Forwarded From: Robert Hettinga <rahat_private> Originally To: Digital Bearer Settlement List <dbsat_private> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Announcement Date: January 19, 1998 C A L L F O R P R E S E N T A T I O N S The Philodox Symposium on Digital Bearer Transaction Technology A symposium on specific applications of digital bearer transaction technology The Downtown Harvard Club Boston, Massachusetts March 25-26, 1998 To Submit Presentation Abstracts: <mailto:rahat_private?subject=Proposed%20DBTT%20Presentation> Presentation Submission Deadline: February 25th, 1999 To register for the Symposium: <http://www.philodox.com/symposiuminfo.html> Registration deadline: March 12, 1999 WHAT IS DIGITAL BEARER SETTLEMENT? A digital bearer transaction is one where a cryptographically secure value-object, issued and underwritten by a third party, is exchanged between the two parties in a trade, typically over a public internetwork. The object executes, clears, and settles the transaction instantaneously, securely, and, in the most secure protocols, anonymously. For a much more detailed financial and legal discussion of digital bearer transaction settlement, and of the market for these kinds of transactions, please see the Philodox home page, <http://www.philodox.com>. THE PHILODOX SYMPOSIA ON DIGITAL BEARER SETTLEMENT Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism, of Boston, Massachusetts, in association with the Digital Commerce Society of Boston, announces the second in a series of symposia, conferences and workshops on the subject of digital bearer transaction settlement. The First Philodox Symposium on Digital Bearer Settlement was held in late July of last year, and though small, it was a resounding success, with several luminaries in the field of electronic commerce and digital bearer transaction settlement in attendance. For information on the First Symposium, see <http://www.philodox.com/firstsymposium.html>. A NEW SYMPOSIUM ON THE TECHNOLOGY OF DIGITAL BEARER SETTLEMENT The second of these gatherings, a professional symposium examining specific applications of the technology of digital bearer settlement, will be held at the Downtown Harvard Club of Boston, Thursday and Friday, March 25 and 26, 1998. The symposium will be a forum for designers and developers of digital bearer transaction applications to discuss their ideas -- and especially their products -- in a friendly, collegial setting, high above downtown Boston. FIRST CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS This is the First Call for Presentations for the Symposium. Anyone who has an idea, design, prototype or product using digital bearer transaction technology is invited to send an abastract of your proposed talk to Philodox and reserve a speaking slot in the appropriate section, or sections, of the Symposium's agenda (seen below), to discuss their work with a group of interested technical, legal, financial, and marketing professionals. Selection for inclusion in the Symposium's agenda will be fairly flexible, but preference will be given, where necessary, to the the originality of the idea, and then to the stage a given digital bearer technology application is in in the development cycle, the later in development the better. SUBMISSIONS To submit a proposal for your talk, please send a small abstract, of no more than 250 words, to Robert Hettinga, of Philodox <mailto:rahat_private>. Mr. Hettinga will forward it on to the appropriate section chairs. You should receive confirmation of your speaking slot within 5 working days, and probably sooner. Since speaking slots will be assigned on a rolling basis, it is probably better to submit a rough idea of your talk to us as soon as possible, and ammend it later if you need to. By submitting a proposal, presenters are committing to come to the Symposium to give their presentation, and will be automatically registered as Symposium participants. As this is a small, bootstrapped event, no discounts are available for presenters whose proposals are accepted, per se. However, it is possible that a limited amount of fee discounts and waivers will be available contingent on several factors. See the Scholarship section of this Call, below, for details. BOOTHS A limited amount of display space may be available for companies who wish to put up a small 10 X 10-foot booth. If you're interested in buying boothspace, please contact Robert Hettinga, <mailto:rahat_private>, directly. SPONSORSHIPS It is entirely possible to sponsor this event. :-) This includes the cocktail party on Thursday night, and sponsorships can be either monitary or in kind. Please contact Robert Hettinga, <mailto:rahat_private>, directly, for details. THE SYMPOSIUM'S FORMAT Each section of the Symposium will consist of presentations of digital bearer technology applications, led by an expert moderator. Ample opportunity will be given for feedback and discussion of the application or idea. And, in the tradition of the first Philodox Symposium, there will be lots of time at meals and the symposium's social events for one-on-one discussion. THE SYMPOSIUM'S AGENDA AGENDA THE PHILODOX SYMPOSIUM ON DIGITAL BEARER SETTLEMENT APPLICATIONS The Downtown Harvard Club One Federal