Computer Privacy Digest Wed, 20 Jul 94 Volume 5 : Issue: 009 Today's Topics: Moderator: Leonard P. Levine InfoWar II--First Call for Participation The Computer Privacy Digest is a forum for discussion on the effect of technology on privacy. The digest is moderated and gatewayed into the USENET newsgroup comp.society.privacy (Moderated). Submissions should be sent to comp-privacy@uwm.edu and administrative requests to comp-privacy-request@uwm.edu. Back issues are available via anonymous ftp on ftp.cs.uwm.edu [129.89.9.18]. Login as "ftp" with password "yourid@yoursite". The archives are in the directory "pub/comp-privacy". Archives are also held at ftp.pica.army.mil [129.139.160.133]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Mich Kabay [NCSA Sys_Op]" <75300.3232@compuserve.com> Date: 19 Jul 94 12:22:13 EDT Subject: InfoWar II--First Call for Participation Please post freely where appropriate: <> FIRST CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Second International Conference on Information Warfare: "Chaos on the Electronic Superhighway" Conference Date: Wed 18 January 1995 Conference Locale: Dorval Airport Hilton Hotel Montreal, Canada 1. INTRODUCTION Cultures that depend on information systems are vulnerable to Information Warfare. Attacks on data confidentiality, data integrity and data availability will damage individuals, corporations and other private organizations, government departments and agencies, nation-states and supranational bodies. It is essential to erect legal, organizational, and cultural defences against information warfare. The Second International Conference on Information Warfare will focus on panel discussions of Winn Schwartau's new book, _Information Warfare: Chaos on the Electronic Superhighway_, published in 1994 by Thunder's Mouth Press (ISBN 1-56025-080-1). This announcement serves as a request for participation by those wishing to appear on panels, those wishing to suggest speakers, and others wishing to be added to a mailing list (electronic and snailmail) for further details as they develop. Panelists will be asked to analyze selected portions of _Information Warfare_ and to present refutations or support for the author's statements, assertions, predictions, warnings and recommendations. The Conference will serve the interests of information security specialists and strategic planners from the corporate world, military and government circles, and academia. The Press will be permitted to cover the event, providing opportunities for increased public awareness of vulnerabilities of the information infrastructure. The Conference Proceedings will contribute to the national and international debates about information warfare and the need for careful planning to avoid disruption by hostile forces as national and international information highways develop worldwide. Following recommendations from last year's participants in the First International Conference on Information Warfare, we have scheduled more free time for the animated discussion among participants. Informal discussions will be aided by Special Interest Group signs allowing people with specific interests to congregate. The organizers are making a special effort to reach members of the defence establishments of Canada and the United States. In order to foster the greatest degree of serious and productive discussion, room has been reserved for no more than 100 participants. 2. PROGRAM: 07:30-08:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast 08:30-09:00 Keynote Address:Warfare and InfoSec 09:00-10:15 Class I InfoWar: Attacks on Personal Information 10:15-10:45 Break for informal discussions by topic: Privacy, Cryptography, Laws, Law Enforcement 10:45-12:00 Class II InfoWar: Corporate InfoSec 12:00-13:30 Buffet lunch and informal discussions by sector: Corporate, Government, Military, Academic 13:30-14:45 Class III InfoWar: Global InfoSec 14:45-15:30 Informal discussions by network technology: PCs, LANs, WANs, Internet 15:30-16:15 General discussions among panelists and other participants 16:15-16:30 Closing comments The official language of the Conference is English. 