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Near Field Communication World Asia 2008

Monday, April 14, 2008

The Near Field Communication World Asia 2008 conference will be taking place September 11-12 the the Grand Hyatt in Singapore. According to their Web site, the conference is, “A senior level, strategic event that brings together the NFC founders, developers, manufacturers, service providers and merchants across the globe to discuss the latest development, issues, concerns and ROI from current NFC pilot projects.”

Many NFC industry leaders will be speaking at the director-level, interactive conference, which plans to have over 170 executives from Asia and all over the world. NFC technology is a quickly growing global market, and the conference is a very influential event regarding NFC advancement, the Web site reports. NXP is the founding sponsor of the event.

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