- Growth at the European Identity Conference 2008 April 22nd, 2008
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The 2nd European Identity Conference 2008 (EIC) taking place today is already now a great success.
Compared to last year’s event, which was a great success, this year’s conference has increased even more. This increase had become evident already prior to this event. With now about 50 exhibitors, the conference occupies an exhibition space nearly twice as big as last year. All well-known names in identity management are at EIC EXPO 2008, providing an effortless access to identity management providers in Europe on one event.
Compared to last year the number of visitors of the conference has gone up by more than 20%. The distinctive international flair of this event can be felt clearly; well over one third of all visitors not being from Germany, Austria or Switzerland are from a total of 23 different countries. The increasing interest in identity management in Eastern Europe is quite apparent as well.
The EIC 2008 is not just the meeting point in Europe but is an event for users and customers. Looking at the above-average increase of visitors from user companies it becomes evident that this is the biggest group within all participants.
With the programme being divided into five tracks, discussed by more than 130 speakers and containing more than 25 Best Practice seminars, the European Identity Conference offers the best overview not only about the trends but also about the practice of Identity Management projects. Topics like GRC (Governance, Risk Management, Compliance) and user-centric identity management, but also the integration and interaction of identity management with SOA (Service Orientated Architectures) take the centre stage.
