April 2019 Agenda
| 09:00-09:30 | Welcome coffee and registration |
| 09:30-09:40 | Welcome and introduction Krum Garkov, Executive Director of eu-LISA |
| 09:40-09:50 | Welcome from the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union Mihai-Valentin Bobescu, Undersecretary of State, Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs |
Session 1: Setting the Scene – Technological Requirements for future EU land and sea borders
| 09:50-10:05 | Legislative requirements, perspectives and opportunities Marc Sulon, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission |
| 10:05-10:45 | Final report from the WG on the ICT Solutions for the Member States with external Land and Sea Borders Theofanis Syrigos, Chairperson of the EES AG, Customer Relationship Officer, eu LISA Sven Vandormael, Senior Business Consultant and Project Manager, Unisys Belgium |
| 10:45-11:00 | Questions and comments from audience |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee break |
Session 2: Solutions for land borders
| 11:30-12:00 | Solution for accelerating border crossing at Eurotunnel in the frame of Brexit Pascal Janer, Sales VP Europe and Business Development, IN Groupe |
| 12:00-12:30 | Land borders by IDEMIA: some complementary ideas Emmanuel Wang, VP Border Control business line, IDEMIA |
| 12:30-13:00 | Operational Considerations of Deploying EES Kiosks at a Land Border Andy Smith, Head of Business Development, SITA Kier-co Gerritsen, Director of Business Development, SITA |
| 13:00-14:00 | Buffet lunch |
Session 3: Solutions for sea borders
| 14:00-14:30 | How efficient process design and smart technology ensures high quality biometrics acquisition for EES at sea (and land) borders Michael Schwaiger, Senior Product Manager, Secunet |
| 14:30-15:00 | Sea Border Arrivals – Mobile Self Service Chris White, ROAM Program Manager, US Customs & Border Protection Cole Maxwell, Senior Manager, Public Sector, North America, Deloitte |
| 15:00-15:30 | BORDERXPRESS™ – Decreasing Wait Times & Strengthening Border Security for Ports and Vessels Keri Phoenix, Manager Innovative Travel Solutions, Vancouver Airport Authority |
| 15:30-16:00 | Discussion and closing remarks |