Global Conferences Committee

About the Committee
'''The Global Conferences Committee was created during the OWASP EU Summit in Portugal 2008. The Global Conferences Committee exists to coordinate and facilitate OWASP conferences and events worldwide.''' The committee is governed by the Global Conferences Committee Governance document


 * [mailto:mark.bristow@owasp.org Mark Bristow] (U.S, 2011 Chair Election)
 * [mailto:john.wilander@owasp.org John Wilander] (Sweden)
 * [mailto:lucas.ferreira@owasp.org Lucas Ferreira] (Brazil)
 * [mailto:richard.greenberg@owasp.org Richard Greenberg] (US)
 * [mailto:ralph.durkee@owasp.org Ralph Durkee] (US)
 * [mailto:neil@owasp.org Neil Matatall] (US)
 * [mailto:cassio.goldschmidt@owasp.org Cassio Goldschmidt] (US and SA)
 * [mailto:fazli@owasp.org Mohd Fazli Azran] (Malaysia)

Operational Support: [mailto:sarah.baso@owasp.org Sarah Baso]

Next Meeting
Date: Week of Aug 8-12, 2011 - date TBA

Time: TBA

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Planner Resources
How to Host a Conference - The comprehensive guide for hosting an OWASP event.

2011 Goals
2011 Comprehensive Committee Plan | 2010 Plan
 * 1) Have a Global Appsec in NA, SA, EU, Asia in 2011
 * 2) Promote OWASP Projects/Initiatives at OWASP Conferences
 * 3) Enhance Services for Conference Planners
 * 4) Reach out to developers (have 20% of attendees in a dev position)
 * 5) Reach out to non-members (have 70% of attendees at cons non-members)
 * 6) Bring more into the fold (Generate 300 new/renewed members at conferences)
 * 7) Streamline Sponsorships (Global Conference Sponsors, Targeted Conference Sponsors)
 * 8) Revise GCC Governance
 * 9) Have a profit of $200k in 2011 across all conferences

Conference Liaison Initiative
As one of their 2011 initiatives, the Global Conferences Committee started a Conference Liaison Program, where a member of the committee is paired with each of the Global AppSec organizing teams in order to assist them with their planning process as well as attend the conference to help trouble shoot any issues and sign necessary paperwork.

The following duties were initially set forth for the GCC liaison:

The GCC member shall:
 * interface with the local planning committee at least 1 month before trip (attend planning call)
 * Interact with planners/attendees while at conference
 * Interact with Sponsors
 * Sign conference contracts under $20,000 (once approved)

At the GCC meeting following the event, the traveling member will be expected to provide an post trip report covering:
 * Assessment of facility
 * Event Marketing Strategy
 * Examination of Event Budget
 * Estimation of Speaker Quality
 * Sponsor engagement/cost-effectiveness & feedback
 * Any notable comments from planners/attendees
 * Any unique outstanding elements
 * Any issues

Committee Records
Mailing List | Archives - Official Global Conferences Committee Mailing list. Used for all GCC communications and meeting announcements.

Global Conference Committee Budget

Committee meeting minutes - Committee Meeting minutes taken by the GCC Chair at each GCC meeting.

Global Conferences Committee Voting Record - records as of 15-July-2011

2011 Global Sponsorship doc -- Google doc

[[Media:OWASP_Global_Conference_Sponsorships_FINAL.pdf|2011 Global Sponsorship doc]] - PDF

Contracts/Partnership agreement archive

Google Form for requesting general OWASP schwag/promotional materials.