October 8, 2012 SB Report

Sarah Baso - Report of Conference Activity for September 2012 (Prepared for October 8, 2012 Board Meeting)

Conferences Committee

General Committee Info

Committee Membership, currently 7 members: Mark Bristow, Ralph Durkee, Richard Greenberg, John Wilander, Mohd Fazli Azran, Lorna Alamri, and Benny Ketelslegers.
Committee Chair: Mark Bristow
- UPDATES: Lucas Ferreira stepped down from role based on work conflict, Mark will not continue as chair in 2013.

Global Conferences Committee Budget - $20,451 of $40,000 remaining ($19,549 spent).
- Unused budget from "Conference Support" line item allocated to help set up with Booth in a box initiative

Major Activities/Projects (in addition to attending monthly committee meetings, taking & posting meeting minutes):

Working with committee on setting goals for 2013, drafting committee budget for 2013, and drafting proposed revenue goals for 2013 Global AppSec Events
Proposals for the 2013 AppSec USA event - NYC proposal approved
Soliciting proposals for the 2013 AppSec Latam Event
Requested comments from committee on conference planning documents drafted by Sarah Baso:
Ongoing - Updated and monitored google form for tracking schwag requests and monitor OCMS for events that have requested schwag but not entered request into google form.
Ongoing - Work with Konik, Kate, Rocksport, Zazzle, Lulu, and other misc. vendors to fulfull merchandise and conference requests.

Appsec Research 2012 - Global

Emailed certificates of attendance to training and conference attendees, as well as volunteers.
Most presentations have been posted to the http://www.appsecresearch.org/schedule site.

AppSec USA 2012 - Global

Current conference profit estimate: $150,000 (Budget)
Sponsorships = $191,000
Training courses posted: http://www.appsecusa.org/schedule/trainings/
Jim Manico & Eoin Keary are offering 2 Free, half day training courses targeted at the developer community: Registration through Eventbrite:
- Morning session: http://appsectrainingmorning.eventbrite.com/
- Afternoon session: http://appsectrainingafternoon.eventbrite.com/
Speaker selection complete and schedule posted: http://appsecusa2012.sched.org/
Current Registration: 361 Paid + 296 Comps (Sponsors, Speakers, Trainers, OWASP Leaders, Giveaways, etc) = 657
Extra-curricular conference events:
- Conference Attendee Social Event (Thursday evening after conference talks until 8pm)
- Movie sneak peak: Reboot - http://www.appsecusa.org/schedule/reboot/ (Thursday evening 8-10pm)
- 5k Race - Friday Morning
Current Registration: 174 Paid + 264 Comps (Sponsors, Speakers, Trainers, OWASP Leaders, Giveaways, etc) = 438
Hotel room block - full at hotel, OWASP has a limited number of rooms at an increased rate that can be booked via cvent.

AppSec Latam 2012 - Global

http://appseclatam.org
Fabio Cerullo is serving as their GCC liaison
Matt Tesauro attending on behalf of Board, Kate & Sarah also attending
Event logistics (location and date) finalized:
- Hosted at Antel National Telco Building in Montevideo, Uruguay
- 2 days of training: Nov. 18-19
- 2 days of conference talks: Nov. 20-21 (2 Tracks)
4 Keynotes confirmed: Jerry Hoff, Pravir Chandra, Cristian Borghello, and Hernan M. Racciatti
Schedule finalized and posted to website today (Monday).
CFP and CFT deadline was Friday, hope to have decisions on schedule within 1 week.
Sponsorships - $15,500 (Deloitte, PWC, Core Security, AGESIC).
Hotel room block at 4 Points Sheraton in Montevideo
Currently finalizing transportation, translation, and food&beverage options.
Registration open via cvent - 23 people registered

AppSec APAC 2013 - Global

Conference Venue and room block contract confirmed for Hyatt Regency Jeju, February 19-22
Had first status call with local team September 25th, will continue to have weekly calls to discuss action items and planning

AppSec Europe 2013 - Global

AppSec USA 2013 - Global

NYC proposal confirmed by Global Conference Committee, Penn Hotel in NYC, October 15-18 2013
Local team is meeting at Penn Hotel on Thursday to go over initial details
Sarah is working to put together info on previous attendance and costs to help local team with planning

Marketing:
- Global Membership Handout (Template created by PR with Brains for NY Chapter, and modified for use at BlackHat Booth)
- Contract with Patrick Calder at Design Foundry & DeNita Morris at Sisterworks Publishing to fulfill needs as outlined in Marketing RFP. Sarah has ongoing weekly status calls to discuss progress & next steps.