Forwarded from: Roger Safian <r-safian (at) northwestern.edu> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- FIRST 19th Annual Conference, June 17 - 22, 2007, Melia Seville hotel, Seville, Spain Private Lives and Corporate Risk: Digital Privacy - Hazards and Responsibilities. Call for Papers - - - - --------------- This is a call for papers and tutorials for the 19th Annual FIRST Conference. This text is also available at: http://www.first.org/conference/2007/call_for_papers.html Overview - - - - --------- The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST, http://www.first.org/) is a global non-profit organization dedicated to bringing together computer security incident response teams (CSIRT's) and includes response teams from 180 corporations, government bodies, universities and other institutions spread across the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. The annual FIRST conference not only provides a setting for participants to attend tutorials and hear presentations by leading experts in the CSIRT community, it also creates opportunities for networking, collaboration, and sharing technical information. Just as importantly, the conference enables attendees to meet their peers and build confidential relationships across corporate disciplines and geographical boundaries. FIRST conference participants include not only CSIRT staff, but also IT managers, network and system administrators, software and hardware vendors, law enforcement representatives, security solutions providers, telecommunications organizations, ISPs, and general computer and network security personnel. FIRST conferences cover a broad range of security related topics such as (but not limited to): . Advanced techniques in security incident prevention, detection and response. . Latest advances in computer and network security tools . Shared views, experiences, and resolutions in the computer security incident response field. The Conference - - - ---------------- The conference is a five-day event, comprised of two days of Tutorials, three days of Plenary Sessions focused on either Business or Technical issues. These include paper presentations, keynote speeches, Panel discussions and Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions. New features planned for this year's conference include: . Geek Zone - Presentations with a Hands On Format aimed at smaller, more technical audiences of up to 30 people, . Lightning Talks - short presentations or speeches by any attendee on any topic, which can be scheduled into conference proceedings with the approval of the organisers. . SIG (Special Interest Group) meetings . Beer 'n Gear where vendors demonstrate their equipment . Vendor Booths . Security Challenge . Entertainment at Conference Dinner The theme for the 2007 conference is 'Private Lives and Corporate Risk: Digital Privacy - Hazards and Responsibilities'. The conference language is English. Call for Papers - - - --------------- The FIRST program committee solicits original contributions for this conference, which are broadly based on the theme of 'Digital Privacy'. All submissions must reflect original work and must adequately document any overlap with previously published or simultaneously submitted papers from any of the authors. If authors have any doubts regarding whether such overlap exists, they should contact the program chairs prior to submission. Papers will be scheduled as part of the Main Conference. Timeslots are available in three lengths: a) 50 Minutes, with 10 minutes question time b) 40 minutes, with 10 minutes question time c) 25 Minutes, with 5 minutes question time. The program committee is also looking for contributions to the 'Geek Zone', where presentations last for three hours and which are aimed at a smaller more technical audience of up to 30 people. These presentations are intended to include live demos and involve their audiences in active participation. It is important that your presentation/class is: . Topical . Unique You should not present with the aim of gaining the audience's interest in any commercial application or product, in other words: NO MARKETING PAPERS. All submission must be in English in MS Office, OpenOffice or PDF format. Process of Selection - - - --------------------- All paper submissions will be handled electronically thru the web Conference Manager at: https://www.softconf.com/starts/FIRST2007/ The program committee will evaluate all submissions based on quality and relevance. All submissions are held in confidence prior to publication in the proceedings. Submissions received after the deadline (see "Important Dates" below) will not be considered unless the program chair has granted an extension. Where employer, client, or government authorization is needed, it is the responsibility of the author(s) to obtain such authorization prior to submitting the final materials. Accepted papers will be presented by their author(s) and will be published in the conference proceedings with associated Speaker Biographies and Photographs. The proceedings are provided free of charge to conference attendees. After the conference the papers will be published on the FIRST website. Copyright - - - ---------- FIRST requires a non-exclusive copyright license for all the papers presented at the conference and for the presentation materials. This includes distribution on the conference CD-ROM and the FIRST website. Speakers Privileges - - - -------------------- A reduction of the conference fee will be offered to one author of each accepted paper or Hands on Class. FIRST may provide assistance with travel costs if requested. Important Dates - - - ---------------- Final Submission November 15, 2006 Notification of Acceptance February 15th 2007 Final Submission April 31st 2007 Questions - - - ----------- If you have any questions about the conference, submission process or require more information please send your query to first-2007chair@private Proposal Submission Form - - - --------------------------- The form for submissions is available at: https://www.softconf.com/starts/FIRST2007 Sponsorship opportunities - - - --------------------------- To help keep conference registration costs down FIRST.Org, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, solicits conference sponsorships at varying levels. We seek sponsoring organisations that support the mission of FIRST and are committed to improving computer security around the world. Sponsors may receive discount registration fees. Sponsorship at FIRST Conferences opens to the doors to gain focused access to a highly influential group of IT Security practitioners and Computer Security Incident Response Experts from around the globe. When you sponsor the event, you will: . Reach an expected target audience of 400-500 attendees . Increase worldwide awareness of your organization's products and services . Gain access to computer security decision-m For more information, visit www.first.org/conference/2007/sponsors We look forward to receiving your submissions. Regards, Ian Cook Arjen De Landgraaf - -- - - Ian C Cook Security Evangelist 'To communicate simply you must understand profoundly' Latest Global Security News http://www.first.org/newsroom/globalsecurity/ ______________________________________________ Mobile +44 (0) 7968 782122 VOIP +44 (0) 208 150 6964 email ian.cook@private web www.pentest.co.uk Pentest Limited, 26a The Downs, Altrincham, Cheshire UK, WA14 2PU ______________________________________________ Email policy: http://www.pentest.co.uk/legal.shtml#emailpolicy - -- - - Ian C Cook Security Evangelist 'To communicate simply you must understand profoundly' ______________________________________________ Mobile +44 (0) 7968 782122 VOIP +44 (0) 208 150 6964 email ian.cook@private ______________________________________________ The contents of this e-mail are confidential to the ordinary user of the e-mail address to which it was addressed and may also be privileged. If you are not the addressee of this e-mail you may not copy, forward, disclose or otherwise use it or any part of it in any form whatsoever. I do not accept responsibility for changes made to any e-mail after sending. If you have received this e-mail in error please e-mail the sender by replying to this message. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.1 iQCVAwUBRRFP4gtWEkkPWcYtAQGQEgQAm7GNeXG5YzEHLBfZs8IRBLsJsGEchnve fI3qc+4+RLW2RiZW+aAZqTcSuN6HN1FOzvUj9vmVT2oaKoOtQXIRfJFm9XZei0t/ UECiPorSNx/YwjOccvQsiOVZyQGIjfodPWODnTgo6DJmnbuWG7jNfAm9dFKDQtul coBQM8AcCUE= =wH2g -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Roger A. Safian r-safian@private (email) public key available on many key servers. (847) 491-4058 (voice) (847) 467-6500 (Fax) "You're never too old to have a great childhood!" _________________________________ Visit the InfoSec News store! http://www.shopinfosecnews.org
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