[crypto] [fhannigan@math.uwaterloo.ca: 2nd Announcement for ECC 2002]

R. Hirschfeld ray@unipay.nl
Tue, 14 May 2002 12:19:35 -0400


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Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 11:40:56 -0400
To: ECC Invitees General List <100142.3240@compuserve.com>
From: Frances Hannigan <fhannigan@math.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: 2nd Announcement for ECC 2002

THE 6TH WORKSHOP ON ELLIPTIC CURVE CRYPTOGRAPHY (ECC 2002)

University of Essen, Essen, Germany

September 23, 24 & 25 2002

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT		      May 13, 2002


ECC 2002 is the sixth in a series of annual workshops dedicated to the
study of elliptic curve cryptography and related areas. The main themes
of ECC 2002 will be:
   - The discrete logarithm and elliptic curve discrete logarithm problems.
   - Efficient parameter generation and point counting.
   - Provably secure cryptographic protocols for encryption, signatures
     and key agreement.
   - Efficient software and hardware implementation of elliptic curve
     cryptosystems.
   - Deployment of elliptic curve cryptography.

It is hoped that the meeting will continue to encourage and stimulate
further research on the security and implementation of elliptic curve
cryptosystems and related areas, and encourage collaboration between
mathematicians, computer scientists and engineers in the academic,
industry and government sectors.


SPONSORS
      Alcatel Canada
      Certicom Corp.
      CV Cryptovision
      EDIZONE GmbH
      Metris
      MITACS
      Philips Semiconductors
      Research Alliance Data Security NRW
      University of Essen
      University of Waterloo


ORGANIZERS
      Gerhard Frey           (University of Essen)
      Alfred Menezes         (University of Waterloo)
      Scott Vanstone         (University of Waterloo)
      Annegret Weng          (University of Essen)


CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
      Dan Bleichenbacher     (Lucent Technologies, USA)
      Steven Galbraith       (Royal Holloway College, UK)
      Kiran Kedlaya          (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
      Alan Lauder            (Oxford University, UK)
      Ansgar Lohoff          (CV Cryptovision, Germany)
      Kumar Murty            (University of Toronto, Canada)
      Kim Nguyen             (Philips Semiconductors GmbH, Germany)
      Phong Nguyen           (ENS, Paris, France)
      David Pointcheval      (ENS, Paris, France)
      Takakazu Satoh         (Saitama University, Japan)
      Gerhard Schabhueser    (BSI,Germany)
      Rene Schoof            (University of Rome, Italy)
      Frederik Vercauteren   (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)


CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

There will be approximately 15 invited lectures (and no contributed
talks), with the remaining time used for informal discussions. There
will be both survey lectures as well as lectures on latest research
developments. All lectures will be held on the campus of the University
of Essen. Further details of the programme and lecture room will be
provided in the third announcement.


REGISTRATION

There will be a registration fee this year of Euro 150 or $150 US
(Euro 75 or $75 US for participants affiliated with a university).
PLEASE REGISTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS SPACE IS LIMITED FOR THIS
WORKSHOP; REGISTRATION IS ON A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVE BASIS.
The deadline for registration has been set to Friday, September 14.
To register, complete, in full, the attached REGISTRATION FORM and
return it

by e-mail to:   ecc@exp-math.uni-essen.de

by mail to:     Mrs. Julia Thiemann
                 Institute for Experimental Mathematics
                 Ellernstrasse 29
                 45326 Essen
                 Germany

                 Phone: +49/201/183-7656
                 Fax: +49/201/183-7669

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ECC 2002 CONFERENCE              REGISTRATION FORM

Fullname:
_________________________________________________________

Affiliation:
_________________________________________________________

Address:
_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

E-Mail Address:
_________________________________________________________

Telephone #:
_________________________________________________________

Mark your choice:

Registration Fee:                            Euro 150   / $150 US

Reduced Registration Fee
(participants affiliated with a university): Euro 75   / $75 US

Student Registration Fee
(without conference banquet):                Euro 40   / $40 US

(Registration Fee Includes Banquet)
       Attending Banquet:  Yes / No           Vegetarian:  Yes / No

Extra Guest Banquet Fee:                     Euro 30   / $30 US
        Guest Vegetarian:  Yes / No

TOTAL REGISTRATION FEE:                      DM____   / $____ US


PAYMENT MUST BE MADE IN CASH OR TRAVELLER CHEQUES ON ARRIVAL AT
THE RECEPTION DESK. NO CREDIT CARDS CAN BE ACCEPTED.


