--- begin forwarded text From: Jay Mandevia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: VirtualBanking2000 Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 18:35:55 +0100 Dear Robert, RMR plc in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB) have just launched the first web-based conference in the banking industry entitled VirtualBanking2000 (at www.virtualbanking2000.com). This web based conference and resource centre is designed to attract a mass audience to exchange ideas and receive presentations from leaders in the virtual banking industry. The conference goes live on 18 September 2000 for two weeks and will address the developing world of branchless banking. RMR plc have run several successful web based conferences including Environment97 (www.environment97.org) part of the Engineering Council's 2020 Vision, Safety98 (www.safety98.org), Aviation99 (www.aviation99.com) and the hugely successful Autism99 (www.autism99.org) which attracted in excess of 30,000 people and huge amounts of positive publicity. Two new conferences will be run in May 2000 entitled ForBusiness2000 (www.ForBusiness2000.com) and EnergyResource2000 (www.EnergyResource2000.com). Given your interest in the Banking Industry, RMR plc are pleased to invite you to contribute a paper to the Security and Encryption sector of the conference. Listed below are the conference sectors. Security and Encryption Software Service and Distribution Channels Hardware and ATM's Smart Cards WAP Call Centres Revolutionary Banking Legislation and Policy Risk Management All papers are at our invitation only and will attract a substantial amount of interest from the invited audience. The following pieces of information would be needed as soon as possible: 1. A paper title (no later than 15 June 2000) 2. An abstract (100 words) (no later than 15 June 2000) 3. A biography (50 words) (no later than 15 June 2000) 4. A head and shoulders photograph of the author(s) (no later than 15 June 2000) The full papers (in the region of 3-4000 words) must be technically oriented and not contain any content of a commercial nature. We need to receive your contribution no later than 15 July 2000 - in order to finalise and prepare the content for the conference. If you would like to see further details, please take a moment to view our online conference pack - www.virtualbanking2000.com/conferencepack. I look forward to speaking with you later in the next few days. Kind regards Jay Mandevia RMR Plc. <http://www.rmrplc.com/>www.rmrplc.com WebConference Co-ordinator Tel: +44 1865 733733 Fax: +44 1865 733777 Mail to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'