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IBG announces year in biometrics Webcast

Monday, January 12, 2009

International Biometric Group has announced their next upcoming Webcast for January 15th 2009 entitled “2008 The Year in Biometrics.” The Webcast is expected to outline the many news stories surrounding the biometrics market over the past year as well as how the biometrics market thrived both in both commercial and consumer markets despite a failing economy.

Many of the news items covered in the thirty minutes dedicated to the area will be of biometric companies going under, different biometric government initiatives conceived, passed and launched by various governments, large awarded contracts and stock trends. The Webcast is set to start at 1pm Eastern Standard Time. [end] 

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