Preliminary

                                Call for Papers

                     Communications and Multimedia Security

                  Joint Working Conference IFIP TC-6 and TC-11

                            September 23.- 24., 1996
                          University of Essen, Germany


Major topics include but not limited to:

   * High Speed Communications Security
   * Communications Security
   * Security in Multimedia Environments
   * Certification Authorities and Mechanisms
   * Decentralized Trust
   * Encryption and its Applications
   * Anonymity and Pseudonymity
   * Security on the Electronic Highway
   * Electronic Business and Electronic Money
   * Smartcards
   * Secure Billing
   * Authorization and Access Control
   * Secure Corporate Networking
   * Groupware and Mobile Computing
   * Online Services and Electronic Publishing
   * Applications in Health Care
   * Teleconsulting and Telecooperation
   * Hardware Aspects
   * Legal Aspects
   * Social and Ethical Aspects
   * Ease of Use and Acceptance
   * Information Security Standards

 Contributions written in English shall not exceed 6000 words. Eight copies of
   the paper should be submitted to Prof. Dr. Patrick Horster, University of
  Chemnitz (full address see below). Electronic submissions can't be accepted.
       The proceedings shall be published by an international publisher.

 Important dates:    Submission of papers           March 1, 1996
                     Notification of acceptance     April 8, 1996
                     Camera-ready copy due            May 3, 1996

 Program Committee:
 Patrick Horster, Chemnitz (D) (Chairman)
 Eduardo B. Fernandez, Boca Raton, FL
 (USA)
                                             Winfried M|ller, Klagenfurt (A)
 Dirk Fox, Siegen (D)
                                             Harald Niederreiter, Vienna (A)
 Dimitris Gritzalis, Athens (GR)
                                             G|nther Pernul, Essen (D)
 Siegfried Herda, Darmstadt (D)
                                             Reinhard Posch, Graz (A)
 Matthias Kaiserswerth, R|schlikon (CH)
                                             Erwin Schoitsch, Seibersdorf (A)
 Dimitris Karagiannis, Vienna (A)
                                             Basie v. Solms, Johannesburg (SA)
 Sokratis Katsikas, Athens (GR)
                                             Otto Spaniol, Aachen (D)
 Dipak Khakhar, Lund (S)
                                             Stephanie Teufel, Zurich (CH)
 Peter Kraaibeek, Meppen (D)
                                             Gerhard Weck, Cologne (D)
 Markus Michels, Chemnitz (D)
                                             Louise Yngstrxm, Stockholm (S)

 Conference Organization:
 G|nther Pernul, Essen (D) (Local
 organization)                          E-Mail: pernul@wi-inf.uni-essen.de
 Peter Kraaibeek, Meppen (D)            E-Mail: kbk@cci.de
 Konrad Schultz, Chemnitz (D)           E-Mail: kosc@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de

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           Address for submitting papers and for further information:

          University of Technology Chemnitz, Prof. Dr. Patrick Horster
             Theoretical Computer Science and Information Security
                             Stra_e der Nationen 62
                                 09111 Chemnitz
                                    Germany
                        Fax.-Nr.: ++ ++ (0)371 531-1810
                     E-Mail: pho@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de