I would like to invite you to the next OWASP Belgium/Luxembourg Event on September 6th in Brussels!

OWASP Day

On September 6th, OWASP will be organizing OWASP Day conferences worldwide triggered by the Global Security Week idea. In Belgium we organize the mini-conference in Brussels for which we already have an interesting agenda. Confirmed speakers:

• Mark Curphey, OWASP Founder, (Marc's blog)
• Petko D. Petkov, a.k.a pdp (architect), founder of the GNUCITIZEN group. Co-author of the "XSS Attacks" book
• Bart De Win, postdoc researcher within the DistriNet research group, K.U.Leuven
• David Kierznowski, founder of blogsecurity.net and active member of the GNUCITIZEN group
• Luc Beirens, FCCU

WHEN

Thursday, September 6th, 2007 (2-7pm)

WHERE

Telindus, Belgacom ICT sponsors the venue:
Location: SURF House, Rue Stroobants 51, 1140 Evere.
You can find a map and itinary online.

PROGRAM

The theme of the world-wide OWASP Day is "Privacy in the 21st Century". Currently we foresee to start with a introductory session on WebGoat & WebScarab at 12h30, and start the mini-conference itself at 14h. See below for the agenda draft,

• 12h30 pre-event: Getting started with WebGoat & WebScarab (Erwin Geirnaert)
• 14h00 Welcome & pre-recorded video of OWASP board
• 14h20 OWASP Evaluation and Certification Criteria Draft (Mark Curphey)
• 15h10 Automated Web FOO or FUD? (David Kierznowski)
• 16h00 Break
• 16h20 CLASP, SDL and Touchpoints Compared (Bart De Win)
• 16h45 ICT-Security in Belgium (Luc Beirens - FCCU)
• 17h10 For my next trick... hacking Web2.0 (pdp)
• 18h00 Panel Discussion: "Privacy in the 21st Century?"
• 19h00 Finish

REGISTRATION

Please send a mail to belgium@owasp.org if you plan to attend, so we can size the venue appropriately and keep you updated on last-minute changes. Also, don't forget to indicate your attendance for the 'Getting started with WebGoat & WebScarab' session.

WHO should attend?

Anyone interested in Web Application Security (management, security professionals, developers, students, etc). OWASP Belgium/Luxemburg chapter membership is free. All meetings are free. There are never vendor pitches or sales presentations at OWASP meetings. Check our chapter page http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Belgium on meeting details, sign up to the chapter mailing list and introduce yourself. Please forward to anyone you feel would have an interest in these events. We have room for 400 people: everyone is challenged to invite an extra person new to OWASP!