Next Appointment: Electronic Passport Forum
at the ID WORLD International
Congress Milan,
November 18th-20th,
2008
The seventh
Electronic Passport
Forum conference is
hosted by the ID
WORLD International
Congress, the
annual world summit
on automatic
identification.
2008
Focus: “Electronic passports
and services to citizens:
the roadmap for government
driven ID programs"
The Electronic Passport Forum highlights the issues and opportunities related to the introduction of Electronic Passports and Visas as well as the new National IDs, Driver’s Licenses, and eHealth Cards.
The Electronic Passport Forum will provide a snapshot of the status of deployments on a global scale and illustrate the drivers behind the digitalization of citizen ID documents.
The Electronic Passport Forum is the most established event worldwide on travel documents and citizen IDs.
Electronic
Passport Forum VI
at the ID WORLD International
Congress
Milan, November 26th-28th,
2007
The ID Community
was honored by the visit of
Prof. Luigi Nicolais, the
Italian Minister for Reforms
and Innovation in the Public
Administration, in the ID
WORLD International Congress.
Minister Nicolais spoke during
the Electronic Passport Forum
on November 28 and presented
the projects that best illustrate
the state-of-the-art infrastructure
being deployed in the public
administration in Italy in
order to better serve its
citizens, including the electronic
national ID card and the Citizen
Card. “We just introduced
new technical rules that specify
the functionality of the electronic
National ID card: not only
will it be used as an ID document
but also as a credential that
allows citizens to access
the services provided by the
public administration,” the
Minister said. “Furthermore,
the price of the Electronic
Identity Card for the citizen
has been reduced to 10 euro.”
Minister Nicolais
symbolically handed over the
Citizen
ID Forum to the government
of the United Arab Emirates,
represented by H.E. Darwish
A. Al-Zarouni, Director General
of the Emirates Identity Authority,
and Brig. Ahmed Nasser Al
Raisi, General Director Central
Operations of Abu Dhabi Police,
United Arab Emirates. The
next edition of the Citizen
ID Forum will be organized
by Wise Media on February
25-26 in Abu Dhabi with the
patronage of the Minister
of Interior of the United
Arab Emirates, His Highness
Sheik Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan
and with the endorsement of
the European Commission represented
at the ceremony of November
28 by Cecilia Joanna Verkleij,
Head of Sector at the European
Commission's Directorate-General
Justice, Freedom and Security.
You can now
purchase the proceedings of
the 2007 Electronic Passport
Forum that took place on November
26th and 28th at the heart
of the th ID WORLD International
Congress, the global summit
of the auto ID industry. Please
download and fill in the order
form for the proceedings
and fax it at +39 02 6738
8322.
The
proceedings of the
Electronic
Passport Forum
are available for
sale (CD-ROM + binder
with speakers details).
Outstanding
Success of Electronic Passport
Forum V
Istanbul, June 21st-22nd,
2007
The
Electronic Passport Forum
and Citizen
ID Forum opened its
doors in Istanbul on June
21st in the presence of Turkish
Minister of Labor and Social
Security Murat Basesgioglu.
Endorsed by the European Commission,
the first edition of the event
outside the EU proved to be
a great success with 249 high-profile
participants attending the
2-day conference and exhibition.
Murat Basesgioglu,
Turkish Minister of Labor
and Social Security, opened
the event by discussing the
technology shift that the
Turkish government has spearheaded
since 2003, aimed at providing
citizens with access to a
variety of eGovernment services
in the fields of customs,
social security, education
and justice. The Minister
also announced the beginning
of the electronic ID and social
security card project in pilot
areas as of July 2007.
