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Biometrics consortium scheduled for end of month

Monday, September 8, 2008

The two and a half day Biometric Consortium Conference 2008 is planned to be held in Tampa, Fla. September 23 through Sept. 25. The consortium will consist of presentations, seminars, panels and workshops covering biometric technology in homeland security, identity management, border control, e-commerce and other applications.

The conference is expecting more than 1000 attendants this year including government representatives, university representatives, biometric industry representatives and end users. Additionally, there are more than 100 speakers planned for including a panel of experts moderated by White House policy analyst for science and technology Duane Blackburn that will discuss the recently published Task Force on Identity Management. [end] 

Sisvel U.S. and the RFID Consortium have rolled out an ultra-high frequency RFID patent licensing program to promote rapid adoption of UHF technology.

By creating a single license that includes all patents essential to the EPC global and ISO/IEC standards, UHF RFID developers and manufacturers can now economically license essential patents in a single transaction.

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India’s Social Welfare Department has implemented the Beggars Personal Management System to track beggars using biometrics. This effort is to fight recent large-scale deaths and mismanagement within colonies, according to a Deccan Herald article.

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Net1 Universal Electronic Technological Solutions (NUETS) has received an order for a further 1.2 million Universal Electronic Payment System-enabled smart cards from the Iraqi government.

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LaserCard Corp. announced receipt of a follow-on order for approximately $2.7 million of optical security media cards to be issued under the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Permanent Resident Card program. Deliveries of the cards are scheduled to concluded by the end of the year

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Sisvel US and the RFID Consortium announced that Electronic and Telecommunications Research Institute has joined the RFID Consortium and will participate in the it’s joint licensing program for patents necessary to the ultra-high frequency RFID standard.

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Ghana’s major electronic clearing and payment system could provide enough space and communication capabilities to enable adding new purposes for removing ghost payrollers, according to a Peace FM Online article.

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