Sponsors

Gold sponsor

Mastercard

MasterCard Worldwide advances global commerce by providing a critical economic link among financial institutions, businesses, cardholders and merchants worldwide. As a franchisor, processor and advisor, MasterCard develops and markets payment solutions, processes over 16 billion transactions each year, and provides industry-leading analysis and consulting services to financial institution customers and merchants. Through its family of brands, including MasterCard®, Maestro® and Cirrus®, MasterCard serves consumers and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories.

Motorola

Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications.  The company develops technologies, products and services that make mobile experiences possible. Our portfolio includes communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility solutions, digital set-tops, cable modems, mobile devices and Bluetooth accessories. Motorola is committed to delivering next generation communication solutions to people, businesses and governments. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $36.6 billion in 2007. For more information about our company, our people and our innovations, please visit www.motorola.com.

Sponsor

NXP

With over 2 billion contactless chips sold to date, NXP Semiconductors is the world’s leader in the design and manufacturing of ICs used in smart cards, smart labels and tags as well as in car access and immobilizer systems and the corresponding reader components. Developed jointly by NXP and Sony, Near Field Communication (NFC) facilitates short-range communication between electronic devices, such as mobile phones, PDAs, computers and advanced consumer electronics, via a fast and easy wireless connection.  NFC is central to NXP’s vision of a connected world where people can communicate, bank, shop or connect to information, entertainment or services, safely and securely, in the blink of an eye. The company is delivering on the promise of NFC by actively participating in standardisation within the NFC Forum, being involved in over 50 trials globally and co-creating an ecosystem of partners to bring the technology to consumers

Vivotech

ViVOtech is the market leader in NFC mobile payments, promotions, over the air (OTA) provisioning infrastructure software, transaction management software, NFC smart posters and contactless terminals. These innovative solutions allow millions of consumers to make contactless payments with radio frequency-enabled credit/debit cards, key fobs and NFC mobile phones. ViVOtech's products are used by some of the most prominent retailers worldwide with close to 320,000 contactless terminals shipped in 25 countries.  In 2007, ViVOtech was named #1 in New ABI Research Contactless reader ranking. ViVOtech was also recognized as Top Contactless Payment Technology Vendor in Aberdeen Group’s “Retail Contactless Payment Report.”

Gemalto

Gemalto is the leader in digital security with pro forma 2006 annual revenues of €1.7 billion and 10,000 employees. As the digital revolution is transforming our lives, Gemalto’s solutions make personal digital interactions more convenient and secure. Gemalto provides end-to-end solutions, from the development of software applications to design and production of secure personal devices such as smart cards, SIMs, e-passports, and tokens. Strong relationships with mobile operators, banks and transport companies give Gemalto a unique position in the NFC ecosystem. The company combines unequalled experience in banking / transport personalization at its 30 personalization bureaus with worldwide OTA expertise - 170 installed platforms currently manage 700 million SIMs. The result is a complete, operated service solution for the deployment and lifecycle management of NFC applications.

Venyon

Venyon is a global mobile service company, established as a joint venture between Nokia and Giesecke & Devrient. Venyon develops and operates a secure and versatile service platform to be used for the over the air (OTA) provisioning and management of consumer applications, such as credit cards and transport tickets on consumers’ NFC enabled mobile devices. NFC (Near Field Communication) is an emerging RFID technology being implemented in mobile phones, which enables the mobile phone to be used as a payment and ticketing device in the existing contactless smart card infrastructure and to access mobile services by reading RFID tags embedded for example in posters. Venyon provides OTA services to mobile operators, banks, transport companies, retailers and other service providers, who are looking to offer NFC-based applications and services to consumers. For more information please visit our website www.venyon.com.

NFC Forum

The NFC Forum, www.nfc-forum.org, is a non-profit industry association dedicated to advancing the use of Near Field Communication technology by developing specifications, ensuring interoperability among devices and services, and educating the market about NFC technology. The Forum's 100+ global member companies are currently developing specifications for a modular NFC device architecture, and protocols for interoperable data exchange and device-independent service delivery, device discovery, and device capability.

Cocktail sponsor

Nokia

Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. Nokia makes a wide range of mobile devices and provides people with experiences in music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games and business mobility through these devices. Nokia also provides equipment, solutions and services for communications networks. The simplicity of a touch is changing the way consumers interact with devices and services in their surrounding and is the driver for Nokia’s NFC strategy. Nokia participates in developing NFC standards further through the open NFC Forum, and aims to create an interoperable environment with other members.

INSIDE Contactless

As the only fabless semiconductor company focused exclusively upon contactless chip platforms,  INSIDE Contactless is a market leader in Near Field Communication (NFC), contactless payments, and access control.   Innovation in contactless technology has led to essential NFC technology patents granted to INSIDE along with more than 55 other patents   More than 25 key partners around the globe have successfully delivered contactless products such as payment & access cards, point of sale terminals, NFC enabled mobile handsets, and other products which are ‘powered by INSIDE’.  For more information, please visit www.insidecontactless.com.

The Human Chain

The Human Chain is a focused UK-based mobile telecoms and IT consultancy. They provide a flexible but focused service delivering real value to clients. They have over 20 years experience of delivering value to clients in the UK, mainland Europe, the USA and the Far East. Core competence is in helping clients exploit mobile technology to deliver real business benefits. They have been working on NFC ecosystem development for over three years with mobile network operators, trusted service managers, transit operators, major brands and technology providers. The Human Chain specialises in helping customers realise the benefits of new mobile technology and products through new service/proposition development, eco-system development, mobilising people, processes and sales channels. They have worked extensively in a wide range of verticals providing mobile product marketing, business development and mobile technology consultancy

Associate sponsor

Payter

Payter BV is a young, innovative, rapidly growing company that is exploring new communication technologies and marketing concepts through the introduction of mobile phone-based payments. To this end, it is working with a number of highly reputable payment transaction companies such as Equens (formerly Interpay) and Intersolve. Payter aims to get all stakeholders (such as banks, telecom companies and retail chains) to use this technological application, wherever possible, in order to provide an optimal service for consumers and retailers alike. Payter is active both in the development and rollout of the member establishments and in the further refining of the applications. The pilot project in Rotterdam’s city centre is designed to identify how best to roll out Payter nationwide. Close cooperation with renowned companies, such as NXP, ensures that Payter can offer the highest level of quality and the newest technology in the area of Near Field communication.

Exhibitor

Sony

Sony Corporation is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, game, communications, key device and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. With its music, pictures, computer entertainment and on-line businesses, Sony is uniquely positioned to be the leading personal broadband entertainment company in the world. Sony recorded consolidated annual sales of approximately $70 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. Sony Global Web Site: http://www.sony.net/ Sony is one of the developers of NFC technology and a co-founder of the NFC Forum. Sony having led the Japanese market in FeliCa contactless IC card and mobile convergence will continue to promote NFC technology to meet future needs.  For the details of FeliCa, visit www.sony.net/Products/felica

Adamsoft

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