Reminder: 2nd US OWASP AppSec Conference - Oct 11-12 - Near DC

["Dave Wichers" <dave.wichers () aspectsecurity com>]

I wanted to let everyone know that the schedule for the conference is close 
to complete and is now available on the OWASP site at: 
http://www.owasp.org/conferences/appsec2005dc/schedule.html. We have added 
Ira Winkler as a keynote speaker for the 2nd day and fully fleshed out the 
agenda (except for one slot I'm still working on). Due to the number of 
speakers, the conference will have two simultaneous tracks for most of both 
days. Check out the schedule for details.

Note: Preregistration is available through Sept 9th. On the 10th, the 
conference fee will increase by $50. You also might want to make your hotel 
reservations early as the hotel might fill up. The discounted hotel rate is 
only guaranteed for those who register prior to Sept 10th.

Also, the training course in particular is filling up fast. So if you are 
interested in the training day on Oct 10, the day before the conference, 
please be sure to register early to make sure you can reserve a space.

Thanks and looking forward to seeing you all there!

-Dave

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Dave Wichers
To: webappsec () lists securityfocus com
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 10:43 PM
Subject: ANNOUNCING: 2nd US OWASP AppSec Conference - Oct 11-12 - Near DC


Dear Colleague,

OWASP is proud to announce its second annual U.S. Application Security
Conference. This year's conference will be held October 11-12 at the NIST
campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland near Washington, DC. This location was
chosen in order to encourage government, industry, and academia to get
together and talk about the pressing problems we all face in application
security today. Our first conference last year in NY had almost 150
attendees. We are expecting to have almost double that at this year's
conference. NIST's auditorium can hold 700 people so we have plenty of room
this year. Lets fill it up!

A few firsts for our 2nd US conference:
- Sponsorship: This conference is being sponsored by the National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Significant Government Participation: Representives of various government
agencies, including NIST and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will
be speakers at the conference
- Training: A 1-day training course on the Fundamentals of Web Application
Security is being offered the day prior to the conference
- Its not being held on a weekend :-)

Full details on the conference are available on the OWASP website at
http://www.owasp.org/conferences/appsec2005dc.html

This year's speakers include:

a.. Joe Jarzombek - Director of Software Assurance at the Department of
Homeland Security
b.. Ron Ross - FISMA Project Lead - NIST
c.. Jeff Williams - OWASP Chair and CEO Aspect Security
d.. Jack Danahy - CEO Ounce Labs
e.. Paul Black - SAMATE Project Lead and OWASP Conference Sponsor - NIST
f.. Diniz Cruz - OWASP .NET Project Lead
g.. Arian Evans - OWASP Tools Project Lead - FishNet Security
h.. Jeremy Poteet - Author of Canning SPAM - CSO appDefense

OWASP's AppSec conferences are dedicated to real-world application security
issues and solutions. You'll learn all aspects of application security,
including people, process, and technology perspectives.

You'll hear presentations on topics like:

 - DHS plans for Software Assurance
 - Status of the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)
Project
 - A Business Case for Software Assurance
 - Attacking Web Services
 - .NET Security
 - Software Assurance Metrics
 - A Survey of Application Security Tools
 - Details on the new OWASP Guide v2
 - Details on the OWASP .NET Project
 - Defending a High Profile Political Web Site
 - How to Select an Application Security Assessment Vendor

The exact agenda is still being developed and will be posted to the site as
soon as possible.

REGISTRATION DETAILS: As a non-profit charitable organization, and with
NIST's sponsorship, OWASP has been able to keep the cost to $300 per seat if
you are able to register prior to Sept. 10, 2005. The cost to government
employees is only $250 prior to Sept. 10th.

Registration information is available at:
http://www.owasp.org/docroot/owasp/Registration/index.jsp

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL TICKETS ARE NON REFUNDABLE TO REDUCE ADMINISTRATION
COSTS

FOUNDATIONS OF APPLICATION SECURITY COURSE - Oct 10: OWASP has arranged to
have a one-day hands on Web Application Security training course the day
prior to the conference. This one day class will be held at the nearby
Holiday Inn and is only $600 for conference attendees. Registration for this
course can be done via the conference registration page.

More details on this training course is available at:
http://www.owasp.org/conferences/appsec2005dc/training.html

EVENING SOCIAL EVENT - Oct 11: An optional dinner event is being held at the
Holiday Inn Gaithersburg, which is the same location where the training is
to be held on the 10th, and where discounted rooms are being made available
to all conference attendees (see Accommodations below).

This event involves a dinner at the hotel from 7-9 PM, followed by drinks at
O'Malley's Irish Pub right in the hotel or out by the hotel's indoor pool
adjacent to the pub. We hope to see all of you there as this is a great
chance to mingle and meet many members of the OWASP community.

ACCOMODATIONS: Information about local accomodations, including reduced rate
rooms at the nearby Holiday Inn is available at:
http://www.owasp.org/conferences/appsec2005dc/accommodations.html

If you know others that would be interested in attending the 2nd annual US
OWASP conference, please forward them this email and let them know about
this opportunity.

Please contact me with any questions. Looking forward to seeing you all
there!

Thanks, Dave

Dave Wichers, OWASP Conferences Chair
The OWASP Foundation
http://www.owasp.org