The “Vision Paper 2020” is a result of both Eurosmart research and the reflection of a panel of industry experts who scrutinized future market needs and consumers’ and citizens’ expectations. They demand more secure and personalised services to protect their interactions in the digital world.

What will a day in 2020 look like?

A typical day in 2020 will see smart objects being used by consumers and citizens to access and enjoy personalised educational and entertainment experiences, for civil and online identification purposes, to protect and monitor their health against unexpected threats, for access, for transit, for payments, for faster and more convenient shopping experiences and for much more. Smart security technologies also have a considerable role to help bridge the digital divide in less developed parts of the world.

Smart Secure Devices are key enablers to:

• • Enjoy the Smart Secure World - smart intimate devices define social and political interactions;
• • Preserve people privacy - personal digital devices ensure privacy in open network space;
• • Interact with your government - Smart documents make your life simple;
• • Surf in the world of networks - privacy and security in networks in every aspects of life;
• • Manage the world of intelligent objects - secure smart objects communicating with each other.

While it is the role of government to answer the sensitive question of finding the balance between security and privacy for society, it is our responsibility as an industry to help explain smart security technologies to the general public. As in 2020 our customers and end users will be today’s youth, that educational effort should start now.

The Vision Paper 2020 is available on www.eurosmart.com