5th Border Management and Identity Conference

Dr. Maria Nenette Motus is currently the Regional Director at IOM Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Prior to this, she held the position as the Regional Migration Health Adviser for Asia and the Pacific based in Bangkok, Thailand. Her responsibilities include overseeing the activities of the IOM Regional Office and providing guidance and support to IOM country missions in the Asia-Pacific region. This includes accountability for the successful execution of ongoing operational programmes such as emergency and post crisis response, migration health, labour migration, migrant assistance, migration, environment and climate change as well as immigration and border management, and the development of new initiatives for the region that are consistent with the Organization's policies and strategies.

Dana Graber Ladek is an international development professional with over 20 years of experience developing and managing humanitarian assistance and community stabilization projects, in coordination with government agencies, the United Nations, and national and international organizations. Her assignments before becoming Chief of Mission for IOM Thailand in July 2016 include: Regional Project Development Specialist for the IOM Regional Office for Central America and the Caribbean, Head of the IOM Regional Support Unit for South-Eastern Europe, Displacement Specialist for IOM Iraq, Programme Liaison for the IOM Washington Regional Office, and Director of Outreach for The Communitarian Network. Ms. Dana Graber Ladek holds bachelor's degrees in Psychology and Journalism from Goshen College and a master's degree in International Affairs with a focus on Conflict Resolution from George Washington University. 

Paul is Assistant Secretary in the Identity Biometrics Capability Branch at the Department of Home Affairs where he is responsible for the development and management of identity resolution services including biometrics, identity policy, document examination, facial recognition, fingerprint and data resolution services. Paul chairs the Five Country Conference Data Sharing Working Group and is a Director on the board of the Biometrics Institute, an independent organization engaged in research, analysis, and education in biometrics worldwide. Paul has worked in DIBP for 16 years. In previous roles he has been responsible for IT development, IT operations, disaster recovery, IT change management, information management and security (protective, personnel, and IT security). As Director of Border and Entry Systems at DIBP from September 2001 to January 2005, he was the System Owner of Australia's key border security systems, including the Advanced Passenger Processing System (APP), and the Movement Alert List (MAL). In this role he also worked closely with DIBP's partner border agencies, providing integrated border protection, immigration control and security related solutions.

Mr. Arun Mishra took over as Regional Director of ICAO's Asia & Pacific Office in Bangkok on 3rd February, 2014. Prior to this Mr. Mishra was the Director General of Civil Aviation of India. He has also been the Permanent Representative of India on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Montreal from July, 2009 to July 2012. A member of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Mr. Mishra has served it in various capacities for the last 27 years. He has occupied several positions of responsibility, both in Provincial and Central Government. These positions were in the field of District Administration, Health & Family Welfare, Home & Internal Security, Finance, Surface Transport, Cabinet Secretariat, Civil Aviation etc. Mr. Arun holds a Master's degree in Public Service from the University of Birmingham.

Ms. Renate Held is currently a Director of IOM's Department of Migration Management. During her career with IOM she served in various capacities, among them: Regional Representative, IOM Mission with Regional Functions for the Andean States in Lima, Peru (2010 until present); Inspector General responsible for oversight, project rapid assessment, audit, evaluation and investigation at IOM Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland (2000-2010); Regional Representative, Mission with Regional Functions for the European Union (EU) Member States and the Baltic States with additional responsibility for fundraising and liaison with the European Union in Brussels, Belgium (1998-1999) and various functions of ascending responsibility in the IOM Bonn field mission in Germany and participation in IOM operations in Turkey, Northern Iraq, Tanzania, Mozambique and Bosnia & Herzegovina (1987-1998). Ms. Held holds a Master's degree in Social Science and Psychology from the University of Bonn.

Donato is the "Regional Immigration and Border Management (IBM) Specialist" at the IOM Regional Office for Asia and Pacific, based in Bangkok, Thailand. He provides to IOM offices and Governmental counterparts expertise, planning and guidance in the development, coordination, and implementation of capacity building initiatives, in particular on border and migration management including Integrated Border Management and data collection and analysis. He assists IOM Country Offices and Governmental counterparts in developing, implementing and monitoring IOM's capacity building strategy and training activities, at national as well at regional level, undertaking, when requested, technical field assessments. With the IOM IT-Expert, he provides technical support for assessing, budgeting, installing and training on Border Management Information System (BMIS) and trains on various IBM topics including passport examination procedures. Prior he was Project Manager of two CBMM programs in Africa before being appointed as "Migration Management Specialist" at the African Capacity Building Centre (ACBC), in Moshi (Tanzania), IOM's center of excellence for capacity building. With UN he was Police Commander of the international airport of Pristine seconded from the Italian Police Department (Polizia di Stato) to the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). In Italy, he is a Police Officer from the Central Directorate of Immigration and Border Police of the Italian Ministry of Interior, currently on special leave for serving IOM as expert on migration management issues.

