Call for Papers and Tutorials for the 19th Annual FIRST Conference, June 17– 22, 2007
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Final Submission November 15, 2006
Notification of Acceptance February 15th 2007
Final Submission April 31st 2007
Questions
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If you have any questions about the conference, submission process or
require more information please send your query to
first-2007chair@xxxxxxxxx
Proposal Submission Form
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The form for submissions is available at:
https://www.softconf.com/starts/FIRST2007
Sponsorship opportunities
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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
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Ian C Cook
Security Evangelist
'To communicate simply you must understand profoundly'
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