Card-Ex 2006 in Cairo, Egypt made history this year according to the organisers by becoming the most visited exhibition of the whole region, including the Middle East, Africa & Egypt for the smart card industry.
It has been reported that this great achievement is due to several important factors including the involvement of world class exhibitors at the show. The participants were made up of companies such as A4 Vision, ACG, APSEC, Axalto, BGS, Compass plus, Corestreet, DNAtoday,Gem plus, G&D, Infeneon, Identix, Keycorp, Laser Card, Microexpert, Omnikey, Orga, SSB, Trueb, Thales, Vlatacom, and many more.
In addition there were a total of 31 international speakers, who delivered their information to over 250 delegates from literally all over the world including Austria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Lybia, Morocco, Oman, Russia, Ukraine, UAE, UK and USA
Conference topics include biometrics, banking technology, IT security, e-passports, digital identity.
The organisers are preparing for an equally successful event next year and are already encouraging exhibitors to reserve a place for May 2007.