We are pleased to announce that the German OWASP Chapter will host the OWASP AppSec Europe Research 2013 global conference in beautiful Hamburg(Wikipedia), Germany. Hamburg is basically the sleepy beauty of Germany, in the very north of it.

The AppSec Europe 2013 conference will be a premier gathering of Information Security leaders, also the AppSec Europe 2013 is going to have a Research part.

Executives from Fortune 500 firms along with technical thought leaders such as security architects and lead developers will be traveling to hear the cutting-edge ideas presented by Information Security’s top talent. OWASP events attract a worldwide audience interested in “what’s next”. The conference is expected to draw 400-500 technologists from Government, Financial Services, Media, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Technology, and many other verticals.

On the research side OWASPs AppSecEU Research will give you an excellent chance to present your cutting edge research, including a paper for the proceedings.

The conference will be held at University of Hamburg (Main Building (map). It'll take place in July 2013. The exact date is not clear yet, it's going to be announced in September 2012.

Team

Conference Orga

Dirk Wetter (Chair)
Kai Jendrian (Co-Chair)
Hannes Federath (Local Co-Organizer)
Birgit Bernskötter (External)
Boris Hemkemeier
Achim Hoffmann
Martin Johns
Tobias Glemser
Sebastien Deleersnyder
Sarah Baso

Program Committee (to be completed)

Hannes Federath (Research)
John Wilander (Research + Industry)
Sebastian Schinzel (Research + Industry)
Achim Hoffmann
Boris Hemkemeier
Diniz Cruz

Martin Johns
Dirk Wetter