to the third edition of the National eID & ePassport Conference!
This year it will be hosted in Istanbul, Turkey on the 24^th-25^th of October 2011.

This 3^rd edition with the support of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and under the patronage of Mrs Neelie KROES, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda.

The follow-up to very successful previous conference editions in Lisbon 2009 and Athens 2010, will continue to focus on recent developments in different countries across the Globe and new major political initiatives both nationally and from the European Commission.

The World is witnessing the foundation of a global eID infrastructure, based on the digitalization of citizen ID documents.

Over 80% of the European Union Member States and ICAO Countries have introduced or are in the process of introducing biometric-based ID documents or are at least considering doing so. The trend towards this form of technology is becoming ever more apparent and numerous countries in all the World continents are taking clear steps in this direction.

Such a revolution (based on PKI, digital identity and biometrics) paves the way to a broader (and more secure) usage of these documents far beyond its initial purposes. In the Internet as in the physical world - the trend is a move towards nationally issued ID documents that can be used in an international application context (the use of PKI and biometrics is expected to enhance security by making it easier to link the eDocument with the rightful owner).

With this in mind, MULTICERT, PrimeKey Solutions, Nerd and Proline, under the wings of the Turkish Foreign Ministry, proceed to organize the 3^rd edition of National eID & ePassport Conference.