National eID & ePassport Conference 4th Edition Goes to Asia

Sunway Resort & Spa, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 8-9 October 2012

STOCKHOLM, KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia and LISBON, Portugal, Oct. 1, 2012 /CNW/ - STOCKHOLM, KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia and LISBON, Portugal, Sept. 29, 2012 /CNW/ - PrimeKey Solutions, SecureMetric and MULTICERT, organize the National eID & ePassport Conference (http://www.eid-epass.org) - the  Global Forum on the drivers behind the digitalization of citizen ID documents.

Minister of Science, Technology and InnovatIon Malaysia - Vice President of the European Commission - Legal Advisors to European Commission - Ministry of Communication & Information Indonesia - Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore - Director General of Emirates ID - Chairman of EUROSMART - Ministry of Science & Technology Lao - Ministry of Foreign Affairs Turkey - Ministry of Justice Georgia - Ministry of Security and Justice Netherlands - Certification Center of Estonia ...

40 speakers, 300 experts, key industry and top-level government, from 40 countries in Keynotes, Panel Sessions, Workshops, Networking and Exhibition.

Over 80% of the European Union Member States and ICAO Countries have introduced or are in the process of introducing biometric based ID documents. The trend towards this form of technology is so essential and therefore of important consideration for all national administrations.

4th edition http://www.eid-epass.org is honored by the official endorsement of  Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia, the official support of CyberSecurity and Malaysia National ICT Inititative.

Hans Graux, ICT lawyer and Legal Advisor European Commission

"Opportunities to discuss industry innovation, legal frameworks, technology developments are few and far between, especially at the international level. This is a well-balanced conference for industry and government leaders, allowing them to learn from counterparts around the world and to optimize their contribution to future developments."

Mr Cor de Jonge & Mr Jeen de Swart, Ministry of Security and Justice, Netherlands

"Automated Border Control is an everlasting struggle of balance between high security and short waiting time for passengers. In the end every solution needs to support all necessary ICAO compliant algorithms and provide a high security environment alongside other operative requirements."

Mr. Giorgi Vashadze, Deputy Minister of Justice, Republic of Georgia

"This Global Forum provides the ultimate platform to discuss the needs, motivation, impact and challenges of acheiving eID interoperability. Learn from actual real life implementations and look into the future of eID, Social Media and Cloud."

SOURCE: PrimeKey Solutions, SecureMetric and MULTICERT

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