Street, Boston March 25-26, 1999 THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1999 (Club Dress Code: Jacket and tie, please. No jeans or athletic shoes) 0730-0830: Check-in, Breakfast 0830-0845: Welcome 0845-1015: Section 1: LOYALTY PROGRAMS AND OTHER IN-KIND TOKENS Section Chair: Dan Geer <geerat_private> 1015-1030: Break 1030-1200: LOYALTY PROGRAMS, cont'd. 1200-1300: Lunch 1300-1500: Section 2: CASH-SETTLED INTERNET SERVICES Section Chair: Eric S. Johansson <esjat_private> 1500-1515: Break 1515-1715: CASH-SETTLED INTERNET SERVICES, cont'd. 1715-1830: Reception, Jazz, Cocktails and Hors d'Oeurves overlooking Boston Harbor (Held in conjunction with the Digital Commerce Society of Boston) FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1999 (Dress Code: "Business casual." No jeans or athletic shoes) 0800-0830: Breakfast 0830-0845: Announcements 0845-1015: Section 3: CAPITAL MARKET APPLICATIONS FOR DIGITAL BEARER SETTLEMENT Section Chair: Robert Hettinga <rahat_private> 1015-1030: Break 1030-1200: CAPITAL MARKETS, cont'd. 1200-1300: Lunch 1300-1430: Section 4: OTHER MARKET APPLICATIONS FOR DIGITAL BEARER SETTLEMENT Section Chair: Ian Grigg <iangat_private> 1430-1445: Break 1445-1630: OTHER MARKET APPLICATIONS, cont'd. 1630-1645: Closing SYMPOSIUM COST AND REGISTRATION The cost for the Philodox Symposium on Digital Bearer Transaction Technology is $899, payable to "Philodox", on a company check or personal money order sent to Robert Hettinga, Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA, 02131, USA. Philodox must have delivery of your payment on or before noon, Eastern Standard Time, March 12, 1998. Massachusetts residents should add 5% sales tax. If possible, please include the recipient's email address on the check, to aid in confirmation. In addition, participants must also register for the Symposium at the Symposium's registration page, <http://www.philodox.com/symposiuminfo.html>. Include on the form provided there the participant(s) name, email address, company affliation, in addition to what expertise and interests you bring to the symposium, to help us with content and discussion development. Confirmation of your Symposium seat will be sent by email upon receipt of your check. If you intend to pay your Symposium admission by wire, please indicate so the checkbox provided on the form, and wire instructions will be sent to you by email. If, for some reason, you plan to come but cannot arrange payment in time for the deadline, please register anyway, and contact Mr. Hettinga directly at <mailto: rahat_private> to see if something can be worked out. Your Symposium fee goes towards conference room rental, breakfasts, lunches, a cocktail reception on Thursday night, snacks, audio-visual rental, internet access on-site, and various mementoes of the occasion. And, of course, Philodox's event management fee. SCHOLARSHIPS A small number of scholarship fee-waivers will be available, contingent upon direct sponsorship and the size of the Symposium, to be selected by Philodox and based upon the applicant's financial need and ability to contribute to the symposium. Please contact Robert Hettinga, <mailto: rahat_private>, if you want to request a fee-waiver. THE DIGITAL BEARER SETTLEMENT EMAIL LIST: DBSat_private As part of Philodox's ongoing support of the technology of digital bearer settlement, an email list has been established to discuss the technology and its ramifications in an unmoderated, informal setting. Please use the following URL in any mailto-capable browser to subscribe to the list itself: <mailto:requestsat_private?subject=subscribe%20dbs>. It is hoped that the Symposium's participants will use dbsat_private as a "watering hole" list for their discussions before, during, and after the Symposium. WHO IS PHILODOX? Philodox is a financial technology evangelism company founded by Robert Hettinga, founder of the Digital Commerce Society of Boston, and founding moderator and editor of several internet discussion lists and newsletters on digital commerce and financial cryptography. Mr. Hettinga is also founder of both the International Conference on Financial Cryptography, and the International Financial Cryptography Association. For more information on Philodox, please see <http://www.philodox.com>. See you soon in Boston! Cordially, Robert Hettinga Founder, Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism Boston, Massachusetts The Philodox Symposium on Digital Bearer Transaction Settlement is sponsored in part by the Internet Guide Service Inc., <mailto: esjat_private>, and their generous contribution of the symposium's network and internet access services. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.5.5 iQEVAwUBNqTEacUCGwxmWcHhAQF4QQf9FBuwKT6EsUlYjEyzj9A3s4PAxA1h9Vop drRW4APh6LnEOiydmf584+eK1vh880uA4CgO2ByhzBU7NspG4yPrEQOtv9/Ko+iM MO2wjjtgHwtKAxdyfM1afoA98u6ihFarA+cNKmwvQlx0K5ue5iCjvt80Oet2yytC HM/Eqo7RbL4pGMgq25PFx7719jz5nfs3M6JGC9oz7PiAQNQyCuZT8qyuq22h5n5k 5k5F7VcH6euEZtdQ+PXHJpYpIT8h5txZL8/BqZ65BzcpMZT1Doq93KuRmyNf5eq4 +Pk0OX3I5zi/z49iWz9+Qjk727GFYfl/F3MiQWKhd1kqUIcjlNwQug== =yhtM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Internet Security Institute [www.isi-sec.com]
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