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Milan, Nov. 3-5, 2009


Abu Dhabi, Feb. 15-16, 2009


Abu Dhabi, Feb. 25-26, 2008


Istanbul, June 21-22, 2007





Dates for Citizen ID Forum 2010:
Abu Dhabi, May 3-4

Wise Media announces that the fifth Citizen ID Forum will be hosted at the ID WORLD Abu Dhabi annual EMEA summit under the patronage of UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, H.H. Sheik Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan. ID WORLD Abu Dhabi will be held at the Beach Rotana Hotel, Abu Dhabi on May 3-4, 2010.

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The two-day conference and exhibition will welcome the key players behind the success of citizen ID programs and secure ID projects including high-level government representatives, border control and law enforcement authorities.

Among the confirmed speakers, the Citizen ID Forum sees the active participation of government representatives and end users including:

Dr. Ali Al-Khouri
Emirates Identity Authority - UAE
Dr. Gérald Santucci
European Commission
John Wagner
US Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security
Ratan Bajaj
Income Tax Department - India
Andreas Reisen
Ministry of Interior - Germany
Dr. Muhamad Saleh Benten
Saudi Post
Brig. Saleh Alkubaisi
Ministry of Interior - Qatar
Chris Onyemenam
National Identity Management Commission - Nigeria
Akio Miyaji
Universal Postal Union - Switzerland
Sandrine Capsalas
Interpol - France
Frank Marthaler
Swiss Post
André Oeyen
SITA - Switzerland
Majed Bin Anzzan
Saudi Post
Mohamed Alredaini
Emirates Identity Authority - UAE
Tinboat Arslanouk
DU Telecom - UAE
Sertac Özinal
BKM - Turkey


Citizen ID Forum highlights from ID WORLD 2009: Middle East strategies for global mobility

High profile keynotes from the Middle East spoke in Milan, Italy, at the eight ID WORLD International Congress on automatic identification, giving a strong focus on the region’s citizen ID sector and its current developments.

Contributing to the session, “In the Era of Global Mobility”, Dr. Ali al-Khouri, Acting Director General of the Emirates Identity Authority, highlighted the successful citizen and government ID projects being undertaken in the UAE, while Brig. Saleh Alkubaisi, Director of Information Systems Department, Qatar, outlined his country’s strategies for identifying citizens of and visitors to Qatar. Among other speakers who contributed to the outstanding success of the Milan event, which saw 2608 visitors, including 72 CEOs in attendance, were Dr. Khaled Almazroui, General Manager of Fujairah Airport and Naser Al Mazrouie, Chief Executive of ICT at the Emirates Identity Authority.

Dr. Ali al-Khouri
Saleh Alkubaisi

The valuable discussions that took place in Abu Dhabi earlier in the year were continued in Milan on November 3-5 2009, at the 8th ID WORLD International Congress.

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You can now purchase the proceedings of the 2009 Citizen ID Forum that took place on November 3rd, 4th and 5th at the heart of the th ID WORLD International Congress, the global summit of the auto ID industry. Please download and fill in the order form for the proceedings and fax it at +39 02 6738 8322.

The proceedings of the Citizen ID Forum are available for sale (CD-ROM + binder with speaker details).

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Record attendance at the Citizen ID Forum 2009
in Abu Dhabi: "Best ID WORLD Forum ever"

Wise Media’s Citizen ID Forum opened its doors in Abu Dhabi on February 15 under the patronage of UAE Minister of Interior H.H. Sheik Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The second edition of the two-day conference and exhibition in the Middle East proved to be an overwhelming success with 382 high-profile participants (+21% compared with 2008) – the highest attendance on record for any ID WORLD Forum since their launch in 2005. Outstanding success of the inaugural NFC Academy Conference hosted at the Citizen ID Forum 2009.

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The two-day conference and exhibition welcomed the key players behind the success of citizen ID programs and secure ID projects including high-level government representatives, border control and law enforcement authorities.

