Front Range OWASP Conference 2013/Introduction

Welcome to SnowFROC 2013 - the 5th Annual Front Range OWASP Security Conference
The Colorado OWASP chapters are proud to present the 5th annual SnowFROC. This event will consist of one day of formal presentations and a half-day of training and informal Birds-of-a-Feather (BoaF) sessions. We anticipate approximately 300 attendees.

The conference will occur on Thursday, March 28th and will feature four primary tracks: Running in parallel to the conference proceedings will be a capture the flag (CTF) hacking competition developed exclusively for SnowFROC by Boulder OWASP chapter members. The day will conclude with a moderated panel discussion featuring top industry leaders.
 * High-Level Technical
 * Deep-Dive / Hands-on Technical
 * Management
 * Legal

The training and BoaF sessions will take place Friday, March 28. Free training will be offered to all conference delegates in the area of secure coding. In addition, Friday will feature a CTF post-mortem in which participants will be encouraged to attack previously out-of-bounds CTF framework (the scoreboard, the VM, etc.).

Conference Committee
Director: Mark Major

Sponsorship: Mark Major, Brad Carvalho, Steve Kosten

Executive Events: Brad Carvalho, Steve Kosten

CTF: Chris Rossi, Mark Major

Colorado Chapter Hosts
OWASP Denver chapter: Steve Kosten, Brad Carvalho (acting)

OWASP Boulder chapter: Mark Major