A top level conference agenda for the 11th edition of the ID WORLD International Congress taking place in Frankfurt, Germany on October 16th to 18th, 2012, has been published by Conference Host, Wise Media. The global summit on security, mobility and traceability, organized by Mesago Messe Frankfurt, is the key international gathering where the most influential community of top level decision makers from the automatic identification industry meet the integrators, adopters and end-users of advanced solutionsbased on smart technologies. ID WORLD’s conference and exhibition attract industry leaders and senior government representatives from all continents. In addition, significant numbers of end users in enterprise, healthcare, postal, transportation, banking and industrial sectors attend and support the event, year on year as their preferred technology sourcing platform.
A global assembly
A snapshot of some of the top government speakers confirmed to date includes:
Cornelia Rogall-Grothe, State Secretary – Federal Ministry of the Interior, Germany
Hon. Amason Jeffah Kingi, Minister of Industrialization and Fishery, Ministry of Industrialization, Republic of Kenya
Stan Li, Director – Center for Biometrics and Security Research, China
Dr. G?rald Santucci, Head of Unit Networked Enterprise and RFID – European Commission
Diana Bou Ghanem, Head of ICT Office – Ministry of Telecommunications, Lebanon
Bernard Benhamou, Interministerial Delegate on Internet usage – Ministry of Industry and Digital Economy, France
Tariq Malik, CEO – NADRA Technology Limited, Pakistan
Dr. Eckart Brauer, Senior Officier – Federal Ministry of the Interior, Germany
Marek Ujejski, Deputy Director IT Dept. – National Health Fund, Poland
Bernd Kowalski, Director General – Federal Office for Information Security, Germany
Shafiqul Islam, Former Military Secretary – Bangladesh Army
Mohammed Ahmed Al Amer, President – Central Informatics & Telecommunications Organisation, Bahrain
Hamman Riza, Director ICT Center – Agency for the Assessment & Application of Technology (BPPT), Indonesia
Marco Musumeci, Programme Coordinator – UNICRI, United Nations
Eng. Mohammad Aseeri, Identification Program Manager National Information Center, Saudi Arabia
Steven Griner, Coordinator, Civil ID Program – Org.of American States, USA
Pedro Janices, Chief of the Cabinet Office, National Director, National Office of Information Technologies, Argentina
Rob Leibrandt, Senior Program Analyst Traceability and Info. Assurance, Office of United States Secretary of Defense, USA
Christopher Hornek, Travel Document Security Program Manager, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Secretariat, Austria
Ruth Annus, Head of Migration and Boarder Policy Department – Ministry of Interior, Estonia
Sami Alhussayen, Director Manager, Information Technology Department, Technical & Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC), Saudi Arabia
Ratan Bajaj, Commissioner of Income Tax – Ministry of Finance, India
Private sector representatives, who have confirmed their active participation in the conference as speakers, include:
Mia Harbitz, Senior Specialist – InterAmerican Development Bank, USA
Delphine Desgurse, Head of Strategic Planning, Innovation Department – La Poste
Jean-Fran?ois La Manna, Project Director – Authority for Secure Documents, France
Vanek Roman, Chief Division Identity Documents & Special Tasks, Federal Office of Police, Switzerland
Christian Welzel, Senior Researcher – Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems Fokus
Annett Laube-Rosenpflanzer, Professor for Computer Science, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Heinrich Oehlmann, Vice President Technology & AIDC, European Health Industry Business Communication Council (EHIBCC)
Maurus Rohrer, Developer – University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Germany
Christoph K??ler, Senior Product Manager – A1 Telekom, Austria
Barbara Mueller, General Manager Marketing & Sales, Institute for System Management (IMS)
Dr. Ralf Knels, Medical Director – Red Cross, Germany
Roel Wolfert, Senior VP, Consulting & Advisory Services – Visa Europe
Dr. Jens Fromm, Senior Researcher – Fraunhofer Fokus
Dr. Waldeman Grudzien, Director – Association of German Banks
Prof. Michael Rotert, Chairman – Assoc. of the German Internet Industry
Jens Grabeleu, Senior Manager Information & Punctuality Management, Fraport, Germany
Thorsten Schiefer, Director of Government & Security Solutions – SITA
Marc Lange, Secretary General – European Health Telematic Association (EHTEL), Belgium
Key topics
The 2012 conference offers a packed program of innovation, vision and debate around today’s most burning issues in the industry, involving up to 150 high profile government, end user and industry speakers worldwide. Focus sessions include Future of ID, European Outlook and Emerging Countries, while a whole day isdedicated to global auto ID technology developments in security, wireless and automation. Leading CEOs will share their visions, while issues such as Anti-counterfeiting, Product Security, Transparent Supply Chains and Border Control take their own debating platforms. In addition, key verticals such as Banking and mPayment, Postal, Healthcare and Transportation will be addressed over the three conference days as special initiatives and dedicated forums.
For full information and to download the preliminary agenda, go to www.idworldonline.com