OWASP New Zealand Day 2016

https://www.owasp.org/images/2/23/OWASP_NZ_Day_2016_logo.jpg 3rd and 4th Feburary 2016 - Auckland

= Introduction =

Introduction
We are proud to announce the seventh OWASP New Zealand Day conference, to be held at the University of Auckland on Thursday February 4th, 2016. OWASP New Zealand Day is a one-day conference dedicated to application security, with an emphasis on secure architecture and development techniques to help Kiwi developers build more secure applications.

Who is it for?


 * Web Developers: The morning sessions will introduce you to web application security and the OWASP projects. Afternoon sessions will dive deeper into technical topics, and build on the morning sessions.
 * Management: After an introduction to web application security, one of the afternoon streams will focus on policy, compliance and risk management.
 * Penetration testers and Security Professionals: Technical sessions later in the day will showcase new and interesting web attack and defense topics.

Conference structure
Date: Thurs 4 Feb 2016 Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm Cost: Free Food: Morning and Afternoon tea

The main conference is on Thursday 4th of February, and will have three streams:

Training
Date: Wed 3 Feb 2016 Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm or part thereof Cost: To be advised Food: Lunch provided

As well as the main conference on Thursday, we are pleased to be able to provide training on Wednesday at a discounted price. We anticipate a selection of introductory and advanced training topics.

The seventh OWASP New Zealand Day will be happening thanks to the support provided by the University of Auckland, which will kindly offer a slightly different location from last year. Entry to the event will, as in the past, be free.

For any comments, feedback or observations, please don't hesitate to contact [mailto:kim.carter@owasp.org?cc=adrian.hayes@owasp.org?cc=denis.andzakovic@owasp.org us].

Registration
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Important dates

 * CFP & CFT submission deadline: 7th December 2015
 * Conference Registration deadline: 21st January 2016
 * Training Registration deadline:  21st January 2016
 * Training Day date:         3rd February 2016
 * Conference Day date:          4th February 2016

Conference Committee

 * Denis Andzakovic - OWASP New Zealand Leader (Auckland)
 * Adrian Hayes - OWASP New Zealand Leader (Wellington)
 * Kim Carter - OWASP New Zealand Leader (Christchurch)
 * Lech Janczewski - Associate Professor - University of Auckland School of Business

Please direct all enquiries to denis.andzakovic@owasp.org | adrian.hayes@owasp.org | kim.carter@owasp.org

= Call For Presentations =

Call For Presentations
OWASP New Zealand Day conferences attract a high quality of speakers from a variety of security disciplines including architects, web developers and engineers, system administrators, penetration testers, policy specialists and more.

We would like a variety of technical levels in the presentations submitted, corresponding to the three sections of the conference:


 * Introductions to various Web Application Security topics, and the OWASP projects
 * Technical topics
 * Policy, Compliance and Risk Management

The introductory talks should appeal to an intermediate to experienced web developer, without a solid grounding in web application security or knowledge of the OWASP projects. These talks should be engaging, encourage developers to learn more about web application security, and give them techniques that they can immediately return to work and apply to their jobs.

Technical topics in the afternoon should appeal to two audiences - experienced web application security testers or researchers, and web developers who have a “OWASP Top Ten” level of understanding of web attacks and defenses. You could present a lightning, short or long talk on something you have researched, developed yourself, or learnt in your travels. Ideally the topics will have technical depth or novelty so that the majority of attendees learn something new.

For the “Management Stream” in the afternoon we would like to invite talks that will appeal to those interested in the various non-technical topics that are important in our industry. These talks could focus on the development of policies, dealing with compliance obligations, managing risks within an enterprise, or other issues that could appeal to those in management roles.

We encourage presentations to have a strong component on fixing and prevention of security issues. We are looking for presentations on a wide variety of security topics, including but not limited to:


 * Web application security
 * Mobile security
 * Secure development
 * Vulnerability analysis
 * Threat modelling
 * Application exploitation
 * Exploitation techniques
 * Threat and vulnerability countermeasures
 * Platform or language security (JavaScript, NodeJS, .NET, Java, RoR, etc)
 * Penetration Testing
 * Browser and client security
 * Application and solution architecture security
 * PCI DSS
 * Risk management
 * Security concepts for C*Os, project managers and other non-technical attendees
 * Privacy controls

The email subject must be "OWASP New Zealand 2016: CFP" and the email body must contain the following information/sections:


 * Name and Surname
 * Affiliation
 * Telephone number
 * Email address
 * Short presenter bio
 * Title of the contribution
 * Type of contribution: Technical, Informative, Management
 * Suggested length for the talk
 * Short abstract (up to 500 words)
 * List of the author's previous papers/articles/speeches on the same/similar topic (if any)
 * If you are not from New Zealand, will your company support your travel/accommodation costs? - Yes/No

The submission will be reviewed by the OWASP New Zealand Day conference committee and the highest voted talks will be selected and invited for presentation.

PLEASE NOTE:


 * Due to limited budget available, expenses for international speakers cannot be covered.
 * If your company is willing to cover travel and accommodation costs, the company will become "Support Sponsor" of the event.

