1. 1/25, Washington, DC - Discussion with ICE head John Morton
2. 1/28, Washington, DC - Release of report and discussion on binational approaches to integration
3. 2/8-10, London, U.K. - Conference on security document and identity solutions
4. 2/9, Dallas, TX - Lecture on the dimensions of the immigration debate
5. 2/10, San Diego, CA - Seminar on birth rates and immigration

1. DHS Assistant Secretary Morton discusses his vision for ICE

11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Monday, January 25, 2010
Migration Policy Institute
1400 16th Street, N.W., Suite 300
Washington, DC, 20036
http://my.migrationpolicy.org/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=17890

Speakers:

John T. Morton, Assistant Secretary for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, US Department of Homeland Security

Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director, US Immigration Policy Program, MPI

Description: Assistant Secretary John Morton is the third Homeland Security Assistant Secretary to lead ICE in the agency's six years of existence. At ICE, Morton guides a workforce of more than 19,000 in enforcing US customs and immigration laws and conducting investigations related to cross-border and financial crimes. His agency’s missions include cracking down on human trafficking activities and preventing the illegal movement of weapons and currency from the United States to Mexico. During his tenure, Morton has continued expansion of ICE's Secure Communities initiative -- a partnership with local law enforcement agencies that uses biometrics to identify and remove criminal aliens; standardized 287(g) agreements with 67 state and local enforcement partners; ordered new workplace audits to hold employers accountable for their hiring practices; announced new initiatives as part of the effort to reform the immigration detention system; and announced biometrics initiatives to enhance identification
and removal of criminal aliens.

Morton began his federal service in 1994 and has held a variety of positions within the Department of Justice, including as a trial attorney and Special Assistant to the General Counsel in the former Immigration and Naturalization Service, Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General, Assistant US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, Acting Chief of the Domestic Security Section and Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, and as Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division.

RSVP: http://my.migrationpolicy.org/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=17890

Contact: Lisa Dixon via email at events@migrationpolicy.org or by phone at (202) 266-1929.

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2. Promoting success on both sides of the border: Binational approaches to US immigrant integration

Release of report: 'Protection through Integration: The Mexican Government's Efforts to Aid Migrants in the United States'

9:00 a.m.-10:30 p.m., Thursday, January 28, 2010
Migration Policy Institute
1400 16th Street, N.W., Suite 300
Washington, DC, 20036
http://my.migrationpolicy.org/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=18049

Speakers:
Ambassador Carlos García de Alba
IME Executive Director

Laureen Laglagaron
Report author and MPI Policy Analyst

Kathleen Newland
Director, MPI Program on Migrants, Migration, and Development

Aaron Matteo Terrazas
MPI Associate Policy Analyst

Description: integration remains largely an afterthought in US immigration policy discussions and the country’s integration policies remain chronically ad hoc, underfunded, and skeletal. Yet the degree to which immigrants and their families are able to successfully integrate and achieve upward socioeconomic mobility in the United States is the ultimate test of whether immigration succeeds -- both for individual migrants as well as the country as a whole. In the absence of coherent immigrant integration policies at the federal level, the responsibility historically has fallen to families, employers, churches, non-governmental organizations, and an increasingly restive set of state and local governments. But new partners are emerging that share many of the same objectives. Increasingly, countries of origin and destination have shared interests in ensuring that immigrants and their children succeed in building their human capital and achieving socioeconomic mobility.

Among developing countries, Mexico has been a leader in advocating and actively promoting the successful integration of its diaspora. With the creation of the Institute for Mexicans Abroad (Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior or IME) in 2003, the Mexican government has expanded the focus of its diplomatic offices in the United States, moving beyond traditional responsibilities such as consular protection and legal defense to promote the education, health care, financial literacy, and vocational training of Mexicans in the United States.

The MPI report, titled Protection through Integration: The Mexican Government’s Efforts to Aid Migrants in the United States, shows how Mexico’s approach to its migrants has evolved based on the belief that a better-integrated immigrant benefits both the sending and receiving countries. As the report outlines, the programs remain relatively small in terms of the number of participants and beneficiaries. But IME’s programs also represent a pioneering approach to immigrant integration by an immigrant-sending country and possibly figure among the most substantive coordinated policy initiatives to promote the integration of Mexican immigrants in the United States.

RSVP: http://my.migrationpolicy.org/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=180...

Contact: Lisa Dixon via email at events@migrationpolicy.org or by phone at (202) 266-1929.