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Among the confirmed speakers, the Citizen ID Forum saw the active participation of government representatives from:

H.E. Darwish Ahmed Al Zaraouni
Emirates Identity Authority
Major Gen. Ahmed N. Al Raisi
Abu Dhabi Police – Ministry of Interior
Dr. Frank Paul
DG JLS - European Commission
Elaine Dezenski
Interpol - France
Martin Schallbruch
Federal Ministry of the Interior - Germany
Alan Matthews
The Forensic Science Service - United Kingdom
John P. Wagner
U.S. Customs & Border Protection - USA
Frank Maes
Federal Public Service of Interior - Belgium
Elham Mohammed Saleh
Central Informatic Organization - Bahrain
Magdi Mohamed Sharief
Ministry of Interior - Sudan
Roman Vanek
Swiss Passport Office, Federal Office of Police - Switzerland
Brig. Saleem Ahmed Moeen
SecureTech Consultancy - Pakistan
Dr. Gisela Meister
Standardization Group for the EU Digital Signature Application - Germany
Michael Hegenbarth
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC17 - Germany
Abbas Khodaverdi
Scientific Green - Iran
Joel Shaw
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC17 - Canada
Christian Lanng
Ministry for Science, Technology and Innovation - Denmark

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The Citizen ID Forum 2009 conference proceedings (CD-ROM + booklet with speaker details) are available for sale.

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First Citizen ID Forum in Abu Dhabi:
February 25-26, 2008

The discussions that took place in Istanbul in 2007 continued again in Abu Dhabi on February 25-26, 2008.

The Citizen ID Forum opened its doors under the patronage of the Minister of Interior of the UAE, H.H. Sheik bin Zayed al Nahyan .

"Wise Media is honored to announce that H.H. Sheik Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE Minister of Interior, will speak on February 25 and H.E. Eng. Sultan Saeed Nasser Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, will speak on February 26 at the Citizen ID Forum, the world's premier summit on the digitalization of citizen ID documents."


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H.H. Sheik bin Zayed al Nahyan
H.E. Eng. Sultan Saeed Nasser Al Mansouri


The two-day conference and exhibition welcomed the key players behind the success of citizen ID programs and secure ID projects including high-level government representatives, border control and law enforcement authorities.

Among the confirmed speakers, the Citizen ID Forum saw the active participation of government representatives from:

H. H. Sheik Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Minister of Interior - UAE
H.E. Eng. Sultan Saeed Nasser Al Mansouri
Minister of Economy - UAE
Dr. Khalid M. Al Tawil
National Information Center - Saudi Arabia
Gen. Mohsen Abd El-Aal
Civil Service Organization - Egypt
Col. Saleh Al Kubaisi
Ministry of Interior - Qatar
Brig. Ahmed N. Al Raisi
Abu Dhabi Police – Ministry of Interior
H.E. Darwish Ahmed Al Zaraouni
Emirates Identity Authority
Eng. Ahmed M. Aldammas
Council of Cooperative Health Insurance - Saudi Arabia
Jeanie T. Bernolia
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation - Philippine
Alan Matthews
The Forensic Science Service - United Kingdom
Brig. Saleem Ahmed Moeen
National Database & Registration Authority - Pakistan
Dr. Frank Paul
European Commission
Elham Mohammed Saleh
Central Informatic Organisation (CIO) - Bahrain
Martin Schallbruch
Federal Ministry of the Interior - Germany
Patricia Sobol
Dept. of Homeland Security - USA
Keith Wood Smith
European Commission

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The Citizen ID Forum 2008 conference proceedings (CD-ROM + booklet with speaker details) are available for sale.

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Outstanding Success of Citizen ID Forum
Istanbul, June 2007

The Electronic Passport Forum and Citizen ID Forum opened its doors in Istanbul on June 21st in the presence of Turkish Minister of Labor and Social Security Murat Basesgioglu. Endorsed by the European Commission, the first edition of the event outside the EU proved to be a great success with 249 high-profile participants attending the 2-day conference and exhibition.

Murat Basesgioglu, Turkish Minister of Labor and Social Security, opened the event by discussing the technology shift that the Turkish government has spearheaded since 2003, aimed at providing citizens with access to a variety of eGovernment services in the fields of customs, social security, education and justice. The Minister also announced the beginning of the electronic ID and social security card project in pilot areas as of July 2007.

The Electronic Passport Forum and Citizen ID Forum welcomed an array of world-class panelists to review the status of the progressive digitalization of Passports, as well as National IDs, Driver’s Licenses, Health Cards, Visas and Green Cards worldwide. These included representatives of Malaysian National Registration Department, the Belgian Ministry of the Interior, US Department of Homeland Security the Dutch Ministry of Justice, Frontex, the Estonian National Certification Authority the German BSI Federal Office for Information Security, the Polish Ministry of Interior, the Belgian FEDICT Public Federal Service, the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs, UK Border & Immigration Agency and the Italian Ministry of the Interior.

The Electronic Passport Forum and Citizen ID Forum 2007 proceedings (CD-ROM + binder with speaker details) are available for sale.

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Endorsed by:
European Commission
Ministry of Interior UAE
Emirates Identity Authority
Abu Dhabi Police

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