CONFERENCE NOTICE

Information in the digital age: Security, Identity and Management (INDIA-SIM) 
January 22 and 23, 2009
International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore
http://tinyurl.com/sim09

Sponsored by Research Councils UK under the Interact India Initiative

India-SIM 2009 is a workshop organised as an integral part of the UK-India research project in the area of information security and identity management, supported by Research Councils UK, the strategic partnership of the seven Research Councils in the United Kingdom. This initiative with a focus on the burgeoning digital economy is aimed specifically at promoting the importance of digital identity and information security solutions both in India and UK. The Indo-UK joint workshop will bring together several international experts from both academia and industry to build new Industrial-Academic focused scientific networks between the UK and India. The workshop will be used as a forum to identify and present several security and identity challenges across the globe to address better the 'gap in the digital economy market' and thus to develop further an appropriate security and identity framework and solutions to protect the next generation of IT applications. The INDIA-SIM 2009 workshop will cover topics like:

* information management
* information security
* digital rights management
* banking technology
* biometrics
* information & telecommunication
* border control
* passport and national ID cards
* social networks
* traceability
* cyber legislation
* digital fraud

Who should attend?

The workshop is open to a wide range of professionals in the field including

* Industrial R&D Managers
* Information security experts
* Academics
* Research students
* Information Scientists
* Telecommunication experts
* Government advisors
* Members of the police force
* Government security ministers
* Government Security advisors
* Passport control officers
* Revenue and customs officers

Invited Speakers

* Wendy Currie (Warwick Business School, UK)
* Martin Koyabe (British Telecom, UK)
* Mukesh Mohania (Interactive Laboratory, IBM, India)
* P. Arunachalam (CUSAT, Kerala, India)
* Rajinish Das (IIM-A, India)
* Karthik Satishkumar (IBM, India)
* K. T. V. Grattan (City University, London, UK)
* B. M. A. Rahman (City University, London, UK)
* Muttukrishnan Rajarajan (City University, London, UK)
* Dasun Weerasinghe and Saritha Arunkumar (City University, London, UK)
* Steven Furnell (University of Plymouth, UK)
* David Wall (University of Leeds, UK)
* Lyndon Lee (British Telecom, UK)

In addition, the Workshop features a student symposium where research scholars from across the country present their work for feedback from the audience.

The number of seats for workshop participants is limited and so, interested participants are urged to register for the workshop at the earliest. Registration fee details are as follows:

Academics         Rs. 1500/-
Students            Rs. 500/-
Industry professionals    Rs. 3000/-

(n.b. approx 70.4 Rupee to 1 GPB)

To register for the workshop, please visit http://tinyurl.com/sim09-register. Registration fee may be paid in the form of cheque or DD payable at Bangalore, favouring INDIA-SIM 2009. The workshop home page lists nearby hotels and other accommodation facilities like service apartments.

There are a limited number of registration fee waivers and travel grants for out-station participants (by second-class train to and from Bangalore) available. Please send a requisition to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> if you wish to avail of this facility. Please note that all requests cannot be fulfilled and the decision of INDIA-SIM committee on the disbursal of grants is final and binding.



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Professor David S. Wall, 
Centre for Criminal Justice Studies,
School of Law, 
University of Leeds. 
Leeds. 
LS2 9JT UK 
+ 44 (0)113 343 5023 / 5033 
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