OMNIKEY to Show Its Mettle as Platinum Sponsor of ID WORLD 2006


OMNIKEY, one of the world¹s leading manufacturers of innovative smart card
readers, is a Platinum Sponsor of the fifth ID WORLD International Congress.

OMNIKEY will feature prominently at the three-day world summit held at the
Milanofiori Congress Center, in Milan from November 28-30. Kurt Schmid, CEO
of OMNIKEY, is scheduled to address the high-caliber conference delegates at
the ID WORLD International Congress on Thursday, November 30, during the
morning session of day two of the Global Security Forum. His speech is
entitled ³From contact to contactless technology in logical access control².
OMNIKEY representatives will also be on hand to show and explain the
company¹s latest product lines at the ID WORLD Exhibition.

ID WORLD International Congress, organized by Wise Media, is the annual
world summit on automatic identification technology. With three two-day
forums (Electronic Passport Forum, Smart Supply Chain Forum and Global
Security Forum), five full-day vertical business conferences (Healthcare @
ID WORLD, Transactions @ ID WORLD, Ticketing @ ID WORLD, Food @ ID WORLD and
Fashion @ ID WORLD) and one technology and market trends conference entitled
ID Revolution Trends, the ID WORLD International Congress promises to be
this year¹s most informative event worldwide on the ID revolution.

About OMNIKEY

OMNIKEY, one of the world¹s leading manufacturers of innovative smart card
readers, offers the most diversified product portfolio available on the
market today. OMNIKEY¹s smart card readers for PCs can be utilized by any
application including logical access control, digital signature, WLAN
authentication, secure banking and online transactions, loyalty programs,
and healthcare solutions.

OMNIKEY, headquartered in Walluf, near Wiesbaden (Germany), is part of ASSA
ABLOY Identification Technologies (ITG). OMNIKEY´s North American
headquarters reside in Irvine, California with technical support in Atlanta,
Georgia. The Asia Pacific operation is located in Hong Kong. Design,
production management, and quality control of OMNIKEY¹s products are carried
out in the company¹s two R&D centers in Linz, Austria and Erfurt, Germany.
OMNIKEY readers are distributed worldwide through a global network of
partners, including value added resellers, system integrators, and OEMs. For
further information please visit www.omnikey.com

About ID WORLD International Congress

The ID WORLD International Congress, organized by Wise Media, is the annual
world summit on automatic identification. It is the most comprehensive
showcase of RFID, biometrics and smart card technologies, and is the only
international forum that looks at the advanced auto ID industry as a whole,
rather than focusing on a specific technology or vertical sector.
This year¹s ID WORLD International Congress will take place in Milan on
November 28th to 30th in the Milanofiori Congress Center and explore the
fundamental issues associated with automatic identification in a variety of
market segments via three cornerstone initiatives: the Conference, the
Exhibition and the Exchange. For further information visit
www.idworldonline.com

About ID WORLD Events

ID WORLD is the first global technology-agnostic initiative on automatic
identification addressing all vertical markets. Organized by Wise Media, ID
WORLD events focus on segments in which automatic identification expresses
its revolutionary potential. Alongside the annual world summit ID WORLD
International Congress, Wise Media organizes the following vertical forums:
Electronic Passport Forum, Global Security Forum, Smart Supply Chain Forum
and Registered Traveler Forum. For further information visit:
www.idworldonline.com

For further information, please contact:

Event Director:
Federico Faleschini
federico.faleschini@wisemedia.com

Media Contact:
Pier Costa
pier.costa@wisemedia.com

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