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3. Security Document World

4th Conference and Exhibition

February 8-10, 2010
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
Broad Sanctuary
Westminster, London, U.K.
http://www.sciencemediapartners.com/programme/

Conference Programme:

Day One - February 8, 2010

10:55 a.m.
KEYNOTE - Vince Gaskell, New Service Implementation Director, Identity and Passport Service, UK

Passports and ID cards – Past, Present, Future

* Developments in passport security;
* The launch of the ID cards;
* Future IPS initiatives

11:30 a.m.
Crystal Ball Seminar – The future for e-security documents and related infrastructure

It is almost five years since countries started issuing ICAO-standard ePassports in earnest and today more than 100 million are in circulation. Meanwhile, the march forwards of eID cards and eGovernment applications continue apace. This session, followed by an interactive debate, looks to the future and answers questions such as: What will travel documents and eIDs of the future look like? Where is silicon chip technology headed? How might technology and applications converge? Will we even need identity documents in the future?

The e-passport’s fifth anniversary - exploring the future
Tom Kinneging, Senior Project Manager, Sagem Identification, Chairman of ISO/IEC JTC1 SC17 WG3/TF2 - ICAO Doc 9303 and ISO/IEC 7501 Editorial drafting and WG3/TF5 - Data Structure and Security Framework for eMRTDs

New generation of ICs for eGovernment applications
Peter Schmallegger, Head of eGovernment Marketing, NXP Semiconductors

The Shape of things to Come?
This presentation will take us forward into the unknown - what will the travel document of the future look like? How will we use it? Will we need travel documents at all?
Robin Chalmers, Head of International Policy, IPS, UK

12:50 p.m.
ePassports, eVisas and eIDs: The good, the bad and the ugly
Advances in chip technology and biometrics, as well as an impressive international level of co-operation and effort, have helped to make electronic identity documents increasingly secure, versatile and interoperable. This is the good. The speed of roll out of such documents has inevitably led to weaknesses in certain parts of the supply chain and perhaps an over-reliance on new technology. This is the bad. The new documents have been the subject of attack from many quarters, and while the attacks may be without merit, they have caused damage to the image of document security. This is the ugly. This stream looks at the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the security document industry…

1:50 p.m.
The good the bad the ugly: Visa and passport document security and design
Derwood Staeben, General Consul, American Embassy, London, UK

2:10 p.m.
Know the past to Chart the Future: Travel Documents - Past, Present and Future

* How have we gotten here—biometrics, chips, PKI?
* Where are we in terms of threats and vulnerabilities?
* What are the plans for the next generation travel documents?

Barry Kefauver, Principal, Fall Hill Associates, USA

2:30 p.m.
Is Your Secure Document Hackable?

* There has been a rise in claims that ePassports and eID cards across the world have been cloned, hacked, cracked or otherwise successfully attacked;
* This presentation addresses the attacks, the results, the impact and how to select the appropriate secure technology to meet your application needs today and in the future.

Chris Shire, Business Development Manager Chipcard and Security, Infineon Technologies, UK

2:50 p.m.
UK FCO - Meeting changing needs and challenges for passports overseas

* A UK perspective on recent initiatives;
* A new system to improve passport processing abroad, meeting citizen needs for travel documents overseas;
* Establishing a new ICAO standard for Emergency Travel Documents (ETDs).

Patrick Owens, Head of Passports and Documentary Services Group, Consular Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK

3:10 p.m.
New challenges in security and biometric travel documents: The Spanish MFAC approach for visas and passports

* The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation has developed and deployed an informatics system and technological platform for issuing travel documents, including biometrics;
* This presentation shows the overall project, legal and organizational constraints, biometric capture alternatives, testing and working experience.

Francisco López-Crespo, Deputy Director for Informatics, Communications and Networks at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Spain

3:30 p.m.
Countering the counterfeiter
As counterfeiters become ever-more technologically advanced, the secure document industry is challenged with staying one step ahead of the game. This stream asks how well the industry is performing, what is the current level of sophistication found in counterfeit and forged documentation and looks at patterns of usage, by both organized criminal networks and terrorists. It also looks at fraudulent document usage in the commercial sector and whether there is a market opportunity for the security document industry.

3:55 p.m.
Tradition v Technology – Document Design on Trial

* Forgers and counterfeiters are as prolific as ever. Using recent case studies, this session identifies the current level of sophistication found in counterfeit and forged documentation.
* Has the evolution of modern documents included sufficient adaptation to counteract today’s technologically advanced criminal?

