PRESS RELEASE : October 2, 2006

Voltage Security, EMC/RSA and Computer History Museum Host Public Key Cryptography (PKC) 30th Anniversary Celebration

Palo Alto, CA--October 2nd , 2006

WHAT:
An event to honor the inventions, inventors, historical milestones and the future of Public Key Cryptography.

WHERE:
Computer History Museum
Hahn Auditorium
1401 North Shoreline Boulevard
Mountain View, CA 94043

WHEN:
Thursday, October 26th, 2006
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

PROGRAM:
6:00 to 7:00 PM Networking Reception
7:00 to 7:30 PM Welcome and PKC Overview
7:30 to 8:30 PM Panel presentation
8:30 to 9:00 PM Audience Q&A

WHO:
Moderator: Steven Levy, Author of Crypto and Senior Editor, Newsweek Magazine

Introduction: John Markoff, Author and Senior Writer, New York Times

Panelists:

Mr. Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect, Microsoft Corporation
Dr. Whitfield Diffie, Chief Security Officer, Sun Microsystems
Dr. Martin Hellman, Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Mr. Jim Bidzos, Former CEO, RSA and Founder, Verisign
Mr. Brian Snow, Former Technical Director for the Information Assurance Directorate, NSA, Retired
Dr. Dan Boneh, Professor Computer Science, Stanford University

CORPORATE SPONSORS:
Voltage Security, www.voltage.com
EMC/RSA, www.emc.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.computerhistory.org/events/PKC/

FOR PRESS ATTENDEES:
Please contact Paula Dunne, Contos Dunne Communications,
408-893-8750, paula@contosdunne.com

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