October 2007
 

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Smart Event 2007: a big success !

This year again, “Smart Event” was a great success. The event which was co-organised by Eurosmart gathered more than 580 participants (i.e. 22% growth compared to 2006) coming from 40 countries and around 340 organizations and companies. This performance strengthens the position of “Smart Event” as the most attended strategic and scientific forum on the digital security technologies and services.

Eurosmart Chairman Jacques Seneca opened the plenary session by sharing his vision and perspectives on “Smart Security, the new frontier” and presenting to the audience Eurosmart Vision Paper 2020.

Eurosmart experts had the occasion to present their achievements on Security topics and at the World e-ID session, to describe Eurosmart White paper on security into electronic passports, the view of the association on e-Health and the digital signature.

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Plenary session opening speech NEW

Security challenges for contactless solutions NEW

Smart Security Market segmentation NEW

Eurosmart White Paper on ePassport NEW

Eurosmart vision on eHealth NEW

eID and eSignature NEW

The next edition of Smart Event will take place from 16 to 19 September 2008.

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Eurosmart White Paper on RFID vs Contactless

The working group on security has adopted a White paper explaining the characteristics of secure contactless devices vs RFID tags.

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Eurosmart Technical Day on e-ID interoperability

Eurosmart organised on 27 September 2007 in Brussels a Technical Day on e-ID interoperability which brought together experts from the smart security industry together with representatives of national governments and of the European Commission.

The workshop aimed at drawing a clear picture of the situation of e-ID in Europe and to raise awareness of the challenges linked to e-ID interoperability, authentication, standards and security. It was an occasion for the industry to share its expertise and know-how, give advices on interoperability requirements and highlight the advantages and potential of existing middleware technologies for e-ID EU wide systems.

 

Protection Profiles

The Common Criteria Protection Profile 0035-2007 developed by Eurosmart experts has been certified by the BSI (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationtechnik).

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Porvoo 12 Conference

Eurosmart has been invited by the Porvoo Group to present its point of view regarding e-ID and interoperability to the plenary Porvoo 12 Conference which will be held on 18-19 October in Grosseto, Italy.

 
 
 

> EUROSMART - VISION PAPER 2020 AT SMART EVENT

 

The Vision Paper 2020 was presented by Eurosmart Chairman at the opening session of the plenary of eSmart. The document was given a very good reception.

To go ahead the evolution of our industry, Eurosmart launched a reflection together with a representative panel of experts who widely canvassed opinion via a questionnaire and scrutinized future market needs and consumers expectations.

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> EUROSMART - ISCI

 

The International Security Certification Initiative is led by EUROSMART

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> EUROSMART and CARTES 2007

Cartes 2007
13-15 November 2007
Villepinte Exhibition
Centre
Paris - France

Eurosmart is co-organiser of Cartes2007

Eurosmart Chairman Jacques Seneca will make the opening speech of the congress at the “World Card Summit” and take part to the panel discussion.

Eurosmart will present 2007 smart card shipments figures (first semester 2007) and forecast and comment the present and future market trends during a press conference.

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our booth N°4H051

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> EUROSMART SUPPORTED EVENTS

Smart ticketing and Transports, 1-2 October, Paris

The 8th edition of the International Conference ‘Smartcards in Transport’ will examine the most recent developments in this technology

 

Omnicard 2008, 16-18 January 2008, Berlin

Eurosmart Chairman Jacques Seneca is invited at the opening session to present Eurosmart vision on the smart and secure world in 2020.

Omnicard provides a platform to the smart card/smart object community to present innovative smart secure solutions.

 
  > International Smart Cards Association Network - ISCAN

Next ISCAN meeting during Cartes 2007

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