Brian Somers, Document Examiner, National Document Fraud Unit, UK

4:45 p.m.
Fraudulent documents in action – tbc
Erin M. Regen, Analyst, Weapons, Tactics and Targets, National Counterterrorism Center, USA

5:10 p.m.
Making ID crime pay

* Gaining work by deception;
* Do private sector employers care?
* Opportunities in commercial staff screening.

David Chernick, Chair of PREFIT, Founder of SAFER and Senior Manager, KPMG Forensic, UK

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Day Two - February 9, 2010

PKD Seminar – Organised by ICAO

An essential element in the introduction of ePassports is the implementation of a global system for their validation, achieved through the exchange of Public Key Infrastructure certificates. ICAO’s Public Key Directory (ICAO PKD) acts as a central, universal broker to manage the exchange of certificates and certificate revocation lists. This critical role ensures optimum efficiency by eliminating the need for complex and time-consuming bi-lateral exchange agreements between countries on a case by case basis.

This in-depth session, organised by ICAO, will look at the current operational status of ICAO PKD, explain why more countries should be signing up and address key outstanding issues and questions surrounding its implementation by States across the world.

Speakers include:

Why validating the chip data is vital
Bob Carter Consultant, PKI, Encryption & Chip, Identity and Passport Service, UK

Switzerland’s reasons to join the PKD
Roman Vanek, Chief, Division Identity Documents and Special Tasks, Swiss Federal Office of Police, Switzerland

The role of ICAO
Walter Amaro, Chief Joint Financing Section, Secretary of the PKD Board, Air Transport Bureau, ICAO
Christiane DerMarkar, Joint Financing Officer, Air Transport Bureau, ICAO

The German N-PKD, and Lessons Learned During Start of Active Participation
Thomas Gilles, Computer Scientist, Federal Office for Information Security, Germany

The ICAO PKD – An Indispensable Component of Border Control
Katherine Mitchinson, Policy Adviser on the International Policy Team, Home Office Identity & Passport Service, UK
R. Rajeshkumar, Deputy CEO, Netrust Pte Ltd, Singapore

12:45 p.m.
The Nuts and Bolts of Advanced Border Control

Getting away from the drawing board, this stream is designed for border agencies who are tasked with rolling out new infrastructure and policies to handle advanced immigration documents and techniques. From dealing with complex certificate management to biometric exceptions at high-volume border entry points to designing robust systems that can handle the breakdown of critical infrastructure.

1:50 p.m.
Implementing Inspection Systems on a National Scale

* Border forces and other enforcement agencies are having to face up to the practical challenges of implementing 1st and 2nd generation inspection systems;
* How can organisations best meet the challenges of integrity, security, reliability, availability and performance involved in deploying these new technologies at high volume, high profile entry points?

Tom Martin, Solution Architect, Serco Civil Government, UK

2:10 p.m.
Automated Certificate Management for effective Border Control Management

* Passive authentication (PA) and Extended Access Control (EAC) rely on an effective and reliable certificate management. Within a border control system, this problem can be solved through automated certificate management;
* This presentation examines the certificate management problem and the use of automated distribution techniques as a solution.

Raoul E. D’Costa, Technical Manager, 3M Rochford Thompson, UK

2:30 p.m.
Federation of e-Passport and e-ID PKI Services for Border Control

* e-Passport and e-ID projects rely on similar PKI schemes as backbones of security services;
* Though different objectives are targeted, one can set up a common scheme for production, verification and post-issuance for different types of secure documents in general;
* Presentation of a scheme that allows the federation of e-Passport and e-ID services.

Dan Butnaru, E-passport Product Manager, KEYNECTIS, France

2:55 p.m.
Using and abusing MRTDs: risk factors at the border

* Addressing the weak breeder document chain;
* Controlling the risk of social networking sites and automated picture matching for look alikes;
* Adopting biometric conformance platforms and establishing biometric equipment certification centres;
* Empowering best practices for biometric verification.

Jean Salomon, Principal, JSCP, France

3:20 p.m.
Advances in document anti-counterfeiting techniques

There are a large number of techniques that can be used in the manufacture of security documents to help ensure their protection against counterfeiting and fraud. This session looks at just what is working in the fight against crime, assessing diverse techniques, from holograms to inks and from DNA to nanotechnology. It also looks at tools, such as document databases, which can help authorities and businesses detect and compare the myriad of features included in a given document against a presented sample.

