Frontex and
the European Commission (DG HOME and DG ENTR) will hold the 2nd Global
Conference and Exhibition on future developments of Automated Border Control (ABC) on 10-11 October 2013, in Warsaw, Poland.
Aim and scope
As the follow-up
to last year’s successful event,
the objective of the 2nd Global ABC Conference is to continue
providing a platform for international dialogue and exchange of experiences and
practices on ABC issues among all relevant stakeholders, and to foster a
discussion on a comprehensive way forward.
More
specifically, the Conference will focus among other topics on:
- Operational challenges and solutions;
- Risk management and vulnerabilities;
- Role of policy, harmonization and standardization in achieving interoperability;
- Decision-making and business models;
- Research, development and innovations;
- Societal aspects;
- Future of the border checks in view of ABC-related developments and other facilitation solutions.
This year the
Conference will also include an academic session, thus we invite academic researchers and technology
providers as well as consultants to submit extended abstract of original work on research and innovations in the field of ABC.
A paper can be presented orally or as a poster to be displayed within the
Conference exhibition.
Topics of interest
Based on the feedback received from last year’s Conference, topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Operational performance and testing
- Vulnerabilities and risk management
- Biometrics
- Travel documents
- Identity management
- Integration of information systems
- Human- machine interaction
- Cost Effectiveness Analysis
- Societal aspects
- User experience and satisfaction
- Technology, innovations and development
Paper submission and selection
Extended
abstracts should be up to 4 pages long (including references), written in
English and submitted to ABC-conference@frontex.europa.eu
with subject line “Call for Extended Abstracts”. Please use editable file
formats following the provided format and guidelines. These
can be
downloaded.Submissions will be reviewed by a Selection
Committee comprising experts from the ABC Working
Group,
Frontex and European Commission. ABC Working Group members are representatives of the national border management authorities of EU Member states, selected Third Countries and international institutions (upon invitations), and Frontex.
Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the Committee and will be
judged on the basis of novelty, clarity, impact, technical merit and
significance/relevance to the conference through blind reviewing. Thus, authors' names must not appear anywhere in
the paper when this is first submitted to the organisers.
Authors of accepted papers will receive guidelines regarding how to
produce oral presentations and/or posters. Please indicate in your submission whether you would like to present
an oral or a poster presentation.
The deadline for paper
submissions of extended abstracts on research and innovations in the field of
ABC has been extended until 8 September 2013.
Important deadlines
- 8 September 2013 (was 1 September 2013): Paper submission
- 15 September 2013: Notification of acceptance
- 20 September 2013: Final versions
- 20 September 2013: Author’s registration
Publication
All accepted abstracts will be published in the Conference Report.