Smart campus card community set to gather at HESCA16 Conference Glasgow

GLASGOW, Scotland - June 13, 2016 - PRLog -- HESCA16 (http://www.smartex.com/forums/higher-education-smart-campus-association/hesca-16) is the Higher Education Smart Campus Association's annual 2-day Conference and Exhibition.  It is the only event in the UK dealing exclusively with Smart Campus Card schemes for HEIs/FEIs, and is set to play host to an impressive line-up of influential smart campus knowledge leaders.  It is being held this year in Glasgow on the 21^st & 22^nd of June. Kindly supported by the University of Glasgow, HESCA16 is the latest in a series of similar successful events that Smartex has run over the past 6 years in UK cities.

This intensive two-day conference will feature 9 case-studies from leading practitioners at Universities across the UK to include University of Kent, Brighton, Aberdeen, Glasgow and more.

Key themes to be addressed and debated include:

·         The migration from smart cards to smartphones

·         The need for biometrics to support identity management

·         Upgrading from Mifare Classic to DESfire-chipped cards

·         Supporting new functions such as attendance monitoring, examinee validation and student voting

·         The quest for the unobtainable?  A cashless campus.

HESCA16 will be supported by key service providers of smart technology to the educational sectorwith an informal exhibition, offering delegates a rare opportunity to familiarise themselves with the latest advances in product and service design.  The main event sponsors includeEssentra Security, TDS, Salto Systems, Burall InfoSmart and Ximedes.

Richard Poynder, Smartex Chairman, commented: "This is now our 15^th year of operating HESCA, and I am naturally delighted that it has grown to become the UK's premier association for smart campus schemes. HESCA16 is set to be the best so far and I would like personally to thank our sponsors and exhibitors for their continuing support of the event, which has enabled us to invite non-member HEIs & FEIs free of charge".

A limited number of free places are still available. More information can be found here (http://www.smartex.com/forums/higher-education-smart-camp...).

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About HESCA
A growing number of leading universities are members of HESCA.  Its main objectives are to bring these together with leading suppliers and consultants for quarterly full-day meetings in London, in order to learn of new products, services and methodologies - supported by frequent case studies - covering the many functions on and off campus that can usefully be supported by single, multi-functional smart cards.

Recent HESCA meetings have attracted record attendances, and have shared the latest developments and use-cases for attendance recording and monitoring, cashless campuses (using both closed-loop e-payment products and contactless-enabled EMV cards) and physical/system access control.

About Smartex

Smartex has for 23 years been successfully building the world's largest network of professional associations for smart technology and all of its associated and successor forms, including RFID tags, biometrics and mobile NFC.

Members in three continents meet regularly to learn of new technologies, products and schemes, and to network in a non-sales environment.

Members are given instant access to information, expertise and business opportunities in this fast-moving and rapidly expanding space.

Smartex, through its network of independent specialists, also provides consultancy services to HEIs, covering all aspects of planning, developing, procuring, implementing and operating smart campus schemes.  This service is provided through HESCA Consulting Services.

Further information can be found at www.smartex.com