Accommodation (please mark your choice)

( ) I would like to reserve a single-        Euro 64 per night
     room for ___ nights, from ___
     to ___ September, 2002 (please fill
     in the dates of arrival and
     departure).

( ) I would like to reserve a single-        Euro 72 per night
     room with a large bed ("grand lit")
     for ___ nights, from ___ to ___
     September, 2002.

( ) I would like to reserve a double-        Euro 42 per person / per night
     room for ___ nights, from ___ to
     ___ September, 2002 and I would like
     to share it with _________________ .

( ) I would like to reserve a bed in         Euro 42 per person / per night
     a double-room from ____ to ___
     September, 2002 and I'm ready to share
     it with another participant of the
     conference.

( ) I don't need a hotel room.


The hotel bill should be paid directly at the hotel reception.


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TRAVEL

Essen is situated approximately 30 km from Duesseldorf International
Airport and about 250 km from Frankfurt Airport.

Participants should plan to arrive on September 22 to be able to
attend the lectures on Monday morning.


Duesseldorf Airport to Essen Hauptbahnhof (main station):
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
There are two suburban trains (S-Bahn) from the airport to Essen.
The S1 goes directly to Essen Hauptbahnhof (main station), but not
very often (once an hour, direction "Dortmund Hauptbahnhof", get off at
"Essen Hauptbahnhof"). The other train is the S7, direction "Solingen
Ohligs". At the station named "Unterrath" (2 minutes later) you should
change to S1 (direction "Dortmund Hauptbahnhof") which will leave
immediately and take you to "Essen Hauptbahnhof". The S7 goes twice an
hour during the week and once an hour at weekends.  The price for
either of these trains is about Euro 7 and the journey time is
around 45 minutes.  Tickets must be purchased  before boarding the
train and they must be validated (i.e., time stamped) which can be
done in the station or immediately upon boarding the train.

Note that there is an airport in Monchengladbach which is also
called "Duesseldorf airport" and which is served by a few smaller
airlines within Europe.  One can also get to Essen from this airport
by using the S-bahn, but the journey time is longer (about 2 hours).

Frankfurt Airport to Essen Hauptbahnhof (main station):
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
There is a train (InterCity) which goes directly from Frankfurt/Main
Airport to "Essen Hauptbahnhof". There is one train an hour. the
journey takes approximately 3 hours and costs around Euro 60.
An exact timetable for these (and other) trains can be found
at http://bahn.hafas.de/bin/detect.exe/bin/query.exe/en
Tickets may be purchased at the station or on the train.
Another possibility is to take suburban train (S-Bahn) S8 to Mainz
and then change to an Essen train.  For special trains (e.g. Inter-City)
it is necessary to pay a supplement.

Essen Hauptbahnhof (main station) to the University of Essen:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
To walk from Essen Hauptbahnhof to the University of Essen takes
around 20-25 minutes.  It is also possible to take the
underground trains U11 and U17 direction "Altenessen"
and get off at the "Universitaet Essen" stop.  On the underground
it is necessary to buy a ticket in advance and validate (time stamp)
it either before entering the platform or immediately upon boarding
the train.

Maps of the region, city and university can be found at:
    http://www.uni-essen.de/plan/


ACCOMMODATION

There is a limited block of rooms set aside on a first-come first-serve
basis at five mid-range hotels in Essen: "Korn", "Atelier", "Europa",
"Lindenhof" and "REMA". All these hotels are close to both the Essen
main station and the University of Essen and can easily be reached by
public transport. Breakfast is included. We ask you to make your hotel
reservations with us.

In all five hotels, the price is Euro 64 for a single room and Euro 84
for a double room. You can also book single rooms with a large bed
("grand lit"), the price for these rooms is Euro 72 per night. If you
prefer such a room, please indicate on the registration form. If all the
single rooms for Euro 64 are booked, we will automatically reserve a
single room with "grand lit" for Euro 72 for you.

The addresses of the hotels and their exact location will be given in
the next announcement.


FURTHER INFORMATION

If you did not receive this announcement by email and would like to be
added to the mailing list for the third announcement, please send email
to ecc2002@math.uwaterloo.ca. The announcements are also available from
the web sites:
       www.exp-math.uni-essen.de/~weng/ecc2002.html
and
       www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca
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