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Council and Task Force Report
Alliance Members: Participation in all current councils is open to any Smart Card Alliance member who wishes to contribute to the council projects. If you are interested in participating in any of the active councils, please contact Cathy Medich.
Transportation Council
Physical Access Council
- The Council completed a document describing migration strategies for physical access systems to use the PIV card. This document has been submitted to the Interagency Security Committee (ISC) for consideration for inclusion in their HSPD-12 Physical Security Migration Strategy Report. Members contributing to the document include: Actcom, CoreStreet, DoD/DMDC, Dept. of State, EDS, HID Corporation, Hirsch Electronics, IDTP, Integrated Engineering, MDI, NASA, Northrop Grumman, Sagem Morpho, SCM Microsystems, Tennessee Valley Authority, Thales e-Security, Tyco.
- If you are interested in participating in the Physical Access Council, please contact Council chair, Roger Roehr (rroehr@tycoint.com), vice chair Bob Merkert (rmerkert@scmmicro.com), secretary Lolie Kull (lolie.kull@eds.com) or Cathy Medich.
Healthcare Council
- The Healthcare Council is working on a new white paper on healthcare payments and is defining the detailed outline and topics for the white paper. Please contact Cathy Medich (cmedich@smartcardalliance.org) if you'd like to participate in this project.
- If you are interested in participating in the Healthcare Council, please contact Council chair Frank Avignone (favignone@healthmeans.com) or Cathy Medich.
Contactless Payments Council
- The Contactless Payments Council held a successful web seminar, "Contactless Payments: The Retailer Experience" on Thursday, July 19th, with 320 people attending the live event. This educational web seminar was produced in partnership with the National Retail Federation STORES Magazine, focused on the retailer experience and provided retailers with a detailed understanding of what is driving the move to contactless payments and how retailers can take advantage of the many benefits that contactless payments bring to their business. Speakers included: Randy Vanderhoof, Smart Card Alliance; Gavin Waugh, Arby's Restaurant Group; Mark Jackson, Dr. Pepper/Seven Up Inc.; Michael Verdesca, Jack in the Box Inc.; Sahir Anand, Aberdeen Group. Event sponsors were First Data Corporation, Texas Instruments and ViVOtech. The replay of the web seminar is available at http://www.iian.ibeam.com/events/nrfe001/22829/ and the presentation is available on the members-only web site.
- The Council has published the new white paper, "Accepting Contactless Payments: A Merchant Guide." The white paper provides detailed guidance on key considerations for merchants implementing contactless payments. Members contributing to the white paper included: American Express, Arby's, Discover Network, Giesecke & Devrient, MasterCard Worldwide, VeriFone, ViVOtech. The white paper is now available on the Alliance web site at http://www.smartcardalliance.org/pages/publications-contactless-payment-deployment.
- The Council is completing a new white paper discussing the use of mobile phone proximity payments and the benefits when linked to a contactless payment credit or debit card.
- Information on Contactless Payments Council 2006 activities and 2007 plans is available at http://www.smartcardalliance.org/articles/2007/04/17/smart-card-alliance-cites-contactless-payments-councils-first-year-outreach-and-education-achievements.
- If you are interested in participating in the Contactless Payments Council, please contact the Council co-chairs, Sunil Dewan (sunil.dewan@firstdata.com), Mohammad Khan (khanm@vivotech.com), or Charles Walton (cwalton@insidefr.com), or Cathy Medich.
Identity Council
Other Councils
- A members-only council web site is available at http://www.sca-councils.org. This is a password-protected site that contains council working documents and contact lists. Each Council area has a separate password since Councils may have different membership policies. If you are a Smart Card Alliance member and would like access to the council site, please contact Cathy Medich.
- If you are interested in forming or participating in an Alliance council, contact Cathy Medich. Click here to download a description of the council structure, proposal process and council interest feedback form.
