CARTES 2013 presents the finalists of the SESAMES Awards: 319 submissions, 34 finalists, 11 will be rewarded
October 2013 by Emmanuelle Lamandé
Organized as part of the CARTES Secure Connexions Event, the SESAMES
Awards reward the best technological innovations in terms of smart cards, digital security,
identification, secure transactions and contactless since 1995.
The projects submitted are presented to 42 jury members, international experts recognized in their
field, who choose the finalists and the winners of the SESAMES Awards, in total impartiality and
confidentiality of entries, thus highlighting the most dynamic and most ingenious companies.
The SESAMES Awards reward the best projects in 10 categories. Since 2012, the special DISCOVERY
SESAMES Award rewards the best innovation presented by a start-up company.
The prize winners will be announced during the SESAMES Awards Ceremony, on November 19th,
2013 in Paris (upon invitation). The ceremony will have for theme the Success Stories of previous
SESAMES Awards winners, to highlight the positive effect of such a recognized Award.
Discover the 34 finalists:
Hardware
– Gemalto M2M GmbH with “M2M Technology to protect Amazon Rainforest”
– Ingenico with “Witeo : the hands-free solution for strong authentication in mobility”
– NXP semiconductors with “Next generation NFC and high security eSE dedicated to mobile
phones”
Software
– Airtag with “Airshop Order”
– Giesecke & Devrient with “TEE-TSM and Trusted Execution Environment end-to-end
Ecosystem”
– Oberthur Technologies with “Profile Manager for Subscription Manager”
Identification / ID Cards / Health
– ABnote Corp with “Secure My Wallet”
– Escher Group with “Riposte TrEx”
– Infineon Technologies AG with “High Speed ePassport with Very High Bitrates and Secure,
CC EAL6+h certified Flash”
– Oberthur Technologies with “Id One PIV for eSE”
IT Security
– CipherCloud with “CipherCloud Platform”
– IKI with “SITO IPPOS”
– INSIDE Secure with “QuickSec for the Mobile Enterprise”
Transportation
– Card4B Systems S.A. with “WildCard Ticketing Kernel”
– Famoco SAS with “Fx 100 Series --- Mobile POS”
– TransaXiom Ltd with “Janus Card”
Banking / Retail / Loyalty
– Airtag with “Airshop Order”
– Ferlo SA with “Ferlo MoneaCash”
– Oberthur Technologies with “Social Couponing Wallet”
Trusted Internet / Authentication
– Gemalto M2M GmbH with “M2M Technology to protect Amazon Rainforest”
– Morpho with “3DBioSecure”
– Oberthur Technologies with “My voice is my password”
Mobility
– Mobeewave-Gemalto-STMicroelectronics with “Fully integrated EMV NFC mPOS”
– Think&Go NFC with “Dynamic NFC-Screen”
– Think&Go NFC with “NFC-Shopping”
e-Transactions
– Cardtek Group with “TV-Commerce Platform”
– Orik Payment Solutions with “Divi Neguma social benefit Card”
– SCCP Group with “Swiff mWallet”
Manufacturing & tests
– Samsung Electonics with “45nm Embedded Flash Logic Process Development”
– Secure-IC S.A.S.”with Smart-SIC Analyser (TM), the "radar" tool of Secure-IC S.A.S.”
– VTT Verschleissteiltechnik GmbH with “VTT FlyEye Technology”
Discovery
– CipherCloud with “CipherCloud Platform”
– Think&Go NFC with “Dynamic NFC-Screen”
– UINT with “The multiple applications chip card having biometric validation”