OWASP AppSec Europe 2008 - Belgium

Welcome to THE European OWASP Application Security Conference!

After successful OWASP Conferences in the United States and Europe, we are back in Belgium: 6 tutorials and 2 conference tracks in the historic center of Ghent on May 19-22 2008!

The conference is stuffed with top notch presentations from industry recognised speakers and technical experts on the latest application security risks and trends.

New for AppSec Europe: technical vendor demos and a Capture the Flag!

Conference Location


The historic center of Ghent, Belgium May 19th-22nd.

Tutorial Days: May 19th-20th

Main Conference: May 21st-22nd

Agenda and Presentations - May 21-22
The agenda will follow the successful 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 pannel discussions back in the main auditorium both days. As in the previous editions, the OWASP AppSec Europe 2008 conference will feature a refereed papers track.

Venue: Aula, Ghent University, Volderstraat 9, 9000 Ghent

Call for topics-papers (closed)
OWASP is seeking for presentations on Application Security and related OWASP projects from the community. Over the conference program there are 9 technical and 9 business presentation sessions running approximately 1 hour in length each.The call for topics is online now.

Refereed papers track (closed)
As in the previous editions, the OWASP AppSec Europe 2008 conference will feature a refereed papers track. The call for papers is online now.

Tutorial Days - May 19-20
OWASP arranged for several Application Security tutorials on May 19th-20th, the days prior to the conference. More information about the tutorials are online.

Venue: Monasterium PoortAckere, Oude Houtlei 56, 9000 Gent http://www.monasterium.be/

Evening Social Event - May 21
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 TBD

Accommodations
OWASP arranged for a room block of 20 Executive Deluxe rooms at the NH Gent Belfort at a rate of €199 per night.

NOTE: The above room block is being held through April 11!! After that date, there is no guarantee that rooms at this rate will be available at the NH Gent Belfort.

It is difficult getting rooms at reduced prices, as there is a medical congress around the same time in Ghent. Unfortunately, we were not able to make group rate arrangements at other hotels. However, the following is a list of nearby accommodations that may have availability at lower prices:


 * Hotel Monasterium PoortAckere
 * Hotel Ibis Gent Centrum Kathedraal
 * Hotel Vandervalken Nazareth - on Highway 5 minutes from Ghent
 * A list of bed and breakfasts in Ghent
 * youth hostels in Ghent

Conference Fees
The conference fees for this conference is :


 * Standard: 350 Euros, OWASP Members: 300 Euros, Students: 250 Euros.
 * Conference Dinner (Evening of May 21st): 50 Euros
 * Conference Tutorials: 825 Euros, Student Fee: 430 Euros
 * CONFidence Poland 2008 members get a € 35 reduction on OWASP (see OWASP On a Plane below).
 * ISSA, ISACA and L-SEC Members a € 35 reduction.

Note: To save on processing expenses, all fees paid for the OWASP conference are non-refundable. OWASP can accomodate transfers of registrations from one person to another, if such an adjustment becomes necessary.

OWASP on a Plane - CONFidence 2008
This year's CONFidence 2008 will take place on 16-17.05.2008 in Cracow (Poland). They have decided to spend Saturday morning talking about OWASP-related projects. No more excuses: you can attend 2 OWASP events in a row in Europe!

Conference Committee
OWASP Conferences Chair: Dave Wichers - Aspect Security - dave.wichers 'at' owasp.org

2008 EU Planning Committee Chair: Sebastien Deleersnyder - Telindus - seba 'at' owasp.org

Vendor Exhibition Chair: Pravir Chandra - Cigital - chandra 'at' cigital.com

Capture the Flag Chair: Pieter Danhieux - Ernst & Young - pieter.danhieux 'at' be.ey.com

Refereed Papers Chair: Lieven Desmet - KU Leuven - Lieven.Desmet 'at' cs.kuleuven.ac.be

Conference Sponsors
The following organizations are sponsors for this conference. If you are interested in sponsoring an OWASP conference, please contact OWASP at: conferences 'at' owasp.org.

TBD

More information about conference sponsorship is available here.