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FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
LS-887The Treasury Department will host it's first Conference on Electronic Financial Transactions on September 22, 2000 in Washington D.C. at the International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm.
The Conference will focus on developments in electronic payment systems and the public policy and business implications resulting from the growth of e-commerce. The morning program will concentrate on the current revolution on how businesses and consumers transact on-line. The afternoon will be devoted to the discussion of security and privacy issues. Under Secretary Gary Gensler will open the conference followed by an address by Deputy Secretary Stuart Eizenstat. Panel discussion will be led by business and policy leaders including Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Roger Ferguson, Jr. (Agenda attached)
Media may enter through the 13 th and Pennsylvania entrance. The conference will take place in the Amphitheater. The lunch session will be in the Pavilion room in the International Trade Center. If a representative from your media organization plans on attending the luncheon session, please RSVP to Alvina McHale, Financial Management Service Public Affairs (202) 874-6604.