[Ed. Crossposted, as I thought that it was relevant here as well. KRvW] Originally From: Dave Wichers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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 a.. Ron Ross - FISMA Project Lead - NIST a.. Jeff Williams - OWASP Chair and CEO Aspect Security a.. Jack Danahy - CEO Ounce Labs a.. Paul Black - SAMATE Project Lead and OWASP Conference Sponsor - NIST a.. Diniz Cruz - OWASP .NET Project Lead a.. Arian Evans - OWASP Tools Project Lead - FishNet Security a.. 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
