[Global_conference_committee] GCC Plan and the OWASP track

[Jason Li]

Just from a Projects Committee logistical side, I'm not certain that we will
always be able to staff such a track with a-list content. I would suggest
putting in some kind of provision that the OWASP track will be set well in
advanced of the conference. If we can't populate it well in advanced, I
don't think we should burden a conference with holding slots for an OWASP
track that may not fully materialize.

-Jason
~GPC Chair & occasional lurker to the GCC mailing list~

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Mark Bristow <mark.bristow at owasp.org>wrote:

> It will be up to us and the Projects committee to manage the content of
> this track.  We will get to decide what content makes it and therefore will
> be able to keep it to the "a-team".  Much like the training event below,
> we'll have control over content.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Kate Hartmann <kate.hartmann at owasp.org>wrote:
>
>> Good point.  I had read this having a comprehensive understanding of what
>> happened in London
>> http://www.owasp.org/index.php/London/Training/OWASP_projects_and_resources_you_can_use_TODAYand was looking at this as my model.  It is set up as more of a speed
>> training track than a presentation track.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kate Hartmann
>>
>> Operations Director
>>
>> 301-275-9403
>>
>> www.owasp.org
>>
>> Skype:  Kate.hartmann1
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* John Wilander [mailto:john.wilander at owasp.org]
>> *Sent:* Monday, December 20, 2010 5:04 PM
>> *To:* Mark Bristow
>> *Cc:* Cassio Goldschmidt; Eoin; Kate Hartmann; Lucas Ferreira; Mark
>> Bristow; Neil Matatall; Ralph Durkee; Richard Greenberg;
>> global_conference_committee
>> *Subject:* GCC Plan and the OWASP track
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>    - All Global AppSec conferences must accommodate
>>    an OWASP Track
>>
>>
>>    - Will not represent more than 1/3 of content (can be half day, full
>>       day, full conference as applies to the individual conference)
>>       - Joint venture with Projects Committee
>>       - Regional/theme events will have this available to them
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm still worried about the quality of the OWASP track. There are quite a
>> few PowerPoint pushers out there and some of them will think an OWASP
>> presentation is a voucher for going abroad. That would be a real waste of
>> our precious money since the audience would get a lousy impression of OWASP
>> while the foundation pays a hefty sum for moving and accommodating the
>> speaker.
>>
>>
>>
>> If I were organizing a conference I'd read the instructions above as if
>> there has to be an OWASP track regardless of the quality. Some OWASP leader
>> from some chapter around the world sends in a default abstract for an OWASP
>> Testing Guide presentation and I have to accept him/her. I might not even
>> review that submission since I have to accept it anyway.
>>
>>
>>
>> A way around this would be to require OWASP speakers to _demo_ the stuff
>> they're presenting. I just did OWASP training at IBWAS'10 and spent ~25
>> hours implementing and preparing demos. I ran code live. Demo or Die, I say.
>>
>>
>>
>> /John
>>
>
>
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