ISSE 2000
                                  Barcelona
                          27-29 September 2000

                               Call for Papers

ISSE is the European institution for the presentation and discussion of
technical, organisational, legal and political concepts for information
security and data protection.

The conference provides presentations and panel discussions about existing
and future information security solutions for large scale corporations,
enterprises, especially SMEs, commerce, financial & public sector,
healthcare, legal practitioners and security professionals.

The conference is user- orientated and solution-driven. It provides new
opportunities for European industry in the market. ISSE focuses on
information security for e-business, based on cryptography and emerging
security technologies.

As in 1999, ISSE 2000 is again prepared by independent organisations under
the auspices of the European Commission Directorate General XIII and
supported by the German Federal Ministry of Economics.

ISSE 2000 runs over three days and has a four-track structure. There will be
an accompanying exhibition.

Presentations should as much as possible address "benefits to the users" and
"impact on society".

We are looking for papers and panel discussions covering the following
areas:

Technology / Cryptography
Technical concepts
Cryptography: experiences and trends
Technical standards
Evaluation criteria
Internet security: e-mail security, VPN, web-security, firewalls and
protocols
Smartcard technology
Security in wireless communications
Emerging technologies, Biometrics
Security of mobile code
Tamper resistant and high performance hardware
Operating systems security
Open source development (OS and security tools)
Global Interoperability
Privacy enhancing technologies
Copyright protection

Infrastructure
Public key infrastructures
International Solutions
Certification authorities: accreditation, evaluation, business cases
Liability and insurance
Evaluation / licensing of components and methods
Infrastructure standards
Interoperability studies and trials
Infrastructure policies and best practices
Key-management concepts
Trusted services: notary, time-stamping
Cross-certification
Attribute certificates

Applications and case studies
Securing e-business, e-banking, e-government
Business sector case studies
Risk management concepts
Public services (citizen / community / public authorities / health care):
practical experiences
Enterprise IT-security solutions and requirements
Integration aspects of enterprise IT-security
Securing document management, workflow systems
Archiving of evidence
Electronic signature
End-to-end security
Multimedia security and copyright protection
Protection of critical information and infrastructures
Digital IDs

Legal and political issues (national/European/global)
Role of governments (EU, national)
Role of international organisations/agreements
Electronic Signature and Electronic Commerce regulations
Legal conditions and the development of technology
Liability
Self-regulation, accreditation
IT-security market / export restrictions
Wassenaar / Dual-Use regulation
Applicable law and jurisdiction
Data protection regulations
Anonymity, pseudonyms, privacy and regulations
Privacy and national security
Information society and human rights

Attention to subjects such as the following in your presentation would be of
particular interest:

Threats and risks in everyday life, and typical limitations of currently
available mass-market implementations
Trap doors: myth or reality?
Protection against industrial espionage
Users risks / insurance
What do people want to use? What can they use? User perception and "critical
success factors" to the adoption of security technologies

The Programme Committee is open to further suggestions.

How to submit your paper

Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract of their contribution to
the ISSE Programme Committee. The submissions should be original research
results, survey articles or case studies and position papers. Product
placement is unacceptable.

Duration of presentation: approximately 30 minutes + 10 minutes for
questions.

Extended abstracts or full papers with abstract must be in English and at
least 4 pages long (c. 2,000 words).

Please suggest a track for your presentation (Technical, Infrastructure,
Applications, Legal/Political) and indicate the interest level:

1 - for delegates without specific knowledge
2 - for delegates with IT experience
3 - for application developers (interested in IT security)
4 - for IT security specialists

Submissions are to be accompanied by a personal biography (max. 200 words)
of the presenter and a full contact address.

Electronic submission only (PDF format, RTF or Word6/Word97 only if PDF not
possible).

Please send your abstract to:

Ulrike Schulte, Programme Manager, TeleTrusT Deutschland e.V.
Association for the Promotion of Trustworthiness of IT-Systems
E-mail: ulrike.schulte@kryptokom.de
Tel: +49 241 963 2639

Deadlines

Please submit your proposals for papers by: April 3, 2000

Notification of acceptance will be made by May 15

Complete papers including slides and personal biography to be submitted by
July 31