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With the growing influence of Mr. William Saito’s thought leadership in the security industry, he is frequently asked to speak in public and private forums, providing guidance to industry professionals, academia and government agencies. His entrepreneurial spirit and accomplishments have also been the focus of discussion at several events and conferences where he has been asked to reflect on his professional career accomplishments.

 

Below is a listing of select speaking engagements, divided into three categories: Business, Biometrics and Information Security.

  

Business - Innovation, Entrepreneur/Venture, Leadership

  • Speaker, "Japan's Back", Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Conference, Los Angeles, California,  October 14, 2004
  • Convocation Speaker, Riverside Community College (RCC), Moreno Valley, California, September 28, 2004
  • Leadership Panel, Greater Riverside Chamber of Commerce, Riverside, California May 7, 2004
  • Speaker, Business Press Economic Briefing, Ontario, California, April 30, 2004
  • Speaker, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Palm Springs, California, November 21, 2003
  • Award Presenter, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, November 23, 2002
  • “9-11: One Year Later – Thinking Globally, Acting Locally, and Looking Forward Together as a Community”, University of California, Riverside (UCR) September 14, 2002
  • Keynote Speaker, Higher Education/Business Council of Riverside (HEBC), Riverside Community College, Riverside, California, April 8, 2002
  • Speaker, IE-Tech Net Forum, Riverside, California February 7, 2002
  • Speaker, CORE21 Technology Transfer Symposium, California State University of San Bernardino (CSUSB), March 28, 2001,
  • Keynote Speaker, President’s Forum, by the Entrepreneurship Institute, Los Angeles, California, December 5, 2000
  • Speaker, National Association of Female Executives (NAFE), Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Business, Claremont, California, January 28, 2000
  • Keynote Speaker, Software Council of Southern California, San Bernardino, California, May 18, 1999
  • Speaker, “Software Opportunities in the Far East” & “International Software Boot Camp” Software Publishers Association (SPA), October 8, 1997

 

 

Biometrics

  • Keynote Speaker, Biometrics Conference, Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS), Omaha, Nebraska, May 4, 2004
  • Speaker, Biometric Standards, Biometrics Conference, Windward Community College, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, November 11, 2002
  • “Turning a Vision into a Reality: Putting Biometrics into the Worldwide Desktop Market”, Biometrics 2002, ExCel, London, England, November 8, 2002
  • Speaker, BiometriTech Conference, Hotel Penn, New York, New York, June 25 -27, 2002
  • “Successful Strategies for Rolling Out Biometric Technologies”, Strategic Research Institute (SRI), New York, New York, December 6, 2001
  • Speaker, Biometrics Security Technology Investment Forum, Wall Street Reporter, New York, New York, December 5, 2001
  • Speaker, The 2000 Biometrics Summit, Advanced Learning Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 12, 2000
  • Speaker, 2000 Biometric Summit, Miami, Florida, February 9th 2000
  • “Biometrics: Installing and Integrating Biometric Systems”, 22nd National Information Systems Security Conference (NISSC), Arlington, California, October 20, 1999
  • “Practical Biometric Application Development – Physical and Internal Characteristics of Biometric Devices and their application suitability”, CardTech/SecureTech (CTST), Faulkner Grey, Chicago, Illinois, May 14, 1999
  • Speaker/Workshop Leader, “Biometric Identification: Implementation and Application Issues”, Global Patent Strategy Briefings, London, England, March 22, 1999
  • Speaker/Workshop Leader, “Integrating biometric systems into existing systems”, Biometrics Summit, Washington, D.C., February 24, 1999
  • Speaker/Workshop Leader, “Advanced Real World Biometrics”, IQPC, London, England, February 18, 1999
  • Speaking Presentation on Biometrics, Association for Biometrics (AfB), London, England, October 15th 1998
  • Speaker, “Biometric Application Programming Interface (BAPI)”, Automatic Identification Manufacturers (AIM) Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 2, 1998
  • Speaker, “BAPI for Biometrics”, CardTech/SecureTech (CTST), Faulkner Grey, Washington, D.C., April 28, 1998
  • Keynote Speaker, “Biometric Authentication”, The Internet Security Conference (TISC), San Jose, California, April 9, 1998

 

 

Information Security

  • Speaker, "2007 Presentation of Accomplishments", Information Technology Promotion Agency (IPA), Tokyo, November 22, 2007 (Japanese)
  • Keynote Speaker, Symposium on Cryptography and Information Security (SCIS), Hiroshima, Japan January 17, 2006
  • Speaker, IDG/Japan Network Security Forum 2005, Tokyo, Japan, December 2, 2005
  • Speaker, Japan Security Analyst Group, Tokyo Japan, December 1, 2005
  • Speaker, Multiple Authentication Authorization Consortium, Tokyo, Japan, June 21, 2005
  • Keynote Speaker, Riverside County Law Enforcement Agency (RCLEA) Conference, San Diego, California, September 30, 2004
  • Keynote Speaker, JETRO Technology Exchange, Los Angeles, California, June 22, 2004
  • Speaker, Information Technology Security Group (ITSG), Honolulu, Hawaii, April 22, 2004
  • Keynote Speaker, California District Attorney Investigators' Association (CDAIA) Training Conference, Lake Arrowhead, California, September 16, 2003
  • Speaker, Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) LA/OC Annual Joint Symposium, Biometrics, Long Beach, California, September 11, 2003
  • Panelist, Gartner IT Security Summit Conference, Washington, D.C., June 2, 2003
  • Keynote Speaker, Security Requirements for a Connected World, Secure IT Conference, California State University of San Bernardino (CSUSB), Temecula, California, April 24, 2003
  • Keynote Speaker, Center for Management in the Information Economy (CMIE) Conference, Anderson School, University of California, Los Angeles, California, April 12, 2002
  • Speaker, Ensuring End-to-End Security for Wireless Networking, Institute for International Research (IIR), Washington, D.C., November 29, 2001
  • Speaker, 23rd National Information Systems Security Conference (NISSC), Baltimore, Maryland, October 18, 2000
  • Speaker, Cybercrime and Online Credit Card Fraud Conference, Miami, Florida, September 19, 2000
  • Panel participant, ISC Expo/Chicago, National Security Conference & Exposition, June 22, 2000
  • “Practical Applications in Biometrics for End-Users”, Security Industry Association, Amelia Island, Florida, February 8, 2000
  • Speaker, RSA Conference, San Jose, California, January 19, 2000
  • Session Presenter, “Biometrics: Installing and Integrating Biometric Systems”, 22nd National Information Systems Security Conference (NISSC), Arlington, California, October 20, 1999
  • “Biometric Authentication: One Year Later”, The Internet Security Conference (TISC), San Jose, California, April 22, 1999