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Global Conferences Committee
The Global Conferences Committee was created during the OWASP EU Summit in Portugal 2008. The primary purpose of this Global Conferences Committee is: determine location, frequency and to oversee and direct global conferences, speakers and training.
Conference Committee (Board Member Rep: Dave Wichers)
• Kate Hartmann (U.S.)
• Wayne Huang (Taiwan)
• Steve Antoniewicz (U.S.)
• Dhruv Soi (India)
• Mark Bristow (U.S)
Meetings:
Deliverables & Tasks(DRAFT)
Below you can find the timeline of tasks, deliverables and objectives the committee has.
| Task | Deadline | Type | Status | Description | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiki Update | A.S.A.P (Feb 3rd 09) | Wiki | In Progress | Update the Wiki with the Strawman of meeting notes, strategy objectives, tasks and plan as laid out in the conference call with the committee members. | Justin |
| Global Chapter Survey 2009 | End Q1 09 | Survey | Planning | Create a Survey to be sent to every chapter leader globally, asking them about the chapter, OWASP and what they need/want in the regions. | Justin |
| Chapter Handbook | End Q2 09 (Draft) | Document | Planning | This is a core deliverable and will contain everything required to run a chapter successfully for OWASP. It will include guidelines, marketing, agreements etc. (See Below for further details) | All Committee |
| Chapter Marketing | 2009 | Plan/Roadmap | Planning | Identify and document key objectives for marketing OWASP within each region through the local chapters. Provide details on what support is available to local chapters for marketing in their regions. | TBD |
| How to make a successful Chapter | Q3 2009 | Whitepaper | Planning | The begining of a series of whitepapers that explains how others have made OWASP chapters successful, and what works and doesn't work. These are provided to existing and new chapter leaders to help with local planning of chapters. | Puneet |
| Chapter Agreements | Q3 2009 | Documents | Planning | Chapter Agreements are used for when speakers attend local chapters to talk or other types of formal duties take place. A number of default templates will be created (or existing ones reviewed and updated) and will be available for all chapter leaders. | TBD |
Resources
Other people who have taken active roles in Global OWASP Conferences in the past
USA: Dave Wichers, Aspect Security
USA: Tom Brennan, WhiteHat Security
USA.: Kate Hartmann, OWASP Foundation
Europe: Sebastien Deleersnyder, Telindus
Europe Refereed Papers Chair: Frank Piessens, KU Leuven
Europe 2010 Sweden: John Wilander, Omegapoint
Israel: Ofer Shezaf, Breach Security
Australia: Justin Derry, Fortify
India Co-Chairs: Dhruv Soi, Torrid Networks and Puneet Mehta, SDG Corp
Taiwan: Wayne Huang, Armorize
