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A successful, dynamic and creative business
Clarion Events can trace its roots back to 1947. In more recent times the firm has grown substantially and rapidly into the largest independent event organiser in the UK and subsequently become a truly global business.

From just 70 employees in one office in 2004, there are now over 350 people working directly for Clarion Events from 13 offices in 10 different countries:
UK (London Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Hatton Garden, Cheltenham and Birmingham NEC); Germany (Bielefeld); Turkey (Istanbul); The Netherlands (Maarsen); South Africa (Cape Town); USA (Connecticut and Reno); Brazil (Sao Paulo); UAE (Dubai and Abu Dhabi); Singapore.

Clarion Events organises more than 200 events (a mixture of exhibitions, conferences and seated events) annually across the globe.

Partners in Prepaid, brought together by MasterCard, is a leading source for prepaid industry information and insights. With Partners in Prepaid you can find news, analysis, research, articles, and more to help you negotiate the rapidly changing world of prepaid. See interviews and read blogs from industry experts. And get free access to exclusive MasterCard content, including Consumer Panel insights based on thousands of customer interviews in key global markets; the Prepaid Law Wire, detailing regulatory developments affecting prepaid in the US and elsewhere; and SpendingPulse™ reports on retail trends. Explore Partners in Prepaid today.

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Our purpose is to give our customers the relationships and big ideas to do different and better business. We’ve been doing it for more than 20 years.

We want you to come away from one of our events with eight big ideas and eight new key contacts. That’s how we contribute to the business communities we serve.

Around the world.

CARTES in North America will bring together international exhibitors to present innovative technologies in card manufacturing, payment solutions, identification and authentication solutions, mobility and digital security.
They will benefit from a booming market with the potential deployment of EMV standard, the arrival of NFC-enabled mobile phones and the numerous e-government and security applications.
Based on the international success and development of the existing CARTES events, we will provide you a high-level exhibition and conferences, which will become one of the most important events for the smart card industry in 2012.

Prepaid Expo is the gold standard of Prepaid events with 1,700+ attendees, 100+ exhibitors, 96% attendee satisfaction and a 6 year track record. Independent market research and unbiased conference structure afford the entire stored value payments industry the opportunity to be inspired by provocative keynotes, connect with the leading companies in prepaid and discover the regulatory issues, emerging and mobile payment technologies, distribution challenges, and consumer insights changing business

NFC Insight publishes news and events for those involved in the NFC Space. Through high-end B2B conferences, we connect people across the industry, provide market leading intelligence and enable companies to capitalise on emerging business opportunities in mobile payments, loyalty, ticketing, identification, electronic keys and all future NFC applications. Through continuous independent research with hundreds of companies and dedicated journalists, our news portal keeps you one step ahead of an industry in flux, and our events provide key networking forums for the industry.