Many have been asking about extensions. Here is a CFP with the extension explicitly included as a revised deadline. Note that there will be no further extensions beyond what is listed below. -Paul Syverson Final Call for Papers Financial Cryptography '01 ************DEADLINE EXTENDED: SEE BELOW************ February 19-22, 2001 Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort Cayman Islands, BWI Original papers are solicited on all aspects of financial data security and digital commerce in general for submission to the Fifth Annual Conference on Financial Cryptography (FC01). FC01 aims to bring together persons involved in the financial, legal and data security fields to foster cooperation and exchange of ideas. Relevant topics include Anonymity Protection Infrastructure Design Auditability Legal/ Regulatory Issues Authentication/Identification Loyalty Mechanisms Certification/Authorization Payments/ Micropayments Commercial Transactions Privacy Issues Copyright/ I.P. Management Risk Management Digital Cash/ Digital Receipts Secure Banking Systems Economic Implications Smart Cards Electronic Purses Trust Management Implementations WaterMarking INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS: Electronic submission strongly encouraged. Electronic submissions due 6AM, Washington DC time, October 23, 2000. (Instructions available at http://www.fc01.uwm.edu). Alternatively, send a cover letter and 15 copies of an extended abstract to be received no later than October 23, 2000 to the Program Chair. The extended abstract should start with the title, names of authors, abstract, and keywords followed by a succinct statement appropriate for a non-specialist reader specifying the subject addressed, background, main achievements, and significance to financial data security. Submissions are limited to 15 single-spaced pages of 11pt type and should constitute substantially original material. Panel proposals are due no later than November 27, 2000 (or postmarked and airmailed by November 20). Panel proposals should include a brief description of the panel and a list of prospective panelists. Notification of acceptance or rejection of papers and panel proposals will be sent to authors no later than December 8, 2000. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be presented at the conference and must be willing to sign an acceptable copyright agreement with Springer-Verlag. Use the above address for electronic submissions or mail hardcopy to: Paul Syverson, FC01 Program Chair Center for High Assurance Computer Systems (Code 5540) Naval Research Laboratory Washington DC 20375 USA email: syverson@itd.nrl.navy.mil Web: www.syverson.org phone: +1 202 404-7931 PROCEEDINGS: Final proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag in their Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Preproceedings will be available at the conference, but final versions will not be due until afterwards, giving authors the opportunity to revise their papers based on presentations and discussions at the meeting. Program Committee Matt Blaze, AT&T Labs - Research Yair Frankel, Ecash Matt Franklin, UC Davis David Kravitz, Wave Systems Corp. Arjen Lenstra, Citicorp Philip MacKenzie, Lucent Bell Labs Avi Rubin, AT&T Labs - Research Jacques Stern, Ecole Normale Supérieure Kazue Sako, NEC Stuart Stubblebine, CertCo Paul Syverson (Chair), Naval Research Laboratory Win Treese, Open Market, Inc. Doug Tygar, UC Berkeley Michael Waidner, IBM Zurich Research Lab Moti Yung, CertCo Important Dates Extended Abstract Submissions Due: Oct. 23, 2000, 6AM, Washington DC time (or hardcopy received by Oct. 23, 2000) Panel Proposal Submissions Due: November 27, 2000 Notification: Dec 8, 2000 Electronic submission information: See http://www.fc01.uwm.edu General Chair Stuart Haber, InterTrust STAR Lab Electronic Submission chair George Davida, UWM Further Information about conference registration and on travel, hotels, and Grand Cayman itself will follow in a separate general announcement. FC01 is organized by the International Financial Cryptography Association. Additional information will be found at http://fc01.ai --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@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'