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 EUROSMART
Eurosmart is an international non-profit association located in Brussels and representing the Smart Security Industry for multi-sector applications. Founded in 1995, the association is committed to expanding the world’s Smart Secure Devices market, developing Smart Security standards and continuously improving quality and security applications.
Members are manufacturers of smart cards, semiconductors, terminals, equipment for smart cards system integrators, application developers and issuers which work into dedicated working groups (communication, marketing, security, electronic identity, new form factors, and prospect emerging markets).
Members are largely involved in political and technical initiatives as well as research and development projects at the European and international levels.
Eurosmart is acknowledged as representing “the Voice of the Smart Security Industry”.
Eurosmart members are: Atmel, Austriacard, FNMT, Gemalto, GIE Cartes Bancaires, Giesecke & Devrient, Infineon Technologies, Ingenico, Inside Contactless, MasterCard, NedCard, NXP Semiconductors, Oberthur Technologies, Precise Biometrics, Renesas, Sagem Orga, Samsung, Saqqarah International, STMicroelectronics, Toshiba, Zetes.
For more information, please visit www.eurosmart.com
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 GEMALTO
Gemalto is the world leader in digital security with 2009 annual revenues of €1.65 billion, and over 10 thousand employees operating out of 75 offices, research and service centers in 41 countries.
Gemalto is at the heart of our evolving digital society. The freedom to communicate, travel, shop, bank, entertain, and work -anytime, anywhere- has become an integral part of what people want and expect, in ways that are convenient, enjoyable and secure.
Gemalto delivers on the growing demands of billions of people worldwide for mobile connectivity, identity and data protection, credit card safety, health and transportation services, e-government and national security. We do this by supplying to governments, wireless operators, banks and enterprises a wide range of secure personal devices, such as subscriber identification modules (SIM) in mobile phones, smart banking cards, electronic passports, and USB tokens for online identity protection. To complete the solution we also provide software, systems and services to help our customers achieve their goals.
As the use of Gemalto’s software and secure devices increases with the number of people interacting in the digital and wireless world, the company is poised to thrive over the coming years.
For more information, please visit www.gemalto.com |
 MICROSOFT
Information coming soon.
For more information, please visit www.microsoft.com
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 ATMEL
Atmel® has the broadest IC portfolio for smart cards and security applications, including secure microcontrollers, crypto and secure memories, embedded security chips, RF identification tags and smart card readers ICs. Our contact and contactless products, that are compliant with ISO-7816 and ISO-14443 B, have USB, SPI and SWP interface options. Atmel’s products have many of the highest security certifications in the industry including Common Criteria EAL4+/EAL5+, FIPS 140-2, ZKA and EMVCo.
For more information, visit www.atmel.com |
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 E-FORUM
e-Forum is a not-for-profit association that brings together all interested parties active in the field of eGovernment in Europe. We are dedicated to analysing the future needs of eGovernment in Europe, and promoting excellence in defining solutions to those needs. e-Forum is a network and broker for good practice exchange, and offers its members and associates the chance to get involved in a range of projects and initiatives, from EU-funded research programmes, to learning journeys and working groups. Current initiatives include the e-Forum Privacy Working Group, and the EU-China e-Forum, which will be showcased in October 2010 at the Shanghai Expo, China.
For more information, please visit www.eu-forum.org
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 ERISA
Eris@ is the only European network association with a critical mass of member regions (30) committed to supporting their regional economic and social development through the tools of the Information Society and ICT-based innovation, thereby helping their transformation to compete successfully in the knowledge-based global economy and to become more inclusive societies ensuring achievement of the Lisbon Strategy goals.
For more information, please visit www.erisa.be
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 ETSI
ETSI is one of the world’s leading standards development organizations for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Founded initially to serve European needs, ETSI has grown rapidly to become highly-respected as a producer of technical standards for worldwide use. ETSI membership is composed of manufacturers and operators – all the “big names” and many smaller companies too – plus government agencies, universities, research groups, consultancies and user organizations. 740 companies and organizations from 62 countries on 5 continents, providing a powerful and dynamic mix of skills, resources and ambitions, all working together to bring the very best ICT solutions to the global marketplace.
ETSI complements its standards-making role with its Forapolis fora hosting service and the Interopolis™ product-enabling services. Interopolis™ focuses on ensuring interoperability of products and systems. The offerings include specialist support in the development of test specifications and use of test languages, and Plugtests™ interoperability testing events.
