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Santa Ana, Calif., October 24, 2011 (euro adhoc) - Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:
INVE, Frankfurt: INV), a provider of products, services and solutions for the
identification, security and RFID industries, will present at the 10th Annual
Smart Card Alliance Government Conference, being held in Washington, DC November
1-4, 2011. Company management will speak on various sessions on topics related
to the conference´s theme of Smart Strategies for Secure Identity. 

Lars Suneborn, Director of Government Programs for Identive´s Hirsch Electronics
business unit, will address the topic: What are best practices for agencies in
managing a successful procurement and project completion? as part of a workshop
on Implementing PIV-Enabled Physical Access Control Systems  (PC01) - Practical
Guidance for Specifying, Integrating and Certifying Systems on November 1 at
1:45 PM.

Robert Merkert, Director Strategic Accounts for Identive´s SCM Microsystems
business unit, will moderate a panel discussion on Emerging Technology &
Applications in Identity on November 3 at 2:00 PM. Presenters on the panel
include Terry Gold, Vice President of Sales, North America for Identive´s
idOnDemand business unit, who will speak about Identity as a Service; and Rob
Zivney, Vice President Government and Standards for Identive, who will speak
about Building the Next Generation Identity Business.

Also on November 3 at 2:45 PM, Lars Suneborn will moderate a panel discussion on
non-federal identity and security implementations and policy, which will include
representatives from federal and state agencies as well as the security
industry.

Dietmar Wendling, Vice President Market Sector e-Government for SCM
Microsystems, will speak about the German Citizen eID Card as part of a track on
International Government ID Implementations & Policy on November 3 at 4:00 PM.

About Identive Group 
Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV) is focused on building the
world´s signature company in Secure ID. The company´s products, software,
systems and services address the markets for identity management, physical and
logical access control, NFC and a host of RFID-enabled applications for
customers in the government, enterprise, consumer, education, healthcare and
transportation sectors. Identive´s mission is to build a lasting business of
scale and technology based on a combination of strong technology-driven organic
growth and disciplined acquisitive expansion. For additional info visit:
www.identive-group.com.


Further inquiry note:
Frau Annika Oelsner
Tel.: +49 89 9595-5220
E-Mail:  aoelsner@identive-group.com

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company:     Identive Group Inc.
             Carnegie Ave., Bldg. B  1900 
             US-CA 92705  Santa Ana
phone:       +1 949 553 4280
FAX:         +49 89 9595-5555
mail:         investorrelations@identive-group.com
WWW:         http://www.identive-group.com
sector:      Computing & Information Technology
ISIN:        US45170X1063
indexes:     NASDAQ
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