Here's a crypto-EDI/legal mini-conference announcement from the Electronic Data Interchange Issues <EDI-L@UCCVMA.UCOP.EDU> list. This is a great list for issues of networked-based commerce and security practicum. Forwarded message: Date: Fri, 7 Jan 1994 09:45:57 -0500 Sender: Electronic Data Interchange Issues <EDI-L@UCCVMA.UCOP.EDU> From: Michael Baum <BAUM%HULAW1.bitnet@UCCVMA.UCOP.EDU> Subject: Am. Bar Ass'n Information Security Committee Meeting Announcement To: Multiple recipients of list EDI-L <EDI-L@UCCVMA.UCOP.EDU> **Posted For Information Purposes Only** Please correspond to: Michael S. Baum, Esq. 33 Tremont Street Cambridge, MA 02139-1227 Tel: 617/661-1234 Fax: 617/661-0716 Email: baum@hulaw1.harvard.edu Subject: ** Notice and Invitation ** Certification Authority Work Group Notarization and nonrepudiation Work Group Information Security Committee, EDI/IT Division Section of Science and Technology You are cordially invited to participate in a meeting of the above- referenced work groups of the Information Security Committee on Wednesday-Thursday, January 19-20, 1994. These interdisciplinary work groups will continue to address conventional and electronic notarization and certification authority issues. The meetings are focused around the work product of its respective participants and will be highly results driven. At the last meeting, further progress was made on the development of "Model Certification Authority Guidelines/Rules of Practice ("Guideline") to provide a legal framework for the use of certificate- based public key cryptography. Also, proposals were further debated and developed including for: (i) the creation of a new ABA accreditation/- specialization "attorney-notary;" (ii) a "Clipper Resolution;" and (iii) alternative dispute resolution for CAs. Professor Carl Felsenfeld has secured the use of the Faculty Reading Room of Fordham Law School in New York City. The meeting agenda and logistics are attached. I look forward to seeing you in New York. Sincerely, Michael S. Baum Chair, Information Security Committee and EDI/IT Division cc: Joe Potenza, Section Chair Council, Division and Committee Chairs attachment Information Security Committee EDI and Information Technology Division Section of Science and Technology American Bar Association Certification Authority Work Group Notarization and Nonrepudiation Work Group January 19-20, 1994 TENTATIVE AGENDA Wed. Jan. 19, 1994 8:30- 9:00 Continental breakfast and registration. 9:00- 9:30 Participant introductions, meeting logistics and questions. 9:30-10:30 Presentation of revised notary and accreditation proposals. 10:30-10:45 Break. 10:45-12:30 Review of revised draft Guideline outline; presentation on identity credentials; break-out session on contributions. 12:30-13:30 Lunch & informal presentation - TBD. 13:30-15:00 Report from break-out session; drafting sessions. 15:00-15:15 Break. 15:15-16:45 Update on computer-based powers of attorney; continuation of Guideline contribution presentations and discussion. 16:45-17:00 Wrap-up. Thurs. Jan. 20, 1994 8:30- 9:00 Continental breakfast and registration. 9:00-10:30 Break-out sessions on Guideline. 10:30-10:45 Break. 10:45-12:30 Additional presentation by contributors to the Guideline; Review of outline and contributions. 12:30-13:30 Lunch & informal presentation - TBD. 13:30-15:00 Review of Meeting Work Product and "mid-course corrections." 15:00-15:45 Break. 15:15-16:15 Presentation and Update of Clipper-Capstone Resolution; presentation of revised proposal/resolutions (Notarial, etc.). Report on Dec. '93 WG meeting on Digital Signature Legislation. 16:45-17:00 New Work Group assignments; wrap-up. Certification Authority Work Group Notarization and Nonrepudiation Work Group Information Security Committee January 19-20, 1994 Meeting Details Papers: All prior participants who plan to attend must submit their agreed upon contributions ASAP to: baum@hulaw1.harvard.edu and please bring a copy of the contribution to the meeting on disk. First-time participants (who plan to attend the January 19-20 meeting) must submit a brief paper (~3 pages in length) relevant to the subject matter or discuss their planned contribution to the committee (please contact Michael Baum for details). A binder of prior papers will be presen to new participants during registration. Prior participants are requested to bring their Work Group binders. Meeting Location: Faculty Reading Room - 4th Floor Fordham Law School 140 West 62nd Street New York, NY (enter btwn. Amsterdam and Columbus Aves.) (this is adjacent to Lincoln Center) Phone: 212-636-6856 (Prof. Carl Felsenfeld) Fax: 212-636-6899 (Law School Faculty Office) Meals: Continental breakfast and refreshments during the breaks will be served as well as a light lunch (at cost). Hotels: The closest hotel to the meeting is the Radisson Empire Hotel at 44 West 63rd Street, New York, NY 10023 Ph: +1 212-265-7400 Fax: +1 212-314-0349). However, you may want to take advantage of the conference discount provided for the Worldwide Electronic Commerce conference being held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Ph: 212-355-3000 (hotel reservations). I am informed that the Waldorf's conference discount will continue for the duration of the Information Security Committee Meeting. R.S.V.P. Please notify the ABA to RSVP. Also, please send a biography (new participants) and confirmation of your intention to participate to Ann Kowalski, Section Manager, Section of Science and Technology (ABA Chicago 312-988-6281 or kowalskya@attmail.com) as soon as possible. *** END *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To find out more about this anonymous remail service, send mail to remail@tamsun.tamu.edu with the word "remail help" as the only words in the subject field.