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IET E-Payment in Transport Seminar

Consult Hyperion is sponsoring the IET E-Payment in Transport Seminar on 16 November 2010 at RIBA, Portland Place, London. E-payment in transport will showcase some of the UK’s leading innovations and developments. With speakers from MasterCard, Transport for London, Mobile Operators and the leading manufacturers all the latest technologies will be showcased.

Benefits of attending include:

• Hearing about the latest technology developments and challenges
• Receiving an insight in e-payment and where the UK industry is moving to in the future
• Understanding how technology innovations can improve your business
• Networking with your peers in an environment suited to your needs

For further information visit www.theiet.org

Woking Hospice latest to benefit from our charity support (thanks to Paul Weller too)

Consult Hyperion has again lent its support to a local cause by sponsoring last week's ‘Wake up Woking’ concert that saw music legend Paul Weller return to his home town to play a one-off gig in aid of the Woking Hospice. The concert, held at the Woking Leisure Centre which was organised by Director of Consult Hyperion Gloria Benson’s brother, Sam Molnar. Their mother was cared for at the Hospice.

The concert was sold-out within days of being announced and raised over £55,000 through the 1,200 ticket sales, merchandise on the night and sponsorship and was hugely successful and entertaining. Speaking after the concert Sam Molnar, an old Friend of Paul’s said:

“We are delighted that we managed to organise such a fantastic event, which made a lot of people (not just Weller fans) very happy. Our thanks go to Paul and all the acts for performing for us, all the people at the Hospice, the Council and leisure centre staff that helped to make the night such a success. Not only have we raised a significant amount of money for the hospice which will really help them, but also created more awareness of the Woking hospice and the great work that they do!”

Gloria says that as local company we know how important our support for local charities can be, so we as a company take great pride in our annual challenges and events that raise money for local causes:

“I’m thrilled that the ‘Wake up Woking’ concert was so popular and such a huge success – the Woking hospice, and all these local charities do such amazing work its great that we’re able to help them with big events like this and our Forum that people get behind and support,”

Well done Sam, we were happy to be able to support you.

Events, Events

Trailblazer

Dave Birch of Consult Hyperion was awarded the Trailblazer Award for 2009 at ID World in Milan.

The ID People Awards are given each year to "outstanding members of the international ID community" who have distinguished themselves in terms of commitment, leadership, creativity and innovation. The awards, sponsored by the publication ID People, are awarded in the following categories: ID Community Award, ID Leadership Award, ID Limelight Award, ID Trail Blazer Award and ID Outstanding Achievement Award. The Trailblazer Award is presented each year in "recognition of the individual who has made great strides in helping the market envisage what will happen over the coming years".

OECD Webcast

Consult Hyperion were retained by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) in Paris to prepare a paper on regulatory issues in mobile banking, noting the complex relationship between choices made in technical architectures and the options for industry structures that result. This work is input to the Joint workshop organised by the OCED and the Information for Development Program (infoDev) / World Bank in Paris on September 10th and 11th. You can watch the workshop live by webcast. Dave Birch of Consult Hyperion will be speaking in the mobile banking session.

Events

Advance notice: 13th annual Digital Money Forum, 10th-11th March 2010

A "heads up" so that you can put this date in your diaries. The 13th annual Consult Hyperion Digital Money Forum will be held in London on 10th-11th March 2010. The Forum will be sponsored by the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) and Visa Europe.

• CGAP is an independent policy and research center dedicated to advancing financial access for the world's poor. It is supported by over 30 development agencies and private foundations who share a common mission to alleviate poverty. Housed at the World Bank, CGAP helps governments, microfinance providers, donors, and investors.

• Visa Europe is the leading European payment system, owned and governed by its 4,600 European member banks.

Our thanks to both of these organisations to getting behind the 2010 Forum. We're working on the agenda at the moment and it will be posted to the Forum web site later this year.

Identity and Privacy (IDP) presentations online

The presentations from the first Identity and Privacy Forum are available for downloading from the event web site www.identityandprivacy.com so please feel free to take a look.

Events

Getting to grips with mobile electronic ID

Dave Birch from Consult Hyperion will be taking part in the "Getting to grips with mobile electronic ID" panel session at the EEMA eID Interoperability seminar in Brussels on 17th March 2009. You can register for the seminar at the EEMA web site.

Yes, Minister

Meg Hillier, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Identity, the "Minister for ID Cards", came along to the EEMA / Digital Identity Forum seminar sponsored by Consult Hyperion at the British Computer Society and very kindly stayed on for a half-hour question and answer session after her talk about the UK's national identity card scheme.

Social and banking

Consult Hyperion sponsored the Financial Sector Technology magazine dinner for this month. The dinner, which was chaired by Paul Smee from the Payments Council, was an opportunity to share a range of views about the world of payments and exchange ideas about trends in the European payments market.

Patently obvious that biometrics will be important

Dave Birch of Consult Hyperion will be talking about the use of biometrics to deal with the practical issues around personal data at the European Patent Forum 2009 in Prague from 28th-30th April 2009. He will presenting in the session on the topic "Biometrics: Privacy and Identity Theft" on the second day of the conference, on 29 April.