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November 2003

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EUROSMART official sponsor of Cartes 2003 in Paris/Villepinte - 18-20 November 2003.

Come visit us on booth 3G056, and pick up market figures and latest reports.

The presence of the booth at the exhibition is a great opportunity to increase the visibility on the association activities and welcome new members.

Attend the Press Conference on Tuesday where the announcement of worldwide smart card figures is an awaited event not only for the press but also for market analysts.

EUROSMART Schedule at Cartes 2003

	MONDAY 17	TUESDAY 18	WEDNESDAY 19	THURSDAY 20	FRIDAY 21
Morning	10.00 5.00 ISCI meeting Room 515A	10.00 1.00 Smart Meiji Security workshop Room 614	9.00 10.00 CEOs meeting	Smart Meiji Contactless Workshop Room4J Hall 4	10.00 2.30 Eurosmart General Assembly Axalto
Lunch		Card Summit lunch	Meeting with Mr TABUCHI (NITE)
Afternoon	SINCE meeting at RATP	5.00 6.30 Eurosmart Press Conference Hall 4 Atelier1	6.00 7.00 ISCAN meeting
Evening		Sesames

5th November: joint meeting scheduled by the European Commission at Directorate General Information Society with DG Justice and Home Affairs in order to present Eurosmart Position Paper on ID applications.

Eurosmart experts from Ingenico, Axalto, G&D, Gemplus, Oberthur CS and Austria card will present the White Paper.

Eurosmart recommends the use of a Smart Card visa for a more secure and privacy respect solution.

Download Eurosmart position paper

Eurosmart Meetings

- CEOs Meeting: CEOs from member companies will gather on November 19 to discuss and validate strategy for 2004.

- General Assembly : 30 members will gather on November 21 for the General Assembly at Axalto Montrouge to report on the past 6 months achievements and organise future political actions towards European Institutions and standardisation bodies (health cards, payment legal framework).

ISCI
International Security Certification Initiative

Eurosmart together with Certifications bodies, and evaluation laboratories launched a common initiative, to define and promote a universal framework for security evaluation and certification methods, tools and procedure based on internationally accepted standards.

ISCI partners met on September 16 and will update TB3/JIL documents on evaluation methodology (documents useful inside smart card day to day management of security) with the support of Certification Bodies. Japanese official representatives will be invited at next meeting in November.

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

FINREAD / Embedded FINREAD

Securing sensitive transactions on the Internet : the emergence of secure
smartcard readers standards to create trust and confidence in electronic
commerce and home banking applications

The FINREAD and Embedded FINREAD specifications will be presented in regards with the US market needs during two free Information Days. Demonstrations of secure transactions on open networks will be conducted during the day on card
readers provided by three different manufacturers (Ingenico, SCM Microsystems and Omnikey).

This free event will be held in San Francisco on Monday, November 10, 2003 (Sofitel San Francisco Bay) and in New York City, on Friday, November 14, 2003 (Le Parker Meridien New York).

More Information

Download Flyer

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 will be available at Cartes 2003 on Eurosmart booth.

Smart Card based e-commerce solutions and authentication.

Visit Smart IS web site

Europe-Japan cooperation for enhanced smart card and interoperability.

	Next Security Meeting on 18 November 2003 at Cartes in Villepinte France
	Next Contactless Meeting on 20 November 2003 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...

The Conference venue is:

HOTEL MARRIOTT Via Washington, 66
MILANO

Tel: 0039 0248521
Fax: 024818925

List of recommended hotels

Location map

Download Draft Agenda

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

	> ISCAN
	International Smart Cards Association Network

Agenda for next ISCAN Meeting – November 19:

18.00 – 19.00 – Exhibition Centre Villepinte General Headquarter, mezzanine hall 3

18.00 – 18.30 Welcome and update on each member organization’s major achievements, opportunities, and future activities (each speaker limited to 5 minutes)

18.30 – 18.50 Discussion on “Future of ISCAN – What can we accomplish as a group”

18.50 – 19.00 Planning for next meeting – April 26- 29, 2004

Download ISCAN Orlando meeting minutes

News from the ISCAN network

- ACT Canada Newsletter announces that the Canadian government is exploring the use of biometric identifiers on a variety of ID cards and documents, according to Denis Coderre, minister of Citizenship and Immigration. Ministry sources say they expect a mandate to begin work on ID documents carrying biometrics within a month.

- Smart Card Forum of China Newsletter relates major conferences organised in October, the fifth Smart Cards + Smart Label, China & Users’ Conference 2003 attended by over 600 delegates from 20 countries and 80 exhibitors. The other important conference was 2nd Asia Pacific Forum on Smart National ID and E-passport, which was jointly organized by Asia Pacific Smart Card Association-APSCA, China National Registration Center of IC Cards and Smart Card Forum of China – SCFC. This Forum attracted 60 official delegates from 18 countries and over 50 corporate delegates for a three-days’ conference focusing on the implementation of smart cards in national ID and passports.

- Smart Card Alliance conference was a success and marked an important transition for the management of the Smart Card Alliance as Paul Beverly's two-year reign as Chairman officially came to an end. The newly elected board unanimously voted Kevin Gillick, Head of Corporate Marketing for Datacard Group, to be the next Chairman of the Alliance.

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	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

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