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Outstanding success of the Electronic
Passport Forum
Over 300
attendees representing 36 countries attended, in Berlin,
the most complete global event on the world of machine
readable travel documents
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 epassport
deployments. The Electronic Passport Forum brought together
the pivotal players accountable for the success of e-passport
deployments.
Produced by Wise Media and sponsored by ACG Identification
Technologies, Axalto, Infineon, OMNIKEY and Sokymat,
the Electronic Passport Forum also featured the e-passport
village: industry representatives gave live demonstrations
of passport personalization and reading procedures,
showcasing the entire lifecycle of the e-passport from
the integrated circuits and the electronic inlays, to
durability testing, personalization and new border control
processes.
Sophie B. de la Giroday, organizer of the event, comments,
“With such a multifaceted
representation of the parties involved in the e-passport
dialogue - i.e., key government offices of the US, the
EU and other countries, state printers and RFID and biometrics experts - there were obviously quite
a number of issues to be discussed and sorted out, beginning
with the technology, the implementation process and the trust of future e-passport bearers.
The Electronic Passport Forum witnessed a very intense and lively discussion,
which will continue in six months time at our next event in Rome.”
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.
For further
information please contact:
Please
contact: epassport@wisemedia.com
Wise
Media SpA
Via R. Lepetit, 4 - 20124 Milan -
Italy
Phone +39 02 8903 4112-
Fax +39 02 6738 8322 |
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