ING Group and VISA Join Identity Debate At The European e-Identity Conference 2008

Global Head of Channel Management at ING, Herco le Fèvre And VP VISA Europe, Bernard Ovink Join Europe’s IT Security Elite At The Hague, 10th-11th June

eema, the Independent European e-Identity & Security Association, today confirmed that senior representatives from Dutch insurance conglomerate, ING Group, and secure electronic payment giant, VISA, will present a keynote and breakout session respectively at the European e-Identity Conference 2008, eema’s 21st annual conference.

Global Head of Channel Management at ING, Herco le Fèvre and VP of VISA Europe, Bernard Ovink join the guest speaker line-up across the two days, which also features the Head of ICT at the International Criminal Court, Ian Blacker and Vice-Mayor of The Hague for City Marketing, International Affairs, ICT & Organisation, Frits Huffnagel.

With the majority of his 21 years banking experience in secure electronic payments and e-banking, le Fèvre will address delegates on 10th June, with a focus on how identity management has changed from simplicity of a cashier recognising a customer in a bank to a world of Customer Due Diligence, SEPA and international standardisation. le Fèvre explains, “Customers now want to conduct their financial business as quickly as possible, 24/7. There should be interoperability between the various applications used by different banks and the ‘single sign-on’ should be widespread. That old feeling of customer and provider being face-to-face can still be built into modern electronic identity technologies.”

On 11th June, Ovink will speak at a session during the eema track with the spotlight on federated identity. Joining Director of International Business Development at eb2b.com, Andrew Ferguson, Ovink will present a study drawing on VISA’s own de facto authentication federation, detailing some of the main operational and commercial challenges facing the implementation of federated identity at an organisation and how they can be overcome.

Executive Director of eema, Roger Dean comments on the programme for the conference, “We are delighted to be welcoming some very interesting, high profile influencers and decision-makers to the table to discuss the future of electronic identities for business, government and individuals.”

The European e-Identity Conference will tackle the issues surrounding electronic identities as a core enabler of today’s personal, business and government processes. Delegates from European governments, academic institutions and technology experts will unite to debate and share best practice, via four partner session tracks across two days, including presentations, panel discussions, round table sessions and accompanying workshops.

Joining eema as conference partners will be the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) and the platform for eNetherlands and e-Identity forum, ECP.NL, as well as The Municipality of The Hague, who will be hosting session tracks.

Event sponsors and exhibitors include Microsoft, Thales, BlackBerry, Corestreet, Cyber-Ark Software, ING, Grabowsky, Marqit and Novell.

The European e-Identity Conference takes place from 10th – 11th June in The Hague, The Netherlands. For registration, delegate fees and further details on the conference, please visit the conference website at www.eema.org/eema2008, contact +44 (0)1732 367007 or email eema@revolution-events.com.

To register your interest in attending as a member of the press please tel: +44 (0) 1962 888100 or email: eemapr@mccint.com. Subsidy for flights and accommodation may be available.

About eema – www.eema.org

For 21 years, eema has been Europe’s leading independent, non-profit e-Identity & Security association, working with its European members, governmental bodies, standards organisations and interoperability initiatives throughout Europe to further e-Business and legislation.

eema’s remit is to educate and inform around 160 Member organisations (and over 1,500 Member contacts) on the latest developments and technologies, at the same time enabling Members of the association to compare views and ideas.  The work produced by the association with its Members (projects, papers, seminars, tutorials and reports etc) is funded by both membership subscriptions and revenue generated through fee-paying events.  All of the information generated by eema and its members is available to other members free of charge. 

Examples of papers produced recently are:- Towards Understanding Identity, Spam and e-mail Abuse Management, Role based Access Control – A User Guide, Password Synchronisation,  Secure messaging within and between User Organisations. eema members, based on a requirement from the rest of the Membership, contributed all of these papers.  Some are the result of many months’ work, and form part of a larger project on the subject.

Any organisation involved in e-Identity or Security (usually of a global or European nature) can become a Member of eema, and any employee of that organisation is then able to participate in eema activities.  Examples of organisations taking advantage of eema membership are Unilever, Volvo, Shell, Hoffman la Roche, KPMG, Magyar Telecom Rt, National Communications Authority, Hungary, Microsoft, HP, and the Norwegian Government Administration Services to name but a few.

Visit www.eema.org for more information or contact the association on +44 1386 793028 or at info@eema.org

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