Roman Vanek

Roman Vanek was born on November 25th, 1968 in Prague. After graduating from the University of Fribourg with a law degree, he joined the Swiss Federal Administration, where he has held various positions. In December 2003, he joined the Federal Office of Police. Today, he is the Chief of the Division Identity Documents & Special Tasks. Aside from his responsibilities in other areas (Measures against Hooliganism, Central Bureau for Firearms and Explosives), he is also responsible for the Swiss Passport and the Identity Card. In this function he is the representative of Switzerland at the Technical Advisory Group on Machine Readable Travel Documents (TAG-MRTD) of ICAO and the Article 6 Committee of the European Commission. In May 2012 he became Chairman of the ICAO PKD Board. These international working groups are part of the lead players in the travel document world. As member of these working groups and Chairman of the ICAO PKD he strived not only to enhance the security of the documents but also to facilitate the controls and checks of these travel documents while increasing security at the same time.

Roman joins us to share his views and ideas on Tracking People Across Regions & Domains to Create A Global Level of Security. Be sure not to miss this session at 09.45, Stream D (Identification) on Day Two, 22nd May.

Roman is best placed to give a presentation on this topic as he is the representative of Switzerland at the Technical Advisory Group
on Machine Readable Travel Documents (TAG-MRTD) of ICAO and the Article 6 Committee of the European Commission. In May 2012 he became Chairman of the ICAO PKD Board.