CARTES & IDentification Congress 2008: to Combine Knowledge, Business and Networking!

Business Wire, Sept 29, 2008

From November 4 to 6, 2008 at Paris-Nord Villepinte

19 Conferences, 215 Speakers, 1,700 International Congress Participants

PARIS -- Digital Security, authentication, smart card, identification, biometrics, contactless, convergence, m-paymentO Simultaneous to the Trade show, the Cartes & IDentification Congress, which will take place from November 4 to 6, 2008, already appears to be a "vintage" event. During the 19 conferences, 215 international experts will review the latest innovative projects and will provide feedback and share knowledge in the different card and identification domains. In 2007, the Congress brought together 450 companies from 76 countries.

Tuesday November 4, 2008

WORLD CARD SUMMIT - 10.00 am-12.30 pm

The World Card Summit will welcome eight top level executives from the digital security and smart card industries. Round table discussions will alternate with special "surprise" guests. Then, the group will answer questions about new technologies, events that are influencing the market and their thoughts on the future. The World Card Summit will provide a great opportunity to listen to executives who are responsible for obtaining results in the marketplace.

USA MARKET FOCUS - 2.30 pm-4.30 pm

The United States, slow to smart card adoption compared to other global markets, has been re-energized in recent years with contactless payments innovation, secure identification at its borders and for access to government protected facilities, and a maturing mobile telecom industry that has accelerated the demand for smart card-enabled electronic transactions. This conference will highlight the new technologies and market changes that have made the U.S.A. one of the fastest growing markets for smart cards in the world.

BANKING INNOVATION - 09.30 am-5.30 pm

Bank-related applications for chips were - until recently - confined exclusively to the proximity perimeter. The omnipresent Internet is modifying our professional and personal spheres. Developments in contactless technologies are opening up possibilities for new remote applications. Telephones and televisions have not yet reached the limits of their applications. These constitute the first challenges banks will have to face if they are to find new opportunities for growth.

EVERYDAY LIFE BIOMETRICS - 09.30 am-5.30 pm

Biometrics have come along way since first being invented, and particularly within the past decade with VAST improvements in Fingerprint, Facial and new Palm and Vein Biometrics, being coupled with very clever Middleware, such as Bi directional Fuzzy Logic search capability, has brought these technologies into everyday use.

BACK TO BASICS - 09.30 am-5.30 pm

Four 90 minutes themes will be developed to highlight or clarify some of today's hottest topics. This conference will be a unique opportunity to address in depth specific issues, in order to gain more insight into their development, analyze their positioning and anticipate their evolution. A dedicated day with real benefits thanks to high-quality speeches and appreciated for its pedagogical and didactic approach.

SIM'S FUTURE - 09.30 am-5.30 pm

The convergence of networks, technologies and devices is leading to massive disruption in the mobile services market but is creating a whole new set of opportunities. Not only will the SIM play its traditional role of security and identity management, but it will provide Operators and their Ecosystem partners a hub for advanced subscriber services from Mobile Transactions (Payment, Transport etc.- NFC), Mobile TV to Mobile Internet and beyond mobile with Enterprise & M2M applications.

RFID: THE SOLUTIONS - 09:30 am -12:30 pm

This conference will focus on RFID applications in the physical security, healthcare, logical access and document management market segments. Visions, emerging trends, adoption rates, and strategies from leading RFID semiconductor and system manufacturers will also be discussed. Additionally, RFID security issues, not typically spoken about such as best practices and mechanisms for the secure exchange of credential data between a host and peripheral devices such as readers, personalization/printing machines, and credentials devices will be explored as well.

DATA PROTECTION - 09.30 am-5.30 pm

Attending this conference will enlighten and inform delegates on the development of strategies, equipment and processes to aggressively address the sophisticated onslaught of criminal syndicate activities. Delegates will observe new ideas on identifying and countering security breeches and protecting data such as personal identity, e-commerce, intellectual property and organization networks.

Wednesday November 5, 2008

MOBILE MONEY SERVICES - 09.30 am-5.30 pm

Today's consumers want to be able to have access to their money at any time, anywhere. Mobile handsets are already in their hands. Consumers want their banks to offer Mobile Money Services which are seamless, well integrated to the existing processes like loyalty and marketing, and to work the same way both in the shops and in the virtual world. This requires the banks, telcos, merchants and other service providers to find mutually balanced co-operation models. Best practices and more analytical approaches will be discussed during this conference, presented by the market leaders.