New Members
Metro de Medellin, Bello Columbia www.metromedellin.gov.co
Membership Level: Government (Latin America Chapter)
Contact: Andres Mira, Profesional Gerencia Comercial y Social
Description: Transportation operator in Columbia
Procesos Automatizados, Mexico City, Mexico www.procesos.com.mx
Membership Level: Associate (Latin America Chapter)
Contact: Alberto Friedmann, Director
Description: Manufacturer and system integrator of access control systems
Intelcav Cartoes, Ltd, Getulio Vargas, Brazil www.intelcav.com.br
Membership Level (Leadership Council (Latin America Chapter)
Contact: Ivo Giaretton, General Manager
Description: credit card printing and smart card manufacturing company
Bell Identification, B.V. Rotterdam, The Netherlands www.bellid.com
Membership Level: General
Contact: Anna Curtis, Marketing Manager
Description: worldwide leader in life-cycle management of smart cards and applications
Web Site News
Updated web content
June 2007 web statistics
- 89,468 visitor sessions for the month
- 3,313 visitor sessions per day
- 607,562 total page views for the month
- 151,763 Industry News items viewed
- 6,343 Card Reader Catalog items displayed
- 11,291 PDF downloads
If you have any suggestions on content that you'd like to see on the Alliance web site, please send them to info@smartcardalliance.org.
Alliance in the News
The Alliance has an active communications program to promote industry messages in business, vertical market, and technology publications. Coverage results from both Alliance press releases and interviews with publications writing articles about smart cards. Selected recent coverage is shown below with links to online articles.
July 2007
- Data Collection Online, 7/3/2007, Smart Card Seminar
- EETimes, 7/18/2007, New ID system is 'lousy' technology but it's cheap
- More RFID, 7/17/2007, Smart Card Alliance and Secure ID Coalition Host Briefing
- RFID Journal, 7/20/2007, RFID Vendors Brief Congress on PASS Card Security
- RFID Solutions Online, 7/3/2007, Smart Card Seminar
- SecureID News, 7/18/2007, Smart Card Alliance and Secure ID Coalition brief Congress
- Supply Chain Market, 7/3/2007, Smart Card Seminar
- TUV Product Services, 7/19/2007, Advice given on smart card security
- USACM weblog, 7/16/2007, The Secure ID Coalition and the Smart Card Alliance will sponsor a briefing
June 2007
- Airport Business, 6/1/2007, The Future of Credentialing
- Area Development Online, 6/4/2007, Securing your facility inside and out
- Card Technology, 6/1/2007, U.S. ID Score Card [link not available]
- Card Technology, 6/1/2007, U.S. Employee ID Card Programs Face Delays [link not available]
- Cincinnati Enquirer, 6/2/2007, Who needs cash anyway?
- Contactless News, 6/30/2007, Smart Card Alliance to hold a retailer's webinar on contactless payments
- Federal Computer Week, 6/25/2007, GSA sets HSPD-12 price point
- Government Computer News, 6/18/2007, The Credential Conundrum
- InfoWorld, 6/28/2007, Fed weighs future of contactless payments
- Secure ID News, 6/1/2007, HID remains committed to privacy with IAPP certification
- TUV Product Services, 6/1/2007, US ID card 'does not need encrypting'
SCA Latin America News
The Smart Card Alliance Latin America project kicked off on October 19, 2004 with the presentation of the Department of Commerce Market Developer Cooperator Program (MDCP) award totaling $288,000 that forms a partnering effort between the International Trade Administration and SCA to develop international trade and support education, training, and resource development for smart cards in Mexico, Brazil, and the Caribbean Islands. The Alliance staff has held organizing meetings with ITA field office personnel in Mexico and Brazil to discuss ways to bring smart card awareness and education to the government and commercial markets in those countries. The Alliance has also met with ITA personnel based in Washington, DC, Philadelphia, and Miami who are in support roles and are prepared to assist the Alliance's Latin American project.
In July 2005 the Latin America Chapter was launched. Organizations with smart card-related business interests in all Latin American countries and the Caribbean, plus any organization based in North America or internationally with interests in the Latin America markets, should contact Edgar Betts, Manager Business Development – Latin America at 1-954-642-8969 or ebetts@smartcardalliance.org. Memberships are available for Leadership Council, General, Government, and Associate levels.
