OWASP New Zealand Day 2015

https://www.owasp.org/images/d/d2/OWASP_NZ_Day_2015_logo.png 26th and 27th Feburary 2014 - Auckland

= Introduction =

Introduction
We are proud to announce the sixth OWASP New Zealand Day conference, to be held at the University of Auckland on Friday February 27th, 2015. OWASP New Zealand Day is a one-day conference dedicated to application security, with an emphasis on secure architecture and development techniques to help Kiwi developers build more secure applications.

Similar to last year:


 * We will be offering training on the day before the conference (Thursday, 26th of February).
 * After lunch on the conference day, we will split to two tracks - one focused on technical topics, the other on policy, compliance and risk management.

The sixth OWASP New Zealand Day will be happening thanks to the support provided by the University of Auckland, which will kindly offer a slightly different location from the last five years. Entry to the event will, as in the past, be free.

For any comments, feedback or observations, please don't hesitate to contact [mailto:kim.carter@owasp.org?cc=adrian.hayes@owasp.org?cc=denis.andzakovic@owasp.org us].

Registration
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Important dates

 * CFP & CFT submission deadline: 19th January 2015
 * Conference Registration deadline: 12th February 2015
 * Training Registration deadline:  12th February 2015
 * Training Day date:         26th February 2015
 * Conference Day date:          27th February 2015

Conference Committee

 * Denis Andzakovic - OWASP New Zealand Leader (Auckland)
 * Adrian Hayes - OWASP New Zealand Leader (Wellington)
 * Kim Carter - OWASP New Zealand Leader (Christchurch)
 * Lech Janczewski - Associate Professor - University of Auckland School of Business

Please direct all enquiries to denis.andzakovic@owasp.org | adrian.hayes@owasp.org | kim.carter@owasp.org

= Call For Presentations =

Call For Presentations
OWASP New Zealand Day conferences attract a high quality of speakers from a variety of security disciplines including architects, web developers and engineers, system administrators, penetration testers, policy specialists and more. We encourage presentations to have a strong component on fixing and prevention of security issues. We are looking for presentations on a wide variety of security topics, including but not limited to:


 * Web application security
 * Mobile security
 * Secure development
 * Vulnerability analysis
 * Threat modelling
 * Threat and vulnerability countermeasures
 * Platform or language security (JavaScript, .NET, Java, RoR, etc)
 * Penetration Testing
 * Browser and client security
 * Application and solution architecture security
 * PCI DSS
 * Risk management
 * Security concepts for C*Os, project managers and other non-technical attendees
 * Privacy controls

The email subject must be "OWASP New Zealand 2015: CFP" and the email body must contain the following information/sections:


 * Name and Surname
 * Affiliation
 * Telephone number
 * Email address
 * Short presenter bio
 * Title of the contribution
 * Type of contribution: Technical, Informative, Management
 * Short abstract (up to 500 words)
 * List of the author's previous papers/articles/speeches on the same/similar topic (if any)
 * If you are not from New Zealand, will your company support your travel/accommodation costs? - Yes/No

The submission will be reviewed by the OWASP New Zealand Day conference committee and the highest voted talks will be selected and invited for presentation.

PLEASE NOTE:


 * Due to limited budget available, expenses for international speakers cannot be covered.
 * If your company is willing to cover travel and accommodation costs, the company will become "Support Sponsor" of the event.

Please submit the above information to all of the following: Denis Andzakovic (denis.andzakovic@owasp.org), Adrian Hayes (adrian.hayes@owasp.org) and Kim Carter (kim.carter@owasp.org).

Submissions deadline: 19th January 2015

= Call For Trainers =

Call For Trainers
We are happy to announce that training will run on Thursday February 26th 2015, the day before the OWASP Day conference. The training venues will be auditoriums kindly provided by the University of Auckland, in the same building as the OWASP Day conference itself. Classes will contain up to 20 students, and each seat has power for laptop usage. A wide range of half-day or full-day training proposals will be considered, see the Call for Papers for a list of example topics.

