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April 5, 2001

CRYPTREC WORKSHOP
CRYPTREC Research & Evaluation Report 2000

The Information-Technology Promotion Agency and the Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan are pleased to inform you that the CRYPTREC Workshop: Evaluating Cryptographic Techniques will be held on Wednesday, April 18, 2001. Details appear below.

This workshop will serve as an opportunity to spread information concerning trends in cryptographic techniques and standardization in this field. It will also provide a forum for presenting information regarding the cryptographic technique evaluation currently being undertaken by the Cryptography Research & Evaluation Committee (CRYPTREC).

We sincerely look forward to your attendance at this event.

Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan
Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan

Workshop Details

DATE

April 18 (Wednesday), 2001

TIME

1:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

PLACE

Yamaha Hall (4th Floor)
7-9-14 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.
Telephone: 03-3572-3139
A 4-minute walk from Ginza Station on the Ginza, Marunouchi, and Hibiya Subway Lines (A3 Exit)
A 7-minute walk from Higashi-Ginza Station or Shimbashi Station on the Asakusa Subway Line
A 7- minute walk from Shimbashi Station on JR lines (Yamanote, Keihin-Tohoku, Yokosuka, and Tokaido)
A 9-minute walk from Yurakucho Station on JR lines (Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku)

PROGRAM

1:30 p.m.

Opening Remarks

Masatoshi Ono
Managing Director
Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan
Yoshitaka Toui
Director, Office of IT security policy
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
1:40 p.m.

"Cryptographic Technique Evaluation Committee (CRYPTREC)"

Hideki Imai
Professor, The University of Tokyo
Chairperson, Cryptography Research & Evaluation Committee
2:10 p.m.

"World Trends in Cryptographic Evaluation"

(1) "The AES Development Effort"
Shinichi Kawamura
Senior Research Scientist
Computer and Network Systems Laboratory
Corporate Research and Development Center Toshiba Corporation

(2) "The Nessie Development Effort"
Mitsuru Matsui
Head Researcher, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Information Technology R&D Center

(3) "ISO Evaluation of Cryptographic Techniques"
Koichi Sakurai
Associate Professor, Kyushu University
Member, Cryptography Research & Evaluation Committee
3:00 p.m.

Coffee Break
3:15 p.m.

"Symmetric-Key Cryptographic Technique Evaluation Report"

Toshinobu Kaneko
Professor, Science University of Tokyo
Chairperson, Symmetric-key Subcommittee
4:05 p.m.

"Public-Key Cryptographic Technique Evaluation Report"

Tsutomu Matsumoto
Professor, Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences
Yokohama National University
Chairperson, Public-key Subcommittee
4:55 p.m.

"Future Plans of CRYPTREC"

Taku Kiyasu
Director, Standardization Division, Information Communications Policy Bureau,
Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications
5:10 p.m.

Closing Remarks

Masahiko Kobayashi
Director, IPA Security Center
Kaoru Suzuki
Senior Director
R&D Planning and Management Department
Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan

Note: official language is Japanese only

PARTICIPATION FEE

No charge (Application must be made in advance.)

CAPACITY

400 participants

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Cryptography Workshop Secretariat
Bilingual Group Ltd.
Phone: 03-3263-1261
Fax: 03-3263-1264
E-mail: piglet@bilingualgroup.co.jp Contacts: Tomomi Makita(Ms.) / Hiroko Mizuno(Ms.)