November 15, 2005
Versatile Card Technology's SmartCard Expert to Chair Industry Presentation Series
Downers Grove, IL, Rome Jette, vice president for SmartCards at USA-based Versatile Card Technology, will chair the Contactless Technology presentation series at Cartes 2005, the industry's leading congress and trade show, Nov. 15-17 at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center in France.
Jette, a frequent speaker himself, is a global SmartCard industry authority. He is widely known for his expertise in the field of Contactless Card technology. Jette's panel of experts will explore contactless technology as it is developing in a number of different fields. Its practical, speedy character puts it in the vanguard of technology today. Jette and his presenters will discuss the latest developments in this field, and in particular what specific applications are on the drawing boards currently.
The presentation schedule is as follows:
2:00 -2:30 p.m.
Contactless devices/applications for CE products in Japan
Jun KONDO, Assistant Manager, Sales Department, Sony, Japan.
2:30 -3:00 p.m.
Enhanced secure platform for contactless applications
Jean-Pierre ENGUENT, Contactless Application Manager, Atmel, France.
3:00 -3:30 p.m.
Protection security and privacy in contactless deployments Benjamin JUN, Vice President, Technology, Cryptography Research, Inc., USA
4:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Feasibility study: contactless technology for EMV
Alain GUINET, R&D Architect, Centre for Contactless Technology, Gemplus, France
4:30 - 5:00 p.m.
eNFC, enabling the convergence of contactless technology on consumer electronic devices
Bruno CHARRAT, Chief Technology Officer, Inside Contactless, France
5:00 -5:30 p.m.
From pilots to worldwide deployments
Jean-Marc MESLIN, Products and Partnerships Manager, Oberthur Card Systems, France - François ILIE, EMV Product Manager, Oberthur Card Systems, France
About Versatile Card Technology, Inc. As a globally recognized leader, and the largest American manufacturer of plastic cards, Versatile Card Technology produces cards for every application and offers complete fulfillment services and turnkey solutions. Facilities are located in Turkey, Germany, Mexico, Singapore, South America and India. The Visa/MasterCard state of the art facility in Chennai, India, has helped increase VCT's customer focus throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa. VCT's recent innovation of the Visa Minicard adds to their long list of engineering accomplishments. VCT has increased its card capacity to produce over one billion cards per year. VCT is a certified manufacturer of Visa and MasterCard and produces a wide variety of products including, loyalty, membership, gift cards, SmartCards, access control and contactless cards.
About Cartes 2005 Cartes 2005 is the world's leading trade show venue for SmartCard technology, with 15,000 visitors from more than 120 countries, 30,000 square meters of exhibition space and a program of conferences featuring 1,500 delegates and 250 speakers. In addition, the Sesames Awards, considered today as the true stamp of innovation, help make CARTES the industry's leading event. For more information: www.cartes.com/en/2005/.
