Smart Event’08 17Sep08 BXL

Smart Event’08 offers the "one-stop" conferences and workshops for all the professionals concerned by Smart & Digital Security, Trusted Mobile Applications & Services, e-ID Management and Ambient Intelligence research.

Join the 750 worldwide delegates expected this year: researchers, academics, experts and innovation-makers will attend the 3 conferences, the educational program and the 4 workshops of Smart Event’08.

Smart Event’08 features more than 180 individual presentations, including 20 world-class keynotes, made by best-in-class researchers and experts from the industry, the standardization organizations and governmental bodies.

Learn and discuss the latest research & technology innovations, the industry trends analyses and the applications and roll-outs detailed in each complementary conferences of Smart Event’08:
- e-Smart for Smart Security Technology,
- Smart Mobility for Trusted Mobile Applications & Services,
- World e-ID for e-ID Management & e-Government applications
The Smart Event also hosts:
- Smart University, advanced educational modules on smart cards, e-ID, and mobile telecoms

- 4 research workshops: "EuroTRUSTAmI": 22 European Research projects supporting trusted Ambient Intelligence | "Serenity": system engineering for security and dependability | "The Internet of Things and Services": 1st research workshop by the HYDRA middleware project,"WearIT@work" the largest project worldwide in wearable computing research

Full overview of the Smart Event’08 conferences: www.smart-event.eu
Registering to any of the conferences/workshops entitles you full access to the Smart Event’08 conferences

Smart Event 2008 Highlights

pijl Plenary Opening Session
The plenary opening session (September 17th morning) will gather leading names from the security and mobility industries, standardization organizations and governmental bodies.
They will deliver a refreshing talk on innovative strategies, technologies and standards leading to a secure digital and mobile world:
• Jan Muehlfeit, Chairman Europe - Microsoft
• Mung-Ki Woo, Vice President Payment and Contactless, Group Strategic Marketing, Orange
• Jacques Seneca, Chairman, Eurosmart
• Jacques Stern, Chairman, French National Agency for Research
• Karel de Vriendt, IDABC Head of Unit, European Commission
• Dr Walter Weigel, Director General, ETSI

Agenda of the Plenary Opening Session: click here

pijl Over 20 keynotes confirmed
Houssem Assadi, Head of R&D Department eCommerce & Trusted Applications, Orange | Ram Banerjee, Head of Java Card Group, Sun Microsystems | Sverre Bauck, Norwegian Agency for Public Management & eGovernment | Michael Brown, Director, Program management Global Security Group, RIM | Mark Crosbie, Senior Security Technologist, HP Security Office | Christoph Goetz, Federal Ministry of Health Germany | Patrick Grother, Director of Biometrics Standards, NIST US Department of Commerce | Thomas E. Hissam, Associate Partner, mpayment / mcommerce, IBM | Thomas Kraft, Convenor of the Smart Security Market Segmentation Taskforce, Eurosmart | Laurent Manteau, MaXSSIMM Program Director | Gisela Meister, Head of Security & Evaluation, Giesecke & Devrient | Jan Muehlfeit, Chairman Europe, Microsoft | Marc Rennard, Executive Director AMEA, Orange FT Group | Jacques Seneca, Chairman, Eurosmart | Jacques Stern, Chairman, French National Agency for Research | Thomas Skordas, DG INFSO Media, European Commission | Janne Uusilehto, Head of Product Security, Nokia | François Vacherand, Head of Architecture & Security, CEA LETI | Karel de Vriendt, IDABC Head of Unit, European Commission | Dr Walter Weigel, Director General, ETSI

pijl Sharpen your knowledge at Smart University
This educational program addresses researchers, academics as well as executives willing to widen and deepen the scope of their knowledge on Smart Cards, e-ID, and Mobile Telecoms. In its 4th year, "Smart University" relies on a strong academic background provided by its European university partners, completed by cases and live testimonials from R&D labs and industry researchers:
- The art of Java Card 3.0 Programming: hands on the new Java Card 3.0 specifications lead by Pr Pierre Paradinas, CNAM / INRIA
- Identity Management: e-ID as a key enabler for eServices access and other new opportunities for individuals and organizations lead by Dr Sabine Delaitre, University of Malaga (UMA)
- Next generation of Mobile Converged Services: the existing and emerging technologies that will extend the creation of new mobile services and applications lead by Rick Chandler, Chairman, Wireless Group EEMA
- Secure devices: Smart Cards, RFID Tags and Pufs: all to increase the hardware and cryptographic security of your secure devices lead by Jean-Jacques Quisquater, Head of the UCL Crypto Group, University of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)
- Security Certifications of Software Systems: choose the right techniques and standards, new environment and challenges at an international level, next security certification approaches and cases lead by Pr Ernesto Damiani, University of Milan
- NFC - Near Field Communication: market issues and forecasts, major NFC deployments, key technologies and standards, interoperability, architecture and developments, applications & services, and academic NFC projects, lead by Serge Miranda, Professor, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (France)

pijl Multiple opportunities to network:
In addition to the events coffee and lunch breaks, the Cocktail Reception and the Gala Dinner will emphasize networking opportunities.


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