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Press Release: Identity is everywhere: Summit Event of the FIDIS Network of Excellence

After 5 years of research, the Future of Identity in the Information Society (FIDIS) network of academic institutions and companies from across Europe will discuss the changing face of identity at a Summit Event to be co-located with the IFIP Sec 2009 conference, May 18-20 in Pafos (Cyprus).

The ever increasing digitisation of information has led to an Information Society in which more and more information is available almost anywhere and anytime. With 24 partners in 13 EU countries, the EU funded Network of Excellence (NoE) has been researching aspects of digital identity, privacy, security and beyond. To this regard, “FIDIS has put Europe on the global map as a place for high quality identity management research”, says Viviane Reding, Commissioner, responsible for Information Society and Media (EU). During the event the results and achievements of FIDIS toward the challenges and opportunities of the future will be presented. [Read More…]