Global Conferences Committee

'''The Global Conferences Committee was created during the OWASP EU Summit in Portugal 2008. The primary purpose of this Global Conferences Committee is: determine location, frequency and to oversee and direct global conferences, speakers and training.'''

Committee 2010 Plan

•	[mailto:mark.bristow@owasp.org Mark Bristow] (U.S, Chair)

•	[mailto:john.wilander@owasp.org John Wilander] (Sweden)

•	[mailto:lucas.ferreira@owasp.org Lucas Ferreira] (Brazil)

= Monthly Report Format =

Date of last update: 2010-07-10 Updated by: Mark Bristow

Accomplishments for this Month
 * Updates to How to Host a Conference Page
 * Identified additional AppSec EU 2011 proposals due to concerns about Greek economic condition
 * Set AppSec EU 2011 Location - Ireland
 * Set AppSec EU 2012 Location - Greece
 * Events
 * AppSec Research 2010
 * OWASP Mexico Day
 * FROC 2010

Planned for Next Month
 * Solicit new GCC Members
 * Replace Wayne and Dhruv
 * Create new OWASP event intake process
 * Create event Lessons Learned process
 * EU VAT Tax Exempt Status
 * Conference Planning Updates
 * Updates to conference Definitions
 * EasyChair Tutorial
 * Event Checklist

Issues/Risks/Challenges
 * Lack of clear directional authorities for GCC
 * Lack of budgetary targets/authority for GCC
 * Lack of visibility into all OWASP branded events
 * Inconsistent OWASP Foundation representation in countries outside the US and EU
 * AppSec US Budget at risk (low secured sponsorships)
 * AppSec Brazil Training Sessions risk (no proposal has been received yet)

Additional information on How to Host a Conference

Committee meeting minutes can be found on the GCC Google Docs Share

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Deliverables & Tasks (DRAFT)
Below you can find the timeline of tasks, deliverables and objectives the committee has.

Resources
Other people who have taken active roles in Global OWASP Conferences in the past

USA: [mailto:dave.wichers@owasp.org Dave Wichers], Aspect Security

USA: [mailto:tomb@owasp.org Tom Brennan], OWASP Foundation

USA: [mailto:kate.hartmann@owasp.org Kate Hartmann], OWASP Foundation

USA: [mailto:mark.bristow@owasp.org Mark Bristow], Securicon

Europe: [mailto:seba@owasp.org Sebastien Deleersnyder], Telindus

Europe Refereed Papers Chair: [mailto:frank.piessens@cs.kuleuven.ac.be Frank Piessens], KU Leuven

Europe 2010 Sweden: [mailto:John.Wilander@omegapoint.se John Wilander], Omegapoint

Israel: [mailto:ofers@breach.com Ofer Shezaf], Breach Security

India Co-Chairs: [mailto:dhruv.soi@owasp.org Dhruv Soi], Torrid Networks and [mailto:puneet.mehta@owasp.org Puneet Mehta], SDG Corp

Taiwan: [mailto:wayne.armorize@gmail.com Wayne Huang], Armorize