WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- e-Smart Technologies, Inc., (Pink Sheets: ESMT) ("e-SMART" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Mary Grace, the Company's President and CEO, will be a featured speaker at the 4th International Interoperability Testing Workshop and Conference on E- Passports (InterFest International) on November 9th in Singapore. The InterFest International conference is sponsored by the International Standards Organization (ISO), Working Group 3 of Standards Committee 17 (SC17) on e-passports, the Asia IC Card Forum (AICF), the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Cards & Personal Identification Technical Committee (CPITC) of the national IT Standards Committee (ITSC), providing industry leaders around the world the opportunity to learn of the latest advances in biometric passport technology. In the conference section devoted to 'Cryptography, Privacy Measures and Identification Protection' Ms. Grace will address "Preventing ID Fraud & Enhancing Smart Card Solutions," which will focus on the Company's Biometric Verification Security System (BVS2)(TM) platform and its Super Smart Passport(TM), the world's first digital passport that authenticates the passport holder's identity via wireless completely on-board-the-passport fingerprint sensor and biometric matching system. Other Conference speakers include such industry leaders as Detlef Eckert, Chief Security Advisor, Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa, Xavier Fricout, Director of Identity Marketing Solution, Oberthur, Ian Christofis, Public Sector Consulting & Integration, Technology Solutions Group, Hewlett- Packard Asia Pacific & Japan, Jean-Paul Caruana, Gemplus, Xavier Passard, Axalto, and Ram Banerjee of Sun Microsystems. "This is a gathering of not only some of the best and brightest in biometric passport technology" said Mary Grace, "but also many of the players who will decide the international standards for biometric passports." "It's an honor," continued Grace, "to have the opportunity to share with industry leaders the extraordinary advantages of our Super Smart Passport(TM), which we believe, and many experts agree, provides the most advanced passport security in the world, and is the future in 'Creating Secure Borders' and a 'Secure Global Village,' the theme of the conference. e-Smart is the exclusive licensee in the US and Asia of the Super Smart Card(TM), the Super Smart Passport(TM) and the Biometric Verification Security System (BVS2)(TM). The Company seeks to be the leading provider of high technology security systems that can be used to combat fraud and terrorism. E- Smart's systems and products enable government agencies and commercial enterprises to continuously and securely verify the identity of citizens, personnel, customers and any other persons seeking physical or logical access. e-Smart Technologies offers what experts believe to be the highest form of identity-based and credential-based security with no profiling or erosion of civil rights. SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT Statements in this news release that relate to future plans, financial results or projections, events or performance are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. While these statements are made to convey to the public the Company's progress, business opportunities and growth prospects, readers are cautioned that such forward-looking statements represent the management's opinion. While management believes such representations to be true and accurate based on information available to the Company, at this time, actual results may differ materially from those described. For more information about e-Smart Technologies, please visit http://www.e-smarttechnologies.com/ or contact e-Smart Media Relations at 703-768-7477. DATASOURCE: e-Smart Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: e-Smart Media Relations, +1-703-768-7477 Web site: http://www.e-smarttechnologies.com/

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