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 2009 Plan

Conference Committee (Board Member Rep: [mailto:eoin.keary@owasp.org Eoin Keary])

•	[mailto:Kate.hartmann@owasp.org Kate Hartmann] (U.S.)

•	[mailto:wayne@armorize.com Wayne Huang] (Taiwan)

•	[mailto:dhruv.soi@owasp.org Dhruv Soi] (India)

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

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

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

Date: December 16 12 Noon EST

Present: Mark, Kate, John, Dave, Matt

Absent: Lucas, Wayne, Dhruv, Eoin

December 3, 2009 - Call - present, Mark, John, Wayne, Kate

Welcome new commitee members: John Wilander, Sweden; and Lucas Ferreira, Brazil

Deadline for AppSec US conference proposal is 12/31/2009

China Event: Wayne is working with several folks in the China region to finalize the plans for the event. Committee needs Budget and details of event planning by 12/31/09. Proposed date for the event is in April.

Mark Bristow will create and attach narrative explination of the budget tool. He is also working on Budget tool 2.0 based on experiences from AppSec DC.

Trainer split needs to be adjusted to a 40/60 split. However, these numbers may be adjusted if the organization moves forward with a "training road show" program. In this case, the split will adjust based on the level of assistance the foundation would provide to the trainiers. This program needs to be developed.

2010 Conferences will be posted by quarter until definate dates for the events become available. Goal is to identify recourring regional events and 4 global events (U.S. - North America, South America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific) annually.

Still waiting on proposal from CA for AppSec US

Training road show - goal of this program would be to facilitate 2 day training programs in major cities around the globe. These training would be IN ADDITION to the training offered with conferences. Purpose would be to become "body of knowledge" in the AppSec community without endorcing a certification program. Kate to coordinate a GCC meeting with the GEC to discuss the program. Items to be reviewed would include: trainer database? trainer scores? revenue and expense split? frequency? locations? outreach?

Clarification on OOTM funds: OOTM is NOT to be used for events that are charging and admission. If the conference decides to fly in speakers and provide assistance for their travel and/or accomodations, then this would come from the conference budget

Meeting schedule will be every other Thursday at 12Noon EST. Next meeting will be Thursday, December 17, 12 noon EST  Agenda for 12/17/09 Call

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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], WhiteHat Security

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

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

Meetings:

January 9th 10am

January 23 10am