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Airport Security Summit to tackle biometrics

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

The 2nd annual Airport Security Summit 2010 to take place at the Grand Millennium Hotel in Dubai, UAE has the topic of biometrics in aviation security slated as one of its forum topics. Specifically, the conference is expected to focus on new and emerging biometric technologies and potential best practices regarding implementation methods of the technology in airport and air travel security.

A multitude of other topics are also planned from their panels of experts covering topics such as law enforcement and governmental authorities, the spreading of infectious diseases such as H1N1 and managing intelligence. [end] 

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