Transportation Security Forum
I:
Overwhelming success of the February 2007 launch
182 high-profile
delegates gathered in Paris
as the global summit on the
strategic approach to transportation
security opened its doors for
the first time on February 28th
and March 1st
With the endorsement of the European Commission,
Wise Media’s Transportation Security Forum & Registered Traveler Forum
made its highly anticipated debut on February 28th and March 1st in Paris.
The event welcomed an array of world-class panelists to discuss how to improve
the performance of front-end and back-end processes in airports, railroad stations
and seaports, with the objective of increasing security while facilitating travel.
Produced by Wise Media, the
innaugural Transportation Security
Forum event saw the participation
of 182 attendees hailing from
21 different nations. The presence
of a significant number of delegates
from organizations such as Air
France, Zurich Airport, Banverket
– Rail Roads Authority Sweden,
Dublin Airport Authority, Port
of Venice, Manchester Airport,
Paris Orly Airport, Lufthansa
German Airlines, SEA Milan Airports,
Seattle-Tacoma International
Airport, Port of Antwerp, Vancouver
International Airport Authority,
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport,
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport,
Port of Felixstowe, Fraport,
the European Commission, Transport
Canada, the French Ministry
of Interior, TSA Transportation
Security Administration, Dutch
Ministry of Justice, the British
Home Office, US Customs and
Border Protection, Europol,
Canada Border Services Agency,
US Department of State and the
German Parliament underlined
the international scope of the
event.
The Transportation Security
Forum & Registered Traveler
Forum was sponsored by IBM,
Thales, Unisys, Dartagnan and
vps ID Systeme. Among the exhibitors
and vendors speaking at the
event: byometric systems AG,
Cross Match Technologies, DuPont,
IBM, L-1 Identity Solutions,
LG Electronics USA Inc. - Iris
Technology Division, Lumidigm,
Oberthur Card Systems, Sagem
Défense Sécurité - Safran Group,
Thales, Unisys and vps ID Systeme.
The valuable discussions that
took place in Paris will continue
at the next Transportation Security
Forum & Registered Traveler
Forum, which opens its doors
at the ID
WORLD International Congress,
the annual world summit on automatic
identification, in Milan on
November 26th-28th, 2007.