Dr. Tam Hulusi, HID Global Executive, to speak on Access Control Systems at SmartEvent 2009 in Sophia Antipolis

HID Global's Dr. Tam Hulusi has been selected to speak under the World e-ID track

 HID Global, the trusted leader in providing solutions for the delivery of secure identity, recently announced that Dr. Tam Hulusi, senior vice president, Strategic Innovation and Intellectual Property at HID, will speak on the importance of creating a trust-based framework for using identity information in access control systems.

Held from 23^rd to 25^th September at Sophia Antipolis Technology Park in the French Riviera, SmartEvent 2009 is an annual innovation forum for knowledge exchange among industry leaders, academics and government officials in the areas of mobility and trusted technologies and services.

With a doctorate in physics, Harvard Business School training, numerous patents and a long-standing career in technology, Dr Hulusi offers a unique perspective in addressing both the business and technological issues in the delivery of secure identity and the application of trust-based identity in physical and logical access control. Dr. Hulusi's SmartEvent 2009 presentation, entitled "Knock, Knock. Who's There?", will include:

• The role of trust in modern transactional systems and the need for strong authentication in bounded systems, such as access control.
• The construction of simple, trusted ‘building-blocks' for trusted access systems.
• Outlining a Trusted Identity framework using publicly available and widely used standards.

Event Details:

Who: Dr. Tam Hulusi, senior vice president, Strategic Innovation and Intellectual
            Property at HID Global

What: Speaker at SmartEvent 2009, Presentation: "Knock, Knock. Who's There?"

When: Friday, 25th September, Morning Session, World e-ID, Corporate ID track

Where: Sophia Antipolis Technology Park, French Riviera, France

This year's SmartEvent focuses on developments of e-ID document issuance, biometrics and digital data management, featuring highly selective, strategic and scientific presentations from select industry experts, researchers, academics and key government representatives. To find out more about Dr. Hulusi's presentation or to schedule an interview, please contact mediaEMEA@hidglobal.com. Additional information about SmartEvent 2009 can be found here.