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FIDO Alliance Seminar: Authentication, Identity & the Road Ahead
June 12 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Dallas/Texas

Overview
The FIDO Alliance and host sponsor Thales recently held a one day seminar on authentication, identity and the road ahead.
Seminar sessions provided an exploration of the current state of authentication for workforce and consumer sign-ins – with a focus on FIDO and passkeys including adoption status and case studies. The seminar also featured discussions on other relevant topics for IAM professionals, such as the latest in attacks and threats, identity verification technology advances, and post-quantum cryptography. Attendees had the opportunity to engage directly with authentication and identity experts through open Q&A, networking and demos.
View the presentations below:
Agenda
| 900-1000 | Registration, Breakfast & Networking | |
| 10:00-10:10 | Welcome Address | Megan Shamas, CMO, FIDO Alliance |
| 10:10 -10:20 | Welcome from Thales | Cory McCollum, Regional Sales Director, IAM, Thales |
| 10:20-10:50 | Simpler, Stronger Authentication: The State of Passkeys | Megan Shamas, CMO, FIDO Alliance |
| 10:50-11:15 | Networking Break | |
| 11:15-11:40 | Authentication for a Billion Consumers | Mike Slaugh, Principal Engineer – Information Security – Identity and Access Management, Amazon |
| 11:45-12:30 | New Data: Passkey Adoption in the Workforce | Megan Shamas, CMO, FIDO Alliance Sarah Lefavrais, Director of Product Marketing, Thales Michael Samara, Enterprise Sales and Alliances Manager, Versasec |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch & Networking | |
| 1:30-2:00 | Targeting Trust: The Future of Identity in the CJIS-Aligned Workforce | Bill Berry, Identity Architect, Texas Department of Public Safety |
| 2:05-2:30 | Securing the Account Lifecycle: Identity Strategies in the Age of Deepfakes | Ammar Faheem, Director of Product Marketing, Thales |
| 2:30-2:45 | Networking Break | |
| 2:45-3:10 | Evolving Landscape of Post-Quantum Cryptography | Haider Iqbal, Director of Product Marketing, Thales |
| 3:15-4:00 | Panel: Passkeys & Consumer Adoption | Megan Shamas, CMO, FIDO Alliance Mike Slaugh, Principal Engineer – Information Security – Identity and Access Management, Amazon Ammar Faheem, Director of Product Marketing, CIAM, Thales |
| 4:00-4:05 | Wrap-Up | |
| 4:00-5:00 | Reception |
Registration Fee
$75.00 USD
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