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Conveners |
FOUNDER STATEMENT: KALIYA "IDENTITY WOMAN" YOUNG, DIGITAL IDENTITY EXPERT
Co-author of A Comprehensive guide to Self-Sovereign Identity and widely known as Identity Woman (also the name of her blog and twitter handle). Committed to the development of an open-standards based layer of the Internet that empowers people.
I've worked in digital identity for two decades, but knew little about Biometrics; I was first exposed to them on the floors of trade shows where vendors aggressively sold products in a way that concerned me.
Over the years, as I have met good people in the field of biometrics and come to learn more, I see them as playing a critical role in a healthy identity ecosystem - I also see big risks if used inappropriately.
With this understanding in mind, I conceived of the Thoughtful Biometrics Workshop - modeled in part after the Internet Identity Workshop that i have co-convened for almost 18 years. I first proposed the idea to Jack Callahan, the friendly technologist who first helped me understand appropriate uses for biometrics. We collaborated with others to publish Six Principles for Self-Sovereign Biometrics. His colleague Asem Othman was a co-convener of the first Thoughtful Biometrics (March 2021). This year we are honored to have Brian Hofer from Secure Justice as our co-convener.
Co-author of A Comprehensive guide to Self-Sovereign Identity and widely known as Identity Woman (also the name of her blog and twitter handle). Committed to the development of an open-standards based layer of the Internet that empowers people.
I've worked in digital identity for two decades, but knew little about Biometrics; I was first exposed to them on the floors of trade shows where vendors aggressively sold products in a way that concerned me.
Over the years, as I have met good people in the field of biometrics and come to learn more, I see them as playing a critical role in a healthy identity ecosystem - I also see big risks if used inappropriately.
With this understanding in mind, I conceived of the Thoughtful Biometrics Workshop - modeled in part after the Internet Identity Workshop that i have co-convened for almost 18 years. I first proposed the idea to Jack Callahan, the friendly technologist who first helped me understand appropriate uses for biometrics. We collaborated with others to publish Six Principles for Self-Sovereign Biometrics. His colleague Asem Othman was a co-convener of the first Thoughtful Biometrics (March 2021). This year we are honored to have Brian Hofer from Secure Justice as our co-convener.
Brian Hofer
Privacy Commissioner Chair of the Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission and the Chair and Executive Director of Secure Justice. His advocacy has been instrumental in a number of nation-leading ordinances, including ones that established a vetting framework for the potential acquisition and use of surveillance equipment. Mr. Hofer presently consults with the cities of San Diego, San Jose, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Portland on establishing similar frameworks. |
Dr. John "Jack" Callahan
Software Architect and Developer John (LinkedIn, Twitter) is responsible for the development of VeridiumID’s world class enterprise-ready biometric solutions, leading a global team of software developers, computer vision scientists and sales engineers. He has previously served as the Associate Director for Information Dominance at the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research Global, London UK office, via an Intergovernmental Personnel Act assignment from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. John completed his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Maryland, College Park. |
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