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e-Smart conference, originating from the year 2000 Eurosmart Smart Card Security Conference and Java Card Forum Summer University has been continuously growing during the past 7 years. Taking place annually in September in France, it is by far one of the most influential event in the global Smart Card Industry. It has been established to focus on Smart Card Technology innovations, in the ubiquitous cryptology domain, semiconductor for portable appliances, secure embedded software, trusted computing, high-level language programming such as Java Card, security design, implementation, testing and evaluation methodologies. In the recent years, e-Smart has been enlarged in such a way to embrace the changing landscape of the Smart Card market to cover the entire Smart Security domain. This ensures that e-Smart conference platform will be dedicated to reflecting Industry trends and remains at the cutting edge of security technologies development. In particular this event is now open to, and collecting world–class security and technology experts from the wireless and contact-less industry leaders, research laboratories and universities, industry associations, international standardization organizations, and governmental bodies.

The "e-Smart" Program Committee is inviting proposals for presentations from issuers, mobile operators, manufacturers, editors, academics, researchers, standardisation bodies, professional institutions, end-users, consultants, analysts, lawyers…

“e-Smart” speakers are regarded as top influential professionals that enjoy the unmatched opportunity to share visions, see new perspectives, develop and extend professional peer to peer contacts and networks. They also enjoy the prestige of attending the leading smart security industry conference.

Topics

Submissions through a broad range of topics related from smart card to smart security evolution phases are encouraged and may address one or more of the mentioned topics or others you believe to be of great interest for the audience.

Hardware & Software advanced ubiquitous cryptography
Formal modeling of environments and applications
Languages, Operating Systems, Virtual machines & Rapid Application Development
Innovations in smart cards and trusted personal devices security
Innovations in security specification, testing, evaluation methods
Innovations in security of governmental and private certification schemes
Contactless and RFID
Java Card 3.0 next Generation
Innovative terminals and trusted device technologies
Secure Operating Systems
Introduction of TCP/IP in portable appliances
DRM technologies
Emerging semiconductor technologies for embedded systems
Innovative micro-packaging technologies
Secure mass storage cards
Cooperative R&D Projects and Platforms

Isabelle Attali Award

The “Isabelle Attali Award” was created in 2005 upon the initiative of “e-Smart” conference. The award honours the most innovative work presented during the Smart Event. It rewards more particularly a scientific innovation within the technical scope of the event. It is attributed to one researcher or to a team and can involve an academic work or a research one led in company or an applicative innovation.
In 2007, the “Isabelle Attali Award”, sponsored by INRIA, rewarded 2 teams of researchers with a €3000 prize.

Steering Committee:
Richard Bricaire, Strategies Telecoms & Multimedia - Christian Goire, Java Card Forum – Pierre Paradinas, INRIA – Jean-Jacques Quisquater, University of Louvain la Neuve.

Prof. Quisquater with the 2007 winning teams
Prof. Quisquater with the 2007 winning teams

Instructions for authors


Prospective speakers must submit a short abstract, including a clear and precise title, the name, function, address, phone, e-mail, and affiliation of all the author(s) of the presentation together with a short description of the author(s)’ expertise. In case of multiple authors, only 1 person is allowed to present. The name of the speaking person should be mentioned. Short abstracts should be between 300-500 words and limited to one A4 page. Submissions must be in PDF format. Submissions not conforming to these formatting instructions risk rejection regardless of their technical merit.

All submissions must be original ones, not previously published elsewhere, publicly presented or submitted in parallel to any other event. They should be informative and impartial. The Program Committee will review all submissions and will reject any commercially-oriented ones.

Submission procedure

Authors are invited to submit their proposals electronically to: lperron@strategiestm.com

If authors do not receive acknowledgment within 72 hours, they are kindly invited to contact directly:
Lénick Perron – Strategies Telecoms & Multimedia - Phone: + 33 1 48 59 99 32 - Fax: + 33 1 70 07 05 05

Extended Deadline for abstract submission is March 21st, 2008

Decisions and Presentation

Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent to authors on April 28th, 2008.

Authors of accepted papers commit themselves to present their paper at the conference. In case of personal impediment of the speaking person, they should appoint a substitute speaker.
The speaking person is asked a compulsory speaker registration fee of €375. Co-authors benefit from preferential attendance rates. Speakers’ travel and accommodation expenses are not covered by the organizers.

Conference Proceedings will be published on cd-rom, available at the conference. Clear instructions about the proceedings will be sent to the authors of accepted papers.

The organizers commit themselves not to disseminate the presentations before the conference.

Other important dates

- Official Program Appearance: May 19th, 2008
- Complete presentation for proceedings: August 1st, 2008


 e-Smart” is part of the well established “Smart Event” that stands out as the foremost Innovation Forum for Mobility and Trusted Technologies & Services.

“Smart Event” encompasses 2 other first class conferences:
Smart Mobility, The emergence of trusted mobile applications (Sept. 17-19, 2008) – 1st edition
World e-ID, The next e-ID management technologies and services (Sept. 17-19, 2008) – 5th edition
And one educational program on smart card, mobile telecoms, e-ID, designed by high level academics:
Smart University (Sept. 16-19, 2008) – 4th edition. 

As a whole, the Smart Event is endorsed by over 35 worldwide industry associations, research laboratories and universities:
Eurosmart, GlobalPlatform, Java Card Forum, eForum, ETSI, INRIA, Smart Card Forum of China, Asia IC Card Forum, ACT Canada, EHTEL, European Biometrics Forum, Silicon Trust, SCS, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies of Seville JRC-European Commission, CNAM, EEMA, Universities of Malaga, UCL Louvain la Neuve, Berlin (Technische Fachhochschule Berlin), Berne, KU Leuven, Lille 1, Lleida, Milan, Nice Sophia Antipolis, Sassari, Tel Aviv, Twente…, GoingToMeet.com, epractice.eu, …
Over 700 Innovation decision-markers are expected to attend the 2008 edition.
 

    
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