Forwarded message from [mueller@telematik.iig.uni-freiburg.de (Guenter Mueller)] sent originally on Tue, 09 Nov 1999 16:48:12 +0000: : Dear Colleague, : : please find below the call for papers of the ECIS conference in Vienna. I : am the chairman of the Banking Track. The objective is to discuss the : potential and direction of network based banking and payment systems with : special regard for new banking and financial services. : : I would like to encourage you to submit a paper. There are two ways to do : that: : : 1. Submission on the web. : http://ecis2000.wu-wien.ac.at/ : The official deadline is November 15th. : : 2. Submission to me: Professor Müller, University of Freiburg : If you wish to submit a paper, and you are not ready for November 15th, : please send an abstract, title and author(s) to me using E-Mail within the : coming week. You will immediately get an response to advise you about the : paper and the due date for the final version. : : Hope to see you in Vienna, July 3 to 5, 2000. : : Guenter : : ECIS 2000 Track : Banking : Electronic money, payment systems, and security : : Objectives : : Communication is maturing. Neither the technical aspects nor the : components, nor the communication network itself are at the centre of : interest for generating future wealth or will contribute primarily to the : competitiveness of companies and of nations. A presence anywhere, anytime, : with any good will be the driving force for develop-ment. The key component : to these questions will be the reduction in cost of transactions and the : presence on global markets. To exploit this opportunity the present : communication systems, namely the Internet, will have to give answers to : questions that are presently guaranteed either by governments or by law and : customs. Centralised security will be substituted by decentralised : security. The borderless nature of the Internet makes accountability of : transactions, guarantee of copyrights and the protection of property as : well as the security of people, goods and payments a new challenge. 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 rationalise already existing physical or : cashless systems, and in this way raise ques-tions of "fairness of access", : "security of information and business relationships", "tamper-proof : hardware", and "control of money flow". The changes in customer and : internal relationships and organisations are relevant. Systems offering : electronic money are a quantum jump ahead of plain electronic payment : systems. Present day used cash cards can be loaded by an individual bank or : with cash, and represent the entry to a free-banking environment, where : money is represented by a bitstring. How can this bitstring be protected, : who guarantees the value, and should there be interest payments on the : stored value? How will the tax system work, and what customs to customers : develop regarding their transaction money? Is there a porte--feuille 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 signa-ture systems guaranteed by trustworthy third parties, : taxation of transborder busi-ness and banking transactions, and new : businesses for financial institutions in an information economy are : necessary for trust to become the major competitive factor for pay-ment 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 particulary focused on. : Of special importance are security issues, especially whether secure : hardware will be the final trade-off. For 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 systems. : : Programme Committee : Guenter Mueller, University of Freiburg, Germany (Chair) : Hans Ulrich Buhl, University of Augsburg, Germany : Walter Gruber, Bank Austria, Vienna, Austria : Klaus-Peter Frohmüller, Commerzbank, Frankfurt, Germany : Lutz Kolbe, Deutsche Bank, Eschborn, Germany : Peter Landrock, Cryptomathic A/S, Aarhus, Denmark : Tatsuaki Okamoto, NTT Laboratories, Kanagawa, Japan : John Schey, Enterprise Information Systems, Clearwater, USA : Arnd Weber, University of Freiburg, Germany : : FOR COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS, please contact Guenter Mueller at: : mueller@telematik.iig.uni-freiburg.de : : Prof. Dr. Guenter Mueller : Telematik : Universitaet Freiburg : Friedrichstr. 50 : 79098 Freiburg : Tel: xx49-761-203-4964 : Fax: xx49-761-203-4929 : http://www.iig.uni-freiburg.de/telematik

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