Advancing Biometric Technologies http://www.bmva.ac.uk/meetings One Day BMVA symposium at the Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London, UK on 6th March 2002 To be chaired by: Josef Kittler (University of Surrey) and Mark Nixon (University of Southampton) Biometrics continue to increase in importance, not just for their unique combination of performance and speed but also for an increasing need for better security. Face, iris and handprint technology can now be found at several airports; fingerprint security continues to increase. This is a superb track record, especially in view of the short history of biometric technology. We seek contributions on advancements to biometrics, to the technology or to its applications. We would like you to provide an extended summary that is two A4 pages, max., and which can link to web based illustrations or demonstration material. We'd like your paper(s) submitted by email attachment to Mark (msn@ecs.soton.ac.uk) by 20 Jan 2002. We'll certainly have oral presentations. If we're overwhelmed by submissions we'll have a poster session. (We'll web the papers too, as usual.) We're also approaching some biometrics systems manufacturers for a display so we can have a complete coverage on this fascinating and fast-moving subject. As such we're aiming for a meeting that satisfies commercial and academic interest and we welcome you to take part.