Workshop in Athens

Electronic Payments and E-Invoicing:
Opportunities, Challenges and Security Issues

Athens, 31 May 2005

About 250 participants, mainly from the financial services industry, the IT services sector and from the Athens University of Economics and Business attended the workshop on "Electronic Payments and E-Invoicing" on 31st May 2005. The event was organised by e-Business W@tch in cooperation with ELTRUN, the eBusiness Centre at the Athens University of Economics and Business. The workshop was chaired by Prof. Georgios I. Doukidis, Athens University of Economics and Business.

Electronic invoicing and the seamless processing of e-payments are key functions at the interface between companies, their suppliers and customers. At this workshop, empirical evidence on the deployment of related activities was presented from various perspectives. E-invoicing projects and business initiatives of banks and service providers were presented and discussed.

Programme and Conclusions

• Workshop programme, 50 KB
• Summary and conclusions, 62 KB

Chair and Speakers

Chair: Prof. Georgios I. Doukidis, Athens University of Economics and Business
Speakers: Georgios Karageorgos (European Commission, DG Enterprise & Industry), Hannes Selhofer (empirica GmbH), Andreas Stefanis (Pago eTransaction Services GmbH), Peter Larsen Borresen (Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation), Sotiris Sirmakezis (Director of E-Banking, Piraeus Bank), Yannis Charalabidis (Strategic Business Development, Singular Software S.A.), Antonis Koukouritakis (Information Systems Impact)

Introduction

• e-Business policy activities of DG Enterprise & Industry, the European Commission (Georgios Karageorgos, European Commission, DG Enterprise & Industry), 421 KB

ICT Security and Electronic Payments: Evidence from Empirical Research

• ICT security: Incidences and measures taken by firms – Evidence from e-Business W@tch (Hannes Selhofer, empirica GmbH),
  356 KB
• E-payments: systems used and security issues –Results of the Pago-Report on e-Payments (Andreas Stefanis, Pago eTransaction Services GmbH), 2.551 KB

Key Note Address

• e-Invoicing for Public Procurement in Denmark: legal, technical, organisational and implementation aspects (Peter Larsen Borresen, Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation), 513 KB

Current Practices in Greece

• E-Payment in Greece (Sotiris Sirmakezis, Director of E-Banking, Piraeus Bank), 5.689 KB
• Emerging Systems and Services for e-Invoicing and B2B Collaboration in Greece: The PRAXIS Project (Yannis Charalabidis, Director, Strategic Business Development, Singular Software S.A.), 810 KB
• E-Invoicing Services for the Retail Sector (Antonis Koukouritakis, Business Development Manager, Information Systems Impact),
  474 KB