CHES 2004 (Workshop on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems) in Boston
Last year CHES, the most important forum for industrial cryptography took place in Boston, Massachussetts. Prof. Paar, co-founder of CHES, was co-organizer.

escar 2004 conference on security of automobiles in Bochum
eurobits and TÜV Rheinland presented the only worldwide conference on embedded security in the automobile on November 10th - 11th 2004.

Workshop on Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC 2004) in Bochum
ECC 2004, the international leading conference on theory and practice in cryptography based on elliptic curves was organized by eurobits from September 20th – 22th 2004.

1st European Workshop on Security in Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks (ESAS 2004) in Heidelberg
The new conference ESAS 2004 took place in Heidelberg. It is the first European forum for security in mobile networks of the next generation. Prof. Paar is one of the founders of ESAS.