ID WORLD conference
20.02.2008
More than 140 speakers have actively contributed to this year’s ID WORLD conference,including Dr. Frank Paul (DG JFS, European Commission),
John Wagner (US Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security), Sebastián Muriel (Red.es Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce), Ian Neill (eBorders Programme, UK Home Office), Gert Versluis (Dutch Ministry of Justice), Brig. Salem Ahmed Moeen (National Database and
Registration Authority Pakistan NADRA), Sean Detloff (Starbucks Coffee Company), Abbas
Khodaverdi (Scientific Green Iran), Stefano Dolci (SEA Milan Airports), Rob Holdorp
(Amsterdam Airport Schiphol), Dr. Christoph Seidelmann (International Container Security
Organization, Sybren Tuinstra (TNT Express), Rik Verhaegen (Antwerp Port Authority), Elie
Simon (Tagsys), Philip Gerskovich (Zebra Technologies) and many more internationally
renowned experts and key players in the automatic ID industry.
Minister Nicolais meets the government of the UAE
The ID Community was honored by the visit of Prof. Luigi Nicolais, the Italian Minister for
Reforms and Innovation in the Public Administration, in the ID WORLD International
Congress. Minister Nicolais spoke during the Citizen ID Forum on November 28 and
presented the projects that best illustrate the state-of-the-art infrastructure being
deployed in the public administration in Italy in order to better serve its citizens, including
the electronic national ID card and the Citizen Card. “We just introduced new technical
rules that specify the functionality of the electronic National ID card: not only will it be
used as an ID document but also as a credential that allows citizens to access the services
provided by the public administration,” the Minister said. “Furthermore, the price of the
Electronic Identity Card for the citizen has been reduced to 10 euro.”
Minister Nicolais symbolically handed over the Citizen ID Forum to the government of the
United Arab Emirates, represented by H.E. Darwish A. Al-Zarouni, Director General of the
Emirates Identity Authority, and Brig. Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi, General Director Central
Operations of Abu Dhabi Police, United Arab Emirates. The next edition of the Citizen ID
Forum will be organized by Wise Media on February 25-26 in Abu Dhabi with the patronage
of the Minister of Interior of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheik Saif bin Zayed Al
Nahyan and with the endorsement of the European Commission represented at the
ceremony of November 28 by Cecilia Joanna Verkleij, Head of Sector at the European
Commission's Directorate-General Justice, Freedom and Security.
About the sponsors
ID WORLD 2007 was sponsored by Thales, Arygon, vps ID Systeme, ACIG and VeriChip. The
Asset Tracking Forum was sponsored by KSW Microtec. The Electronic Passport Forum was
sponsored by the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) of Pakistan. The
Transportation Security Forum was sponsored by Unisys.
The ID WORLD International Congress, organized by Wise Media, is the annual world summit on
automatic identification. It is the most comprehensive showcase of RFID, biometrics and smart
card technologies, and is the only international forum that looks at the advanced auto ID industry
as a whole, rather than focusing on a specific technology or vertical sector. Next year’s ID WORLD
International Congress will take place on November 18th to 20th in Milan at the Milanofiori
Congress Center. For further information please visit http://www.idworldonline.com/
Registration Authority Pakistan NADRA), Sean Detloff (Starbucks Coffee Company), Abbas
Khodaverdi (Scientific Green Iran), Stefano Dolci (SEA Milan Airports), Rob Holdorp
(Amsterdam Airport Schiphol), Dr. Christoph Seidelmann (International Container Security
Organization, Sybren Tuinstra (TNT Express), Rik Verhaegen (Antwerp Port Authority), Elie
Simon (Tagsys), Philip Gerskovich (Zebra Technologies) and many more internationally
renowned experts and key players in the automatic ID industry.
Minister Nicolais meets the government of the UAE
The ID Community was honored by the visit of Prof. Luigi Nicolais, the Italian Minister for
Reforms and Innovation in the Public Administration, in the ID WORLD International
Congress. Minister Nicolais spoke during the Citizen ID Forum on November 28 and
presented the projects that best illustrate the state-of-the-art infrastructure being
deployed in the public administration in Italy in order to better serve its citizens, including
the electronic national ID card and the Citizen Card. “We just introduced new technical
rules that specify the functionality of the electronic National ID card: not only will it be
used as an ID document but also as a credential that allows citizens to access the services
provided by the public administration,” the Minister said. “Furthermore, the price of the
Electronic Identity Card for the citizen has been reduced to 10 euro.”
Minister Nicolais symbolically handed over the Citizen ID Forum to the government of the
United Arab Emirates, represented by H.E. Darwish A. Al-Zarouni, Director General of the
Emirates Identity Authority, and Brig. Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi, General Director Central
Operations of Abu Dhabi Police, United Arab Emirates. The next edition of the Citizen ID
Forum will be organized by Wise Media on February 25-26 in Abu Dhabi with the patronage
of the Minister of Interior of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheik Saif bin Zayed Al
Nahyan and with the endorsement of the European Commission represented at the
ceremony of November 28 by Cecilia Joanna Verkleij, Head of Sector at the European
Commission's Directorate-General Justice, Freedom and Security.
About the sponsors
ID WORLD 2007 was sponsored by Thales, Arygon, vps ID Systeme, ACIG and VeriChip. The
Asset Tracking Forum was sponsored by KSW Microtec. The Electronic Passport Forum was
sponsored by the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) of Pakistan. The
Transportation Security Forum was sponsored by Unisys.
The ID WORLD International Congress, organized by Wise Media, is the annual world summit on
automatic identification. It is the most comprehensive showcase of RFID, biometrics and smart
card technologies, and is the only international forum that looks at the advanced auto ID industry
as a whole, rather than focusing on a specific technology or vertical sector. Next year’s ID WORLD
International Congress will take place on November 18th to 20th in Milan at the Milanofiori
Congress Center. For further information please visit http://www.idworldonline.com/
