ID Cards: The Next Steps

"ID Cards: The Next Steps" was a one-day conference held in the UK on the 24th May, 2004. 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 :
 * The Home Office
 * BT
 * Electronic Data Systems (EDS)
 * Siemens Business Services
 * Sun Microsystems

The speakers at the conference were :
 * 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