Office of Police, Switzerland
• Walter Amaro Chief Joint Financing Section, Secretary of the PKD Board, Air Transport Bureau, ICAO
• Christiane DerMarkar, Joint Financing Offi cer, Air Transport Bureau, ICAO

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