Press Release - October 1, 2003

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Ronald E. Blaylock to Join e-Smart® Technologies Advisory Board

Wednesday, October 1, 2003 - San Jose, Ca. Oct 1, 2003/PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ - e-Smart® Technologies, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: ESMT), today announced the agreement of Mr. Ronald E. Blaylock to join the Company's recently formed Advisory Board. Mr. Blaylock is Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Blaylock & Partners, L.P. ("B&P"). In 2003, Black Enterprise Magazine listed the firm as one of the top women/minority investment banks. B&P has been ranked among the top 20 investment banking firms in the United States for underwriting investment grade debt in 1999, 2000 and 2001. B&P was listed as the Corporate Capital Raiser of the Year by Corporate Finance Magazine in 1999. Blaylock also has a strong presence in the equity markets.

e-Smart® offers government and industry complete, fully integrated physical and logical biometric verification security systems (BVS2™) centered around its biometrically powered Super Smart Card™.

Mary Grace, president and CEO of e-Smart® stated, "Ron Blaylock brings to e-Smart® his wealth of knowledge based on his 20 years of highly successful experience on Wall Street. We are delighted that a person of Ron's caliber and experience has the confidence in e-Smart®'s management, business plan and technology to join the Company team."

Mr. Blaylock currently serves on the Board for the National Association of Basketball Coaches, the New York University Board of Trustees, and serves on the board of the Radio One and W.R. Berkley, and formerly served on the board of American General Life Insurance Company of New York. His charitable board work includes the American Ballet Theatre, the Inner-City Scholarship Fund and Prep for Prep.

Mr. Blaylock earned his B.S. at Georgetown University where he was a member of the first NCAA Final Four basketball team and then went on to earn his MBA at the New York University Stern School of Business. Before launching Blaylock & Partners in 1993, Mr. Blaylock held senior management positions with the Paine Webber Group and CitiGroup.

In commenting on his new position, Mr. Blaylock said, "e-Smart® offers a solution for homeland defense that I believe in. In my opinion, this country needs e-Smart®'s secure system of identity verification to stem the rising tide of financial fraud, and to protect America from terrorists." Mr. Blaylock then went on to say, "I look forward to serving on e-Smart®'s advisory board and assisting the Company on its mission to protect the physical and financial security of our homeland and in making the Company a success for its shareholders."

About e-Smart® Technologies, Inc.
e-Smart® Technologies seeks to be a leading provider of high technology security systems that can be used to combat fraud and terrorism. e-Smart® products such as the BVS2™ (Biometric Verification Security System)™ or the BV-HDS™ (Biometric Verification Homeland Defense System)™, working with the Super Smart Card™ subsystem, enable government agencies and commercial enterprises to continuously verify, certify and manage identification and access of citizens, personnel, customers and any other persons seeking physical or logical access. e-Smart® Technologies offers what it believes to be the highest form of identity-based and credential-based security available 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 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.

SOURCE e-Smart® Technologies, Inc.

Investor Relations, Debra Berliner, +1-212-725-4500 ext. 314, or dbb@schwartz.com,
or Carl Hymans, +1-212-725-4500 ext. 310,or carlh@schwartz.com,
or Public Relations, James McCusker, +1-212-725-4500 ext. 327, or jmccusker@schwartz.com, all of G.S. Schwartz & Co., Inc., +1-212-725-4500, for e-Smart® Technologies, Inc. (ESMT)