In May, 2007 the Smart Card Alliance held the first smart card business conference and exhibition in Mexico City. The two day event, developed jointly with the GlobalPlatform organization featured drew more than 200 attendees and featured industry experts from across the Latin American region representing the government ID and security markets and the bank card and mobile payments markets. The event was the first of many future educational and business networking events planned to unite the suppliers and issuers of smart card technology together under the guidance of the Smart Card Alliance Latin American Chapter.
A recent report released by Frost & Sullivan called The Americas Smart Card Market Analysis projected microprocessor smart card shipments of 136.4 million in 2005, and with over a 59 percent annual growth rate projected through 2010. The Latin American smart card market growth is due to many market factors including the migration of mobile telecommunications operators to GSM technology, the migration to EMV in the financial sector, the move to smart transit fare cards and new government and commercial secure identification initiatives. Responding to these market factors, the Smart Card Alliance today announced the formation of a new Latin American chapter to bring together smart card suppliers, partners and customers in order to address the challenges facing smart card deployment in the region.
“The Latin American smart card market is now emerging and could develop more rapidly than other markets by effectively learning from similar smart card initiatives and by forming business partnerships that can quickly deliver successful implementations,” said Randy Vanderhoof, executive director of the Smart Card Alliance.
The main mission of the Smart Card Alliance Latin American chapter is in line with the overall goal of the Alliance: to stimulate the understanding, adoption, use and widespread application of smart cards. The Alliance plans to use specific projects such as bi-lingual education programs, market research, advocacy, industry relations and open forums to keep Latin American chapter organization members connected to industry leaders and innovative thought.
“The Smart Card Alliance has played a valuable role in developing the U.S. market in both the public and private sector. Our organization provides an educational and collaborative forum in which all of the stakeholders—manufacturers, issuers and end users—can work together to develop the cross-industry real-world solutions needed to deploy smart card systems. Our organization is uniquely positioned to bring a collective energy and focus to this technology in Latin America,” said Vanderhoof.
Next Steps:
Below is a summary of the important Latin America Chapter programs and industry activities planned for 2007.
- White Paper translation. The Smart Card Alliance Latin America (SCALA) has translated five white papers into Spanish and Portuguese to allow the local markets to have access to valuable information in their language. The selection of the white paper to be translated was important in order to be significant to the local markets of Latin America. This action helps the Alliance create an image of not only a U.S. focused institution, but an international and local.
- Website. The Smart Card Alliance Latin America (SCALA) website; though very informational of our institution it has limited deliverable and resources useful for the local markets.
- Online Educational Program. The Smart Card Alliance Latin America (SCALA) in its efforts to expand its website deliverables to the market it has agreed to host a member online educational program. The program contains information about smart cards in both Spanish and English, covering from basic to some advanced knowledge..
- Educational Institute – Certification Course. The Smart Card Alliance Latin America (SCALA) Physical Access Council has worked on developing an Educational Institute (E.I.) course that will be used at Expo Seguridad Mexico conference in April 2007 on the use of smart cards for physical access. This course will be a classroom style course provided to the attendees of Expo Seguridad Mexico in the security market. It is intended to be a follow-up course to the physical access course that is provided by The Latin American Security Association (ALAS) at their conference events.
- Educational/Promotional Video. The Smart Card Alliance Latin America (SCALA) has held meetings with The Latin American Security Association (ALAS) and Obraweb to create online videos for the SCALA website. The idea would be to film one of SCALA’s Educational Institutes (E.I.) in high quality video to provide industry information and promote attendance to the Alliance.
- Member invitation. The Smart Card Alliance Latin America (SCALA) with the leadership of the Transportation Council has developed a list of organizations in the transportation industry to send a formal invitation to join the Alliance and the transportation council. Due to the limited response of organizations in the region to join the Alliance and participate, the leadership of this council has agreed to use the contacts that the Alliance has acquired and invite them behalf of the transportation council to join our organization.
- Articles for targeted industry magazines. The Alliance Latin America, Media Outreach Council has established several meeting in Brazil with other participating member organizations to organize the direction and responsibility of the council. As the council achieved it organizational logistics it began developing articles for publishing at identified magazines on behalf of the Alliance.
How to get involved:
If you would like to get involved in any of the Latin American activities listed above or wish to be added to the contact list for future announcements, please send an email to info@smartcardalliance.org.
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