Michael Odgers is currently a Co-Manager (Australia) of the Regional Support Office of the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime. He was appointed Director Industry under the International and Industry Branch, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) in February 2014. As Director Industry Michael was responsible for managing, coordinating and leading the Services' engagement with Australian and International industry at a strategic level. This includes managing the relationship with key international bodies including the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Michael chairs a number of international fora, developing standards and best practices for the provision of passenger data, namely Passenger Name Record (PNR) and Advance Passenger Information (API). Over the past two years Michael has chaired the Joint Industry and Government Working Group which has developed the PNRGOV message as the new global standard for the provision of PNR data from airlines to governments. Michael actively supports the WCO API Contact Committee, ICAO Facilitation Panel, IATA Data Harmonisation Task Force and other Governments in the use of API and PNR. 

Greg is Chairman of the Asia Pacific Smart Card Association (APSCA), the Asia Pacific division of an international affiliation of Smart Card associations established around the world by the Smartex organisation. The aim of the Asia Pacific Smart Card Association is to promote the adoption of smart card technology, under suitable standards, for all relevant private sector and public sector applications across the Asia Pacific region including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore. APSCA offers an unparalleled opportunity for corporations and government organisations, including smart card scheme operators and suppliers, to network, share news and views and promote new ideas, products and applications. APSCA is focused on the commercial and technical aspects of smart cards, and encourages organisations to examine the business case and financial considerations of smart card schemes, as well as technical issues. Greg has over thirteen years of experience in the electronics and software industry in Asia, in hardware and software design, manufacturing and business development for companies based in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong and China. He holds a BSc in Computer Engineering from the City University, London.

Dr. Jean-Philippe Morange is a senior legal officer within the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate of the UN Security Council, where he deals with border management, law enforcement, small arms and light weapons. Between 1992 and 2000 he successively held analyst and legal officer positions in the French administration (Prime Minister Defence Cabinet and Ministry of Defence), and at the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC). Jean-Philippe holds a PhD in international public law and master degrees in public law, and in history and contemporary civilization.

Rhodia is Director at the National Office for Identity Data (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations). Before she was Director for the Repatriation and Departure Service, Director Staff Management Implementation Policy and head Implementation Policy (Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice). Rhodia has redesigned the identification process of illegal aliens arrested by the police and has advised Governments by the restructuring of their identity infrastructure. Rhodia is a member of the Member of the board of advisors Center for Identity, University of Texas (US). She also represents the Netherlands in ICAO's TAG-TRIP (Traveller Identification Program).

Jonathan is currently a Senior Regional Migrant Assistance Specialist at IOM Regional Office for Asia and Pacific. He is a specialist in migrant protection, human trafficking and international migration law. His works relate to the protection of migrants who experience exploitation and abuse, strategic guidance, policy advice, operational support and training to government and non-government actors.

Professor Raymond Wong is the Adjunct Professor at the Biometrics Research Center of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He was former Assistant Director with the Immigration Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) where he served for over 35 years. At the HKSAR, Raymond was instrumental in the development and management of information systems and related matters, implementing many IT projects that helped pave the way for numerous developments within Hong Kong's Immigration system. His invaluable leadership and contribution to the HKSAR won him titles such as the "father of e-channels" and "father of e-passport" in Hong Kong. Since retiring from the HKSAR, Raymond has been serving as expert consultant for countries around the world on projects on biometrics, identification documents and automated border control systems. He also leads research projects on innovative technologies as well as authoring specialist articles and eBooks. He has been the co-editor of the Annual Report of the specialist journal, Keesing Journal of Documents and Identity and serving as member of the advisory board of the Journal since 2009.

Ross works as a consultant undertaking assessments for IOM, ICAO, OSCE and other international organisations and providing advice to agencies and vendors involved in passport issuance and civil registration, border control, biometrics and identity management. Until 2010, Ross was a senior executive in the Australian Passport Office with responsibility for the design of Australian passports; the application of biometrics in passport issuance; and preventing deterring and investigating passport fraud. Ross was Australia's delegate to the ICAO Machine Readable Travel Document TAG from 2007 to 2010 and the inaugural Chairperson of ICAO's Public Key Directory Board. Ross worked for the Australian Department of Immigration from 1977 to 2007 where he worked in border control and identity management roles. Ross holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from the Australian National University and during his government service completed postings at Australian diplomatic missions in Turkey, Mauritius, Kenya, Syria and Hong Kong.

Fons is Senior Research & Development Advisor at the National Office for Identity Data (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations). He has advised, over 25 Governments, during the development of a large number of (electronic) passports and identity documents. His last advice was about Dutch travel documents introduced in 2014. He redesigned the identification process of suspects arrested by the police and has advised Governments by the restructuring of their identity infrastructure. Fons has developed a model aimed at the dynamic management of the security concept for documents. He executed assessments on the identity infrastructure in over 10 countries in Europe, Africa and Asia. High level managers of over 35 countries from all over the globe have participated in Master Classes on Identity Management that Fons has given. Fons is a member of the core group of experts on Identity related crime of the UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), IAI (International Association for Identification), BWG (Biometrics Working Group) United Kingdom and ICAO's ICBWG (Implementation Capacity Building Working Group).