For more information, please visit www.etsi.org
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 EUROPEAN PAYMENTS COUNCIL
About European Payments Council
The European Payments Council (EPC) is the coordination and decision-making body of the European banking industry in relation to payments. The purpose of the EPC is to support and promote the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA).
SEPA is an EU integration initiative in the area of payments designed to achieve the completion of the EU internal market and monetary union. SEPA is the area where citizens, companies and other economic participants can make and receive payments in euro, within Europe, whether within or across national boundaries under the same basic conditions, rights and obligations, regardless of their location. SEPA is currently defined as consisting of the EU 27 member states plus Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Monaco.
The EPC develops the payment schemes and frameworks necessary to realise SEPA. In particular, the EPC defines common positions for the cooperative space of payment services, provides strategic guidance for standardisation, formulates rules, best practices and standards and supports and monitors implementation of decisions taken. The EPC consists of 76 members representing banks, banking communities and payment institutions. More than 300 professionals from 32 countries are directly engaged in the work programme of the EPC, representing all sizes and sectors of the banking industry within Europe.
For further information on the EPC please contact secretariat@europeanpaymentscouncil.eu or visit www.europeanpaymentscouncil.eu |
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 GLOBALPLATFORM
GlobalPlatform is the international specification body for smart card infrastructure. Its proven technical specifications for cards, devices and systems are regarded as the industry standard for achieving interoperable, sustainable and flexible smart card deployments that support multi-application, multi-actor and multi-business model implementations.
GlobalPlatform Specifications are freely available and have been adopted globally by many public and private bodies. As GlobalPlatform Specifications are widely deployed across finance, mobile/telecom, government, healthcare, retail and transit sectors, the association’s technology provides the foundation for market convergence and supports innovative new cross-sector partnerships.
GlobalPlatform is a member driven association with cross-industry representation from all world continents.
For more information, please visit www.globalplatform.org
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 JAVA CARD FORUM
The primary purpose of the Java Card Forum is to promote as an industry the development of Java as the preferred interpreter language for interoperable smart cards. The Forum is divided into two Committees; the Business Committee and the Technical Committee, and they have met every quarter since the Forum was founded in 1997, successfully providing recommendations to Oracle (formerly SUN Microsystems) for the Java Card specifications, the latest version being Java Card 3.0.
Current members are Gemalto, Giesecke & Devrient, Incard, Morpho, NXP, Oberthur Technologies, Renesas and Trusted Logic.
For more information, please visit www.javacardforum.org
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 OASIS
OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) is a not-for-profit consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of open standards for the global information society. The consortium produces more Web services standards than any other organization along with standards for security, e-business, and standardization efforts in the public sector and for application-specific markets. Founded in 1993, OASIS has more than 5,000 participants representing over 600 organizations and individual members in 100 countries.
For more information, please visit www.oasis-open.org |
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 SKEMA
CERAM Business School and Groupe ESC Lille become SKEMA Business School November 2009. CERAM Business School and Groupe ESC Lille have finalized their merger to become SKEMA Business School. The two French schools have launched an educational project unique in France: to create the first business school that will educate future decision-makers to create a more responsible, ethical and interconnected world; the world of the knowledge economy.
For more information about Ceram – Esc Lille, please visit www.skema.edu
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 SMART CARD FORUM OF CHINA
SCFC is a major non-profit trade society representing companies in the Smart Card & RFID industry. The main objectives are:
- to serve as an open forum for industry news, communications and networking;
- to monitor and report on the development of new industry technologies, products and services;
- to act as the independent voice for companies involved in the smart card & RFID industry.
With the SCFC’s educational programs at regional meetings, conferences, and its annual International Conference and Exhibition on Smart Card & Smart Label-SCSL, monthly magazine -<Cards Tech & Security> in Chinese and English (four issues in English version), newsletters (SCFC News Shop), you will constantly be updated on issues facing the industry. In addition to its overall focus, SCFC recognizes the needs of specific niches within the industry.
For more information, please visit www.scfc.org.cn/index_e.php
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 W3C - WORLD WIDE WEB CONSORTIUM
Information coming soon.
For more information, please visit www.w3.org
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 RENESAS ELECTRONICS EUROPE
Information coming soon.
For further information, please visit www.renesas.eu
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