OWASP AppSec Europe 2009 CFT

CALL FOR TRAINING PROVIDERS - OWASP AppSec Europe 2009 Poland.

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 and trainers 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 the same venue on May 15th-16th.

We are seeking people and organisations that want to provide training courses on any of the following topics:
 * Business Risks with Application Security
 * Starting and Managing Secure Development Lifecycle Programs
 * Web Services-, XML- and Application Security
 * Application Threat Modeling
 * Hands-on Source Code Review
 * Web Application Security Testing
 * OWASP Tools and Projects
 * Secure Coding Practices (J2EE/.NET)
 * Technology specific presentations on security such as AJAX, XML, etc.
 * Anything else relating to OWASP and Application Security.

The following conditions apply for people or organisations that want to provide training at the conference:
 * Training provider should provide class syllabus / training materials
 * Proceeds will be split 75/25 (OWASP/Trainer) for the training class. The 75% for OWASP goes towards:
 * Classroom Rental, Conference Logistics/Registration, and Food
 * OWASP Grants for Research Projects
 * Each classroom has a maximum capacity of 30 people, minimum of 12 people signed up before class is considered operational.
 * Price per attendee: 2-Day Class €910 / 1-Day Class €455
 * Provider branded training materials to increase your exposure
 * Students are to bring their own laptops
 * Classes are to be focused around Application Security as mentioned above
 * Training provider must be an OWASP Member

The call for trainings is out. The official closing date for receiving a synopsis of the presentation is February 1th, 2009, with announcements on selected candidates to be provided the second week of February 2009. Complete training material will need to be submitted by May 1, 2009.

Training proposals should consist of the following information:


 * 1) Trainer contact info (country of origin and residence-mail, postal address, phone, Email).
 * 2) Employer and/or affiliations.
 * 3) Brief biography, list of publications and papers.
 * 4) Any significant presentation and educational experience/background.
 * 5) Training synopsis, proposed training title, and a one paragraph description.
 * 6) Reason why this material is innovative or significant or an important training for the OWASP conference.
 * 7) Optionally, any samples of prepared material or outlines ready.
 * 8) Will you perform hands-on labs or only slides?
 * 9) Please list any other publications or conferences where this material has been or will be published/submitted.
 * 10) Provide a list of items/software needed for the training

We would appreciate your proposal using the provided EU09 training proposal template. If you do not support the Word format, please include the plain text version of this information in your email. Please submit your proposals to seba@owasp.org.

The conference page will be updated regularly: AppSecEU09