The Voice of the Smart Card Industry

January 2004

> EUROSMART NEWS


	EUROSMART Market and Technology working group will present to the European Commission its position on the proposed legal framework for electronic payments before the end of the consultation (January 31).

	EUROSMART closely monitors the EU developments in the field of visa and passports and national initiatives in the domain of ID cards.

	Some of EUROSMART activities for 2004 will include: • Issue figures on terminal manufacturing • Optimise security efficiency in term of assurance, methodology & cost • Cooperate on security certification and evaluation • Monitor EU and national initiatives such as egovernement, ID cards, driving licences • Sponsor international smart card exhibitions

	EUROSMART chairman, Olivier Piou, participated to the World Summit of the Information Society, held in Geneva on December 11th. He presented the industry priorities at the round table on smart cards and met with the French Prime minister, Mr Raffarin. Download Olivier Piou's Presentation

EUROSMART is glad to welcome Imprimerie Nationale (France) as a new Member

EUROSMART recent 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 - 13 February 2004 in Brussels

- Security WG - 27 January 2004, La Ciotat

EUROSMART is leading a certification initiative called ISCI.

Next ISCI WG1 Meeting: 13 January at GEMPLUS premises in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France

Visit ISCI page

Download minutes of the first plenary session.

> EUROPEAN IST PROJECTS

The eEurope Smart Cards 7th conference was hosted by the Italian Presidency in Milan.

The 2 days conference gathered around 200 participants to discuss the main developments of the smart cards systems and applications.

The Italian, American and Japanese experiences demonstrated the strong involvement of the governments in national initiatives. The parallel sessions on biometrics, payments, ID, e-government, health and transports lead to constructive proposals on actions to undertake.

This edition proved the strong involvement of the eESC community and the success of its ongoing projects.

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

	Next Meeting: 23 January 2004

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

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

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-	March 26, 2004 : Notification of Acceptance

-	May 10, 2004 : Issuing of Official Programme

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EUROSMART PARTNERSHIP 2004 CALENDAR

January 14-16, 2004 in Berlin Eurosmart supports OMNICARD 2004, Germany's leading conference for the smart card community.

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

2-4 March 2004, Madrid

CIT 2004 and Seguridad
VII International Exhibition and Congress of Cards, Payments and Security

6-8 April 2004, Cairo, Egypt

CARD-EX 2004
2nd midle East and Africa Card Technology exhibition and conference

21- 23 April 2004, Suntec Singapore

Cards Asia 2004
9th edition of Cards Asia, the established and proven smart card event in Asia Pacific region.

26-29 April 2004, Washington, US

CTST2004, the 14th Edition
EUROSMART PARTNER

2- 4, November 2004 Paris-Nord Villepinte

Cartes 2004 & IT Security 2004
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	> ISCAN
	International Smart Cards Association Network

ISCAN partners met on November 19, at Cartes 2003.

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

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 JOIN NOW

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