OWASP APPSEC BRASIL 2009

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CALL FOR TRAINING SESSIONS

OWASP is currently soliciting training proposals for the OWASP AppSec Brasil 2009 Conference which will take place at Câmara dos Deputados (Deputy Chamber) in Brasília, DF, on October 27th through October 30th 2009. There will be training courses on October 27th and 28th followed by plenary sessions on the 29th and 30th with one single track per day. The conference will be organized and supported by the TI-Controle Community (www.ticontrole.gov.br) and the Deputy Chamber (www2.camara.gov.br/english).

We are seeking training proposals on the following topics (in no particular order):

Application Threat Modeling
Business Risks with Application Security
Hands-on Source Code Review
Metrics for Application Security
OWASP Tools and Projects
Privacy Concerns with Applications and Data Storage
Secure Coding Practices (J2EE/.NET)
Starting and Managing Secure Development Lifecycle Programs
Technology specific presentations on security such as AJAX, XML, etc
Web Application Security countermeasures
Web Application Security Testing
Web Services-, XML- and Application Security
Anything else relating to OWASP and Application Security

Proposals on topics not listed above but related to the conference (i.e. which are related to Application Security) may also be accepted.

There may be 1 or 2-day courses. The proposals must respect the restrictions of the OWASP Speaker Agreement. The conference sponsors will provide lodging and domestic (within Brazil) air travel for one presenter per course, no other compensation is available. If you require a different arrangement, please contact the conference organization team at the email address bellow.

Important Dates:

Submission deadline is July 11th 2009 at 11:59 PM (UTC/GMT -3).

Notification of acceptance is August 7th 2009.

Final version is due September 5th 2009.

To make a proposal, please fill the form (http://www.owasp.org/images/4/4b/OWASP_AppSec_Brazil_09_CFT.docx) and send it by email to appsec.brasil (at) camara.gov.br

For more information, please see the following web pages:

Proposal form as a zipped RTF file: http://www.owasp.org/images/e/ea/OWASP_AppSec_Brazil_09_CFT_RTF.zip

Conference Website: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/AppSec_Brasil_2009

FAQ: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/AppSec_Brasil_2009_-_FAQ

OWASP Speaker Agreement: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Speaker_Agreement

TI-Controle: http://www.ticontrole.gov.br

Deputy Chamber: http://www2.camara.gov.br/english