The purpose of this workshop is to inform attendees of latest developments and research challenges in the area of pairing based cryptography. National and international researchers and postgraduate students as well as industry practitioners are encouraged to attend.

The past five years have witnessed an explosion of interest in public key cryptography based on elliptic curve pairings. The bilinearity property of such pairings has enabled a range of new cryptographic primitives which could not be realised previously, most prominently identity-based cryptography. This workshop will bring together international and national experts to discuss pairings and their applications to cryptography. Topics will include:

Mathematical foundations
Implementation issues
Cryptographic protocols
The workshop is divided into two events:

Intensive Short Course. The first two days will be used to bring participants new to the field up to speed. ISI staff will impart the course.
Keynote Lecture Series. The last three days will comprise keynote lectures including the following international speakers: Xavier Boyen, Andreas Enge, Kenny Paterson and Michael Scott.

Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Intensive Short Course: 25-26 June 2007
Lecture Series: 27-29 June 2007