Antona, Diego. Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kalysis GRUPO

ANID Chairman KALYSIS GRUPO Chairman and CEO

Diego Antona

ANID & KALYSIS' founder. Executive VP & Managing Partner of KALYSIS, SA de CV (Mexico). National Co-Organiser of EUROWARDS, El Placer de Emprender and Clever Networking (Spain). President of ANID (Spain). Coordinator of eLearning and eTraining for the European Network of Excellence eCulture Net.

Coordinator of the FP6 Integrated Project BELE for broadband foreign language teaching. Diego Antona, pioneer in SGML/XML standards, 3G/UMTS applications, and network uses of Smart Cards, possess the first patents at OEPM and IMPI in the field of Digital ID and Digital Cash: Advanced Electronic Signature - DNI Electrónico.

Roland Moreno

(11 June 1945 – 29 April 2012) was a French inventor, engineer, and author who was the inventor of the smart card. Created in 1974, his invention has "Touched almost everyone on the planet" in the words of The Guardian and now used in identity cards, drivers licenses, passports, oyster cards and SIM cards. Moreno's smart card, or la carte à puce in French, was little known internationally. However, he became a national hero in France and was awarded the Légion d'Honneur in 2009.

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