EUROSMART brings messages to Global Forum 2005

Around 150 senior government officials, policymakers, research Institute representatives and industry leaders from Europe, North America and Africa, the academia, and the civil society gathered during 2 days to discuss Convergence and Innovation affecting the successful evolution of the Information & Knowledge Society.

Global Forum in its 8th edition is a think tank with as main purpose to promote interaction and dialogue between the different stakeholders, to give impulses for the formulation of common visions, and to pool knowledge, expertise, research, policy analysis and networking capability. The smart card this year was well positioned in the debate especially in session linked to trust, security and privacy in a convergent environment and when discussing the instruments of eGovernment as well as the challenges for transforming eHealth.

Hubert Vigneron for Eurosmart shared the floor with John Gage from Homeland Security (USA), Edith Cresson (former Commissioner and French Prime Minister) Peter Vanvelthoven (Belgian IST minister) to discuss the transformation of “e” society and how smart card is shaping the future. He reminded the work ongoing by the industry to achieve convergence/interoperability (recognised standards) and asked once again the governments to encourage standardisation for Identity applications.

Download Hubert Vigneron's presentation

Official EUROSMART meetings at Cartes 2005

-	Security Managers from Eurosmart members will officially present their position to stakeholders involved in the smart card business, MasterCard, GSMA, Visa by organising a round table on 16 November at the Ibis hotel Villepinte close to the Cartes 2005 exhibition centre.
-	The card manufacturing industry faces more and more problems with an increasing amount of standards which are often addressing the same subjects but which are not harmonized and sometimes they are even inconsistent. Very often the threats and the risks are not visible to the industry. Eurosmart objective is to get more consistency in our security environment.
-	A Communication Working Group will also be organised on 16 November at 3.00 pm in order to discuss the first results of Eurosmart activities at Cartes 2005 and to draw the content of communication actions for 2006.

2005 Industry Figures

Smart card shipment figures will be posted on this page just after Olvier Piou' s announcement at Cartes 2005 on 15 November

World Summit of the Information Society WSIS - 15 November 2005 in Tunis - Tunisia

Smart Card applications visible especially on the booth of the French Delegation. Eurosmart documents distributed.