December 2003
 
 

> EUROSMART NEWS

EUROSMART Chairman, Olivier Piou, will present the smart card industry approach at the World Summit of the Information Society in Geneva on December 11.

Eurosmart issued a Position paper on the final declaration of the World Summit to recall the importance of smart card and smart card devices to guaranty security interoperability and data protection.

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Download Round Table Agenda

 
     

EUROSMART will participate to a joint Workshop EU Commission/GSM Association to discuss the future of SIM Cards on December 15 in Brussels.

 
     

For the fourth year, EUROSMART was the official sponsor of Cartes. The exhibition is a great opportunity to increase Eurosmart visibility and meet potential new members.

 

EUROSMART held its bi annual awaited press conference to issue smart card shipment figures 2003.

Eurosmart Chairman, Olivier Piou, presented the main priorities of the Association:

- work together on certification
- promote Common criteria internationally
- monitor government initiatives
- provide expertise to EU officials.

He introduced Smart Card shipments for 2003:

A total of 1824 millions of cards and a significant increase from 2002: + 24%, telecom is recovering and governmental projects are in a development phase.

For 2004, EMV will catch up and 2 chinese companies will probably be in the top ten.

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EUROSMART General Assembly on November 21 at Axalto Montrouge was the occasion for the working groups convenors to report on the past 6 months achievements and organise future political actions towards European Institutions and standardisation bodies (health cards, payment legal framework).  
     

EUROSMART welcomes 5 new Members

KaSYS is providing test tools for the payment industry, to help checking conformance of card systems.

LASER is a service company for card Systems management and loyalty cards.

Integri is specialised in providing test tools, prototyping tools and test services for security critical applications.



Aspects
is a software provider, at the heart of the smart card industry, providing application development and test tools.

IXLA S.A. offers a complete solution for laser Card personalization.

 
 

EUROSMART Meetings

- Market and Technology WG - 12 December in Issy-Les-Moulineaux

- Security WG - 15 December in Paris

 

EUROSMART is leading a certification initiative called ISCI.

Visit ISCI page

Download minutes of the first plenary session.

 
 
 

 

Eurosmart in the Smart Card Press

Eurosmart is partner of Smart Card Trends, the Newsletter dedicated to smart card and smart objects. Every month, headlines available on eurosmart web site.

Visit Smart Card Trends site

 
 
   
 
 

> EUROPEAN IST PROJECTS

 
 
     

The CD-Rom with latest Open Smart Card Infrastructure for Europe documents is still available, and it's free.

Order your free copy of eEurope Smart cards CD-Rom

 
 

Roadmap to investigate on future research needs for Smart Card Technology.

Download Final Roadmap Version 
 
 

Secure and Interoperable Network for Contactless in Europe.

Check SINCE Reports Download Page

Visit Contactless Technology Website
A CD-Rom with SINCE documents is available
 
 

Smart Card based e-commerce solutions and authentication.

Visit Smart IS web site
 
 

Europe-Japan cooperation for enhanced smart card and interoperability.

Security Meeting was held on November 18 at Cartes in Villepinte France.



Contactless Meeting was held on November 20 at Cartes in Villepinte France

Visit Smart MEIJI web site
 
 
   
   
 
 

> EUROSMART EVENTS

 

16 - 17 December 2003

The eEurope Smart Card Charter 7th Conference hosted by the Italian European Presidency in Milan

Eurosmart Chairman, Olivier Piou, will present the industry priorities.

On the Conference Agenda:

eGovernement, eID, European Health Card, digital signature, etc...

Download NEW Agenda

Register Online

The Conference venue is:

HOTEL MARRIOTT Via Washington, 66
MILANO

Tel: 0039 0248521
Fax: 024818925

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Location map

January 14-16, 2004
Berlin

Eurosmart supports OMNICARD 2004, Germany's leading conference for the smart card community.

Every year, about 550 people come together at this international meeting, which is one of the top IT events in Europe. The conference programme covers the wide range of smart card application fields and presents top speakers.

Eurosmart Chairman, Olivier Piou will chair a forum on 15 January on the challenges of the smart cardindustry in changing markets.

Download programme

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September 22-24, 2004
CICA, Sophia Antipolis, France

GET PREPARED
TO E-SMART 2004

Important Dates :

- November 18, 2003 : Issuing Call for Papers
   
- February 13, 2004 : Deadline for Abstract Submissions
   
- March 26, 2004 : Notification of Acceptance
   
- May 10, 2004 : Issuing of Official Programme
   


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  > ISCAN
 

International Smart Cards Association Network

ISCAN partners met on November 19, at Cartes 2003.

Each ISCAN member organization gave a brief update on the smart card activities happening in their geographic region.

For the China market 1.3 billion smart cards have been issued, not including the national ID program. Also, China has a goal to convert its payment cards to smart cards by 2008 in time for the Olympics.

The network will collect information on the time and cost that certification has on application developers and terminal manufacturer's.

ISCAN next meeting is scheduled on April 28, in Washington during CTST 2004

  Download ISCAN Flyer
 
 
     
 
 

> WHY JOIN EUROSMART

 
 

Gain time and money

200 000 euros coming from the European Union funding was offered in 2003 to the members for travel and accommodation expenses as well as meetings organisation

Pool expertise to increase the efficiency of research activities

Profit from Eurosmart global communication strategy (duplicate the visibility of your materials on the web, articles and booths during the year)

Create added value

High quality conferences each year under eSmart banner

Production of international figures and market trends awaited by the press and investors

Representation on the International scene through Eurosmart partnership with Association worldwide

Improve your long term strategy

Be informed on future regulations, important coming events on the political scene

Build up stronger lobbying actions

Meet your counterparts and develop common strategies

….And a lot more activities for the benefit of all and the development of the smart card market

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