--- begin forwarded text Subject: Digital Money: New Era or Business as Usual? Date: Wed, 6 Aug 97 11:11:20 +0000 x-sender: daveb@mail.hyperion.co.uk From: "David G.W. Birch" <daveb@hyperion.co.uk> To: "Bob Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Bob, Please repost to e$ and anywhere else you think it might go down well! The speaker line up is excellent so I'm hoping we can drum up some extra business by showing it off!! Digital Money: New Era or Business as Usual? London, England, 7th-8th October 1997 Hyperion are co-sponsors of a two day seminar bringing together leaders in the field of digital money and online trading. The seminar is organised by Unicom <http://www.unicom.co.uk> in association with Lotus, NCR, Computer Associates, Attachmate, IMIS, Automatic ID News, British Computer Society and the Institute of Management Consultants. The seminar cost UKP 845 plus VAT where applicable and places should be booked through Unicom. Opening Address: Digital Money Directions David G.W. Birch, Director, Hyperion. Keynote Address: Monetary Innovation in Historical Perspective Glyn Davies, Professor Emeritus and economic advisor to Julian Hodge Bank Ltd. A copy of Glyn's excellent book "A History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day" will be presented free to all delegates with the compliments of Hyperion. Digital Money and Laissez-Faire Banking David Cronin, formerly with Bank of Ireland. Digital Money Liability Nick Lockett, Field Fisher Waterhouse. Why is the Electronic Economy Different? John Browning (edited Wired UK). Programmable Currenies Howard Smith, CSC Is the Book Entry Transaction Dead? Bob Hettinga, Digital Commerce Society of Boston Trading in the Internet Financial System Ian Grigg, Systemics The Electronic Purse in Context Peter Hirsch, Retail Banking Research Mondex, A Status Report Steve Maier, Mondex International E-Cash, GSM and the Net Julian Wilson, AT&T Unisource Electronic Purse: the lessons so far Steve Johnson, Verifone Getting from Real Money to Electronic Money Robert Zipplies, DigiCash Micropayments Peter Kirby, IBM The Cybercash Solution Set Steve Crispinelli, Cybercash The Millicent Scheme Henry Gouraud, Digital UK. ------------------------------------------------------------------ David G.W. Birch, Director. Hyperion, 8 Frederick Sanger Road http://www.hyperion.co.uk/ Guildford, Surrey GU2 5YD, UK mailto:daveb@hyperion.co.uk Tel:+44(0)1483 301793 Finger for my PGP public key Fax:+44(0)1483 561657 Where people, networks and money come together....consult Hyperion --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com), Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/