Presentation

Since 2010, CARTES Asia has brought together innovative solution providers and market leaders from card manufacturing, payment, security, identification and mobility industries. 3,000 decision makers in the banking, telecom, transportation and security sectors have a unique opportunity to discover international exhibitors’ innovative technologies, but also to enhance their knowledge through the conferences and round-tables, which propose the latest tendency.

 In 2014, CARTES Asia’s exhibitors, visitors and conference attendees will benefit from a new location right in the center of Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center.

120 exhibitors

Card manufacturing • Contactless technologies • Payments solutions - e-transactions • Personalisation, printers • POS, card readers and terminals • Software, applets • Components, IC’s • Digital identification and biometrics solutions • Test equipment and services • Trusted Services & Solutions

3,000 visitors

• 90% from the Asian Pacific region: Mainland China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Australia, Philippines, Japan.
• 10% from other regions: Europe, Middle-East, America
• Bank and payment, IT and Security, Retail, Telecom, Government and Transport, Smart cards manufacturers

High-level content and innovations displayed during 2 days of international conferences by market experts.

The Asian SESAMES Awards for the most technological innovations for the APAC market in 3 categories: Card technology, manufacturing, personalization / Hardware / Software and Applications.

Event schedule

The Asian Card Summit, the opening conference, will take place on the first day at 5 pm, and will be followed by the Asian SESAMES Awards ceremony. The networking cocktail will offer a friendly pause to wrap up a busy day.

Key dates

Exhibition

Early-bird discount: until 31 December 2013

Conference speaking opportunities

Call for papers: starting September until beginning of December 2013

Asian SESAMES Awards

• Contest opening: 4 December 2013
• Deadline for submissions (by Internet only): 8 February 2014
• Official announcement of the candidates: 19 February 2014
• Scoring grids completed: 10 March 2014
• Official announcement of the finalists: 14 March 2014
• Award ceremony and announcement of the 3 winners: 20 March 2014

Benefit from the synergy of 2 co-located events: CARTES Asia & E-COMMERCE Asia

CARTES Asia and E-COMMERCE Asia are 2 specialized shows that will conveniently feature a joint exhibition area dedicated to players providing solutions for both markets.
CARTES Asia and E-COMMERCE Asia will include their own conference tracks. Alongside both exhibitions, CARTES Asia will also make focus specifically on digital solutions for commerce.
Visitors who attend the 2 shows will have an easy access to both exhibitions and conferences.