"PUBLIC FORUM ON CERTIFICATE AUTHORITIES AND DIGITAL SIGNATURES:
	ENHANCING GLOBAL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE"

July 24, 1997
Department of Commerce
Technology Administration

	National Institute of Standards and Technology
	Gaithersburg, Maryland
	(Green Auditorium)

						AGENDA

REGISTRATION (Starting at 8:00am)

I.	Opening Session (8:30am)

	Welcome and Introduction

		Gary R. Bachula
			Acting Under Secretary for Technology,
			Department of Commerce

	Keynote Address

		Andrew J. Pincus
			General Counsel
			Department of Commerce
		
		
II.	Panel A (9:00 am): "The Evolving U.S. Framework for Certificate Authorities and Use 
of Digital Signatures" 

	Developments in the States

		o	Daniel Greenwood
				Deputy General Counsel, Information Technology Division, Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts

		o	Linda Mackintosh
				Director, Corporations Division
				Office of the Secretary of State, Washington

		o	Lee Hollaar
				Member, Digital Signature Task Force, Utah
				Professor of Computer Science, University of Utah


	Emerging National Approaches

		o	Pam Sargent
				Commissioner, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws 
(Virginia)

		o	Ira Parker
				Alston & Bird
				Ad Hoc Committee on Electronic Authentication

		o	Roger Cochetti
				Program Director, Policy and Business Planning, Internet Division, IBM
				Coalition of Service Industries Working Group on Electronic Commerce


III.	Panel B (11:00 am):	"The Emerging Industry of Certificate Authorities"


	The Business Challenge of Being A Certificate Authority

		o	Michael Baum
 				Vice President of Practices and External  Affairs, Verisign

		o	Scott Lowry
				President, Digital Signature Trust Company
	
		o	Joe Vignaly
				Director, Marketing and Business Development, GTE CyberTrust Solutions, Inc.
	
	User Perspectives

		o	Norman Litell
				Director, Corporate Risk Management Department, VISA USA

		o	Orville Bailey
				Director for Marketing for Purchasing and Supplier Management Solutions, 
General Electric Corp.

		o	C.J. Brandt
				National Association of State Information Resource Executives, General 
Counsel, Department of Information Resources, Texas

Lunch (12:45 pm)

IV.	Panel C (2:00 pm):	"Technology for Authentication: Past, Present and Future 
Challenges"

	The Evolution of Digital Signature Technologies

		o	Russ Housley
				Chief Scientist, Spyrus

	A Look at New Technologies for Authentication

		o	Paul Collier
				Director of Operations, 
				Identicator Technology, Inc.
		
	The Technology of Certificates in Global Commerce

		o	Carl Ellison
				Senior Systems Engineer, Cybercash


V.	Panel D (3:15 pm):	"An International Perspective"


	Developments in Other Countries and Regions

		o	Nigel Hickson
				Department of Trade and Industry, UK

		o	Stefan Engel-Flechsig
				Senior Principal of the Multimedia Legal Framework Group, Ministry of 
Science, Education, Research and Technology, Germany

		o	Masaaki Kobashi
				Director, Office of IT Security Policy
				Ministry of International Trade & Industry, Japan

		o	Gyorgy Endersz
				Vice Chairman, Technical Committee on IT Security, European Technical 
Standards Institute (ETSI)

	Developments in International Fora

		o	Amy Boss
				Professor of Law, Temple University
				U.S. Delegate to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

	A Business Look at International Developments
	
		o	Ted Barassi
				Member, Electronic Commerce Working Party, 
				International Chamber of Commerce
				Vice President and Counsel, CertCo	
									
Closing