New Appointment: Advisor of the AECF

I was recently appointed as an advisor of the Asian Economic Cooperation Foundation (AECF) from October 26, 2009 to October 25, 2012:
http://asianecf.oranc.co.kr/aecf_data/20091102.pdf
http://www.asianecf.org/

Being a new mebmer for International Who's Who Professionals 2009

International WHO'S WHO Historical Society is one of the largest membership organizations worldwide.

I have been recently invited as a new member of International Who's Who Professional 2009 as follows:
http://www.internationalwhoswho.com/newMembers.aspx?showtable=true
http://www.internationalwhoswho.com/bio.aspx?id=5681070

The 1st International Workshop on RFID Security and Cryptography 2009 (RISC'09)

I am a Co-Progam Chair of RISC'09 and currently organising this workshop in conjectin with the 4th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secure Transactions (ICITST-2009), November 9-12, 2009, London UK.

This workshop brings together active research and development people working in the field of security and privacy to study specific issues and challenges of RFID systems. Therefore, the objective is to promote exchanges between different communities as regards security and privacy of the RFID systems. One of the aims is also to assess the expectations of security, privacy and applications related to the RFID discipline. This one day workshop will concentrate on the basic theory, technology, applications and practical experience in a variety of issues of confidentiality and security of RFID systems.

The RISC09 Programme is now available as follows:

http://www.ku.ac.ae/risc09/index.php?page=risc-2009-programme

National Security Submit Middle East 2009, Abu Dhabi, 21 June 2009

I organised the Workshop program for National Security Submit Middle East on the 21st of June 2009:

http://www.iqpc.com/ShowEvent.aspx?id=174404&details=183340&langtype=1033#workshop_a

Venue: Hilton, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Workshop Chair: Dr. Chan Yeob Yeun (Khalifa University)

8:30 - 9:00: Registrations

9:00 - 9:45: Emerging Ubiquitous Cyber Security by Dr. Chan Yeob Yeun (Khalifa University)

9:45 - 10:15: Communications Security and Threats by Dr. Arafat Al-Dweik (Kahlifa University)10:15 - 10:45: Coffee and Tea

10:45 - 11:15: e-ID Verificaiton & Should you trust a digital signature? by Mr. Liaquat Khan (Ascertia)

11:15 - 12:00: Panel Discussions on Cyber Security and Countermeasures.

RAIS 2009, April 27, 2009 at University of Sharjah

I am recently invited by the RAIS 2009 (the 2nd Symposium on Recent Advances in Information Security) to give my talk entitled "Securing Ubiquitous Utopia Environment", which will be held at the University of Sharjah on the 27th of April 2009:
https://www.sharjah.ac.ae/English/Academics/Colleges/Engineering/Departments/Elecomeng/Research/ResearchGroups/ComputerInternetSecurity/Pages/Program.aspx

THE FIRST GCC ISG ALUMNI CONFERENCE, 24 March 2009

Khalifa University, Sharjah Campus hosted the First GCC Royal Holloway, Information Security Group Alumni Reunion Conference on the 24th of March 2009.

This event was sponsored by Khalifa University. A keynote address was presented by Prof. Fred Piper, Royal Holloway, University of London as a guest of honor.

The provisional Alumni conference program is as follows:
08:30-09:00: Free Registration
09:00-09:05: Prof. Fred Piper: Opening remarks
09:05-09:30: Dr. Ali Al-Qayedi, Manager, KUSTAR, Sharjah Campus: Welcome, KUSTAR InfoSec Overview
09:30-10:30: Keynote speaker: Prof. Fred Piper, RH, University of London: The Application of Cryptography
10:30-11:00: Tea / Coffee Break
11:00-11:30: Dr. Chan Yeob Yeun, KUSTAR, UAE: Ubiquitous Network Security
11:30-12:00: Mr. Liaquat Khan, Director of Ascertia, UAE: Advanced Digital Signatures for PDF Documents
12:00-12:30: Dr. Fauzan Mirza, National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan: Digital Forensics
12:30-13:00: Mr. A. Rahiman, Manager of eDocuMan: Digital signatures for long-term preservating/archiving
13:00-13:05: Closing remarks
13:05-14:00: Networking Lunch

This was the first GCC Region ISG Alumni Conference for getting in touch with all Alumni members and Information Security Professionals in the GCC region.
Please contact Dr. Chan Yeob Yeun, conference organisor for any enquires regarding this event.

Cyber Defence Summit, 15-17 March 2009, Dubai, UAE

To present my talk at the Cyber Defence Summit that will be held in the Sheraton Creek Hotel in Dubai, UAE from the 15th to the 17th March 2009:
http://www.cyberdefenceme.com/

RFID Security 2009 Asia, January 9th, 2009, Taipei Taiwan

I gave an invited talk "Emerging Ubiquitous Network Security by using RFID Technology" at RFID Security 2009 Workshop on the 9th of January 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan:
http://rfidsec2009asia.servehttp.com/index.html
Venue: RFID Education and Research Center of National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Date: 9 January 2009