Peter Simpson is the director and head of research at iRespond.org, an international non-governmental organization providing open standards based technology solutions for global and public health. Peter's background is in medical informatics and computer science with a focus on large scale distributed health information systems, patient tracking with identity and encryption. Currently, his primary area of research has been focused on the use of new and innovative biometric modalities in new born and infant identity both in the hardware sensor and the user interface experience to improve the quality of electronic health data collected in remote and resource constrained areas of the world. Peter has been a project leader or team member in the deployment of several successful health technology projects provided by partners and supported by organizations and governments around the world, and is part of an international team working on protected identity in nomadic and cross-border populations to improve infectious disease epidemiology.

John comes to Australian Strategic Policy Institute from the Australian Federal Police, where he worked on transnational serious organized crime, national security, and counter-terrorism. Over the last twenty years he has been an intelligence professional at tactical, operational, and strategic levels across a range of military, regulatory, national security and law enforcement organizations. During this period he has worked extensively in the ASEAN region, delivering a range of bilateral research projects. His more recent work in this area has focused on enhancing multilateral ASEAN information exchange regarding non-traditional illicit commodity flows. John's PhD examined strategic intelligence in law enforcement targeting transnational serious and organized crime. He has written and published on a range of border security and intelligence issues. He has been a Winston Churchill Fellow and a Vincent Fairfax Fellow. John's border security research interests include intelligence, private/ public sector cooperation in the border environment and integration of border security operations.

Dion has been in the identity management field for 14 years in government roles spanning Passports, Citizenship and Civil Registration. He is currently responsible for the improvement and support function of Identity and Passport Services in New Zealand, and has a particular focus on the development of digital identity products and services. He has led assistance missions in the South Pacific, focusing on the implementation of new passport and civil registration systems, and using "Evidence of Identity" standards and guidelines to develop secure identity establishment and verification processes. Since its formation in 2008, Dion has been Secretary to the Chair of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Implementation and Capacity Building Working Group (ICBWG). 

Ross Lockie has worked in the security and aviation security field for the past 23 years. Currently Mr. Lockie is the ICAO Regional Officer, Aviation Security & Facilitation for Asia & Pacific. Prior to his current role he spent 12 years as the Technical Coordinator/Team Leader with ICAO's Universal Security Audit Programme and immediately prior to joining the ICAO APAC Office, was seconded to work with the United Nations Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (UNCTED) based in New York City. 

Mr. Damien has been the Director of Immigration for the Republic of the Marshall Islands since 2013. He supervises and coordinates the enforcement of laws, rules and regulations relating to the rights and privileges of citizens, aliens, foreign vessels and aircraft's once such enforcement is required and conducted with the jurisdiction of the Republic. Previously, Damien worked as the Chief of Investigation at the Office of the Auditor-General where he managed all investigations, inspections and evaluation related to fraud, waste and abuse in the collection and expenditure of all public funds and breach of ethics in Government, Agencies and Local Governments.

Ruth Annus is Head of Citizenship and Migration Policy Department at the Ministry of the Interior of Estonia. Citizenship policy, migration and asylum policy, identity management policy and identity documents policy are within her responsibility. Ruth has been working at the Ministry of the Interior since 2000. She obtained a magister iuris degree in 2007 and baccalaureus artium degree in 2001 at University of Tartu in the Faculty of Law and is specialized in administrative law. Currently she is a doctoral student of government and politics at Tallinn University. She is also the lecturer of International European Union Migration Law at Tallinn Univeristy.

Lukas Praml studied Communications Engineering and International Business Economics in Austria and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Vienna. After working as a strategic marketing consultant for several years, he finished his studies in 2003 and started working in the Austrian State Printing House. He held different positions in project management and business development while he implemented the new Austrian passport with integrated chip in a leading position and simultaneously added the ability to personalize ID documents in the company. Two years after starting the department of Innovations in 2011 was appointed Chief Innovation Officer. In April 2013 Lukas joined the board of directors of the Austrian State Printing House and intensified development and application of new technologies within OeSD.

Michael Lim is a Subject Matter Expert in the use of air passenger data to pre-screen or pre-clear air passengers with over 30 years’ experience in working with Governments and IT companies in the Air Transportation Sector. Of these more than 16 years were spent in various business development and consulting roles, primarily in the areas of IT solutions and improving business processes in Border Management using API/PNR and biometrics for risk assessment solutions. As a sought-after subject-matter expert, Michael has consulted and conducted workshops with many other governments including Bangladesh, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Fiji, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam and Yemen. 

Mr. Michael Gardiner, an entrepreneur with over 30 years of international business experience specifically focused in the microelectronics industry as an owner/operator of various entities. Extensive familiarity with startups as well as 15 years’ experience in owning and operating a large factory with over 350 employees in Hong Kong, where he resided for 21 years. Former consultant & advisor to numerous high-tech projects globally.