From: white@csi.uottawa.ca (George White)
Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences
Subject: WG8.4 Workshop and Tutorial on THE PORTABLE OFFICE
Date: 9 Apr 92 16:18:13 GMT
Expires: Wed, 10 Jun 1992 07:00:00 GMT
Distribution: news.announce.conferences
Organization: University of Ottawa


		       CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
		  IFIP WG8.4 WORKSHOP AND TUTORIAL
The Portable Office: Microprocessor Cards as Elements of Distributed Offices
			  9-10 June, 1992
		      The University of Ottawa
			   Ottawa, Canada

     Technological innovation often triggers entirely unexpected
opportunities for application.  Also, it often triggers new
theoretical departures.  The "micro-processor" (or IC) card may
provide just these challenges and novel options.  Although
physically very small, an IC card may serve as a filing system of
large and varied contents and, hence, constitute a truly "portable"
part of a distributed office system.  The high-volume data-carrying
capability may be viewed as the network functionality that connects
otherwise disjointed information systems.  And, lastly, the
microprocessor carried along allows one to add further "intelligent"
characteristics to numerous applications.

     So far, approaches to using IC cards have been specific,
treating problems on a one-off and mostly ad-hoc basis.  The time
has come to  place our new technological capability in a wider and
certainly more fundamental perspective.  The concept of a "Portable
Office" is intended to trigger that kind of thinking and research.

     Offered - last year - as a traditional conference with refereed
papers and proceedings, the call for papers met with limited
response only.  That was a clear indication of an immature, although
probably very important, problem area.  The organizers, therefore,
do not hesitate to prompt all those that are involved in distributed
systems - and naturally, all those who are engaged in any kind of
work connected with IC cards - to join us in addressing new
approaches in this field.  Since obviously insufficient completed
work has been done, it is felt that more knowledge must be spread
first.  It would be regrettable if this domain were to develop along
the same lines as earlier innovations in the IT field, where
pragmatic - often manufacturer dominated - solutions resulted in
arbitrary de-facto standards.  The new generation of cards that is
emerging is capable of relating to information in a rich variety of
ways.  The Ottawa event aims at providing advanced state-of-the-art
knowledge on four topics:

-Office systems and smart elements: What contributions may be made
by IC cards and what problems might result)

-Office platform aspects: What methodological innovation is called
for?  How do IC cards function vis-a-vis networks and  databases?

-Office integration aspects: Problems concerning multi-application
and shared-data use, operating systems, interfaces, standardization,
etc.

-Current experimental projects:

     Ottawa (in June, as in other times of the year) is a very
attractive city, in which its universities play an important role.
The tutorial and workshop will be held on the campus of the
University of Ottawa.  Accommodation of a variety of standards (de
luxe - modest) may be arranged privately or through the organizers.

     Quite apart from learning more about a new important field, the
event is the 1992 activity of IFIP Working Group WG8.4 "Office
Information Systems".  Thus, for those who have participated in the
earlier conferences on Modelling, Design, Groupware and Support
Functionality, as for those involved in CSCW, Multi-media and
related interests, here is a meeting place for further
enlightenment.

     The registration fee is CAN$200.00 which covers registration
for the two day event, coffee, two lunches and conference materials.
Participants will receive relevant tutorial materials.

Progrm Chairman:
Pierre Paradinas
RD2P, Hopital Calmette, CHR
rue du Professeur Jules-Leclerc
59037 LILLE CEDEX
FRANCE
Fax: +(33) 20.44.60.45
E-mail: pierre@rd2p.lifl.fr

Local Arrangements:
George White
Computer Science Dept.
University of Ottawa
Ottawa   K1N 6N5
CANADA
Fax: +(416) 564-9486
E-mail: gmwsl@acadvm1.uottawa.ca


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			      Program

			  Tuesday, June 9

Welcome to Participants
George White  University of Ottawa (Canada)

What is the IFIP Task Force on Smart Cards, Aims and Goals?
Vincent Cordonnier RD2P (France)

Smart Card Concepts/ A Survey of Technology
Joe Schuler Gemplus (U.S.A.)

Multipurpose Applications
David Shore (Canada)

Development Kits/Assembly Language: Smart Cards as Computers
Bernard Hodson Genetix (Canada)

An Overview of Smart Card Applications
Bob Robinson (Canada)

Quebec Medical Portable Record: Objectives and Implementation
Claude Vaillancourt RAMQ and Andre Gamache Universite Laval (Canada)

Panel Discussion on Smart Cards
Chairman Pierre Paradinas RD2P (France)

			 Wednesday, June 10
		      Secure Electronic Forms

E. Delacourt SEPT (France)
Secure Business Systems Using IC-Cards

T. Moses AEPOS (Canada)

The Smartcard Application Package STARCOS
B. Struif GMD (Germany)

A Card as Element of Distributed Database
G. Grimonprez and E. Gordons RD2P (France)

A Multi-Service Operating System Based on Accreditations Management
D. Angebaud and J-L Giachetti CCETT (France)

Memory Card (PCMCIA) in the Office (tentative)
M. Cummings SRI (U.S.A.)

The Problematic of Designing an Information System Using Smart Cards
Marie-Pierre Haye RD2P (France)

Panel Discussion on Portable Office Models
Chairman Alex Verrijn-Stuart University of Leiden (The Netherlands)

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		  IFIP WG8.4 WORKSHOP AND TUTORIAL
The Portable Office: Microprocessor Cards as Elements of Distributed
			      Offices

			  9-10 June, 1992
		      The University of Ottawa
			   Ottawa, Canada
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     There are no official conference hotels.  There are many hotels
in the city of Ottawa and there are many located near the campus of
the University of Ottawa.  We recommend that you contact them
directly.  Some suggestions are:

-The Chateau Laurier: Fax +(613) 786-8031 about CAN $120.00 per
night.

-The Gasthaus Switzerland: Fax +(613) 594-3327 about  CAN $60.00 per
night.

-The university residences: Fax +(613) 564-3390 about  CAN $30.00
per night.

The conference organizers can assist in arranging accommodations.
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         George M. White            |   Telephone: (613) 564-2940
         Dept. of Computer Science  |   Fax:       (613) 564-9486
         University of Ottawa       |   E-mail:    GMWSL@acadvm1.uottawa.ca
         Ottawa  K1N 6N5    Canada  |              white@csi.uottawa.ca