3. SUBMISSIONS The Program Committee will select a suitable number of participants for the panel discussions. Selection will be based on subjective judgements of who is likely to offer the most thoughtful and stimulating expositions and analyses of the topics. Once panelists have been selected, the Program Committee requests that they submit a brief written analysis of the topic they agreed to speak on. This one- to ten-page document will be published in the Conference Handbook and will then appear in the Conference Proceedings along with additional materials added during the Conference. Deadline for consideration as a panelist: 30 Sep 1994. Confirmation of panel participation: 15 Oct 1994. Deadline for submissions for inclusion in Conference Handbook: 15 Nov 94. Panelists who submit their papers and pay their registration by 15 Nov will receive a copy of Winn Schwartau's book, _Information Warfare_ and will be permitted to register at the reduced rate of C$395 (U$300). 4. HOTEL A block of rooms has been set aside at the government/corporate preferential rate of C$115 per night (~U$86) for the nights of both Tuesday the 17th and Wednesday the 18th of January 1995. Hotel reservations: Dorval Airport Hilton 12505 COTE DE LIESSE DORVAL QC H9P 1B7 Phone 514-631-2411 FAX 514-631-0192 The Dorval Airport Hilton is within two minutes of the Dorval International Airport, which receives flights from all over North America. This is an award-winning hotel with top-quality services. Montreal, the second-largest French-language metropolis in the world, is known for its excellent music of all kinds, art museums, English and French theatre, and shopping for every budget. Shuttle bus service to downtown Montreal is available for about C$10 each way; taxis cost C$25 one way. The trip from Dorval to downtown Montreal takes about 20 minutes. Overseas flights to Montreal land at Mirabel International Airport; there is a shuttle bus available between Mirabel and Dorval Airports. Mirabel Airport is halfway to excellent downhill and cross-country ski facilities in St-Sauveur and is about 45 minutes south of the resorts at Ste-Agathe. Mont Tremblant, including the world-famous Grey Rocks area, is an hour north of Mirabel. 5. FEES AND REGISTRATION The Conference is jointly sponsored by the National Computer Security Association and by JINBU Corporation, DUNE Services Informatique, and Formaction Inc. Conference fee of C$495.00 + taxes includes continental breakfast, coffee breaks and a buffet lunch. All conference fees must be paid by cheque or money order in advance or at the registration desk in cash. Registrations paid in full and _received_ on or before 15 DEC 94 @ 17:00 EST will receive a C$50 discount (fee will be C$445 + taxes). Non-Canadians can elect to pay in US dollars ONLY (U$335 if _received_ on or before 15 DEC 94 @ 17:00 EST and U$375 if received after 15 DEC 94 @ 17:00 EST). For further information, including updates on panelists, send email to 75300.3232@compuserve.com or call (514) 695-4968 or fax (514) 695-7393 or send snailmail to JINBU Corporation P. O. Box 509 Westmount, QC Canada, H3Z 2T6. To register, please provide the following information and include a cheque or money order for the appropriate amount made out to JINBU CORPORATION at the address above. Name: Title: Division / Sector / Department: Employer: Street Address: City, Province or State, Country and Postal Code: Telephone #: Fax #: Internet address: BECAUSE OF CANADIAN TAXATION LAWS, FEES DEPEND ON YOUR ADDRESS: RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE 15 DEC 94 @ 17:00 EST: Residents of QUEBEC: C$445 + GST + QST = C$507.10 Residents of Canada OUTSIDE QUEBEC: C$445 + GST only = C$476.15 Residents OUTSIDE CANADA pay U$335 RECEIVED AFTER 15 DEC 94 @ 17:00 EST: Residents of QUEBEC: C$495 + GST + QST = C$564.08 Residents of Canada OUTSIDE QUEBEC: C$495 + GST only = C$529.65 Residents OUTSIDE CANADA pay U$375 6. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Michel E. Kabay, Ph.D. / Program Chair Director of Education, NCSA President, JINBU Corporation Montreal, Canada Robert Bales Executive Director, National Computer Security Association Carlisle, PA Renata Koniuszewski President, DUNE Informatique Montreal, Canada Yves Valiquette President, Formaction Inc. Montreal, Canada <> ------------------------------ End of Computer Privacy Digest V5 #009 ******************************