e-Smart Technologies CEO Mary Grace to Address Biometrics World Asia 2005 Annual Conference
March 03 2005 - 8:44AM
PR Newswire (US)
e-Smart Technologies CEO Mary Grace to Address Biometrics World
Asia 2005 Annual Conference WASHINGTON, March 3
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- e-Smart Technologies, Inc. (OTC Pink
Sheets: ESMT), today announced that Mary Grace, President and CEO
of e-Smart Technologies, Inc., has been chosen as the only U.S.
Smart Card Systems executive to address the Biometrics World Asia
2005 Annual Conference in Singapore. Her address will take place on
April 28. The Biometrics World Conference and Exhibition brings
together government and private industry leaders to exchange
information on all aspects of the use of biometrics technologies.
Ms. Grace will be a featured speaker in the company of experts from
around the world including Brad Wing, U.S. Department of Homeland
Security; Dennis Quek, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority
Singapore; Raymond Wong, Immigration Department Hong Kong; Tim
Morris, Asia Pacific Mastercard International Singapore; Jonathan
Mobbs, The Crim Tac Agency Australia; Clive Reedman, UK Passport
Service; David Curtis, Asia Pacific Smart Card Forum, and John
Secker, Biometrics Institute and National Manager, Airports &
Marine, New Zealand Customs. Ms. Grace will address the conference
on "Integrating Biometrics with Smart Cards," including a detailed
discussion about the company's advanced Biometric Verification
Security System(TM) (BVS2(TM)), a universal, interoperable, secure
operating platform, featuring the Super Smart Card(TM), believed by
experts to be the world's first commercially available
interoperable, ISO compatible, multi-application, biometric smart
card with full on-card biometric matching system and personal
on-board biometric sensor, with both contact and wireless
compatibility. The BVS2(TM) system is designed to provide complete
protection to its holder against identity-based crimes as well as
to protect society from the risk of misidentifying a person in a
public situation where there exists risk of harm or fraud due to
misidentification. Ms. Grace also has been chosen to join Tim
Morris, Mastercard International and David Curtis of the
Asia-Pacific Card Forum, for an interview session "Evaluating
prospects for biometrics in the payment industry." Feature
panelists will take questions on the potential for biometrics in
the banking and payment industry, with a focus on use of biometrics
by governments to prevent credit and bank payment card financial
fraud, identity theft and information (database) theft. "To be the
only U.S. biometrics company, among the foremost experts in
biometric technology from governments all over the world is quite
an honor," said Ms. Grace. "The use of smart cards and other
biometric technology to combat terrorism, financial fraud and
identity theft is becoming the solution that nations are embracing
and I am very pleased that e-Smart has been chosen to represent the
industry at this important conference." e-Smart Technologies seeks
to be the leading provider of high technology security systems that
can be used to combat fraud and terrorism. e-Smart products such as
the BVS2(TM) (Biometric Verification Security System(TM) or the
BV-HDS(TM) (Biometric Verification Homeland Defense System(TM))
interoperable secure platforms, working with the Super Smart
Card(TM) subsystem and the Super Smart Passport(TM) subsystem
enable government agencies and commercial enterprises to
continuously and securely verify, certify and manage identification
and access of citizens, personnel, customers and any other persons
seeking physical or logical access. e-Smart Technologies offers
what experts believe to be the highest form of identity based and
credential based security available with no profiling or erosion of
civil rights. Homeland Defense, Inc., is e-Smart's exclusive
supplier and service provider to the U.S. federal, state and local
governments. Statements in this news release that relate to future
plans, financial results or projections, events or performance are
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. While these statements
are made to convey to the public the Company's progress, business
opportunities and growth prospects, readers are cautioned that such
forward-looking statements represent the management's opinion.
While management believes such representations to be true and
accurate based on information available to the Company at this
time, actual results may differ materially from those described.
For more information about e-Smart Technologies, please visit:
http://www.e-smarttechnologies.com/. DATASOURCE: e-Smart
Technologies CONTACT: e-Smart Media Relations, +1-703-768-7477, ,
or IR and Corporate Relations, Kirk Brewer of e-Smart Technologies,
+1-214-213-5495 Web site: http://www.e-smarttechnologies.com/
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