Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification & Authentication

ISC West 2010 Conference and Exhibition

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Dates: March 23 - 26, 2010
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Venue: Sands Expo and Convention Center
URL: http://www.iscwest.com/

Description: Join end-users of security, system integrators, dealers/installers and manufacturers from around the world at the one event that connects the entire security industry. [end] 

HID Global has partnered with Inside Contactless providing software so iCLASS credentials can be emulated on MicroRead NFC chips.

Tam Hulusi, senior vice president of strategic innovation and intellectual property at HID, says NFC technology hasn’t always been a sure thing but now it appears that a number of factors are coalescing to bring NFC to market. “NFC has been up and down the past few years,” he says. “Now everyone understands that NFC has to be supported by smart phones … and smart phones with higher bandwidth can make NFC a reality.”

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In order to share information about various deployments and uses of PIV credentials there will be an information sharing day for federal officials on Aug. 4. The purpose of the ICAM Information Sharing Day is to provide an forum for agencies to understand and share information related to implementation activities being taken by early adopters of ICAM programs.

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Dates: December 7 - 9, 2010

Location: Paris, France

Venue: Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center

URL: http://www.cartes.com

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Dates: September 21 - 23, 2010

Location: Tampa, FL

Venue: Tampa Convention Center

URL: http://events.jspargo.com/biometrics10/ or http://www.biometrics.org/

Description: We are pleased to announce that the 2010 Biometric Consortium Conference and Biometric Technology Expo will be held again in the Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL, USA on September 21 - 23, 2010. On-line attendee and housing registration will be available in mid-2010.

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The July meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a list of audio and accompanying PowerPoint slides (in pdf format).

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A partnership between idOnDemand and Directory Concepts could mean the streamlining of smart card issuance for buildings, computer login, electronic signatures, VPN and encryption management.

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