22-23 June - Edinburgh Financial Cryptography Engineering
R. A. Hettinga
rah at shipwright.com
Sat May 5 11:58:15 EDT 2001
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Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 16:20:27 +0100
From: Rachel Willmer <rachel at willmer.org>
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Subject: 22-23 June - Edinburgh Financial Cryptography Engineering
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The Second
Edinburgh
Financial Cryptography
Engineering Conference
22-23 June, 2001
(Friday, Saturday)
The Signet Library
Parliament Square
The Royal Mile
Edinburgh Scotland
C A L L F O R P A R T I C I P A N T S
Edinburgh is again host to the international *engineering* conference
on Financial Cryptography. Companies active in the field meet to
present and demonstrate. All demonstrations feature Running Code
that pushes forward the "state of the art" in Financial Cryptography.
STATEMENT OF INTENT
"The study of money, above all other fields in economics,
is one in which complexity is used to disguise truth or
to evade truth, not to reveal it."
-- John Kenneth Galbraith,
Money: Whence it came, where it went - 1975, p15
This is a technical, practical meet. Demonstrable technology in the
field of Financial Cryptography is presented. This is a practical
conference, every presentation involves a demonstration.
THE VENUE
Our Venue is the Upper Library, within the Signet Library, which is a
listed building housing the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet.
This exclusive conference venue is located in the centre of Edinburgh,
within the Royal Mile.
ADMINISTRATION
Included in the conference admission will be breakfast, lunch and
tea & coffee breaks.
The conference administration will block-book a convenient hotel
in the centre of town. Details to be advised.
NEXT STEPS FOR PARTICIPATING
1. Save the dates 22/23 June, Friday and Saturday on your calendar.
2. Book passage to Edinburgh. Don't forget to stay a few days on either
side to see the sights. Check the site for travel information.
Top Tips: Book your flight ASAP, and leave Sunday or after to get
the best fare.
3. This is a commercial conference with a fee of 500 GBP (approximately
$720 or 800 euro). The conference hotel is anticipated to be about
100 GBP ($145 or E160) per night.
Also include travel and incidentals in your budget.
4. Consider sponsoring the conference. For more details,
contact Rachel Willmer <sponsor at efce.net>
5. Keep an eye on the conference web site <http://www.efce.net>
for evolving details.
ADDITIONAL STEPS FOR PRESENTERS
6. Prepare your presentation - check the evolving programme at
<http://www.efce.net/programme.html>.
Propose your presentation by mailing the Programme Chair,
Ian Grigg <programme at efce.net>
7. Remember, the main rule is that you demo working code.
8. Accepted presenters pay a deeply discounted fee of 200 GBP
(approximately 290 dollars or 320 euros). You are encouraged to
present running code.
EFCE2001 COMMITTEE
Rachel Willmer General Chair <admin at efce.net>
Fearghas McKay Local Chair <admin at efce.net>
Ian Grigg Programme Chair <admin at efce.net>
Contact <admin at efce.net> for any and all details.
SPONSORSHIP
EFCE is supported by these companies active in Financial Cryptography:
* Intertrader Ltd, an Edinburgh-based e-payments middleware and
applications company.
http://www.intertrader.com/
* Systemics Inc, a builder of financial cryptography applications.
http://www.systemics.com/
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R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah at ibuc.com>
The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/>
44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity,
[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
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