The purpose of APSCA events is to educate the market and provide a highly visible presence and platform for the smart card industry. APSCA has held over 80 smart card-related trainings, seminars, conferences and exhibitions across the region ranging in size from around 25 attendees to over 200 attendees.
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Date Comments Location Theme
20-21 September 2010
1st Asian Payment Card Forum
The future roadmap for payment cards & devices. chip & PIN, contactless cards, mobile contactless payments, transport payments, new form factors, unattended payment, online payments, cardholder verification, authentication technologies, payment card fraud status
Kuala Lumpur Financial Payment Cards in Asia
8-9 September 2010
Alternative NFC Solutions and Bridging the Gaps in the Ecosystem
Add-on solutions to "NFC-enable" existing mobile phones, contactless stickers & dongles, contactless SD cards, SIM cards with contactless antennae, plug-in devices/sleeves, other form factors, from physical to virtual cards, regulatory requirements, integration challenges
Taipei Mobile Contactless Payments
22 June, 2010
4th China Transport Revenue Collection Forum
This forum will focus on how transport cards (and transport/citizens cards) can be expanded for applications in the non-transport sector, such as transport card operator cooperate with mobile network operator or banks to look for win-win business model.
Shenzhen Future Trends and Applications for Transportation Card
9 March, 2010
Moving Towards NFC in 2010 (@IC Card World 2010)
Bringing NFC to market, NFC infrastructure, Trusted Service Managers, NFC use cases and convergence, standard and alternative NFC solutions, non-payment NFC applications, Greater China NFC mobile handset supply chain, overcoming obstacles and accelerating NFC development
Tokyo NFC Business
25 January 2010
Workshop on PLAID Authentication Protocol
PACS threats, existing technologies, changing requirements, LACS situation, Centrelink role, PLAID architecture, standardisation strategy, transition strategy, development issues
Hong Kong PACS/LACS Systems
19-21 January 2010
1st International Conference on Technical Cooperation & Capacity Building for Border Management
National eID and travel documents, biometric systems, passenger identification, verification and processing, ICT infrastructures, strategies for interception of illicit goods, border management models, international legislation, standards, best practices, technical expertise
Bangkok Border Management
13-14 October 2009
ISO/IEC 24727 Smart Card Tutorial
eID systems,overview and application of ISO/IEC 24727, architecture of ISO/IEC 24727, ISO/IEC 24727-3: application programming interface, ISO/IEC 24727-4: API administration, ISO/IEC 24727-2: generic card interface, operational interoperability using ISO/IEC 24727
Kuala Lumpur eID architectures and APIs
7 July 2009
3rd NFC & International Micropayment Forum
NFC handsets and services, alternative technology NFC mobile solutions, NFC mobile testing, certification & interoperability, effective and cost-saving service provisioning, business models for a positive-cycle ecosystem.
Tokyo NFC & International Micropayments
15 July 2009
Future Trends & Applications for Transport Cards
Transport revenue collection in China, latest scheme updates, review of available standards, transport card interoperability, security issues for transport cards, business case for micro payments in China, co-operation with retailers, banks, mobile operat
Nanjing Transport Revenue Collection in China
8-9 April 2009
2nd Asia Pacific Discussion Forum on Smart Health Schemes
Health insurance cards for citizens, health professional cards, health informatics standards, ePrescriptions, eHealth applications, cost containment, emergency health data, cross-border health care, health services for migrant workers, site visit
Bangkok National Smart Health Schemes
3 March 2009
Directions for NFC and Mobile Contactless Business in 2009
Smart card and NFC developments in Asia Pacific, implementing NFC mobile PayPass, lessons from global NFC applications, mobile and contactless convergence, consumer devices driving NFC & mobile contactless, how industry should drive mobile NFC business
Tokyo NFC Business
25 March 2009
Silicon for Smart Card and Devices - Developments & Trends
Silicon for smart cards and devices for government eID & ePassport, financial EMV cards, transport payments and ticketing, mobile communications, NFC and mobile contactless, IT and enterprise security, chip security and tamper resistance testing
Shanghai Silicon for Smart Card and Devices - Developments & Trends
13-15 January 2009
7th Government Discussion Forum on Electronic Identity Documents
Passports, national smart ID cards, biometrics, automated border control, national identity management, eID standards, ICAO PKD, ePassport processing, registered traveller programmes, developing eID card schemes, 14 global case studies, site visit
Dubai ePassport, National ID and Border Control



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