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Facing the Future Renewing Innovation in Border Clearance Solomon Wong Exec Vice President, InterVISTAS PNWER Economic Summit November 2017

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Page 1: Facing the Future Renewing Innovation in Border Clearance · 2019-10-27 · Economic Summit & Improving PNWER transportation connectivity Major legislative and regulatory in place

Facing the Future Renewing Innovation in Border Clearance

Solomon Wong

Exec Vice President, InterVISTAS

PNWER Economic Summit November 2017

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Pacific Northwest’s Success on Innovation -Borders -Security -Cooperation -Technology

PACE NEXUS IBET APC/ABC/PIK Mobile

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Changing Nature of Mobility as a Service (MaaS)

We are focused on today’s modes crossing borders…

…but tomorrow’s services are coming!

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Consumer Biometrics is Accelerating Moving past the 4-digit PIN

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82% What is the future of identity? Of travelers want to use a digital passport

on their smartphones

-IATA October 2017

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Technology Acceleration Transformation of Entry Process for CBP

To 2011 Manual processing Paper-based forms Webcam-grade biometrics

2012-17 Automated Passport Control iOS/Android Mobile Passport Control

2017-2022 By FY 2019: 80% facial biometrics Integrated with existing systems No new kiosks

Resource Implications

+ 2 minutes or more

40% Improvement

70-80% Improvement

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Traveler Verification Service Managed Data Sharing with Private Sector Benefits

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Traveler Verification Service Early results positive

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Remote Interviews Already happening at CBSA & CBP

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The Potential (for all modes) Pilot projects sought!!!

Current limitation: one-by-one transactions

What if technologies were available that could help authenticate biometrics before the border?

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Economic Summit & Improving PNWER transportation connectivity

Major legislative and regulatory in place thanks to Beyond the Border

Immigration data sharing (2012) To be implemented fully

Entry/exit data LMRA Preclearance

Innovation does not wait for regulations – it never has in PNWER

There are tools being used to modernize CBSA, CBP – that have potential application locally

CBP in its Transformation Office has a Project Zone

Additional partnerships possible with the right business case with CBSA

Vision is needed to ensure current investments are incremental to a “future state”

Privacy by Design (PbD) critical to public and private sector obligations

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Questions?

Solomon Wong Executive Vice President InterVISTAS

604-717-1854

[email protected]

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Australia 2020

The agency’s “Strategy

2020” report outlines its pursuit

of increased technology at

Australian entry points as a

means to reduce wait times

while allowing reallocation of

agents into “areas requiring

assessment, judgment, and

agile operational response.”

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China Southern Pilot HKIA