=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= EFCE 2001 22-23 June 2001 Edinburgh UK =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Only 2 weeks to go until EFCE 2001 ! EFCE 2001 is the leading engineering conference in the field of Financial Cryptography. Companies active in the field meet to present and demonstrate Running Code that pushes forward the "state of the art". This year's programme shows a wide range of financial technologies to be unveiled, both software and hardware, with international speakers assembling from the US, the Caribbean and Central Europe. Please join us in Edinburgh 22-23 June 2001 (Friday/Saturday) for what promises to be an exciting and fascinating event. Details on the website at <http://www.efce.net> or mail me directly! Rachel Willmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> General Chair, EFCE 2001 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- KEYNOTE SPEAKER David Wyatt Development Director CrestCo Ltd <http://www.crestco.co.uk> Access to CREST (the core UK settlement infrastructure responsible for GBP 220bn of business a day) is at the moment restricted to those who can afford to use the private networks licensed by CRESTCo. But new technologies, especially cryptography, are changing all this. David will describe how he proposes to allow retail investors to interact directly with CREST, cheaply but securely over the Internet, to instruct and settle transactions with their broker - or perhaps with each other. He will describe how he will at the same time link them direct to their bank or building society accounts, to pay immediately a trade is struck with real-world cash. He will describe how CRESTCo will prototype this within the year and he will show how easy it is to take this structure and turn it into a real-time loading mechanism for putting cash (and UK or foreign equities, gilts and other bonds, etc) onto the net. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "Electronic cash and private credentials based on Stefan Brands' technologies" Ulf Möller Zero-Knowledge Systems Inc. Montreal, Canada Zero-Knowledge Systems is developing an SDK for electronic cash and private credentials based on Stefan Brands' technologies. Ulf Möller from ZKS will discuss this toolkit and demonstrate e-cash on a mobile device. <http://www.zeroknowledge.com> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "GoldMoney.com - A Solid Currency for Global Commerce" Geoffrey Turk GoldMoney Nassau, Bahamas GoldMoney is an Internet payment system that greatly advances electronic commerce by providing a safe, cost-effective and easy way to exchange money for goods and services. By combining the power of Internet technology with the simplicity of gold, the world's oldest money, GoldMoney enables its users to make instant, non-repudiable payments to anyone around the world at any time, day or night. Geoffrey will demonstrate the current payment technology in GoldMoney, along with an introduction to some new functionality including digital certificate authentication, two-step payment key authentication and trusted third party integration. Geoffrey Turk is the Operations Manager of GoldMoney. <http://www.goldmoney.com> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "The Secure Execution Engine from nCipher" Ross Younger nCipher Cambridge, UK nCipher have recently developed the Secure Execution Engine which allows developers to place their security critical code into a Hardware Security Module. Signed code executing within the Engine can have rights over your cryptographic material delegated to it, contingent on it bearing a signature from a party authorised to use the material in question. Ross will show how this can be used to enforce policy and protect the execution of protocols which may be insecure when executed on a host computer, even if the keys in question are secured in an HSM. During the talk he will demonstrate use of the APIs, the process of signing code, nCipher's host-side debugging capabilities, and the secure execution of some example code within an nCipher HSM. <http://www.ncipher.com> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "Hardware Tokens for Mercantile Cryptography" Rodney Thayer California, USA For several years now, the hardware token has been postulated to provide technical capabilites for secure portable cryptographic operations in commerce. The reality is, these devices are still an evolving technology, on the 'bleeding edge' of usefulness. This presentation will demonstrate some currently possible uses of tokens, and discuss how they can be applied to Financial Cryptography and other Internet commerce environments. Smart Cards, buttons, hardware accelerators, and other token technologies will be explored. Rodney Thayer is a long time IETF hacker, having been involved in numerous encryption and security standards. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "In and Out the Payments Maze" Rachel Willmer Intertrader Edinburgh, UK <http://www.intertrader.com> Following on from last year's demonstration of the world's first online currency exchange between e-gold and Mondex, Rachel will this year be demonstrating a payment chain between other payment systems. This demonstration will feature direct fixed-rate currency exchange, and an online market-driven exchange in real-time. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "WebFunds -- a platform for trading instruments in real-time" . Ian Grigg Systemics British West Indies Ian will demonstrate advances in T+0 trading, including real securities markets, trades that settle in T+seconds, and other innovations. Ian Grigg is a founder of Systemics Inc, a leading builder of financial cryptography systems, and also founder of the WebFunds Team. <http://www.systemics.com> <http://www.webfunds.org> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "IceGold.com - THE international e-currency exchange!" Paul Vahur IceGold Tallinn, Estonia Paul will show how existing commercial working codes can be implemented into a working solution. e-gold + SMS + hanza.net = IceGold superb service :-) Topped off with a finale of BananaGold. Paul Vahur is Founder and CEO of IceGold, an exchange provider in Estonia. <http://www.icegold.com> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "XML format for Ricardian Contracts" Erwin van der Koogh The WebFunds team Dublin, Ireland Originally invented by Systemics, this Ricardian contract specification defines a format and set of rules to define value as a contract, which is very abstract and difficult to describe. Currently, the format is in Window-like .ini format and changing it to XML is the next logical step. Or is it? Erwin van der Koogh has proposed an XML schema for Ricardian Contracts and will test that against the set of requirements of a Ricardian Contract. Erwin van der Koogh presents as one of the WebFunds Development Team. <http://www.webfunds.org> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "The Bonds that Free" picoIPO Ltd The invention of Internet tradeable instruments of extreme efficiency brings IPOs within reach of the poorest. It has already been shown that finance can breach the barriers and effectively lend amounts as little as $100 with the emerging field of microfinance. Instruments will be shown that list, trade and settle; all for fees that will bring tears to the eyes of the most hardened city dealer. PicoIPO is an Internet Portal company in the sector of microfinance. As well as being a clearinghouse for information in this field, picoIPO is experimenting with Internet techniques for finance, in contrast to the current practice of old manual techniques. <http://www.picoipo.com> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "Developing Payment Solutions using the NewGenPay System" Amir Herzberg NewGenPay Tel Aviv, Israel NewGenPay is developing a new core payment technology which can be implemented in a variety of payment instruments. The company is developing the core NewGenPay engine, and also offers NewGenPay Micropayments, a solution enabling provision of Micropayment services (charging cents 'per click' or for buying with a mobile device). Other technology solution providers will provide other payment instruments using the core NewGenPay system, such as mobile payments, person to person payments, strongly anonymous (`digital cash') payments, and others. Amir Herzberg is the CTO of NewGenPay, a recent spin-off from IBM (where the technology was known as IBM MiniPay). <http://www.newgenpay.com> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
