OWASP AppSec Europe 2009 - Poland



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 Kraków 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.

Conference Agenda - May 13-14
This year we extended the pogram to three tracks, 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: Krakow

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

Tutorial Days - May 11th and 12th
OWASP hosts 1 and 2 day tutorial sessions prior to the conference.

Call for Research Papers
The call for refereed research papers is out: OWASP AppSec Europe 2009 CFRP

Accommodations
TBD

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?
TBD

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: 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

2009 EU Program Committee:
 * Sebastien Deleersnyder - seba 'at' owasp.org
 * Mano Paul - mano.paul 'at' owasp.org
 * Fabio Cerullo - fcerullo 'at' gmail.com
 * Kuai Hinojosa - kuai.hinojosa 'at' owasp.org
 * Andrzej Targosz - andrzej.targosz 'at' proidea.org.pl

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

Vendor Exhibition Chair: tbd

Capture the Flag Chair: Andrzej Targosz - andrzej.targosz 'at' proidea.org.pl

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.

tbd

More information about conference sponsorship is available here.