[fc-announce] Call for Participation: FC17 (registration now open, early registration deadline in 2 weeks)

[R. Hirschfeld]

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

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Financial Cryptography and Data Security 2017 (FC17)
April 3-7, 2017, The Palace Hotel, Malta
http://fc17.ifca.ai/
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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Financial Cryptography and Data Security is a major international
forum for research, advanced development, education, exploration, and
debate regarding information assurance, with a specific focus on
commercial contexts.  The conference covers all aspects of securing
transactions and systems.

The goal of the conference is to bring security and cryptography
researchers and practitioners together with economists, bankers,
implementers and policy-makers.  Intimate and colourful by tradition,
the FC program features invited talks, academic presentations,
technical demonstrations and panel discussions.

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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM AVAILABLE ONLINE

Keynote address by Silvio Micali: ALGORAND, A New Public Ledger

We have assembled a vibrant program featuring technical presentations
of 30 full papers and 5 short papers, selected by rigorous peer review
from 133 submissions.  For full details please visit
http://fc17.ifca.ai/program.html

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WORKSHOPS

Five affilliated workshops will be held in conjunction with the
conference:

BITCOIN'17: 4th Workshop on Bitcoin and Blockchain Research

TA'17:      1st Workshop on Targeted Attacks

VOTING'17:  2nd Workshop on Advances in Secure Electronic Voting
                Schemes

WAHC'17:    5th Workshop on Encrypted Computing and Applied
                Homomorphic Cryptography

WTSC'17:    1st Workshop on Trusted Smart Contracts

More details on the workshops can be found at:
http://fc17.ifca.ai/workshops.html

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EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Registration information is available at:
http://fc17.ifca.ai/registration.html

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CONFERENCE HOTEL

Rooms at the conference hotel should be reserved by February 17, 2017
to take advantage of the group block.  Participants are encouraged to
book their room ASAP to avoid disappointment.

Information on room rates and reservations is available at:
http://fc17.ifca.ai/accommodation.html

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AIRLINE DISCOUNTS

Discounted airfares to Malta have been arranged for those attending
the conference.  Information about the discounts is available at:
http://fc17.ifca.ai/travel.html

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STUDENT GRANTS

We anticipate being able to award stipends to student participants to
help defray the cost of attendance.  Stipend applications should be
submitted by February 17, 2017.  Details can be found at:
http://fc17.ifca.ai/stipends.html

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This conference is organized annually by the International Financial
Cryptography Association.

Additional information about the conference can be found at:
http://fc17.ifca.ai/
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