3:45 p.m.
False and Authentic Documents Online (FADO) – a trio of systems

* Expert FADO - document expert level (classified: RESTRICTED); online information introduction and information exchange between European document experts; security features of ID & travel documents;
* iFADO - Intranet FADO - Control authority level (circulation restricted);
* PRADO - Public Register of Authentic Documents Online – notaries and companies to detect identity fraud (reduced content).

Manfred Lavicka, FADO Data Administrator, Justice & Home Affairs, DG H 1 A, Council of the European Union

4:05 p.m.
Intelligent security document protection and document authenticity

* Intelligent security designs have complex protection systems that guard against forgery, and may contain a combination of patented security features and security design elements and specific materials - inks, substrates, chemical agents…
* Capabilities of new copy machines and reproduction equipment;
* New solutions for document protection that guard against tampering and data manipulation, whilst allowing easy verification.

Boglárka Papp, Marketing and Sales Director, Jura JSP, Hungary

4:25 p.m.
Evolution of hologram technology for Identity Documents

* Surface gratings holograms with rainbow effects and animated images have been authenticating and protecting identity documents for more than 20 years;
* Governments around the world face serious challenges arising from increased fraud and counterfeiting: volume personalized holograms offering new recording capabilities represent a valuable alternative.

Corinne Murcia-Giudicelli, Sales & Marketing Director, Hologram Industries, France

4:45 p.m.
Micro- and nanotechnology to enhance the physical security of credentials and products

* Counterfeiting of documents, identification credentials and actual products is a major global problem that requires a high level of physical security on items in question;
* A range of micro- and nanotechnologies exist that can provide textural, optical and/or magnetic features that are extremely difficult to replicate, yet are relatively easy and cost effective to deploy;
* This presentation will review various approaches and consider their advantages and disadvantages in different security applications.

Adrian Burden, President, Bilcare Technologies, UK

5:15 p.m.

KEYNOTE: - Securing America’s Trust: Security Printing and Electronics in Federal Credentials
Robert C. Tapella, Public Printer of the United States, CEO, US Government Printing Office

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Day Three - February 10, 2010

Beyond ePassports and national eIDs
ePassports and national eID cards have stolen the headlines in recent years, but there are a raft of new electronic security documents – both Government and private sector-issued – that have the ability to change the way we identify, authenticate and perform transactions. This session looks at the wide range of documents, from electronic driving licences to eHealth cards and assesses security and interoperability challenges.

9:05 a.m.
eDL – what, why and when?

* The ISO 18013 standard has reached the circulation stage. This presentation will review configuration options and resulting requirements;
* The possibility of introducing an “EU driver’s license” profile in the ECC standard;
* A comparison of security levels of ISO-compliant eDLs with ePPs and eIDs.

Mario Stoltz, Product Manager, MST eGovernment/ Business Line Identification, NXP Semiconductors, Germany

9:30 a.m.
Beyond e-Passports: An “ICAO-lite” alternative for mainstream ID applications

* ICAO-compliant chips are too costly and too slow to be used for more mainstream e-ID applications;
* With driving licenses, healthcare cards, electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards, residence permits etc. soon to represent 80 to 90 percent of the contactless ID chip market, there is potential for solutions that can leverage the current ICAO ecosystem while providing the flexibility to add value to e-ID documents;
* ICAO-Lite technology.

Bertrand Moussel, Executive Vice President Sales EMEA, LATAM, INSIDE Contactless, France

9:55 a.m.
Risk Assessment on cross border e-authentication processes in the EU

* Results and conclusions from a recent ENSIA Study.

Markus Hartmann, Founder and CEO of HJP Consulting, Germany

10:45 a.m.
SDW Open Forum – Bringing eIDs to life… e-enabled citizen-centric services

Advanced secure documents and complementary technologies and processes are designed to provide assurance of identity and guard against counterfeiting. Looking forward, if identity can indeed be assured then it is possible to imagine a world of opportunity, where secure online transactions may be performed by citizens in the comfort of their own homes, or in fast track lanes within advanced transport hubs.

The benefits of such a world are clear to see, and include substantial per-transaction cost savings for service providers (governments) and greater flexibility and convenience for the end user (citizens).

How will existing hardware and software suppliers, integrators, and governments interact in the new landscape and just what services can be envisaged in a new identity-assured environment?

11:10 a.m.
SDW Forum Introduction
Neville Pattinson, Vice President of Standards and Government Affairs, Gemalto North America

11:20 a.m.
Belgian eID: THE key towards all eSolutions

* Joint federated back-office infrastructure;
* Citizen-centric approach;
* Facilitator and enabler towards public and private sector;
* Parallel with cross-border interoperability.

