Financial Cryptography '99 February 22-25, 1999, Anguilla, BWI Preliminary Announcement FC99, the third international conference on financial data security and digital commerce, will be held in Anguilla, British West Indies. FC99 aims to bring together persons involved in both the financial and data security fields to foster cooperation and exchange of ideas. It is organized by the International Financial Cryptography Association (IFCA). The conference program features regular sessions for refereed papers, invited talks, panel discussions, and a rump session, covering all aspects of financial cryptography. Proceedings of the conference will be published by Springer-Verlag in their Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. INVITED SPEAKER Prof. Adi Shamir (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel) CONFERENCE VENUE The conference will be held at Chandeliers, the conference facility of the InterIsland Hotel, which is centrally located on the island of Anguilla. REGISTRATION For early planning purposes, those wishing to participate in the conference are requested to register as soon as possible. Registration can be done via the web at URL http://fc99.ai/. The fee for the conference, which covers all conference materials and events (including preproceedings, final proceedings, attendance at scientific sessions, and breakfast and lunch each day of the conference), is: $850 regular registration $350 academic registration $150 student registration An additional $50 fee applies to registrations for which payment is received after January 1, 1999. A $100 discount ($50 for academic and student registrations) is available to participants who pay their registration fee by electronic money (e.g., DigiCash ecash, NetCash, CyberCash, etc.). See the web page for details. Payment may be made by credit card, bank transfer, electronic money, or cash. STIPENDS A limited number of stipends to help defray the costs of attendance may be available to full-time students with a paper accepted for presentation at the conference. If you would like to apply for a stipend, please contact the General Chair at the email address listed below. WORKSHOP A workshop, intended for anyone with commercial software development experience who wants hands-on familiarity with the issues and technology of financial cryptography, is planned in conjunction with FC99. For details, contact Ian Goldberg (iang@cs.berkeley.edu). HOTEL ACCOMODATION The conference hotel is not recommended except to those seeking budget accomodations. The recommended hotel is Mariners, where a block reservation has been made. To reserve a room, please call the hotel at +1 (809) 497-2671 and mention that you will be attending FC99. Information about other hotels is available at URL http://fc99.ai. WELCOME RECEPTION A welcome reception will be held on Monday, February 22, 1999, the evening of the first day of the conference. GENERAL INFORMATION Visas Visas are not required for citizens of most American and European countries. If you are uncertain about whether you need a visa, contact the local British consulate for information. Getting to Anguilla
From North America, Anguilla is usually reached via San Juan (Puerto Rico). From Europe, the best connections are via St. Maarten/St. Martin (from Amsterdam or Paris), or Antigua (from London). St. Martin is very close to Anguilla and is connected by ferry as well as by plane.
Local Transportation The simplest way to get around Anguilla is to rent a car. You will need to buy an Anguilla drivers license, but this is a formality. Taxis are also available. Another possibility is to hitch rides from local residents, who are eager to provide them and will often stop to offer rides unsolicited. Transportation will be provided at specific times between Mariners and the InterIsland hotel. Weather Expect temperatures in the 20's or 30's Celsius, 70's or 80's Fahrenheit. There is often a strong wind, with cloudbursts that quickly blow over. Dress code for the conference is shorts and T-shirt. Money The local currency is the Eastern Caribbean dollar (EC$), with an exchange rate of approximately EC$2.7/US$1, but many goods and services in Anguilla, particularly those aimed primarily at tourists (such as restaurants and hotels) are priced in US dollars. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Joan Feigenbaum, AT&T Labs Yair Frankel, CertCo Matthew Franklin, Xerox PARC David Goldschlag, Divx Markus Jakobsson, Bell Labs Ari Juels, RSA Labs Arjen Lenstra, Citibank Cliff Neuman, USC Berry Schoenmakers, Digicash Jacques Stern, ENS Yacov Yacobi, Microsoft Bennet Yee, UCSD Program Chair: Matthew Franklin email: franklin@parc.xerox.com A Call for Papers with information about submitting papers and deadlines for submissions can be found on the web at URL http://www.rsa.com/rsalabs/fc99. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair: Rafael Hirschfeld email: unipay@xs4all.nl Local Arrangements Chair: Vincent Cate email: vince@offshore.com.ai For further information, please see the main FC99 conference web page at URL http://fc99.ai/. SPONSORS FC99 is sponsored by: nCipher Corporation <http://www.ncipher.com> Hansa Bank & Trust Company <http://www.hansa.net/> Offshore Information Services <http://offshore.com.ai/> If you are interested in sponsoring FC99, please contact the General Chair at the email address listed above.