Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

CTST gets a makeover with help from Smart Card Alliance

Friday, February 29, 2008

The technology show, scheduled for May 12-15 in Orlando, Fla., is rebranding from CardTech/SecurTech to CTST, and it has a new partner.The Smart Card Alliance has joined forces with SourceMedia, CTST’s producer, to manage the show’s content.

It’s as if the Alliance is returning to its roots, since the CTST conference was originally a joint venture between smart card pioneer Ben Miller, the conference founder and former chairman, and the Smart Card Industry Association, a vendor group that merged with the Smart Card Forum to create the Smart Card Alliance. CTST was founded in 1991 and purchased in 1998 by Faulkner & Gray, now SourceMedia.

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