OWASP New Zealand Day 2017

https://www.owasp.org/images/6/63/OWASP_NZ_Day_2017_logo.jpg 3rd and 4th February 2016 - Auckland

= Introduction =

Introduction
We are proud to announce the eighth OWASP New Zealand Day conference, to be held at the University of Auckland on Thursday April 20th, 2017. 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: There will be a choice of two streams in the morning. First stream covering introductory talks to application security, second stream covering deeper technical topics. Afternoon sessions will will cover offensive security in stream one, and continue with deeper technical topics in stream two.
 * Security Professionals and Enthusiasts: Technical sessions later in the day will showcase new and interesting attack and defence topics.

Conference structure
Date: Thurs 20 April 2017 Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm Cost: Free

The main conference is on Thursday 20th of April, and will have two streams in both the morning and the afternoon:

Training
Date: Wed 19 April 2017 Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm or part thereof Cost: To be advised

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 eighth OWASP New Zealand Day will be happening thanks to the support provided by the University of Auckland, which will kindly offer the same location as last year for stream one, with the addition of another room near by for the stream two room. 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=kirk.jackson@owasp.org&cc=denis.andzakovic@owasp.org us].

Registration
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Important dates

 * CFP submission deadline: 18th March 2017
 * CFT submission deadline: 28th February 2017
 * Conference Registration deadline: 15th April 2017
 * Training Registration deadline:  15th April 2017
 * Training Day date:         19th April 2017
 * Conference Day date:          20th April 2017

Conference Committee

 * Denis Andzakovic - OWASP New Zealand Leader (Auckland)
 * Kirk Jackson - 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 | kirk.jackson@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 are running all day and 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.

We would also 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 2017: 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), Kirk Jackson (kirk.jackson@owasp.org) and Kim Carter (kim.carter@owasp.org).

Submissions deadline: 18th March 2017

Applicants will be notified in the following week after the deadline, whether they were successful or not.

= Call For Trainers =

Call For Trainers
We are happy to announce that training will run on Wednesday April 19 2017, the day before the OWASP NZ Day conference. The training venue will be Level 0, Rooms: case rooms 1(005), 2(057) and 3(055), kindly provided by the University of Auckland School of Business, in the same building as the OWASP NZ Day conference itself. Classes can contain up to 69 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, Kirk Jackson 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

Please submit the above information to all of the following:
 * Denis Andzakovic (denis.andzakovic@owasp.org)
 * Kirk Jackson (kirk.jackson@owasp.org)
 * Kim Carter (kim.carter@owasp.org).

Submissions deadline: 28th February 2017

Applicants will be notified in the following week after the deadline, whether they were successful or not.

= Call For Sponsorships =

Call For Sponsorships
OWASP New Zealand Day 2017 will be held in Auckland on the 20th of April, 2017 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 2017 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 2017 a free, compelling, and valuable experience for all attendees.

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


 * 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 nine sponsors and attracted more than 500 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_2016

The OWASP New Zealand community is strong, there are more than 490 people currently subscribed to the mailing-list. OWASP New Zealand Day is expected to attract between 500 and 600 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.

Those who are interested in sponsoring OWASP New Zealand 2017 Conference can contact the [mailto:kim.carter@owasp.org?cc=kirk.jackson@owasp.org?cc=denis.andzakovic@owasp.org OWASP New Zealand Board].