ID Cards: The Next Steps

"ID Cards: The Next Steps" was a one-day conference held in the UK on the 24th May, 2004 [1]. The conference provides some insight into the commercial forces involved in the moves towards establishing a national identity card scheme in the UK. It was organized by Intellect, and jointly sponsored by [2]:

• The Home Office
• BT
• Electronic Data Systems (EDS)
• Siemens Business Services
• Sun Microsystems

The speakers at the conference were [3]:

• John Higgins, Director General, Intellect
• Katherine Courtney, Programme Director, Identity Cards Programme
• Stephen Harrison, Head of Policy, Identity Cards Programme
• Raymond Wong, Immigration Department, Hong Kong Government
• Brad Wing, Biometrics Coordinator, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (US-VISIT Program)
• Kenneth C. Scheflen, Director, Defense Manpower Data Center

SourceWatch resources

• Intellect
• UK National Identity Cards Scheme

External links

• "Up to the Challenge - ICT Industry Demonstrates ID Cards Delivery", Press Release, Intellect, May 24, 2004.