[ANN] Linux Security Summit 2010 - Announcement and CFP

[James Morris]

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                  ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION                

                        LINUX SECURITY SUMMIT 2010      

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DESCRIPTION

  The Linux Security Summit is a technical forum for collaboration
  between Linux developers, researchers, and end users.  Its primary aim
  is to foster community efforts in analyzing and solving Linux security
  challenges.

  The format of the summit will be:
  
    * Selected brief presentations
    * Lightning talks
    * Q&A panel sessions 
  

DATES / LOCATION

  The Linux Security Summit for 2010 will be held on the 9th of August in
  Boston, USA.  It will be co-located with LinuxCon [1], at the
  Renaissance Boston Waterfront.
  
  Note that Linux Security Summit attendees must be registered to attend
  LinuxCon.  See the LinuxCon site for details on registration, travel,
  and accommodation.
  
    http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon

  The CFP is currently open, and will close on 4th of June (see below).
  
  Accepted speakers will be notified by 9th of June.


WHO SHOULD ATTEND

  The event is open to all registered LinuxCon attendees.
  
  You do not have to be a "security person" to attend -- we're seeking a
  diverse range of attendees, and welcome the participation of general
  developers, researchers, operations, and end-users.

  There will be several panel sessions in addition to brief, selected
  presentations, with a strong focus on discussion.


CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

  The program committee currently seeks proposals for:

  Presentations:
  
    Brief technical talks in 30 minute slots, including at least 10
    minutes of discussion (i.e.  the maximum length of the presentation
    alone is 20 minutes).  Papers are encouraged, and slides should be
    minimal.
    
    Presentation abstracts should be approximately 150 words in length.


  Panel discussion topics:
  
    If you'd like to see an issue discussed in a Q&A style panel, send it
    in.  Note that this may result in you volunteering to participate in
    a panel.

    
  Topic areas include, but are not limited to:
  
    * System hardening
    * Access control
    * Cryptography
    * Integrity control
    * Hardware security
    * Networking
    * Storage
    * Virtualization
    * Desktop
    * Tools
    * Management
    * Case studies
    * Emerging technologies, threats & techniques 
    
  Proposals must be submitted before the end of June 4th, 2010.
  
  (That's not far away!)
  
  Accepted speakers will be notified by June 9th, 2010.
  
  We will probably receive more proposals than can be accommodated.  If
  your talk is not accepted, you may wish to give a lightning talk or
  raise a topic in a discussion panel.
  
  Lightning talks and discussion panel agendas will be coordinated closer
  to the event on the event mailing list, and on-site.

  Proposals should be submitted in plain text via email to the program
  committee at:  lss-pc (_at_) ext.namei.org


MAILING LIST

  Everyone planning to attend should join the event mailing list:
  
     https://ext.namei.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-security-summit
     
  Coordination of panel discussions and lightning talks will occur on the
  list.  Updates and announcements about the event will also be sent to
  the list.
  

WEB SITE

  Please also note the Linux Security Summit web site:
  
    https://security.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/LinuxSecuritySummit2010  
 
  which will be kept updated with all available information on the event.


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

  The Linux Security Summit for 2010 is organized by:

    * James Morris, Red Hat
    * Serge Hallyn, IBM
    * Paul Moore, HP
    * Stephen Smalley, NSA
    * Joshua Brindle, Tresys
    * Tetsuo Handa, NTT Data
    * Herbert Xu, Red Hat
    * John Johansen, Canonical
    * Andrew G. Morgan, Google
    * Kees Cook, Canonical
    * Casey Schaufler, Smack Project 

  
  The program committee may be contacted as a group via email:

     lss-pc (_at_) ext.namei.org
   

REFERENCES  

  [1] LinuxCon: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon