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Explore Ottawa, Canada as the host location for PET 2007, with direct and indirect flights, convenient ground transportation, and a variety of facilities. The city offers a vibrant downtown, numerous hotels, restaurants, and tourist attractions, along with the University of Ottawa as the venue. Potential attendees include academia, government, and industry, making it an ideal choice for the conference. With personal experience and a supportive local organizing committee, PET 2007 in Ottawa is poised for success.
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Proposal of Ottawa, Canadaas a host location for PET 2007 Carlisle Adams University of Ottawa
Transportation • Air • Direct flights (e.g., from London Heathrow) • Indirect flights (e.g., through Toronto, Montreal, Chicago) • 10 Km from airport to city center (~$25. by taxi) • Ground (car, bus, rail) • 4.5 hours from Toronto • 2.5 hours from Montreal
Facilities • Ottawa • Capital city of Canada • Many hotels, restaurants, tourist attractions • University of Ottawa • Walking distance to heart of downtown • Regional, national, and international conferences and workshops hosted previously • SITE building • Lecture halls, smaller classrooms, labs • Multimedia rooms; wireless network access • Catering, cafeterias on campus, nearby restaurants
Potential Attendees • Academia • Researchers at Univ. of Ottawa, Carleton University • ORNEC Identity Theft project • On the Identity Trail project • Government • Federal government employees • National Research Council of Canada Institute for Information Technology (NRC-IIT) • Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada • Industry • Nortel, Alcatel, Entrust, …
Final Note • Personal Experience • Co-chair of the annual international conference Workshop onSelected Areas in Cryptography (SAC): 1997, 1999, 2007 • Proceedings published in Springer LNCS series • No Shortage of Assistants • Easy to create local organizing committee to help with Web page, registrations, reservations, logistics, etc. • I feel confident that PET 2007 in Ottawa, Canada would be another highly successful PET workshop!