Franck Leyman, Manager International Relations – Fedict – Service Public Fédéral ICT

11:40 a.m.
Taking Trusted Credentials One Step Further

* Once an Identity is established and trusted for everyday use, the question is, where do we go from here?
* The ability to associate skill sets and qualifications from sources other than the issuer allows the identity to be used beyond the traditional, connected world.
* How to associate dynamic off-card attributes for use in mobile applications while relying on long-lived identity information from the card.
John Bys, Executive Vice President, CoreStreet, USA

12:40 p.m.
Intelligent Border Control and Beyond

Advanced border control systems can give governments and airports the ability to simplify passenger travel, yet enhance
security. This session addresses the lessons being learned at some of the world’s leading automated border control crossing points. It
also introduces new concepts, such as extending biometrics beyond border control to areas such as self boarding and online booking.

1:45 p.m.
Eurosmart position paper on e-passport & border control

* Objectives and characteristics of the border control process;
* Worldwide status and outlook on e-passports, cross border control and e-gates;
* Eurosmart position and recommendations for Europe.

Didier Chaudun, Member of Eurosmart e-ID Working Group

2:10 p.m.
Challenges in ABC

* The future of EPR;
* The future of Biometrics;
* The future of ABC.

Alex van Durren, Advice & Innovation, Ministry of Defence, Royal Marechaussee, Expertise Centre Identity Fraud and Documents, The Netherlands

2:35 p.m.
EasyPASS - Automated Border Control based on ePassports

* The German Automated Border Control solution
operated at Frankfurt Airport;
* Technical and organizational details;
* Results on biometric performance and lessons learned.

Markus Nuppeney, computer scientist, member of the section ‘Official Electronic ID Documents’ of the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), Germany
Matthias Niesing, computer scientist, member of the section ‘Biometrics & eID’ of secunet Security Networks AG, Germany

3:00 p.m.
Extending biometrics from border control to end-to-end passenger processing at airports

* Information from secure ePassports may be used to facilitate self service in the air traffi c industry;
* Secure online booking and identity verifi cation during self service check-in, bag drop, landside-airside transition;
* Automated self-boarding André Oeyen, SITA, Belgium

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4. Debating Immigration Issues

Godbey Lecture Series, Dedman College, Southern Methodist University

11:00 a.m., Tuesday, February, 9 & 16, 2010
Maggiano’s at North Park Center
8687 N Central Expy Ste 205
Dallas, TX, 75225-4499
http://www.smu.edu/Dedman/AboutDedmanCollege/GodbeyLectureSeries/GLSLect... (Series III)

Speaker:
Caroline Bretell

Description: Immigration continues to be an important social and policy issue that commands our attention. In this two lecture series, Professor Brettell will address two critical dimensions of immigration—immigration reform in the United States and the feminization of migration. In each lecture she will set local and/or national considerations into a global context, outlining both trends and challenging problems. Both lectures will draw on ongoing research in the DFW area to illustrate the local/national/global nexus.

11:00 a.m. Lecture/12:00 p.m. Lunch

Series Cost: $90 members/$130 non-members

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5. Birth Rates and Border Crossings: The Demographic Push Behind Emigration in the Americas

2:00-5:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 10, 2010
Eleanor Roosevelt College Admin. Bldg.
Conference Room 115, First Floor
University of California, San Diego
http://ccis.ucsd.edu/2010/02/gordon-hanson-birth-rates-and-border-crossi...

Speaker:
Gordon Hanson
Professor, Department of Economics and School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, UCSD

Description: Authors intersect data on births from the WDI with U.S Census information on country of origin to estimate cohort-specific migration rates to the U.S. for twenty-one countries in the Americas. Using these data, we confirm the theoretical prediction that labor supply should play a driving role in migration, with individuals born into unusually large cohorts having a higher propensity to migrate. We find this effect to be strongest in nearby countries, with a slope that is decreasing and convex in both distance and in the number of countries crossed to reach the U.S. Labor supply-driven migration also interacts in interesting ways with shocks in the sending countries: natural disasters, sudden stops, and high-variability in income per capita all lead to more out-migration when they occur in large cohorts. Our results suggest a strong role for demographic pressure in generating migration in the Americas. (paper co-authored with Craig McIntosh, UCSD Economics)

Contact: Ana Minvielle, aminvielle@ucsd.edu, (858) 822-4447