Colleagues, In 2012, OWASP is holding its Global AppSec Research (EU) Conference in Athens, Greece! The OWASP AppSec Research conference is a premier gathering for Information Security leaders and researchers. It brings together the application security community to share cutting-edge ideas, initiatives and technology advancements. The OWASP AppSec Research 2012 Call for Papers (CFP) is open. Visit the following URL to submit your proposal for the July 12-13, 2012 talks in Athens, Greece: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=appseceu2012 The final closing date for submissions is Sunday, April 15, 2012. We look forward to receiving submissions for technical presentations, demos or research papers on the following topics: * Security aspects of new/emerging web technologies/paradigms (mashups, web 2.0, offline support, etc) * Security in web services, XML, REST, and service oriented architectures * Security in cloud-based services * Security of development frameworks (Struts, Spring, ASP.Net MVC etc) * New security features in platforms or languages * Next-generation browser security * Security for the mobile web * Secure application development (methods, processes etc) and secure coding practices * Business risks of Application Security * Starting and Managing Secure Development Lifecycle Programs. * Privacy Concerns regarding applications and Data Storage * Threat modeling of applications * Vulnerability analysis and application security testing (code review, pentest, static analysis etc) * Countermeasures for application vulnerabilities * Metrics for application security * Application security awareness and education * Securing e-government applications and services * Government Initiatives & Case Studies * OWASP Tools and Projects OWASP AppSec Research 2012 is also currently soliciting training providers for the conference. Visit the following URL to submit your training proposal for the July 10-11, 2012 training days in Athens, Greece: http://www.appsecresearch.org/cft The following conditions apply for people or organizations that want to provide training at the conference: Training provider should provide class syllabus / training materials. Proceeds will be split 60/40 (OWASP/Trainer) for the training class. OWASP will provide the Venue, Marketing with Conference materials, Registration and basic AV. Trainers will cover travel and accommodations for the instructor(s) and all course materials for students OWASP will reserve up to 2 training slots at no cost and the trainer may reserve up to one slot at no cost Price per attendee: 2-Day Class €990 / 1-Day Class €495. Trainers can brand training materials to increase their exposure Classes are to be focused around Application Security but are in no way limited to web application security. We will look favourably on laboration-based/hands-on training. We will make the first round of selections, based on the Training proposals we have received by March 30, 2012. We have extended the final closing date for submissions to Sunday, April 15, 2012. Submit proposals to training@appsecresearch.org using the CFT template (http://www.appsecresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/OWASP_CFT_AppSecEU2012.doc). All trainers will be required to submit a Training Instructor Agreement (http://www.appsecresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/OWASP_AppSecEU2012_Training_Instructor_Agreement.doc) in order to have their classed scheduled. Additional information can be found at http://www.appsecresearch.org. Please forward to all interested practitioners and colleagues.