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

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.

MULTI APPLICATIONS - 09.30 am-5.30 pm

For some years now multi-application card technology has been sufficiently mature to support a wide range of simultaneous options, however the actual usage has been quite low. This conference will describe several instances of multi-application card issues as well as the support systems needed to make multi-application a success.

SEPA 2008 - 09.30 am-5.30 pm

SEPA for cards: reshaping the European landscape. SEPA means clear changes and innovations for credit transfers and direct debits. But will it actually change the card landscape? The conference will explore the two major trends for innovation in the European payment industry. Business-wise, new Payment Schemes are emerging or are claiming to enter on stage: the conference will provide their strategic views for the near future. Technology-wise, standardisation initiatives (EPAS, FAST,O) are making progress and the conference will provide an update of their current status.

PERSONALIZATION & CO-BRANDING - 2.00 pm - 5.30 pm

At a time when clients are increasingly demanding, products ever more individualized and markets more and more segmented, marketing is naturally playing an increasingly significant role in relation to cards. What about the associated techniques?

Ultimately, knowing one's customers better means being more responsive to their needs! This conference will provide a comprehensive view of the winning technologies available to give you that competitive edge!

CONVERGENCE - 09.30 am-5.30 pm

With many more uses for the smart card products (contact, contactless, dual) and the convergence of communication channels (mobile, internet) giving birth to new usage, is the stage set for a major focus on convergence of usage combining mobile, payment, internet, transit, authentication ?

2008 is the year bringing so many different applications and uses into a new level of maturity focusing on convergence of products and services brought together in the same programme and consumer value proposal.

Welcome on board and be ready to meet with a unique panel of worldwide experts sharing their vision on convergence.

NFC & CONTACTLESS - 09.30 am-5.30 pm

For the past few years the focus and excitement around NFC has centered on enabling credit and debit cards to be moved to mobile handsets. But the complexity of delivering standardized, secure NFC payment systems and the need for operators, card issuers and associations to agree on the details of service support is delaying any broad NFC roll out. While delays are understandable, the myriad applications that NFC is capable of enabling may yet see other uses for NFC come to the fore. This conference will look at the many aspects of NFC development that affect adoption as well as present some new and novel approaches to drive NFC adoption.

Thursday November 6, 2008

CARDS & PAYMENTS 2008 - 09.30 am-5.30 pm

Contactless payment, pre-payment and the instantaneous issuing of bank cards are the new stakes for players in the field of cards and payment.

They are in fact the challenges for banks seeking to enrich and personalize their product range in terms of new means of payment and new services. This conference will draw some initial conclusions from current pilot and experimentation programs, and shed light on the key factors for successful projects.

CARD SECURITY - 09.30 am-5.30 pm

Smart card means security. But security is a permanent challenge and technology improvements bring renewed methods of attacks at the same time that they provide new countermeasures.

This conference will address both the aspects of the security of the smart card itself and the use of smart cards to secure applications. Presentations will be dedicated to the methods of attack and their countermeasures, the physical security of the card, the security of card issuance and of the life cycle management, the security of electronic transactions and the security applications of smart cards.

LOYALTY AND GIFT CARDS -09.30 am-5.30 pm

Loyalty and gift cards are set to take the industry by storm - especially in the current economic climate. With some innovative, unique and exciting products entering the market, few will succeed - those that do are set to write the card industry history books.

CITIZEN ID - 09.30 am-5.30 pm

Electronic identification technologies are revolutionizing citizen identity documents which in turn are enabling a host of convenient uses such as electronic travel documents; providing secure access to e-government services and even changing the way access to health insurance is managed. This conference will cover a comprehensive range of topics presented by leading experts from around the world in the diverse challenges of citizen identification.

NEW SERVICES FOR POS TERMINALS - 09.30 am-5.30 pm

Which new services will be proposed in the future on POI - Point Of Interaction - wording replacing traditional POS terminals? Which issues will raise regarding providers for these applications: payment, transportation, health, loyalty, government applications?

How to solve security issues subsequent to the use, for these POIs, of PCs, of wireless links, and more generally of open networks?

Will SEPA works allow creation of a real European market with capability of addressing several countries with the same product and the same application?

In red, the ID Conferences

The Congress programme is already available on the site www.cartes.com and will be updated regularly (complete programme with schedules and participants).

About Cartes & IDentification 2008

The Cartes & IDentification Trade show will open its doors on November 4th at Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre. The world leading event on digital security and smart technologies will bring together all the international players of the sector who will present their innovations to the 20,000 expected visitors. For this 2008 edition, the Unites States will be the guest of honor.

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