OWASP AppSec Europe 2009 - Poland

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Welcome to the European OWASP Application Security Conference! After successful OWASP Conferences in the United States and Europe, we are back in Poland on May 11-14 2009!

May 13th–14th 2009, OWASP will hold its annual European Application Security conference in wonderfull Kraków, Poland. The Conference consists of two days of training sessions on May 11th–12th, followed by a two-day conference with 2 different tracks.

In 2008, we attracted great European and international speakers in Belgium, and we hope to achieve the same again in 2009. This year we organise the conference together with OWASP Poland and Confidence2009, a conference in the same venue on May 15th-16th.

Conference Location


This year, the conference will be held at the Qubus Hotel, in Kraków Poland. This conference hotel will support the event and OWASP has negotiated a room block as well (details are in the accomodations section below).

Registration will be available via the OWASP Conference Cvent site closer to the event date.

If you are registering as a Speaker or Sponsor, a seperate registration event will be provided.

Call for Presentations / Research Papers / Training Providers
The call for presentations is out: OWASP AppSec Europe 2009 CFP.

The call for training providers is out: OWASP AppSec Europe 2009 CFT.

A call for refereed research papers will also be published in the coming weeks. The selected papers will also be presented at the conference.

Agenda and Presentations - May 13-14
The agenda follows the successful OWASP conference two tracks format, with opening keynotes and presentations in the main auditorium, split tracks in the middle of the day, and closing pannel discussions back in the main auditorium both days.

Venue: Cracow

Registration is available via the OWASP Conference Cvent site at: tbd

Tutorial Days - May 11th and 12th
OWASP will host numerous 1 and 2 day tutorial sessions prior to the conference. If you are interested in delivering a tutorial at this event, please contact [mailto:kate.hartmann@owasp.org Kate Hartmann].

Accommodations
OWASP has reserved a room block at the conference hotel. The hotel information is:

Qubus Hotel, Krakow

ul. Nadwiślańska 6

30-527 Kraków

phone: (+ 48 12) 374 5 100

krakow@qubushotel.com

http://www.qubushotel.com

The room block that we have (which includes breakfast) is:

Single Room: 137 Euro / night

Double Room: 154 Euro / night

By plane
Krakow can be reached by commercial aviation through the John Paul II International Airport Krakow-Balice. 21 airlines fly to and from Krakow including British Airways, Alitalia, Germanwings, LOT, Lufthansa and cheap airlines such as SkyEurope, Ryanair, easyJet and centralwings.

You can go from the airport to the city centre by:
 * Train
 * The train stop is located app. 200 m from the passenger terminal ( 5 minute walk)
 * It will take you 20 minutes and cost 6 PLN (less than 2EU) to get to the Krakow Main Station


 * Bus
 * The 192 bus stop is located directly at the roundabout, in front of the passenger terminal. The trip to the Main Station takes app. 35 minutes. The ticket can be purchased at the ticket machine on the bus stop for 2,5 PLN (less than 1EU)


 * Taxi
 * There are always taxis waiting for the passengers in front of the airport. The average price for a ride to the city centre is 50 PLN (around 15EU)

Find out more on John Paul II International Airport Krakow-Balice web page.

By train
You can also travel to Krakow by train from main Polish cities such as Warsow, Wroclaw, Poznan, Gdansk and several cities in Europe. There is direct connection from Berlin, Wien, Prague etc. Search for your connection [http://rozklad.pkp.pl/bin/query.exe/en? here] (your destination is Krakow Glowny).

How to get to the venue?
By car: See the map.

By taxi: By public transport: Check buses and trams time table here.
 * taxi from the airport to Qubus Hotel is about 20 EUR
 * taxi from Main Station to Qubus Hotel is about 5 EUR
 * Trams 9, 11, 13, 29; get off at Plac Bohaterow Getta stop
 * Trams 3, 6, 23, 24, 34; get off at Limanowskiego stop
 * Buses 127, 157, 158, 224; get off at Plac Bohaterow Getta stop

Registration and Conference Fees
Registration is available via the OWASP Conference Cvent site at: tbd

The conference fee for this conference is :
 * Standard: 350 Euros, OWASP Members: 300 Euros, Students: 225 Euros.
 * Conference Dinner (tbd): 50 Euros
 * Conference Tutorials: tbd (2 days) - tbd (1 day), OWASP Members: tbd reduction, Students: tbd reduction.
 * If you also register for CONFidence Poland 2009 you get a 15% reduction.

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.

Conference Committee
OWASP Conferences Chair: Dave Wichers - Aspect Security - dave.wichers 'at' owasp.org

2009 EU Planning Committee Chair: Sebastien Deleersnyder - Telindus - seba 'at' owasp.org

Poland Chapter Host: Andrzej Targosz - OWASP Poland - andrzej.targosz 'at' proidea.org.pl

Vendor Exhibition Chair: tbd

Capture the Flag Chair: tbd

Refereed Papers Chair: Lieven Desmet - KU Leuven - Lieven.Desmet 'at' cs.kuleuven.ac.b

Affiliated Partners
We are glad to have the local support of:
 * CONFidence Poland 2009

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.

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More information about conference sponsorship is available here.