NBL Annual Workshop 2026

NBL Annual Workshop 2026

Back in spring 2011 our Norwegian Biometrics Laboratory (NBL) was established and for the opening we organized a workshop. Since then, we have celebrated the NBL Annual Workshops (NBLAW). All the workshops are listed on the NBL homepage.

Building on the success of previous editions, the 2026 workshop will focus on the theme: Trustworthiness in Biometrics - Explainability, Fairness, and Regulations. We cordially invite you to participate in the 16th Norwegian Biometrics Laboratory Workshop 2026 which is an open and free-to-attend event.

With increasing deployment of biometric technologies in real-world applications, issues related to transparency, interpretability, bias, robustness, and regulatory compliance have become central to both research and practice. This year’s workshop aims to foster in-depth discussions on these aspects and to bridge perspectives across technical, ethical, and regulatory domains.

Date: 4th of March, 2026
Venue: Online Event, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Campus Gjøvik, Teknologivegen 22, Gjøvik, Norway
Participation: Open and free, but registration required
Sponsors: European Association of Biometrics (EAB)

 

Registration link: https://eab.org/events/registration/405?ts=1771588900591

 

Agenda: (All times refer to CET.)

Time Title Speaker
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome Christoph Busch, Head of NBL, NTNU
09:15 - 10:00 What biometric research still lacks for trustworthy deployment? Amina Bassit, Mobai AS (Norway)
10:00 - 10:45 Explainable Biometrics Luuk Spreeuwers, University of Twente (The Netherlands)
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 11:45 Fairness in AI Chiara Galdi, Eurecom (France)
11:45 - 12:30 Beyond the Numbers: Morphing Attack Detection, Quality Assessment and the Explainability Challenge Towards Trustworthy Face Recognition in Online ID Issuance Jonathan Boyle, University of Reading (United Kingdom)
12:30 - 12:45 Closing of workshop