Difference between revisions of "OWASP New Zealand Day 2012"

Conference Schedule

Registration

As with last year, registration will be performed through the RegOnline system. Registrations will be limited to 300 people, so please register using the following link soon to reserve your spot!

Call For Sponsorships

As mentioned above, OWASP New Zealand Day 2012 will be held in Auckland on the 31st of August, 2012. OWASP New Zealand Day is a security conference entirely dedicated to web application security. The conference is once again being hosted by the University of Auckland with their support and assistance. OWASP New Zealand Day 2012 is a free event, but requires sponsor support to help be an instructive and quality event for the New Zealand community. OWASP is strictly non for profit. The sponsorship money will be used to help make OWASP New Zealand Day 2012 a free, compelling and valuable experience for the audience.

The sponsorship funds collected are to be used for things such as:

• Refreshments (coffee break/lunch) - we want to keep people refreshed during the day; while we certainly bring good and interesting speakers, we don't want people to go home when they become hungry.
• Name tags - we feel that getting to know people within the New Zealand community is important, and name tags make that possible.
• Promotion - up to now our events are propagating by word of mouth. We would like to get to a wider audience by advertising our events.
• Printed Materials - printed materials will include brochures, tags and lanyards.

Facts

Last year, the event was supported by 5 sponsors and attracted more than 200 participants. Plenty of constructive (and positive!) feedback from the audience was received and we are using this to make the conference more appealing to more people. For more information on last year's event, please visit: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_New_Zealand_Day_2011

The OWASP New Zealand community is strong and there are more than 220 people currently subscribed to the mailing-list. OWASP New Zealand Day is expected to attract between 200 and 250 attendees this year.

OWASP regular attendees are IT project managers, IT security managers, IT security consultants, web application architects and developers, QA managers, QA testers and system administrators.

Sponsorships

There are three different levels of sponsorships for the OWASP Day event:

• Support Sponsorship: (Covering international speaker travel expenses, media coverage/article/promotion of the event)

Includes:

- Publication of the sponsor logo on the event web site - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_New_Zealand_Day_2012

• Silver Sponsorship: 1500 NZD

Includes:

- Publication of the sponsor logo on the event web site - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_New_Zealand_Day_2012
- 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.

• Gold Sponsorship: 2750 or 3500 NZD (see below)

Includes:

- The publication of the sponsor logo in the event site, in the agenda, on the handouts 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.
- Publication of the sponsor logo on the OWASP New Zealand Chapter page
- Sponsor logo on the OWASP NZ site prior and during the OWASP Day event - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/New_Zealand
- Publication of the sponsor logo on the event web site - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_New_Zealand_Day_2012
- Sponsor dedicated space at the conference (sponsor booth) to show products/services to the attendees during coffee breaks, lunch and snack breaks. If a booth is not required, the Gold Sponsorship fee is 2750 NZD instead of 3500 NZD.

Those who are interested in sponsoring OWASP New Zealand 2012 Conference can contact the OWASP New Zealand Board.

Conference Dates

Please find below important dates for the conference:

• CFP & CFT closes: 22nd July 2012 [CLOSED]
• Conference Agenda due: 30th July 2012
• Conference Registration deadline: 20th August 2012
• Training Registration deadline: 20th August 2012
• Training Day date: 30th August 2012
• Conference Day date: 31st August 2012

OWASP New Zealand Day 2012 Organising Committee

• Nick Freeman - OWASP New Zealand Leader (Auckland)
• Adrian Hayes - OWASP New Zealand Leader (Wellington)
• Lech Janczewski - Associate Professor - University of Auckland School of Business