Difference between revisions of "OWASP University Challenge"

Conference Organisation:

• Announcement
• Room / Space for the University Challenge
  • Internet connection
  • Video projector (scoring/ranking)
  • Power and extensions
• Outreach to the local Universities
• Sponsor for winner prizes
• Winner announcement during the main track / (before) end of the conference

Outline:

During the two training days

• challenges will be organized together with Hacking-Lab
• Hardware (challenge server) come from Hacking-Lab
• Hardware (wilreless routers) come form the Education Committee

Expenses:

Travel and lodging has to be organized and covered by the student teams themselves The Conference should feed the students, only expense for the conference

Prices:

We could need the conference orga-team to help finding sponsors for the prices.

Previous events:

• AppSec EU 2014 Cambridge
• AppSec-EU 2013 Hamburg
• AppSec-EU 2012 Athens
• AppSec-US 2012 Austin
• AppSec-US 2011 Minneapolis

Ticket winning" pre-conference challenges:

-> option for conference to offer free tickets via solving Hacking-Lab challenges -> qualifying for UC? -> Team qualifying

   Q1: When typically has the event run at AppSec, during the training days or during conference proper?
   A1: The UC is normally hosted during the training days

   Q2: What size of room or seating capacity has typically been used?
   A2: Depending to the PR and number of teams (teams have a max of 8 members)

   Q3: What prizes are usually awarded?
   A3: depends, if the conference manages to find sponsors there are prices. At the AppSec-Eu 2013, there where no prices, only the honor of winning

   Q4: Do the teams  have free conference access?
   A4: No, the teams have to organize travel and lodging themself. all we do is hosting the UC and feed them.
   There are no entrance / attendance fees charged previously
   The attendees usually get free access to the conference (because they travel from foreign countries too) 

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