Chair Messages
Welcome Message from the General Chair
Welcome to MobiSec, the first ICST conference on security and privacy in mobile information and communication systems. Within the vast area of mobile technology research and application, MobiSec strives to make a small, but unique, contribution. Our aim in conceiving this conference was to build a bridge between top-level research and large scale application of novel kinds of information security for mobile devices and communication. It has been a privilege to serve this event as a general chair.
In this, first, year, MobiSec has already attracted some excellent scientific papers, application studies, and contributions from industrial research from all over the world. Apart from that, the conference emphasis European leadership, by featuring a keynote from the European Commission, and contributions from various Commssion-funded research projects, exhibiting the strength of European industry in the field. MobiSec's focus on knowledge transfer is supported by a tutorial on the Host Identification Protocol - a very topical contribution.
Many people have contributed to the success of MobiSec. It was a privilege to work with these dedicated persons, and I would like to thank them all for their efforts. The organising committee as a whole created a frictionless, collaborative work atmosphere, which made my task an easy one. Antonio Lioy, who also did a lot of the local organisation together with Daniele Mazzocchi, and Neeli Prasad did a great job assembling the Technical Programme Committee and running the paper submission and review process. A high quality conference cannot be created without the help of the distinguished members of the Programme Committee - the soul of each scientific event. Shiguo Lian was meticulously overseeing the preparation of the conference proceedings. The keynote speech by Bart van Caenegem of the EU Commission is very much appreciated, as well as the presentations by exponents of the EU research projects. Andrei Gurtov contributed a tutorial on an important and current topic. Special credit is due to Gergely Nagy, our conference coordinator from ICST, and his colleagues there, for their excellent support during the preparation of the event. It is hard to find an administrator under this workload who shows such responsiveness, competence, and pragmatic attitude. Finally, I thank Imrich Chlamtac and the members of the steering committee for their support and guidance during these months and for entrusting me with the task of chairing MobiSec 2009
Organising a conference which is the first of its kind is always an adventure, if not venturous in the turbulent times we live in. We are delighted to have been part of it.
Concluding, I hope You find MobiSec a stimulating and thought-provoking event, and enjoy Your time in Turin. We are looking forward to welcome You at next year's MobiSec.
Andreas U. Schmidt
MobiSec General Chair
