ANNOUNCING: 3rd annual US OWASP AppSec Conference - Oct 16-18 2006 - Seattle, WA

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

Dear Colleague,

OWASP is proud to announce its third annual U.S. Application Security
Conference. This year's conference will be held October 16-18 at the Bell
Harbor International Conference Center right on the waterfront in downtown
Seattle, WA. Please reserve these dates!! The first two conferences were on
the East coast so we felt it was the West coast's turn. This facility looks
to be the nicest facility we have had the opportunity to use yet.

This conference will include:
- Training (On Oct 16): various 1-day application security courses are being
offered the day prior to the conference
- Main Conference (Oct 17-18) This year's conference will include
presentations and also some panels to help encourage discussion amongst the
attendees
- Evening Social Event (Oct 17) - We are planning a social event as we do
each conference which facilitates the attendees ability to mingle and get to
know each other better.

Current details on the conference are available on the OWASP website at
http://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_AppSec_Seattle_2006

This year's conference will be kicked off with a keynote by Michael Howard
from Microsoft on "The Benefits of the SDL initiative to Microsoft and its
Customers". Mike is a top member of Microsoft's security team and a coauthor
of several application security books including Writing Secure Code, 2nd
Ed., and 19 Deadly Sins of Software Security. He will be talking about the
Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) and the benefits Microsoft
has gained by developing and adopting it.

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

You'll hear presentations on topics like:

  - Web Services Security
  - Securing AJAX Applications
  - The Microsoft Secure Development Lifecycle
  - The benefits of various new and enhanced OWASP projects, like:
         - OWASP Software Assurance Metrics
         - OWASP Code Review Standards
         - OWASP Java Project
         - OWASP .Net Project

The two panels are going to be on:
  - Lessons learned from Major Application Security Initiatives
  - What is in your application security toolbox?

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, OWASP has
been able to keep the cost to $400 per seat if you are able to register
prior to Sept. 18, 2006. The cost to OWASP Members is only $350 prior to
Sept. 18th.

Registration is not available yet, but should be in the next week or so.
Please reserve these dates in the mean time.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL TICKETS WILL BE NON REFUNDABLE TO REDUCE ADMINISTRATION
COSTS

TRAINING COURSES (October 16):
These classes will be held at the Bell Harbor International Conference
Center. Each class is $675 for conference attendees (and includes lunch).
Registration for the courses will be available via the conference
registration page.

  - FOUNDATIONS OF APPLICATION SECURITY
  - WEB SERVICES AND XML SECURITY
  - ADVANCED .NET SECURITY (planned)

More details on these training courses are available at: 
http://www.owasp.org/index.php/AppSec_Seattle_2006/Training

EVENING SOCIAL EVENT - Oct 17: An optional dinner event is being planned.
Stay tuned for more details.

This event involves a dinner at a nearby location from 7-9 PM, followed by
drinks local watering holes. We hope to see all of you there as this is a
great chance to mingle and meet many members of the OWASP community.

ACCOMMODATIONS: Information about local accommodations, including reduced
rate rooms will be available at:
http://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_AppSec_Seattle_2006#Accommodations

If you know others that would be interested in attending the 3rd 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 



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