The aim of this event was to present and to publicise the EESSI specifications, resulting from a mandate to European Standardization from the European Commission and EFTA, aimed at ensuring a consistent and harmonised implementation of Directive 1999/93/EC - the Community framework for electronic signatures.
EESSI, established in January 1999 by the ICT Standards Board, first assessed standardization needs in this field, then launched a programme of activities to meet these needs, carried out in CEN/ISSS (the Information Society Standardisation System of the European Committee for Standardisation) and ETSI (the European Telecommunication Standards Institute), with the full participation of all interested parties.Three panels, representative of the leading edge users of electronic signature, were assessing the relevance of the EESSI specifications, and their contribution from a business perspective to the overall objective of the Directive. Commissioner Liikanen drew the conclusions of the conference.
This event concerned in particular all companies providing information security solutions, or services incorporating them and national regulatory authorities. This Conference offered the opportunity for a broad exchange of views from a wide range of market perspectives, including the regulatory dimension, and allowed for establishing links for further co-operation in the implementation of the EESSI specifications.
Panel 1 brings together representatives of the TSP community active in delivering trust services to public and entreprises, in securing commercial transactions, and in developing mobile trust services.
Moderator: Riccardo Genghini, Studio Notarile Genghini, Member of the EESSI SG, Chairman of the CEN/ISSS E-sign Workshop
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Panels II brings together representatives of the business community who will assess the contribution of EESSI in the development of services facilitating secure relationships between business partners.
Moderator: René Van den Assem, Verdonck, Klooster & Associates, Member of the EESSI SG, The Netherlands
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This panel brings together representatives of administrations active in the delivey of trusted public services in the field of tax and customs, social security, public identification, exchanges between administrations.
Moderator: Frank Robben, General Manager Crossroad Bank for Social Security, Belgium
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