Smart Card Industry Associations Eurosmart and GlobalPlatform, together with the Java Card Forum, present this 4th edition of e-Smart taking place at the International Advanced Communications Centre (CICA) in Sophia-Antipolis.
The e-SMART Conference aims at delivering a global and objective overview, an update of the last technological trends as well as the business ones and a sharp vision of the smart card future.
Smart Card Issues in 2003
After the successful 2002 edition, e-Smart 2003 continues to advance these topics : Strategy, Technology, and Business trends.
THE FUTURE OF SMART CARD
| Strategies : |
Convergence or Divergence ? |
| Technology : |
Driving or Driven ? |
| Business Trends : |
Explosion or Implosion ? |
1 - Strategies : Convergence or Divergence ?
The decline of the Telecom market and lack of convergence of Telecoms with other markets segments has had a tremendous impact on the Smart Card Industry over the last two years. In this section, the conference will highlight such questions as : Research and Innovation in Europe, SC Platform Standardisation, Trusted Personal Devices as future of the SC, trends and shifts of the market &
2 - Technology : Driving or Driven ?
The Smart card Industry, in order to survive, is condemned to grow. Innovation is a classical way to generate growth. Smart Card Technology will be featured at e-SMART through 3 complementary tracks : Security, Java and Operating Systems Technology, Terminals and Devices, including more than 25 presentations by the best worldwide experts.
3 - Business trends : Explosion or Implosion ?
Taking into account new business models and recent innovations, how is the market going to evolve ?
Presentations such as : "Acceleration of SC in North America", "Contactless in Transportation", "CEPS in India", "802.11 as a new eldorado for SC ?", and many others will allow the attendees to figure how is going to look like the SC Market in 2004.
e-Smart is also a great opportunity to create and develop dialogue and exchanges between various professional communities.
The most recent industry developments and applications are presented through a Demos Programme. A workshop on biometry will deliver all the fundamentals and state of the art of this new major technological issue.
A must attended event
Each edition gathers 200 international attendees who consider "e-SMART" as a must attended event. They belong to leading organizations involved in the Smart Card Business : vendors, standardization and certification bodies, international organizations and governmental agencies, issuers, corporate end users representing application fields : telecommunications, banking and finance, health, electronic commerce, security, government and public services, transportation &
