ADVISORY/Smart Cards + Internet = SmartNet '98
Smart Card Forum 6th Annual Meeting is where emerging technologies will converge
McLEAN, VA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 7,1998-- The Smart Card Forum (SCF), a multi-industry organization working to accelerate the widespread acceptance of smart card technology, today announced that it will host SmartNet '98, a special one-day symposium, as part of its 6th Annual Meeting at San Francisco, September 9-10. The theme of this smart card industry event-of-the-year is: Accelerating the Marketplace: Competition, Collaboration and Consumer Confidence.
Several hundred private and public sector leaders from around the world and across industries will assemble to examine the advancing pace of change within the smart card industry. They will discuss the realities of successfully moving the industry forward to achieve its full marketplace potential. Hard-hitting presentations will provide necessary information for media who want to:
see where and how smart cards and the Internet will intersect discover the latest smart card applications meet key industry players understand emerging industry alliances get the inside-track on the initial top-line results of the
Forum's new consumer research
September 9th
On the first day of the meeting, former VeriFone CEO Hatim Tyabji will deliver a keynote address in which he will offer a unique insider's perspective on the smart card industry. A panel co-sponsored with the Global Chipcard Alliance will candidly explore the global interoperability of smart cards. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Patrick Dillion, who has written for Fast Company, will offer insights into the nature of change, the pace of technology and how individuals adapt.
September 10th (SmartNet '98)
A special symposium on the use of smart cards in the cyberworld will break new ground about the possibilities and applications of smart cards for networks. Three main areas will be addressed: compelling applications for early adopters; keys to acceptance by mainstream users; and overcoming the barriers to adoption and deployment.
WHERE: Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco WHEN: September 9-10th 1998 MEDIA INFO: Megan McDonnell: (203) 325-8772, #14;
mmcdonnell@environics-usa.com
The Smart Card Forum smartcardforum.org is a multi-industry organization of 200 members working to accelerate the widespread acceptance of multiple application smart card technology by bringing together, in an open forum, leading users and technologists from both the public and private sectors. |
