IPSEC Global Summit
	October 26-29, 2000
	Paris

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The IPSec Global Summit is the only international conference dedicated
essentially to IPSec. More than 150 specialists and users attended the
1999 Summit held October 26 to 29 in Paris at La Defense

The success of the event resides in the quality of the speakers, the
pertinence of the themes tackled and the world-wide acclaimed
reputation of Upper Side as a competent organizer of
telecommunications conferences. These include the MPLS Forum, European
Frame Relay Convention, Media Gateway Control Conference and QoS
Summit.

In conjunction with the conference cycle, an exhibit space was set up
for IPSec major players to promote their products and solutions.(see
info about the last edition)

The year 2000 Summit will take place on September 13-15 in Paris at La
Defense.  Organizers are aiming to draw an audience of 250.

The Conference

Priority will be given to user case studies broken down into different
sectors (banking, industry, etc.) as well as feedback from large
international trials (the European ACTS and GMD Fokus projects, the
NTT test and so on).

Besides such first-hand experience, the conference cycle will tackle
IPSec's technological aspects in detail and its key growth prospects,
notably the challenge of providing end-to-end secure communication
links or integrating the protocol in mobile networks (see details in
the Call for Papers).

The Exhibition

In conjunction with the conference, an exhibition hall will allow
vendors to expound upon the purely marketing aspects of their
solutions (service offerings, equipment).  A communications campaign
in the trade press is planned for this purpose.

Upper Side guarantees the technical quality and pertinence of the
topics presented during the conference cycle.

The Test Bed

Interoperability constitutes the key to the success of IPSec. An
interoperability platform, co-organized by Upper Side and the IPv6
Forum, will serve to demonstrate the progress made in this domain
thanks to the participation of a few select vendors.


CALL FOR PAPERS

OPENING SESSION

     Keynote Address 
     Links with IPv6: how to resolve the security problems tied to
      autoconfiguration 
     Interoperability: description of the test bed, 
      feed back from demonstrations 
     Description of large experimental projects 
     Ethical hacking 
     Implementing IPSec in mobile networks 

END-TO-END SESSION

     Keynote address: the technical conditions for realizing
     end-to-end IPSec networks 
     Scalability 
     Managing secured connections 
     How to protect data bases housed in terminals 
     Authentication of users 

APPLICATION SESSION

     Keynote address: IPSec market opportunities 
     E-business 
     IPSec and bank networks 
     Securing stock exchange applications 
     Remote Access: publishing 
     Military applications 
     VPNs 

IKE SESSION

     Keynote address: IKE: the key to the success of IPSec 
     Basic principles of the IKE standard 
     IKE implementations 
     Interoperability tests 
     Solving the complexity of IKE 

POLICY MANAGEMENT SESSION

     Keynote address: How to define an IPSec security policy 
     Remote management of IPSec 
     Managing access authorization 
     User/service provider relations 


Proposal submission deadline: January 15, 2000.

Contact: Remi Scavenius by e-mail at Remi.Scavenius@wanadoo.fr
or by phone: ++33 5 56 78 24 01


SPONSORSHIP AND EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES

Sponsoring enables a company to link its image to the promotion of the
event.  Sponsors get their logo printed on brochures and advertising
inserts and are given room on the Web site.  A sponsor is
automatically given three free invitations to the conferences.

Cost: USD 6,500

The exhibitionalone enables you to enter into direct contact with
visitors. A pre-equipped 6 m2 stand is available to all exhibitors.
The exhibitor is automatically given two free invitations to the
conferences.

Cost: USD 3,000 (tax not included)

You may be both a sponsor and exhibitor for a total of USD 8,000 (tax
not included)

Other means of participating are possible such as sponsoring the
conference room, meals, cocktails, etc.

For further information, don't hesitate to contact Remi Scavenius by
e-mail at Remi.Scavenius@wanadoo.fr or by phone: ++33 5 56 78 24 01