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Revision as of 08:19, 19 March 2008
Welcome to the European OWASP Application Security Conference for 2008!
Following on from the great success of OWASP Conferences in 2006 and 2007 in the United States and Europe, the conference comes back to Belgium in May 2008. The conference will offer an opportunity for security professionals, developers, and managers to hear from industry recognised speakers on the latest critical security risks associated with application security. The conference includes a number of high quality presentations from industry speakers, academic researchers and business professionals with also the opportunity to network with relevant application security vendors and professionals.
Conference Location
The 2008 OWASP AppSec conference in Europe will be held in Ghent, Belgium from May 19th-22nd.
Main Conference: May 21st-22nd
Agenda and Presentations - May 21st-22nd
The agenda will follow the general OWASP conference format of two tracks, with opening keynotes and presentations in the main auditorium, split tracks in the middle of the day, and closing presentations back in the main auditorium both days.
Venue: Aula, Ghent University, Volderstraat 9, 9000 Ghent
Call for topics-papers (closed)
OWASP is seeking for presentations on Application Security and related OWASP projects from the community. Over the conference program there are 9 technical and 9 business presentation sessions running approximately 1 hour in length each.The call for topics is online now.
Refereed papers track (closed)
As in the previous editions, the OWASP AppSec Europe 2008 conference will feature a refereed papers track. The call for papers is online now.
Training Days: May 19th-20th
OWASP arranged for several Application Security two-day training courses which will be offered on May 19th-20th, the days prior to the conference. More information about the tutorials are online.
Evening Social Event - May 21st
At every conference we have an evening social event the first night. This allows participants to have some unstructured time to mingle with the other attendees. They are always fun and typically attract about half the conference attendees. This year's event TBD
Accommodations
OWASP arranged for a room block of ?? rooms at the TBD.
NOTE: The above room block is being held through ??!! After that date, there is no guarantee that rooms at this rate will be available at the Marriott.
Unfortunately, we were not able to make group rate arrangements at other hotels. However, the following is a list of nearby accommodations that may have availability at lower prices:
TBD
Conference Fees
The conference fees for this conference is as follows:
Standard: 350 Euros, OWASP Members: 300 Euros, Students: 250 Euros.
Conference Dinner (Evening of May 22nd): 50 Euros
Conference Tutorials: 650 Euros, Student Fee: 350 Euros
CONFidence attendees get a € 25 reduction on OWASP (see OWASP On a Plane below).
Note: To save on processing expenses, all fees paid for the OWASP conference are non-refundable. OWASP can accomodate transfers of registrations from one person to another, if such an adjustment becomes necessary.
OWASP on a Plane: CONFidence 2008
This year's CONFidence 2008 will take place on 16-17.05.2008 in Cracow (Poland). They have decided to spend Saturday morning talking about OWASP-related projects. No more excuses: now you can attend 2 OWASP events in 2 weeks in Europe!
Conference Committee
OWASP Conferences Chair: Dave Wichers - Aspect Security - dave.wichers 'at' owasp.org
2008 EU Planning Committee Chair: Sebastien Deleersnyder - Telindus - seba 'at' owasp.org
Vendor Exhibition Chair: Pravir Chandra - Cigital - chandra 'at' cigital.com
Capture the Flag Chair: Pieter Danhieux - Ernst & Young - pieter.danhieux 'at' be.ey.com
Refereed Papers Chair: Lieven Desmet - KU Leuven - Lieven.Desmet 'at' cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Conference Sponsors
The following organizations are sponsors for this conference. If you are interested in sponsoring an OWASP conference, please contact OWASP at: conferences 'at' owasp.org.
TBD
More information about conference sponsorship is available here.
