Eurosmart: The Voice of The Smart Card Industry

FEBRUARY 2003

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EUROSMART is an international association located in Brussels representing the Smart Card Industry for multi-sector applications.

Members Area Updated on 3 February with latest meetings agenda and minutes.

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EUROSMART Meetings

> 21 January: Strategic Meeting

Members met to prepare future actions around 3 main topics, in order to face the new challenges of the smart card business. A meeting is scheduled on 26 February to reorganise EUROSMART structure for a better implementation of the priorities.

> 28 January: Security Working Group

Members prepared the future Smart MEIJI workshops for 2003 and organised a list of priorities on security issues (Update of Protection Profiles)

EUROSMART EU Projects Participation

Smart MEIJI NEWS:

> 3 - 4 March: New contactless and security workshops will be held in Tokyo, Japan.

The objectives are to report on the achievements and strengthen the cooperation. A 2003 work plan will be agreed.

Location: Toranomon Pastral (minato-ku, Tokyo)

Agenda soon available

> 4 - 7 March: Smart Meiji is attending IC Card World, held at the Tokyo Big Sight.

> 29 November: The project review held in Brussels was very successful. The European Commission agreed to extend the project until the end of 2003, which will allow additional Workshops for the organisation.

Bring your feedback on future cooperation topics

Visit Smart MEIJI web site

SINCE NEWS

> 17 December: A mid term review took place in Brussels. The evaluation of the European Commission is very positive.

Some deliverables still need to be transmitted to the Commission. A new website is going to be launched very soon in the framework of the dissemination plan.

Download Report on Security (PDF 457 Kb)

This document investigates potential threats applying to contactless chipcards. The new documents finalised by SINCE participants should stimulate the smart card community to invest more in contactless technology especially in the field of security. In order to better take into account the specifities of the contactless technology, proposed modification of relevant protection profiles are listed at the end of the document.
	Download Document on interoperability of Contactless cards (Zipped PDF 781 Kb)
	Download SINCE Flyer (PDF 39 Kb)
	Learn more about SINCE

Reset is a roadmap project gathering academics, experts, end-users and industry partners to investigate on future research needs for smart card related technology.

RESET is the first ever made attempt of the smart card industry to assess, in a global way, its technology priorities and R&D orientations. The experts in the 6 technology domains defined have organised their workshop from October till December 2002 and are now finalising the content of their document (available during February on this web site). If you are willing to participate to the consultation and give your opinion, please download the questionnaire and send it back completed to info@eurosmart.com

A major conference gathering R&D managers, administrative and governmental experts, academic searchers will be launched at the end of March 2003 in Brussels : "Discussions around the future of smart card research" (programme available soon). .

Learn more about RESET

Interested to join RESET project

Download RESET flyer ( 34 Kb)

Visit ERCIM website

The Smart IS Initiative is now coming to its end. Final documents can be downloaded here beneath.

You are welcome to send your comments about these documents to: info@smartis.org

	Download Name Final version - (PDF 233 Kb)
	Download Name - ES - Final Version (PDF 862 Kb)
	Download TELECOM requirements Final Version (PDF 730 Kb)
	Download Terminal manufacturers requirements Final Version (PDF 229 Kb)
More information on the Follow-Up:

Smart IS Newsletter # 4 soon available

Visit Smart IS web site

EUROSMART Past Issues

To all new and current users of our site, in case you missed important information about our association activities

Read Eurosmart past Homepages

EUROSMART Forums & Mailing List

Andrew Roberts Contactless Convenor welcomes you to submit questions or start discussions on our forum dedicated to Contactless Technology

If you wish to be informed of EUROSMART web site new updates each month, you are welcome to Subscribe to Eurosmart mailing list.

EUROSMART in Smart Card Exhibitions and Events

> 25 - 27 February : CIT 2003 MADRID - SPAIN

EUROSMART is a partner of the IV Cards, Payments and Security trade Show and Congress. Members benefit from special conditions to participate.

Download CIT 2003 Press Release (PDF 93 Kb)

More about CIT 2003 in Madrid - Spain

> 12 - 15 May : CTST 2003 Orlando - USA

EUROSMART is preparing a booth close to other Smart Cards Associations. A Press Conference relating our activities is being organised (Future projects and Conferences)

ISCAN meeting is scheduled on the firts day of the exhibition

More about CTST in Orlando - USA

> 17 - 19 September: eSmart 2003 Sophia-Antipolis - France

EUROSMART, together with Global PlatForm and Java Card Forum is organising eSmart 2003, which will be divided into 3 different parts:

Smart card strategies: Convergence or Divergence
Smart card Technology: Driving or Driven
Smart card Business Trends: Explosion or Implosion

The call for paper is now open:

Download eSmart 2003 Call for paper (PDF 93 Kb)

EUROSMART in eEurope Smart Cards

> 15 - 17 January: Lutz Martiny and Jan van Arkel, co-chairs of eEurope Smart Cards, attented Omnicard 2003 in Berlin which welcomed around 450 visitors.

About 100 people coming either from Government or Industry side were interested in the publication of the Common Specifications and more specifically in the demonstrators such as Netc@rd and eEpoch.

CD-Roms and leaflets on eESC, the Common Specifications, TB4/Finread were displayed on the booth. Visitors could also access the latest version of the Common Specifications on a computer on the booth.

Lutz Martiny led a discussion with industry partners on the possibities of cooperation between banking and telecom in multi-application domains as well as in the domain of the electronic signature. Jan van Arkel focussed more on transport applications.

eESC Partners are now compiling all TB's results into a Textbook and Common Specifications into a CD-Rom

Check common Specifications V 2 on eEurope Smart Cards web site. CD-Rom soon available.

A new web site on eEurope Smart Cards will soon be available from EUROSMART web site.