October 26, 2006 - Voltage Security, in conjunction with the Computer History Museum and RSA hosted an event to honor the inventions, inventors, historical milestones and the future of Public Key Cryptography (PKC). The event was MC'd by John Markoff, author and senior writer at the New York Times and the panel was moderated by Steven Levy, author and senior editor of Newsweek.

Panelists

		Ray Ozzie Microsoft Corp's Chief Software Architect				Martin Hellman PhD, Cryptographer, Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
		Dan Boneh PhD, Cryptographer, and Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University and co-founder of Voltage Security				Brian Snow NSA Technical Director, Information Assuurance Directorate (Retired)
		Whitfield Diffie PhD, Cryptographer, Chief Security Officer, Sun Microsystems				Jim Bizdos Former CEO of RSA and Founder of VeriSign

Honorable Mention: Public Key Encryption and GCHQ

Organizing Committe

Excerpts from the panel:

A short history of PKC (audio, presentation)

Q&A - why traditional encryption products have low adoption ? (audio)

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Media Coverage

ZDNet: Cryptos gather for 30th anniversary of public-key cryptography

ZDNet: At 30, crypto still lacks usability, experts say

C|net: Crypto gurus mark 30th anniversary

Infoworld: Public key cryptography celebrates anniversary

PC Magazine: Cryptologists Celebrate Tech's 30th Birthday

Findlaw: 30 Years of Public-Key Cryptography