OWASP AppSec Seattle 2006

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Conference Location
This year's US OWASP conference will be held at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle, Washington from October 16th-18th.

Training Day: October 16th

Main Conference: October 17-18

Agenda and Presentations - Oct 17th-18th
The agenda will follow the (current) standard OWASP conference format of two tracks, with opening keynotes and presentations in the main auditorium, split tracks in the middle of the day, and closing presentations back in the main auditorium both days.

The Keynote will be by Michael Howard from Microsoft on "The Benefits of the SDL initiative to Microsoft and its Customers". Mike is a top member of Microsoft's security team and a coauthor of several application security books including Writing Secure Code, 2nd Ed., and 19 Deadly Sins of Software Security.

This conference will include presentations from many different OWASP contributors and leading Application Security professionals, and will include one panel each day.

Training Day: Monday - Oct 16th
OWASP has arranged several Application Security one-day training courses which are offered on October 16th, the day prior to the conference. More information about the first tutorial is available here: The Foundations of Web Application Security. This course provides a great introduction for conference attendees into the fundamental security issues that are highly prevalent in today's Web Applications. The prevalence of such vulnerabilities is why OWASP was formed to raise awareness of and help organizations and individuals eliminate such vulnerabilities from their application code.

OWASP has also arranged for a second one-day training course on Web Services Security. Information on this course is available here: Web Services Security.

Evening Social Event - Oct 17th
At every conference we have an evening social event the first night. This allows participants to have some unstructured time to mingle with the other attendees. They are always fun and typically attract about half the conference attendees. This year's event will be held nearby at Anthony's at 2201 Alaskan Way, Pier 66, which is just a block away on the same pier starting at 6:30. After dinner, many of the participants then wander to the nearest bar/pub and continue sometimes into the wee hours of the morning. In Europe this year some were pretty hard core, staying out till 5 AM. I 'think' the bars in Seattle probably close earlier than that :-)

More details on Anthony's are available here: http://www.anthonys.com/restaurants/info/pier66.html

Accommodations
The conference is located in downtown Seattle on the Waterfront just four blocks from Pike Place Market and downtown Seattle. OWASP is working on negotiating some discounted hotel rates in the area.

In the mean time, here is some information on hotels in the Seattle area:

Executive Hotel Pacific 	Lowest avg rate $139.00

Mediterranean Inn 	Lowest avg rate $99.00

MarQueen Hotel 	Lowest avg rate $149.00

University Tower Hotel 	Lowest avg rate $119.00

The Warwick Seattle Hotel 	Lowest avg rate $169.00

Sixth Avenue Inn 	Lowest avg rate $79.00

The Roosevelt, a Coast Hotel 	Lowest avg rate $179.00

The Paramount, a Coast Hotel 	Lowest avg rate $169.00

Best Western Loyal Inn 	Lowest avg rate $109.00

Note: We are not sure where these hotels are in relation to the conference facility, but this information is provided in the mean time to help you understand general pricing in the area, not necessarily availability or good locations close to the conference center.

Registration
TBD

Directions
From the Bell Harbor Conference Web Site:

To Bell Harbor International Conference Center from north of Seattle on I-5 South:

Take Exit 167 (West Mercer Street/Fairview Avenue)

Turn right onto Fairview Avenue

Take the first left onto Valley Street

Stay left; Valley Street merges into Broad Street

Continue on Broad Street to Elliott Avenue, and turn left

Once you pass the Wall Street intersection, park in the Art Institute of Seattle parking garage on your immediate right

To Bell Harbor International Conference Center from south of Seattle on I-5 North (coming from Sea-Tac Airport):

Take the Madison Street exit (also called Convention Place exit)

Turn left onto Madison Street

Stay on Madison Street until you come to the waterfront

Turn right on Alaskan Way

You will pass Pier 66 on your left; the next street after the sky bridge is Wall Street. Turn right on Wall Street.

Turn right on Elliott Avenue

Park in the Art Institute of Seattle parking garage on your immediate right

Take the sky bridge to the Conference Center, World Trade Center Seattle, and Odyssey, the Maritime Discovery Center

The International Promenade is located in the Cruise Ship Terminal one block north of Bell Harbor on Alaskan Way. To access, follow the directions to Bell Harbor and take the elevator to the ground level.

---Please note the two parking garage entrances, Elliott Avenue and Wall Street---

2211 Alaskan Way, Pier 66

Seattle, WA 98121

phone: 206.441.6666

Click here for MapQuest

Click here for PDF Directions

To inquire about rates for the Art Institute of Seattle parking garage, call Republic Parking at 206.443.1793.

Conference Sponsors
OWASP is accepting sponsorships for the OWASP Conference. OWASP would like to thank the following organizations for sponsoring this conference:

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More information about conference sponsorship is available here.

Facility Sponsor
OWASP would like to thank the University of Washington for helping to organize and facilitate the event.

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