Wise Media, organiser of the ID WORLD International Congress, has announced the formation of the ID WORLD Technical Committee for its cardinal event of the year, which will take place in Milan, Italy, on November 2010. The ID WORLD International Congress brings together the players of the ID community at industry, end-user and government levels worldwide. It features both emerging and established technologies available to solve a range of identification issues for tracking and security in all vertical sectors. From RFID to biometrics, from smart cards to barcodes, the event provides a sharp, technology agnostic and vendor neutral perspective, according to the organisers.
The members of the committee include visionaries and pioneers of the auto ID industry, such as: Dr. Joseph J. Atick, Executive Vice President and CSO, L1-Identity Solutions; Richard Bravman, Chief Marketing Officer and VP, Corporate Development NCR Corporation; Alain Fanet, CEO, Tagsys; Xavier Fricout, Managing Director, Oberthur Card Systems; Martin George, CEO, Smart Sensors; Antti Korhonen, President & CEO, Ekahau; Joseph E. Krull, Senior Manager, Accenture; Paul McKeown, Customs, Ports and Border Mgmt, IBM Global Business Services; Dr Gisela Meister, Head of Technology Consulting, Giesecke & Devrient; Tom Miller, Partner, The-Sage-Group and Former President, Intermec; F. Scott Moody, Chairman & CEO, Authentec; Heinrich Oehlmann, VP Technology, European Health Industry Business Communications Council (EHIBCC); Dr. Gérald Santucci, Head of Enterprise and RFID, European Commission; Wim Tappij Gielen, Senior Vice President, Datacard; and Peter Went, CEO, WCC Smart Search & Match. The committee will contribute to produce the conference agenda of this year's summit by selecting the appropriate abstracts submitted by potential speakers.