The ID Talk Podcast

On this week's episode of the ID Talk podcast, co-hosts Tony Bitzionis and Alex Perala talk with Jonathan Drape-Comyn, Head of Sales for Identity Week. With a very successful Identity Week America having wrapped in Washington, D.C. a few weeks ago, and Identity Week Asia quickly coming up in Singapore, ID Talk takes the opportunity to get a peek behind the curtain of one of the biggest event organizers in the identity technology industry.Part of a highly organized, professional, and

On the latest episode of ID Talk, Frost & Sullivan's Danielle VanZandt returns to the pod to discuss the identity technology industry's biggest M&A story of the moment. Danielle dives into IN Group's exclusive talks to acquire Idemia's identity division from Advent International, a deal thought to be valued at over $1 billion and expected to close in early 2025. The conversation explores what this acquisition means for the industry, the potential impacts on major players like Thales

On this week's episode of ID Talk, co-hosts Tony Bitzionis and Alex Perala are joined by Anand Acharya and Pallavi Sharma, who discuss their work on Bhutan NDI, a pioneering national digital ID program that incorporates blockchain and biometric technologies. Among other things, the conversation delves into the historical and geographic factors that led to the digital ID project, the system's architecture and its rationale, and the project's ambitious plans for the future—and it illustrates

The ID Talk team was recording on-site at this year's Identity Week America conference in Washington, D.C. Amid the energetic commotion of the show floor, hosts Tony Bitzionis and Alex Perala had the opportunity to speak on the record with a few big names: Thales' Neville Pattinson, who was recently named Board Chair of the International Biometrics + Identity Association; Terry Brenner, IDVerse's VP and Head of Legal and Compliance; and friend of the show Jay Meier, who heads up FaceTec's