From November 15th to 17th, 2011 in Paris Nord Villepinte - France

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The landscape of payment in the world is changing, non-bank players are emerging, offline - online - mobile: multi-channel era is on its way. As the world becomes more integrated and interconnected, it is important to have a level of trust while maintaining security between transactions. Moreover, new threats appear and thus new countermeasures are needed. Secure identity has become a critically important issue for citizens, enterprises and governments,.

CARTES 2011 conferences will provide an insight into major trends shaping the future of payments, digital security, smart technologies, identification, contactless technologies and Internet of things.

Over 200 influential speakers from 144 organizations worldwide will present their experience and their strategic business insights through daily keynotes sessions, panel discussions, case studies...
During 3 days, the key decision-makers from banks, financial institutions, payment service providers, card schemes, MNOs, retail, e-commerce, transportation will network and increase their knowledge. More than 1,350 attendees are expected in 2011, 83% of whom are international.

21 high level conferences with thorough content and hot topics, among which:

Mobile Broadband - LTE: Gemalto, Giesecke & Devrient, Morpho, Oberthur Technologies, SFR, Wadaro will talk about key technologies such as UICC, LTE Network, OTA platform during a half day.

Future of Payments will feature 2 panel discussions:

• EMV Deployment in the US with Edgar, Dunn & Company - Mastercard Wordwide - Heartland payment Systems
• Towards an European e-Money with Monext, EPASOrg, OSCar Consortium

Security in a Cloud Ecosystem: Atos Worldline, Axon-network, Inside Secure, PrimeKey Solution AB, SafeNet, Vasco, SIM Alliance & others will present the security requirements on the "Cloud".

Smart Health: Improve healthcare services & increase quality of life! How the Smart Technologies Industry has developed innovative & specific applications with ADPM, Cinterion, Gemalto, Mylab, Telepas, Xiring

Innovative Mobile Applications: Peer to Peer Interaction, Gaming, Social Networking, come to listen some start up business cases: Gigalocal, Tegona, Fontself, Secu4...

Turkey, Country of Honour in 2011, highlighted on the conferences with keynote speakers:

"Revolutionizing Consumers' Shopping habits" - Turkcell Mobile Wallet Service - Erni SENER, Product Manager, Turkcell

"Creating a Complete City Card Solution by using Contactless EMV Technology"- Mustafa OLMEZ, Senior Vice President, Bank Asya

"Turkey - A fast Changing Landscape in Payment Innovation" - Adil CULHA, Marketing & Sales Manager, E-Kart Elektronik

"Doubling Public Transport Usage with Conctatless Ticketing System in Belgrade" - Guliz OZTURK, International Marketing Manager, Kentkart.

"On the brink of a new era for payments" - Ali SALCI, Mobile Financial Services Director - Turckcell, and Thierry MESNARD, Sales VP Telecommunication, division for CISMEA area, Gemalto France.

And Mr Mr. Serkan Ülgen - Card Payment Systems Group Head of Marketing, Yapi Kredi Bank will take part in a panel discussion about Mobile Payments with Nokia & Visa.

And the prestigious opening conference: the World Card Summit

A record number of more than 500 participants in 2010!
After the success of the previous editions, the World Card Summit 2011 will again welcome nine top level executives from the digital security and smart technologies industries. They will give you their point of view about cutting-edge trends of the industry such as:

• NFC & Mobile Payment
• Cloud Security
• Identification
• Internet of Things

The Word Card Summit video: http://www.cartes.com/Press/Videos

EUROSMART, Marc Bertin, Chairman will present forecasts & trends of the market.

David Robertson, Publisher of The NILSON REPORT will chair the panel discussion with the following participants:

GEMALTO - Paul Beverly, Executive Vice President, Marketing & President North America
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT - Michael Kuemmerle, Member of the Management Board Group Executive, Mobile Security
INFINEON Technologies - Dr Helmut Gassel, Division President Chip Card and Security
MASTERCARD Europe - Edward McLaughlin, Chief Emerging Payments Officer
MORPHO - Philippe D'Andrea, Executive Vice President, e-Documents Division
NXP Semiconductors - Ruediger Stroh, Executive Vice President & General Manager, HPMS Identification
OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES - Thomas Savare, General Manager
SAMSUNG Electronics - Th Kim, Vice President
VISA Europe - Mariano Dima, Executive Vice President Marketing & Products

Find all the details & the updates about the conference programme on the website: www.cartes.com

All the conferences at a glance

TUESDAY 15 NOVEMBER

WEDNESDAY 16 NOVEMBER

THURSDAY 17 NOVEMBER

About CARTES & IDentification 2011
The world's leading event in smart security and innovative payments, CARTES & IDentification will take place in Paris-Nord Villepinte from November 15 to 17, 2011. With 450 exhibitors and 140 conferences featuring international experts, the event is attended by 20,000 visitors who come to discover the latest trends and innovations in the industry (mobile payment, contactless, biometrics, M2M...)
Turkey is the country guest of honour in 2011, a very dynamic market for credit cards and contactless infrastructure. Each year, the SESAMES Awards reward the 10 best innovations in the industry and the winners are announced on the eve of the exhibition.

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Contacts

LEWIS PR
Bérengère Deleage - Karine Monsallier - Lucie Robet
cartes@lewispr.com
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