Italy OWASP Day 3

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OWASP Day III: "Web Application Security: research meets industry"

Centro di Competenza ICT-Puglia - Dipartimento di Informatica Università degli Studi di Bari

23rd February 2009 - Bari (Italy)

Introduction
Welcome to the OWASP Day III Italy Conference for 2009. Following on from the great success of OWASP Day II in 2008 the third conference will take place in February 2009. OWASP (The Open Web Application Security Project) is a worldwide free and open community focused on improving the security of application software. OWASP mission is to make application security "visible," so that people and organizations can make informed decisions about application security risks. Everyone is free to participate to the OWASP community and all the produced materials are available under a free and open software license.


 * The conference represents a day of Web App Sec debate for all the OWASP chapters in the world


 * Thanks to the collaboration with the University of Bari, we are organizing the Conference: "Web Application Security: from the research to the real world".


 * OWASP Day III will be an all day Conference.

Location:

The OWASP-Italy Day III will be hosted by:

Centro di Competenza ICT SUD - Puglia Department of Informatics University of Bari | Via E. Orabona, 4 70125 - Bari - Italy Italy

Goals and Topics:

The OWASP Days have always offered a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas among researchers and practitioners who present their experiences and discuss issues related to Web Application Security from a higher level to a technical point of view.

Conference topics include, but are not limited to:
 * The evolution of attacks and countermeasures for the security in the Web Application
 * Case studies of how the Companies have adopted the OWASP Guidelines in their SDLC.
 * Application Security Assessment Model
 * Data Privacy Enabling Technology
 * Experience report in applying OWASP guidelines to industries

Contributions and review process:

OWASP solicit contributions on the above topics, or general matters of interest to the community. Those who are interested in participating as speakers to the conference can submit an abstract of the speech to the OWASP-Italy Board by email at owasp-italy@owasp.org. The email subject must be “OWASP Day 3: CFP” and the email body must contains the following information/sections:


 * Name and Surname
 * Affiliation
 * Address
 * Telephone number
 * email address
 * list of the author’s previous papers/articles/speeches on the same topics
 * Title of the contribution
 * Type of contribution: Technical or Informative
 * Abstract (max one A4 style page)
 * Why the contribution is relevant for OWASP-Italy Day 3

The submission will be reviewed by the OWASP-Italy Board and the 8-9 most interesting ones will be selected and invited for presentation

Conference structure and schedule:

OWASP-Italy Day III will be all day Conference. The conference aims to provide a workshop-like atmosphere in which contributions can be presented and then time is allowed for constructive discussion of their results and processes.

It will be structured in two sections:


 * speakers presentations, questions/answers;
 * round table with international guests discussing the more interesting subjects and issues that arise during the event

During the conference two coffee break (one in the morning and one in the afternoon) and the business lunch will be served.

The detailed agenda of the conference will be available on the web site before the event.

Registration and fee:

The conference is open to all attendees for free (coffee break and business lunch are included) but it requires (mandatory) registration. In order to guaranty a well organized event, the unregistered attendees will not be allowed to access the conference.

The registration form will be available shortly on conference website.

Call For Sponsorships: The aims of OWASP - Italy community is to guarantee access to the conference for free in order to allow for wide participation and empower the community itself. As so the OWASP - Italy community encourages Industries, Research Institutions and Individuals to sponsor their activities and events. Three types of sponsorships are available: Those who are interested in sponsoring OSWAP-Italy Day III Conference can contact the OWASP Italy Day III Organizing Committees: Voice : +39 080 544 3270 or +39 080 544 2300 Fax : +39 080 544 2536 E-mail: owasp@di.uniba.it.
 * Silver sponsorship: 1500 euro. It Includes: the publication of the sponsor logo on the web site
 * Gold Sponsorship: 2500 euro. It includes: the publication of the sponsor logo in the agenda, on the web site, on the flyers 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.
 * Platinum Sponsorship: 3000 euro. It includes: the gold sponsorship, dedicated space for the Company to show their offering to the attendees.

Important dates 


 * Contributions submission deadline: 			15 December 2008
 * Communication of acceptance for contributions: 	20 January 2009
 * Registration deadline: 				10 February 2009
 * Conference Agenda due: 				10 February 2009
 * Conference date: 					23 February 2009