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[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],In the world of post-modernism, it is no longer clear that any one identity is  “ r eal ” —  Charles Raab, Professor at the AHRB Research Centre in Intellectual Property and Technology, School of Law, University of Edinburgh, speaking at The Life of Mobile Data, University of Surrey (Guildford: 2004).
Introduction ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Identity is the new money Sir James Crosby in  Challenges and opportunities in identity assurance , H.M. Treasury (Mar. 2008).
Author:  Experience ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Author:  Opinions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Author:  Books ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
A Five Minute Problem Definition ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Passports in-country Meg Hillier, Minister for ID Cards, describing them to the Home Affairs Committee (March 2008).
A Five Minute Solution Markitecture ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],But what would you do with a computer that’s not connected to the Internet? 12-year old daughter of a colleague, querying his decision to take a laptop on a camping holiday.
Utility:  Universal ,[object Object],The implementation would vary by circumstance, sometimes biometric or PINs, sometimes phones, sometimes cards, stickers, watches, hats, badges or T-shirts
Utility:  Convenience ,[object Object],The weakest link in security is the fact that passwords are used… the Internet needs to move away from passwords and into the use of smart cards Bill Gates, speaking at Interop 2000 (ie, eight years ago)
Utility:  No Special Gadgets! ,[object Object]
Utility:  Extensibilty ,[object Object]
Utility:  Symmetry ,[object Object],T he true identity of a counterparty may be the least interesting fact about them in a commercial transaction  —  John Browning in  Wired . 5(11): p.65(6) (November 1997).
The Mobile Solution ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],If I need to buy something quickly, I just grab my cell phone and run out the door Mihoko Iguchi, 43, Tokyo dress shop owner,  Washington Post  (19th December 2005).
The Mobile Roadmap ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Conclusions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],It is the business of the future to be dangerous… the major advances in civilization are processes that all but wreck the societies in which they occur Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947)
For further information ,[object Object],www.digitalmoneyforum.com/blog www.digitalidforum.com/blog www.apple.com/itunes/store/ search for podcast “consult hyperion” or visit www.chyp.com/podcasts.php

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  1. “ The last thing you want to do (at a point of sale) is make a phone call. The guy behind you isn’t going to be too impressed, either.” — Simon Pugh, VP Standards & Infrastructure, MasterCard and President of the Mobile Payment Forum (quoted in Wireless News, 31st October 2005). Abstract This presentation looks at how contactless and mobile payments have developed to date and review evidence of their future combined trajectory from the current marketplace. The goal is to create a shared baseline of understanding of the mobile payments environment to build the discussion about NFC on. Author David G.W. Birch is a Director of Consult Hyperion, the IT management consultancy that specialises in electronic transactions, which he helped to found in 1986. Prior to this he spent several years working as a consultant in Europe, the Far East and North America. He graduated from the University of Southampton with a B.Sc (Hons.) in Physics. Described by The Independent newspaper in 2004 as a “grade-A geek”, by the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation in 2005 as “ one of the most user-friendly of the UK’s über-techies ” and as “mad” by Financial World in 2006, Dave is a member of the advisory board for European Business Review , the editorial board of the e-finance & payments law & policy journal, a columnist for SPEED and UK correspondent to the Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce . He has lectured to MBA level on the impact of new information and communications technologies and has been a Visiting Tutor at Visa’s Bank Card Business School since 2001. Dave has been invited to contribute to publications ranging from the Parliamentary IT Review to Prospect and wrote more than 100 Second Sight columns for The Guardian .newspaper. A media commentator on electronic business issues, he has appeared on BBC television and radio, Sky and other channels around the world. He is a frequent contributor to the Digital Money Blog and the Digital Identity Blog as well as the creator of the long-running series of Consult Hyperion podcasts in the iTunes Store. Consult Hyperion http://www.chyp.com/ Digital Money Blog http://www.digitalmoneyforum.com/blog Digital Identity Blog http://www.digitalidforum.com/blog Consult Hyperion Podcasts http://www.chyp.com/podcasts.php