IEEE P1363 Working Group: Standard Specifications for Public-Key Cryptography MEETING NOTICE Wednesday, March 17, 1999, 9:00am-5:00pm Thursday, March 18, 1999, 9:00am-5:00pm Friday, March 19, 1999, 9:00am-5:00pm Omni Chicago Hotel Chicago, Illinois, USA This meeting of the P1363 working group, open to the public, will receive new contributions to the IEEE P1363a addendum. review candidate encryption and signature schemes for possible inclusion in the addendum, and address some organizational matters. The IEEE P1363 document is currently in ballot with comments due April 2. Early comments may be discussed for informational purposes at this meeting. Formal ballot resolution will take place separately. Information Security Corp. is the meeting's host. AGENDA Wednesday, March 17 1. Approval of agenda 2. Approval of minutes from previous meeting 3. Officers' reports 4. Ratification of November vote on electronic voting procedures 5. Nomination procedures for new officers 6. Discussion of ballot comments (information only) 7. Ballot resolution procedures 8. New P1363a contributions Thursday, March 18 9. Review of encryption and signature schemes Friday, March 19 10. Review of encryption and signature schemes 11. Other P1363a planning 12. Work assignments 13. Meeting schedule There will be an IEEE meeting fee of $60 for the three days. For more information, contact Burt Kaliski, the working group's chair, at (781) 687-7057 or . Information on the standard is available through http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/1363/. To join the working group's electronic mailing list, send e-mail with the text "subscribe stds-p1363" to . ----------------------------------------------------------- MEETING LOCATION Omni Chicago 676 Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60611 (312) 944-6664, fax (312) 266-3017 The Omni Chicago Hotel is on Michigan and Huron (about 5 blocks north of the Chicago river), roughly 1/4 of the way up Chicago's "Magnificent Mile." It is surrounded by what is arguably the finest shopping and heaviest concentration of restaurants in the city. We have reserved a block of 12 rooms until 2/16 at the rate of $169/night. http://www.omnihotels.com/scripts/hotel_set.asp?h_id=13