Forwarded message from [aweber@telematik.iig.uni-freiburg.de] sent originally on Mon, 25 Oct 1999 14:53:15 +0200 (MET DST): : Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, : : auf der European Conference on Information Systems 2000, Wien, 3.-5. Juli, : wird es einen Track über Banking geben. Der Call for Papers benennt Themen : wie Payments, Security, Third Party Services, etc. (siehe unten). Deadline : für die Einreichung von Papieren ist der 15. November. Wir würden uns sehr : über Einreichungen von Ihnen freuen. Details finden Sie bitte auf : http://ecis2000.wu-wien.ac.at/. : : Mit freundlichen Grüßen : : Arnd Weber : : =============== : ECIS 2000 Track : : Banking : : Electronic Money, Payment Systems and Security : : : Objectives : : Communication technologies are maturing and communication is becoming a : commodity product. Neither the technical aspects nor the components, nor the : communication network itself are at the centre of interest for generating : future wealth. : Economic exchange activity will increasingly be based upon low cost electronic : transactions. The use of communications to provide a presence anywhere, : anytime for : access to any goods and services will be the driving force for development. : To exploit : this challenge and opportunity for banking and global financial services : the present : communication systems, namely the Internet, will have to answer to : questions on security : and trust, presently still guaranteed either by governments or by law and : customs. : Centralised security will have to be substituted by decentralised security : policies and : methods. The borderless nature of the Internet makes accountability of : particularly : financial transactions, guarantee of copyright and the protection of : property as well as : the privacy of people a real threat to the realisation of electronic : commerce. : : The issues of free-banking and competition of currencies are opposed to a : central : banking system with guaranteed value and stability of money. Electronic : payment : systems are already rationalising existing physical or cashless systems, : and in this way : raise questions of "fairness of access", "security of information and business : relationships", "tamper-proof hardware", and "control of money flow". The : changes : which have occurred in customer and internal relationships and : organisations are : relevant. Systems offering electronic money are a quantum jump ahead of plain : electronic payment systems. Cash cards in use today can be loaded by an : individual : bank or with cash, and represent access to a free-banking environment, : whe-re money : is represented by a bitstring. How can this bitstring be protected, who : guarantees its : value, and should there be interest payments on the stored value? How will : the tax : system work, and what customs do customers develop regarding their transaction : money? Is there a portefeuille of payment systems for the actual : application? Are : micropayments treated in the same way as macropayments? Will the anonymity : of cash : be a property of the past? Technologies enabling transborder push and pull : systems, : globally accepted signature systems guaranteed by trustworthy third : parties, taxation of : transborder business and banking transactions, and new businesses for : financial : institutions in an information economy are necessary for trust to become : the major : competitive factor for payment and electronic money. : : : Track Theme and Suggested Topics : : The general theme of the track on banking will focus on Electronic Payment : Systems : and electronic money. In the first case, the convergence of the many : existing standards : and functionality will be particularly focused on. Of special importance : are security : issues, particularly whether secure hardware will be the final tradeoff. : With regards to the : second topic the functions of money as a unit of measurement, of transfer : of value and : storage of value and the subsequent security requirements are of importance. : : Issues to be covered are: : : Transborder push and pull payment instruments and remote : banking-systems, : including systems for brokerage : : Stored value systems, in particular progress in tamper-resistance and : in the : efficiency of signature-based systems : : Requirements and solutions for secure authentication, non-repudiation : and : privacy in national and international finance and banking systems : : Integration of banking and other third party services for electronic : commerce : and financing, such as certification and notary services, security, : portability and : transparency in the handling of signature keys : : Issues in Internet- and multi-channel banking, including : point-of-sale, and : electronic commerce systems : : Experiences with fieldtest, prototype systems, and new services and : sy-stems. : : Programme Committee : : Günter Müller : University of Freiburg, : Germany (Chair) : : Lutz M. Kolbe : Deutsche Bank, : Eschborn, Germany : : Hans Ulrich Buhl : University of Augsburg, : Germany : : Tatsuaki Okamoto : NTT Laboratories, : Kanagawa, Japan : : Klaus-Peter Frohmüller : Commerzbank, : Frankfurt, Germany : : John Schey : Enterprise Information Systems, : Clearwater, USA : : Walter Gruber : Bank Austria, : Vienna, Austria : : Maddalena Sorrentino : Universita Cattolica del Sacro : Cuore, Milano, Italy : : Peter Landrock : Cryptomathic A/S, : Aarhus, Denmark : : Arnd Weber : University of Freiburg, : Germany (Vice Chair) : : -------------------------------------------------------------- : Arnd Weber Telephone + 49 761 203-5704 : IIG-Telematics Fax -4929 : Friedrichstrasse 50 Private tel: + 49 761 40 80 87 : D 79098 Freiburg : --------------------------------------------------------------
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