Industry executives, transport officials, and national security strategists are heading to Washington DC for the premier identity event of the year, Identity Week America 2026. Across our critical sessions and keynotes, we will be presenting action points to replace reactive and fragmented defence mechanisms with modern identity infrastructure which can distinguish between human and non-human identities. Discover the top concerns impacting the security ecosystem around AI-powered fraud and learn how agentic AI is adopting the legitimate permissions from the human.
Our keynote presentations welcome returning and new experts to our stage to open the conference with intelligent thought-leadership, evagalism, deployed solutions and services to inspire thousands gathering across the two days.
With a focus on modern travel & secure touchpoints
In an executive fireside chat, TSA Deputy Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill will detail the agency’s 25-year evolution, detailing how early-checkpoint ID verification using tools like eGates, AutoCAT, mobile driver’s licenses, and remote screening outperform traditional gate checks in today’s travel journey. The strategies developed over this time have shifted the manual roles of border officers from continuous document inspections to high level security analysis.
A keynote panel featuring airport leadership including Maurice Jenkins (Miami International Airport), Albert van Veen (Vancouver Airport Authority), and Dave LaPorte (Denver International Airport) will evaluate recent global Digital Travel Credential (DTC) and biometric boarding pilots. The discussion will focus on aligning public border security requirements with commercial aviation targets, navigating cross-border interoperability under International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards, and minimiding traveller friction from check-in to gate.
Professionalising National Identity Workforce
In another keynote presentation, Warren Harris, Chief of the Identity Intelligence Division at the Department of War, will present a case for formalising identity security as a dedicated discipline.
Harris will warn that while identity underpins defence against cyber threats, insider risks, and border fraud, the nation lacks unified standards and formalised career paths for identity professionals.
Challenging long-held assumptions around identity management
Jay Meier, Chief Identity Technology Strategist at FaceTec, is expected to question legacy cybersecurity models, arguing that binding identity data strictly to hardware devices rather than directly linking human biometrics to entitlements creates vulnerabilities that exploiters easily target. He advocates for architectures that bind verified human identities directly to their privileges to stop attacks before breach attempts occur.
Discussing advanced fraud mitigation strategies deployed by major financial institutions, we will also be delighted to welcome a speech by Ryan Loftus, Chief of Trust & Safety at JPMorgan Chase, joined Head of Identity, Matt Charpentier.
