OWASP & WASC AppSec 2007 Conference

We are still in the planning stages for the next OWASP U.S. conference, eBay in San Jose, CA Nov 12-15, 2007.

Web Services Track: The conference will have 3 tracks on the first day instead of 2. The 3rd track will be focused on Web Services Security which is a new area for OWASP. If you are interested in speaking at this conference on a Web Services Security topic, please contact Gunnar Peterson, who is organizing that track.

Application Security Technology Expo: This conference will also have a technology expo for the first time. Application Security product vendors will be able to demonstrate the technical capabilities of their products in the technology expo area. More information about conference sponsorship is available here.

Conference Location
This year's US OWASP conference will be held at eBay at their facility at: 2211 North First Street in San Jose, CA Nov 12th-15th.

Training Days: Novermber 12th-13th

Main Conference: November 14th-15th

Agenda and Presentations: Wednesday-Thursday - Nov 14th-15th
The agenda will follow the (current) standard OWASP conference format of two tracks, with opening keynotes and presentations in the main auditorium, split tracks in the middle of the day, and closing presentations back in the main auditorium both days. In addition, on the first day, there will be a third track focused on Web Services Security.

This conference will include presentations from many different OWASP contributors and leading Application Security professionals, and will include one panel each day.

The OWASP AppSec San Jose 2007 agenda is still being developed.

Training: Monday-Tuesday - Nov 12th-13th
OWASP has arranged for a suite of two day Application Security training courses to be offered prior to the conference. The tutorials being offered are:

Building and Testing Secure Web Applications

Secure Coding for Java EE

Advanced Asp.Net Exploits and Countermeasures

Web Services and XML Security

Conference Fees
Standard: $400, OWASP Members: $350, Students: $225, Early Registration Discount (by Oct 12): $50 ($25 for students)

Conference Dinner (Evening of Nov 14th): $50

Conference Tutorial (Two day tutorials Nov 12-13): $1300, $1450 [If not attending the conference], Student Fee: $675

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.

Hotel and Transportation Info
OWASP is currently negotiating rates with local hotels

From San Jose International Airport (SJC): eBay is located about a mile from this airport

From San Francisco International Airport (SFO): eBay is located 40 miles from this airport

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

Web Services Security Track Chair: Gunnar Peterson - Arctec Group - gunnar 'at' arctecgroup.net

Vendor Exhibition Chair: Pravir Chandra - Cigital - chandra 'at' list.org

Refereed Papers Chair: Frank Piessens - KU Leuven - Frank.Piessens 'at' cs.kuleuven.ac.be

Conference Sponsors
The following organizations are sponsors for this conference. If you are interested in sponsoring either of the 2007 OWASP conferences, please contact OWASP at: conferences 'at' owasp.org.

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We are also going to have vendor booths at this conference for the first time. If you are interested in demonstrating your application security product to a sophisticated audience of application security professionals, please contact us for more information. Please contact either Dave Wichers (the OWASP Conferences Chair) or Pravir Chandra, who will be organizing the vendor area for this conference.

More information about conference sponsorship is available here.