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ID World 2007 International Congress

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

The ID WORLD 2007 International Congress world summit on automatic identification will take place in Milan on November 26 to 28 at the Milanofiori Congress Center. There are three main tracks on the Conference agenda: Transportation Security Forum, Asset Tracking Forum, and Electronic Passport Forum. Topics include RFID, biometrics, smart card technologies, and the auto ID industry as a whole.

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ID WORLD 2007 International Congress

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 auto ID industry as a whole, describing all auto ID technologies and presenting the trends and issues related to their penetration of different vertical market sectors. This year’s ID WORLD International Congress will take place in Milan on November 26 to 28 at the Milanofiori Congress Center. The ID WORLD Conference agenda consists of three pivotal streams: the Transportation Security Forum, the Asset Tracking Forum and the Electronic Passport Forum. The ID WORLD Exhibition is Europe’s largest showcase dedicated to ID technologies and solutions.

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