Conferences
SIMposium 2008: Berlin Congress Center
22nd -23rd April 2008
www.simposium-simalliance.com
SIMposium 2008, the official event of the SIMalliance – representing 90% of cards sold in the world – brings together professionals from across the mobile services value chain. SIMposium is not simply the voice of the SIM Industry but also the international conference & exhibition where the mobile services eco-system meets the SIM Industry.
WIMA 2008- 2nd European Near Field Communication Developers Summit
28-30 April, Monaco
http://www.wima-nfc.com/Home-page/wima_homeUK.php

Africa Mobile Payments and Transactions Summit
5-7 May 2008, Johannesburg-South Africa
www.bspeventsandforums.com/AMPTS
CardTech SecurTech 2008
May 13-15, Orlando
www.ctst.com
Cards Middle East
May 18-20, Dubai
www.worldofcards.biz
Mobile Payments 2008
26-28 May, Singapore
http://www.magenta-global.com.sg/mobilepayments/
European Card Acquiring Forum
4-6 June 2008, Brussels
www.empiriagroup.eu
This forum will bring together senior decision makers from banks, global merchants, card schemes, processors and others. During three days, participants will have a unique opportunity to take part in open discussions and share best practices in order to decide on future business models.
Attend this event to:
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meet and network with 120+ participants (banks, merchants, schemes)
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participate in strategic discussions on Interchange Fees, Merchant Service Charge, Centralised Card Payment Solutions, New Acquiring Business Models, Strategies and much more...
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Benefit from a focused pre-conference day on e-commerce payments
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Explore and understand the different perspectives of Banks, Merchants, Schemes and Regulating bodies
Key speakers include:
Acquirers: HSBC, Barclaycard Business, Yapi Kredi Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB
Merchants: Gala Coral Group, Avis Europe, Air France & IATA, IKEA, EuroCommerce, ERRT
Schemes: Groupement des Cartes Bancaires, EAPS - Euro Alliance of Payment Schemes
Regulators: Electronic Payment Certification Institute
...and many more
Billing & Information Systems 2008
8-12 June, Amsterdam
www.iir-billingsystems.com
Cardist
10-12 June 2008, Istanbul
www.cardist.com.tr
Cards Re-invented
10-11 June 2008, Milan
Tel: +44 (0)20 3008 5282
Email: events@lafferty.com
www.laffertycardseurope.com
Contactless Cards & Payments
23-24 June, The Copthorne Tara Hotel, London
www.smi-online.co.uk/08contactless9.asp
This conference remains the leading industry forum to discuss the latest opportunities, challenges and technological developments concerning contactless cards and payments. Building on the success of last years sell out event our 2008 conference is ideally placed to bring you up to date with the contactless payments market both in the UK and on a global level. As more and more payment schemes are rolled out worldwide can you afford to miss out?
To see the full programme visit: www.smi-online.co.uk/08contactless9.asp
Prepaid Conference
23 - 25 June 2008
www.prepaid-conference.com
The Future of Cards & Payments
2- 3 July 2008, London
www.marketforce.eu.com/cards
MOBILE BANKING: The New Channel
28 - 29 July, KL, Malaysia
Effectively building the bridge between customers and your financial institution to ensure faster, more secured and user-friendly means of efficient mobile transactions.
The Prepaid Press Expo
19-21 August, Las Vegas
www.prepaidpressexpo.com
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Exhibitions shown are those where ECR will be represented and/or arranging bonus distribution.













