Revision as of 12:03, 6 June 2009

Introduction

OWASP New Zealand Day 2009
13th July - Auckland

in collaboration with:

Department of Computer Science ICT and Department of Information Systems and Operations Management

Introduction

Welcome to the OWASP New Zealand for 2009, the first all day security conference dedicated to web application security in New Zealand.

Conference Venue

The University of Auckland Business School
Owen G Glenn Building
Room: OGGB 260-073 (OGGB4)
Address: 12 Grafton Road
Auckland
New Zealand
Map

Registration

You are invited to attend to the OWASP Day conference at no charge (Free as in beer). However to ensure an orderly, well run event we require that all attendees register before the registration close off date (20th June 2009). At this time there will be no plan to allow "on the day registration", so register now to reserve your place.

To register at the conference, please click the registration button below:

Topics

The OWASP Days have always offered a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas among researchers and practitioners who present their experiences and discuss issues related to Web Application Security from a higher level to a technical point of view.

Conference topics include, but are not limited to:

• OWASP Project Presentation (i.e Tool Updates/Project Status etc)
• Threat modelling of web applications
• Privacy Concerns with Applications and Data Storage
• Vulnerability analysis of web applications (code review, pentest, static analysis, scanning)
• Baseline or Metrics for Application Security
• Countermeasures for web application vulnerabilities
• Web application security
• Platform or language (e.g. Java, .NET) security features that help secure web applications
• Secure application development
• How to use databases securely in web applications
• Security of Service Oriented Architectures
• Access control in web applications
• Web services security
• Browser security

Conference structure and schedule

OWASP New Zealand Day 2009 will be all day Conference. The conference aims to provide a workshop-like atmosphere in which contributions can be presented and then time is allowed for constructive discussion of their results and processes.

It will be structured in two parallel streams. During the conference two coffee breaks (one in the morning and one in the afternoon) and the lunch are in program. These might be offered by the sponsors.

The detailed agenda of the conference will be available on the web site before the event.

Agenda

Call For Sponsorships (OPEN)

The aims of OWASP - New Zealand community is to guarantee access to the conference for free in order to allow for wide participation and empower the community itself. As so the OWASP - New Zealand community encourages Industries, Research Institutions and Individuals to sponsor their activities and events. Two types of sponsorships are available:

• Silver sponsorship: 1500 NZD

- Publication of the sponsor logo on the event web site (top of this page)

• Gold Sponsorship: 3500 NZD

- The publication of the sponsor logo in the event site, in the agenda, on the flyers, brochure and in all the official communications with the attendees at the conference.
- The possibility to distribute the company brochures, CDs or other materials to the participants during the event.
- Sponsor dedicated space at the conference (sponsor booth) to show products/services to the attendees during coffee breaks, lunch and snack breaks.

Those who are interested in sponsoring OWASP New Zealand 2009 Conference can contact the OWASP New Zealand Board.
Sponsors can also make us of the following PayPal button to make payments. Donations are also more than welcome from the NZ community.

Call for Paper (OPEN) and review process

OWASP solicit contributions on the above topics, or general matters of interest to the community. Those who are interested in participating as speakers to the conference can submit an abstract of the speech to the OWASP New Zealand Board.
The email subject must be “OWASP New Zealand 2009: CFP” and the email body must contains the following information/sections:

• Name and Surname
• Affiliation
• Address
• Telephone number
• Email address
• List of the author’s previous papers/articles/speeches on the same topics
• Title of the contribution
• Type of contribution: Technical or Informative
• Abstract (max one A4 style page)
• Why the contribution is relevant for OWASP New Zealand 2009

The submission will be reviewed by the OWASP New Zealand Board and the 12-14 most interesting ones will be selected and invited for presentation.

Conference dates

• CFP close: 15th June 2009
• Contributions submission deadline: 25th June 2009
• Registration deadline: 20th June 2009
• Conference Agenda due: 20th June 2009
• Conference date: 13th July 2009

Conference Committee

OWASP New Zealand Day 2009 Organising Committees:

• Roberto Suggi Liverani – OWASP New Zealand Leader
• Rob Munro – OWASP New Zealand Evangelist
• Alexandre Medarov – ICT Risk Manager - University of Auckland
• Lech Janczewski - Associate Professor - University of Auckland

Conference Sponsors

Gold Sponsors:

www.security-assessment.com

Silver Sponsors:

www.lateralsecurity.com