Smart insights to smart cards and RFID

Led by a savvy and leading team of smart card and RFID analysts from Frost & Sullivan, the masterclass is an interactive class to help participants discover how new technologies such as contactless payments are transforming the global and regional payments landscape, addressing concerns about security and the regulatory environment. The masterclass will also cover the emerging geographical and application areas for chip and technology growth in key verticals (banking & finance, transport,telecommunications, public sector), the investment opportunities that come with it, and achieving ROI on these technologies.

Masterclass agenda:
At this unique workshop combining Cards Asia, Payments World Asia and RFID World Asia 2006, understand how and where the 3 sectors converge and gain insight into the following areas:

1. Understanding the Smart Card value chain
2. Application trends for smartcards - global and regional
3. Major industry challenges, market drivers and market restraints
4. Major players in the smartcards space and their success factors
5. Technology trends especially focused on (contactless and dual interface - in non-transportation) cards and applications
6. Challenges, issues and concerns e.g. EMV (Challenges &Opportunities); regulatory concerns
7. Future trends in various applications for smart cards: What’s likely tohappen with the use of smart cards in the different verticals e.g.banking & finance, transport, telecommunications, government
8. Global and regional opportunities for smart cards across differentapplication segments
9. Trends in POS systems
10. Understanding the RFID value chains
11. RFID Applications Market trends - focus on retail market

Conducted by:

	Sanjay Singh Director, Industrial Technologies Practice Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific
	Jafizwaty Ishahak Program Manager, Smart Cards & Auto ID Industrial Technologies Practice Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific

Registrations begin at 8.30am. The masterclasses will run from 9am through to 5pm. Refreshments and lunch will be served.

Register today by calling +65 6322 2771 or register online