If you are interested in running one of the training sessions, please contact Denis Andzakovic, Adrian Hayes and Kim Carter with the following information:


 * Trainer name
 * Trainer organisation
 * Telephone + email contact
 * Short Trainer bio
 * Training title
 * Trainer requirements (e.g. a projector, whiteboard, etc)
 * Trainee requirements (e.g. laptop, VMWare/Virtualbox, etc)
 * Training summary (less than 500 words)
 * Target audience (e.g. testers, project managers, security managers, web developers, architects)
 * Skill level required (Basic / Intermediate / Advanced)
 * What attendees can expect to learn (key objectives)
 * Short course outline

The fixed price per head for training will be $250 for a half-day session and $500 for a whole-day session. As this training is part of an OWASP event, part of the proceeds go back to OWASP. The split is as follows:


 * 25% to OWASP Global - used for OWASP projects around the world
 * 25% to OWASP NZ Day - used for expenses such as catering during the conference
 * 50% to the training provider.

Please submit the above information to all of the following:
 * Denis Andzakovic (denis.andzakovic@owasp.org)
 * Adrian Hayes (adrian.hayes@owasp.org)
 * Kim Carter (kim.carter@owasp.org).

Submissions deadline: 19th January 2015

= Call For Sponsorships =

Call For Sponsorships
OWASP New Zealand Day 2015 will be held in Auckland on the 27th of February, 2015 and is a security conference entirely dedicated to application security. The conference is once again being hosted by the University of Auckland with their support and assistance. OWASP New Zealand Day 2015 is a free event, but requires sponsor support to help be an instructive and quality event for the New Zealand community. OWASP is strictly not for profit. The sponsorship money will be used to help make OWASP New Zealand Day 2015 a free, compelling, and valuable experience for all attendees.

The sponsorship funds collected are to be used for things such as:


 * Refreshments (coffee break/lunch) - we want to keep people refreshed during the day; while we certainly bring good and interesting speakers, we don't want people to go home when they become hungry.
 * Name tags - we feel that getting to know people within the New Zealand community is important, and name tags make that possible.
 * Promotion - up to now our events are propagating by word of mouth. We would like to get to a wider audience by advertising our events.
 * Printed Materials - printed materials will include brochures, tags and lanyards.

Facts
In 2013, the event was supported by six sponsors and attracted more than 250 participants. Plenty of constructive (and positive!) feedback from the audience was received and we are using this to make the conference more appealing to more people. For more information on last year's event, please visit: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_New_Zealand_Day_2013

The OWASP New Zealand community is strong, this year has Christchurch as a new region and there are more than 360 people currently subscribed to the mailing-list. OWASP New Zealand Day is expected to attract between 250 and 300 attendees this year.

OWASP regular attendees are IT project managers, IT security managers, IT security consultants, web application architects and developers, QA managers, QA testers and system administrators.

Sponsorships
There are three different levels of sponsorships for the OWASP Day event:

Support Sponsorship: (Covering international speaker travel expenses, media coverage/article/promotion of the event) Includes:


 * Publication of the sponsor logo on the event web site - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_New_Zealand_Day_2015

Silver Sponsorship: 1500 NZD

Includes:


 * Publication of the sponsor logo on the event web site - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_New_Zealand_Day_2015
 * The publication of the sponsor logo on the event site, in the agenda, on the handouts and in all the official communications with the attendees at the conference.
 * The possibility to distribute the company brochures, CDs or other materials to the participants during the event.

Gold Sponsorship: 2750 NZD

Includes:


 * The possibility to have a promotional banner or sign side stage in the main auditorium (to be provided by the sponsor, size subject to approval by the OWASP NZ Day Committee).
 * The publication of the sponsor logo on the event site, in the agenda, on the handouts and in all the official communications with the attendees at the conference.
 * The possibility to distribute the company brochures, CDs or other materials to the participants during the event.
 * Publication of the sponsor logo on the OWASP New Zealand Chapter page - Sponsor logo on the OWASP NZ site prior and during the OWASP Day event - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/New_Zealand
 * Publication of the sponsor logo on the event web site - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_New_Zealand_Day_2015

Those who are interested in sponsoring OWASP New Zealand 2015 Conference can contact the [mailto:kim.carter@owasp.org?cc=adrian.hayes@owasp.org?cc=denis.andzakovic@owasp.org OWASP New Zealand Board].