Wednesday, 3 September 1997
8:30am to 5:30pm
Brussels, Belgium
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W3C's central focus is always on maintaining the interoperability of the Web, helping the Web evolve without fragmentation. Thus, the theme of this meeting is "Electronic Commerce and Interoperability." We have invited a number of speakers to provide up-to-the-minute background information about three areas:
With this background, there will be an opportunity for presentations by member companies on their own work. The afternoon will be devoted to a general discussion of possible roles for W3C, including (but not limited to):
This meeting is the second in a series of three Interest Group Meetings being held in Brussels. On Tuesday, the Security Interest Group will hear a presentation on RDF (Resource Description Framework) and certificate infrastructures that may be instructive to participants in the Electronic Commerce Interest Group. All meetings are open to members of the W3C.
8:30 | Opening and introduction with coffee and pastries |
The View from Europe | |
9:00 | Keynote: Patrick Vittet-Philippe, European Commission |
9:30 | Status of Electronic Commerce (Charles Goldfinger / GEF) |
Micropayments | |
10:00 | MiniPay (Amir Herzberg / IBM Haifa Research Lab) |
10:20 | Millicent (Henri Gouraud / Digital Equipment) |
10:40 | Coffee Break |
SmartCards and SET | |
11:00 | SmartCards (Pierre Paradinas / Gemplus) |
11:30 | SET roll-out and future technical work (Jeff Hilt / VISA international) |
Member Presentations and Discussion | |
12:00 | Members invited to present without prior arrangement Note: France Telecom gave an update on the e-Comm project |
13:00 | Lunch Break |
14:00 | Three Groups rotating on three questions |
15:30 | Coffee Break |
16:00 | Plenary presentation about all three questions and discussion |
17:30 | Adjourn |