[fc] FC03: Call for participation

[Pointcheval David]

Financial Cryptography 2003
January 27-30, 2003
Gosier, Guadeloupe, French West Indies

Web site: http://www.ifca.ai/fc03 

Call for Participation

Financial Cryptography is  the only international conference dedicated
to the understanding of cryptography  and its relevance to all aspects
of  the world  of finance.   The conference  brings together  the best
cryptographers and technologists with businesses, bankers, lawyers and
policy makers  to further the understanding  of what can  be done with
cryptography and what needs to be done for the world of finance.

Topics for the conference range from Anonymity to Authentication, from
Digital Cash  to Digital Rights Management, from  Legal and Regulatory
Issues  to Loyalty  Mechanisms and  from Payments  Systems  to Privacy
issues.  The program  is a combination of peer  reviewed papers, panel
discussions and invited talks and the proceedings will be published in
the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.

The list  of accepted  papers is  available at the  web site,  and the
exact  schedule   will  soon  be  too.    Registration  for  Financial
Cryptography 2003 is now open;  details and online registration can be
found   at  http://www.ifca.ai/fc03   along  with   information  about
discounted hotel accommodation and travel.

The  early registration  deadline  is December  16th.  After  December
17th, the registration fee will be increased by 150 USD.

Financial  Cryptography is  organized by  the  International Financial
Cryptography Association (IFCA). More information can be obtained from
the IFCA web site  at http://www.ifca.ai/ or contacting the conference
general chairs, Phong Nguyen and David Pointcheval, at fc03@ens.fr.