Please submit the above information to all of the following: Denis Andzakovic (denis.andzakovic@owasp.org), Adrian Hayes (adrian.hayes@owasp.org) and Kim Carter (kim.carter@owasp.org).

Submissions deadline: 7th December 2015

= Call For Trainers =

Call For Trainers
We are happy to announce that training will run on Wednesday February 3rd 2016, the day before the OWASP Day conference. The training venue will be Level 0, Room: 40C, kindly provided by the University of Auckland School of Commerce, in the same building as the OWASP NZ Day conference itself. Classes will contain up to 48 students, with power for laptop usage and Wi-Fi. A wide range of half-day or full-day training proposals will be considered, see the Call for Papers for a list of example topics.

If you are interested in running one of the training sessions, please contact Denis Andzakovic, Adrian Hayes and Kim Carter with the following information:


 * Trainer name
 * Trainer organisation
 * Telephone + email contact
 * Short Trainer bio
 * Training title
 * Trainer requirements (e.g. a projector, whiteboard, etc)
 * Trainee requirements (e.g. laptop, VMware/VirtualBox, etc)
 * Training summary (less than 500 words)
 * Target audience (e.g. testers, project managers, security managers, web developers, architects)
 * Skill level required (Basic / Intermediate / Advanced)
 * What attendees can expect to learn (key objectives)
 * Short course outline

The fixed price per head for training will be $250 for a half-day session and $500 for a whole-day session. As this training is part of an OWASP event, part of the proceeds go back to OWASP. The split is as follows:


 * 25% to OWASP Global - used for OWASP projects around the world
 * 25% to OWASP NZ Day - used for expenses such as catering during the conference
 * 50% to the training provider.

Please submit the above information to all of the following:
 * Denis Andzakovic (denis.andzakovic@owasp.org)
 * Adrian Hayes (adrian.hayes@owasp.org)
 * Kim Carter (kim.carter@owasp.org).

Submissions deadline: 7th December 2015

= Call For Sponsorships =

Call For Sponsorships
OWASP New Zealand Day 2016 will be held in Auckland on the 4th of February, 2016 and is a security conference entirely dedicated to application security. The conference is once again being hosted by the University of Auckland with their support and assistance. OWASP New Zealand Day 2016 is a free event, but requires sponsor support to help be an instructive and quality event for the New Zealand community. OWASP is strictly not for profit. The sponsorship money will be used to help make OWASP New Zealand Day 2016 a free, compelling, and valuable experience for all attendees.

The sponsorship funds collected are to be used for things such as:


 * Refreshments (coffee breaks) - we want to keep people refreshed during the day.
 * Name tags - we feel that getting to know people within the New Zealand community is important, and name tags make that possible.
 * Promotion - up to now our events are propagating by word of mouth. We would like to get to a wider audience by advertising our events.
 * Printed Materials - printed materials will include brochures, tags and lanyards.

Facts
Last year, the event was supported by eight sponsors and attracted more than 230 participants. Plenty of constructive (and positive!) feedback from the audience was received and we are using this to make the conference more appealing to more people. For more information on the last New Zealand Day event, please visit: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_New_Zealand_Day_2015

The OWASP New Zealand community is strong, there are more than 410 people currently subscribed to the mailing-list. OWASP New Zealand Day is expected to attract between 400 and 500 attendees this year.

OWASP regular attendees are IT project managers, IT security managers, IT security consultants, web application architects and developers, QA managers, QA testers and system administrators.

Sponsorships
There are three different levels of sponsorships for the OWASP Day event:

Support Sponsorship: (Covering international speaker travel expenses, media coverage/article/promotion of the event) Includes:


 * Publication of the sponsor logo on the event web site - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_New_Zealand_Day_2016

Silver Sponsorship: 1500 NZD

Includes:


 * Publication of the sponsor logo on the event web site - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_New_Zealand_Day_2016
 * The publication of the sponsor logo in the event site, in the agenda, on the handouts and in all the official communications with the attendees at the conference.
 * The possibility to distribute the company brochures, CDs or other materials to the participants during the event.

Gold Sponsorship: 2750 NZD

Includes:


 * The possibility to have a promotional banner or sign side stage in the main auditorium (to be provided by the sponsor, size subject to approval by the OWASP NZ Day Committee).
 * The publication of the sponsor logo in the event site, in the agenda, on the handouts and in all the official communications with the attendees at the conference.
 * The possibility to distribute the company brochures, CDs or other materials to the participants during the event.
 * Publication of the sponsor logo on the OWASP New Zealand Chapter page - Sponsor logo on the OWASP NZ site prior and during the OWASP Day event - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/New_Zealand
 * Publication of the sponsor logo on the event web site - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_New_Zealand_Day_2016

Those who are interested in sponsoring OWASP New Zealand 2016 Conference can contact the [mailto:kim.carter@owasp.org?cc=adrian.hayes@owasp.org?cc=denis.andzakovic@owasp.org OWASP New Zealand Board].