Hundreds of millions of people share personal information on online social networks. The extensive use of social networking tools has far-reaching impact on our professional and personal life. It also creates a tremendous privacy and trust issue in a world facing growing concerns about massive profiling, protection of personal data, identity theft and other cybercrime offenses.
The keynotes discussed the  challenge of sharing information between social networks in multiple dimensions:
- User centric identity and privacy management, centralized/decentralized ID architectures
- Data protection, profiling, privacy protection, security, and interoperability issues of social networks
- How Europe can play a role in the development of the next generation of social networks
- What are the essential changes for the next generations of social networks
- Economic, societal and legal viability of social networking.
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The emerging generation of smart phones and PDAs harness a level of computing power and connectivity that allow us to control our lives quickly and easily while on the move. With this convenience comes a dangerous possibility: an intruder on these devices may be able to penetrate nearly every aspect of our lives. Even with improved security next generation mobile devices lead to complex regulatory issues.
The "Trusted Mobility: IT security Vs Smart security" panel discussed the key security challenges which the academic and business community need to address in order to secure this new environment  It looked at priorities for investment in terms of research, development and regulatory challenges required to protect the citizen and his privacy in such an environment.
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Review the possibilities of Java Card in light of the Java Card 3.0 specification and get fresh perspectives on the new ways to design, develop, deploy and integrate smart card applications.
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The highest level of trust required by mobile payment and cash transactions challenges the mobile ecosystems. Explore here Trusted Services Manager's role and the new rules of m-commerce and its stakeholders.
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A review of mature e-ID government/ local authorities services. The presentations cover transversal requirements to ensure security, privacy, reliability, interoperability of various e-ID documents solutions, plus the lessons learned of most significant implementations.
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