The Electronic
Passport Forum and
Citizen
ID Forum welcomed an
array of world-class panelists
to review the status of the
progressive digitalization
of Passports, as well as National
IDs, Driver’s Licenses, Health
Cards, Visas and Green Cards
worldwide. These included
representatives of Malaysian
National Registration Department,
the Belgian Ministry of the
Interior, US Department of
Homeland Security the Dutch
Ministry of Justice, Frontex,
the Estonian National Certification
Authority the German BSI Federal
Office for Information Security,
the Polish Ministry of Interior,
the Belgian FEDICT Public
Federal Service, the French
Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
UK Border & Immigration Agency
and the Italian Ministry of
the Interior.
The
Electronic
Passport Forum
and Citizen
ID Forum proceedings
(CD-ROM + binder with speakers details)
are available for
sale.
Electronic
Passport Forum IV
at the ID WORLD International
Congress
Milan, November 28th-29th,
2006
Ali Al-Khouri,
Deputy Director General of
the Emirates Identity Authority,
United Arab Emirates, said:
“My delegation and I visit
a huge number of events around
the world and the Electronic
Passport Forum at ID WORLD
2006 is the best we have ever
attended. I would like to
compliment Wise Media for
the organization of the event.”
You can now
purchase the proceedings of
the 2006 Electronic Passport
Forum that took place on November
28th and 29th at the heart
of the 5th ID WORLD International
Congress, the global summit
of the auto ID industry. Please
download and fill in the order
form for the proceedings
and fax it at +39 02 6738
8322.
Imposing
success of the Electronic
Passport Forum III Paris,
June 8th-9th,
2006
Endorsed by the French
Ministry of the Interior,
the German Ministry of
the Interior, and the
European Commission, Wise
Media’s Electronic
Passport Forum
took place on June 8th
and 9th in Paris. Once
again, the event proved
to be the perfect platform
for experts from government,
border control and law
enforcement, as well as
technology vendors, to
discuss and learn more
about the key issues relating
to the introduction of
electronic travel documents.
Produced
by Wise Media, this year’s
event welcomed 325 attendees
(+5% over last year’s
event in Berlin) hailing
from 42 different nations
(+15% over last year)
underlining the international
scope of the event. For
those representing nations
currently considering
the introduction of electronic
travel documents, the
Electronic Passport Forum
was an invaluable opportunity
to learn from the practical
experiences of others,
to develop a greater understanding
of the technologies and
issues involved, as well
as to network with suppliers.
The Exhibition, featuring
the leading global suppliers
of eTravel document technology,
was also an excellent
chance to get a first-hand
view of some of these
proven technologies.
The
discussion on ePassports,
National ID and new Visa
programs will continue
at the ID
WORLD International Congress,
the most exclusive networking
and knowledge-sharing
event involving the opinion
leaders and decision makers
of the world of RFID,
cards and biometrics.
ID
WORLD 2006 takes place
in Milan on November 28-30,
2006.
Results
of the Electronic Passport
Forum I
Berlin, May 18th-19th,
2005
Government
delegates, state printers
and technology experts from
36 countries gathered in Berlin
on May 18th and 19th to discuss
the critical points related
to the deployment of the new
travel identification credentials
of the digital era, including
privacy concerns and technical
issues such as interoperability
and durability. Significant
insight into legal and cost
issues regarding the roll-out
of the new machine-readable
travel documents (MRTDs) was
also provided during the event.
With 311
attendees, 57 speakers and
19 exhibitors, the event
centered around the implementation
strategies and the critical
technology hurdles involved
with e-passport deployments.
The Electronic
Passport Forum
brought together the pivotal
players accountable for
the success of e-passport
deployments.
The discussion
on e-passports will continue
at the ID
WORLD International Congress,
the most exclusive networking
and knowledge-sharing event
involving the opinion leaders
and decision makers of the
world of RFID, cards and
biometrics. ID WORLD 2005
takes place in Rome on November
2-4, 2005.
The Electronic
Passport Forum proceedings
(CD-ROM + binder with speakers
details) are available for
sale. To order the Electronic
Passport Forum proceedings,
please complete the PDF
form.
